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Economic Value of Peace 2021: Measuring the Global Economic Impact of Violence and Conflict
Institute for Economics and Peace | Relief Web - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Mar 2021
27 Jan 2021 – This report estimates the economic impact of violence and conflict on the global economy. In 2019, it was estimated to be $14.4 trillion, the equivalent to 10.5 per cent of the global gross domestic product or $1,895 per person. The comprehensive methodology includes 18 indicators covering the direct and indirect costs of violence, and the expenditures to contain and prevent it.
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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Martin Luther King, Jr | Nobel Peace Prize acceptance - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Mar 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for Civil Rights and Social Justice. King adhered to Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence. In 1955 he began his struggle to persuade the US Government to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. The racists responded with violence to the black people’s nonviolent initiatives. (The Norwegian Nobel Institute)
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Ending the Other War in Yemen
Brian Terrell | Peace Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Feb 2021
On 4 Feb President Joe Biden announced “we are ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.” Stating an intention is not fulfilling it and considering Biden’s further pledge, “to continue to support and help Saudi Arabia defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity and its people,” his use of the word “relevant” to modify “arms sales” could indicate a convenient loophole.
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Appeals Are Not Enough
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2021
“Many of the organizations above make demands of the nuclear states to begin the process of nuclear disarmament. And people are invited to sign appeals to these governments such as the Appeal for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World. But there is no indication that the nuclear powers are listening. We must do more than that.”
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An Open Letter to President Biden…
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Feb 2021
… to Address the Following Requests: 1) Free Julian Assange; 2) Save the Children of Yemen.
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“Special People”
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
No comment
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Let´s Celebrate the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Entry into Force Together!
International Peace Bureau, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
Dear IPB Family and Friends, on 22 Jan 2021 the world will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, supported by over 120 states at the UN in July 2017. On this historic day, we call on our friends and all peace lovers to celebrate this historical step, and deliver this great news with noise and fun in your countries all across the globe, as the road to a world free of nuclear weapons is now wide open!
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On 22 Jan 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Will Enter into Force
ICAN-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
To mark the day that nuclear weapons become illegal under international law, ICAN campaigners and other anti-nuclear activists around the world will be hosting a huge range of actions and activities. Find one near you (or online in your timezone) through the map below. And make sure to add yours to the map as well!
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Nobel Nominations – Deadline Jan 31
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
9 Jan 2021 – The world needs a less dangerous, non life-threatening, security system and a new, open and realistic thinking about the foul and failed militarized world disorder that we all live under. Nobel saw this in 1895 when he tasked a Norwegian committee with awarding his “prize for the champions of peace”.
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Professors-Teachers: Youth Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
The Nobel Peace Prize is important to young people; it is about their future. But they cannot nominate. Therefore, we have launched the Youth nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Individuals or groups aged between 15 and 25 may send us nominations.
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Nomination of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Peace People | Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
“My reasons for nominating them together are simple. Individually each has given countless examples of courage exposing governments’ illegal actions that caused millions of deaths, putting their own freedom and lives on the line. Collectively, their lives of self-sacrifice and selflessness constitute remarkable demonstrations of the magnificence of the human spirit. They are indeed breathtaking testimonies to the goodness inherent in the human heart.”
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Evolution of a Con Man
Joe Kandra, Kathie Malley-Morrison, Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
Or Is It Devolution?
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
A crash of the global economic system would inevitably produce a crash of the system of global governance. And a crash of the global system of governance will give us a window of opportunity for the radical change that is needed from the culture of war to a culture of peace. But such a change requires advance preparation.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
Un effondrement du système économique mondial entraînerait inévitablement un effondrement des systèmes de gouvernance. Et un crash du système mondial de gouvernance nous donnera une fenêtre d’opportunité pour le changement radical qui est nécessaire pour la transition de la culture de guerre à une culture de paix. Mais un tel changement nécessite une préparation préalable.
→ read full articleImportance of the “Practice-Research-Training” Nexus in Peacebuilding
Abbas Aroua | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2020
Peacebuilding, the equivalent of medicine in “social health”, benefits highly from this scheme to improve its approaches and tools and to be more effective and impactful. In fact, the development of peace studies in the last seven decades was grounded on the “practice-training-research” triad.
→ read full articleA New Level, a Historic Step Forward
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2020
1 Dec 2020 – For the first time there are so many virtual events for the culture of peace free and open to the public that we have begun listing them on CPNN. This makes possible a new step forward in the development of a global movement for the culture of peace.
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Crybaby
Joe Kandra, Kathie MM, Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
… throwing a tantrum.
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Further Analysis of US Elections
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Nov 2020
9 Nov 2020 – In order to understand the deep meaning of the US election results, and to compare them to the electoral situation in France, I have downloaded a series of maps from the Internet showing the relation between voting patterns, poverty and urbanization.
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Message to Pax Christi’s ‘Peacemaker of the Year’ Award
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2020
2020 Pax Christi Peacemaker of the Year Award Presented to Malachy Kilbride – Thank you, Malachy, for your courage in challenging the military industrial complex and speaking up for truth that weapons and war are not acceptable as they kill humans and destroy the environment. US wars displaced 37 million people in the past 19 years according to a new study by Brown.
→ read full article(Français) Quelques Commentaires sur l’Election Nationale Anglo-américain
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2020
En 2017, j’avais comparé la base electorale de Trump à celle de Marine Le Pen en France. Aujourd’hui je pourrais également faire la comparaison à celles de nombreux autres démagogues à travers le monde: Au Brésil, en Turquie, en Russie, aux Philippines, en Hongrie, etc.
→ read full articleSome Comments on the US National Election
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2020
5 Nov 2020 – Back in 2017, I compared Trump’s appeal to that of Marine Le Pen in France. Today I could also compare his appeal to many other demagogues that are thriving around the world in Brazil, Turkey, Russia, Philippines, Hungary, etc.
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After the Fall… What?
EnvisionPeaceMuseum | Johan Galtung & Amy Goodman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2020
Fascism or Blossoming after the Fall of the US Empire?
10 Jul 2012 – Prognosis/Prediction
Home to Roost
Joe Kandra, Pat Daniel and Kathie Malley-Morrison | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2020
Sigh…!
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Joe Kandra, Kathie Malley-Morrison and Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
… and let the place burn down.
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Brazil Is Up in Flames—Here’s Why
Diego Gonzaga | Greenpeace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
6 Oct 2020 – It is no accident that there are fires all across Brazil. The world is looking in horror for the second straight year as historic blazes ravage the world’s largest tropical forest. All the while, instead of fighting the fires, the Brazilian government fans the flames by emboldening those who are setting the fires to expand their agribusiness.
→ read full article(Français) Leçons Tirés de la Journée Internationale de la Paix de Cette Année
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Oct 2020
2 Oct 2020 – En regardant les résultats de notre enquête sur la Journée internationale de la paix cette année, je suis frappé par deux aspects, l’un à long terme et l’autre à court terme, qui sont de bon augure pour l’avenir.
→ read full articleLessons from This Year’s International Day of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Oct 2020
2 Oct 2020 – Looking at the results this year from our survey of the International Day of Peace, I am struck by two aspects, one long term and one short term, that bode well for the future.
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Fascism for Dummies
Joe Kandra, Pat Daniel and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2020
If you are not worried, you are not paying attention.
→ read full articleStatement for International Day of Peace, 21 Sep 2020
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2020
Today’s philosophy driving our politics is threefold: unjust economics, the military industrial complex, and the competition leading to war. We need to change our thinking and put people and their needs top of Policy agendas. Now, we need a world free of all weapons, and for us all to work on human security and peacebuilding.
→ read full article(Français) L’espoir d’un atterrissage en douceur
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Sep 2020
1 Sep 2020 – Face aux prévisions pessimistes pour les États-Unis, pouvant aller jusqu’a la guerre civile, de nombreuses initiatives progressistes avancent. C’est la dialectique de l’histoire en action: «when the going gets tough, the tough get going» (quand les temps deviennent durs, les durs avancent.). Et cela fait naître l’espoir que le crash de l’empire pourrait avoir un “atterrissage en douceur.”
→ read full articleHope for a Soft Landing
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Sep 2020
1 Sep 2020 – In the face of pessimistic predictions for the United States, to the point of civil war, there are many progressive initiatives advancing. It’s the dialectics of history in action: “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” And it raises the hopes that the crash of the empire could have a soft landing.
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Center Peace Project - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2020
All said…
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Joe Kandra, Kathie MM and Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Aug 2020
Like a curse!
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The Hibakusha’s 75-Year Journey to Ban Nuclear Weapons
ICAN-International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
6/9 Aug 2020 – A nuclear attack is almost too horrific to imagine. But take a few minutes and try to walk in the footsteps of the hibakusha, the survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Follow their journey from 6 and 9 August 1945 through a lifetime of advocacy to eliminate nuclear weapons.
→ read full articleThe Crash of the American Empire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2020
1 Aug 2020 – The American empire is crashing. What will it be like. Let us look at recent precedents.
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Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
International Peace Bureau | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2020
In just two days, the two primitive atomic bombs dropped over Japan killed a quarter of a million women, children and men. Yet from the atomic ruins, an unwavering resolve has survived to bear witness to the personal human tragedy. For 75 years, the Hibakusha have spoken out as the voice of experience and hope for the urgent imperative of eliminating all nuclear weapons.
→ read full articleDeal of the Century
Joe Kandra & Kathie Malley-Morrison | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jul 2020
Rules & Laws vs. Justice …
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Open Letter on COVID-19 and Humanitarian Disarmament
IPB International Peace Bureau, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jul 2020
7 Jul 2020 -The IPB and GCOMS have signed the following open letter arguing that humanitarian disarmament can lead the way to an improved post-pandemic world and calls on states, international organizations, and civil society to follow its lead to create a “new normal.” It is open for signature by civil society organizations.
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Winds of Change–The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa
Abbas Aroua, et al. | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
One theme is the opposition between traditionalists and modernists, “the conflict between fundamentalists and those who want to bring Islam into the modern age”. A possible approach: social change. The Middle East must be able to temper a spiritual vision in a modern and pragmatic world and rediscover traditional values without “a perpetual and obsessive return to the past”. This book is a worthwhile and welcome contribution to current debates over the future of the MENA region.
→ read full articleRacism and the Culture of War
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020 – To succeed, the struggle against racism needs to be understood in the context of the struggle against the culture of war. The recent uprisings against racist violence by the police is another step towards the radical transformation from the culture of war to a culture of peace.
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Year Six of the War in Yemen
Abubakar Ben Rajeh | Cordoba Peace Institute - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
In March 2020 the war in Yemen enters its sixth year since the Saudi-led Arab Coalition, with the effective participation of the UAE and logistical support by the U.S., launched the military campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
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Power Potluck
Joe Kandra, Kathie Malley-Morrison and Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jul 2020
No joke…
→ read full articleShort of the Goal
Joe Kandra & Kathie Malley-Morrison | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2020
Yes!
→ read full articleShip of State
Joe Kandra | Engaging Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2020
No Comment
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Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2020
Like millions of others, both in United States and around the World, I was deeply shocked by the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer on 25 May 2020. As a tribute and in respect to his memory we join our black American brothers and sisters and commit to the search for justice, equality and peace amongst the human family.
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Turning Anguish into Action
Marc Pilisuk | Engaging Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2020
10 Jun 2020 – So many of my white friends and I are anguished over the injustice of yet another Black man murdered by police. We find ourselves agreeing with Black Lives Matter that the strong and necessary response to the recent killings involves working not only for justice in these individual cases, but also for addressing the systemic racism underlying the repeated injustices.
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Trump and the USA Can Escape, but the Empire Cannot
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jun 2020
5 Jun 2020 – The USA is trapped. It is ravaged by the coronavirus with inadequate medical preparedness. It is torn apart by racist violence. And it now has an unemployment rate that rivals that of the Great Depression. The military budget must be totally converted in order to save the country. Its military bases around the world must be dismantled and the soldiers brought home and put to useful work.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jun 2020
1 Jun 2020 – On April 1 (April Fools Day) President Trump announced that the US will send a military force to Venezuela. If Trump does order an invasion, it may resemble the Bay of Pigs more than Operation Just Cause. The Venezuelan military, aided by Russian equipment and advisors, and backed, at least verbally, by China, is a force more similar to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1961 than the Panamanian forces in 1989.
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New Leadership for a New Normal
Andre Sheldon | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
The response to Covid-19 of countless people confirms that people everywhere see the value of solidarity and unity. The opportunity is here for leaders to create a new global peace movement to promote kindness, compassion, trust, respect, and stopping war!
→ read full articleBattle of the Heavyweights
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
A pic is worth a thousand Twitters…
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15 May–International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
Lewis Randa | Engaging Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 May 2020
Although conscientious objection to war is not a hot media topic today, respect, admiration, and appreciation for COs are expressed (mostly distally) around the world.
→ read full article[Cartoon] Too Much Winning
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 May 2020
#1… Still
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Military Spending on the Rise while Health Budgets Remain Insufficient in Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Peace Bureau - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2020
27 Apr 2020 – With the release of SIPRI’s newest report, showing global military spending in 2019 at a new high of US$1,917 billion, the International Peace Bureau is calling for an end to the military spending pandemic, starting with an annual reduction of military expenditure of 10% and a complete ban on nuclear weapons.
→ read full articleMy Priorities or Yours?
Joe Kandra and Pat Daniel | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2020
Good old US of A
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Global Military Expenditure Sees Largest Annual Increase in a Decade Reaching US$ 1.917 Trillion in 2019
SIPRI-Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2020
27 April 2020 – Total global military expenditure rose to US$ 1.917 trillion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The total for 2019 represents an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2018 and the largest annual growth in spending since 2010. The five largest spenders in 2019, which accounted for 62 per cent of expenditure, were the United States, China, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
→ read full articleVulture Capitalism
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service~,
27 Apr 2020
As It Is…
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The Muslim Religious Community and the Global War on COVID-19
Abbas Aroua | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Apr 2020
30 Mar 2020 – The world is going through an unprecedented multi-dimensional crisis caused by the rapid spread of the virulent COVID-19, which seems to have built a consensus among the community of Muslim scholars on the need to work together with others, despite the diversity of their ideological references and political views, in order to face this health disaster collectively, and to assume fully their role as influencers in society.
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The Fabulous Flimflamo
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Apr 2020
MAGA?
→ read full articleDo Not Be Afraid…. All Will Be Well….
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2020
If this virus has done anything, it has reminded us that we are only human and very vulnerable; we need each other to survive and thrive. If anything, this virus hopefully will cement the opinion that we are All One, brothers and sisters; what affects one affects all. Hopefully, it will create a greater sense of community and solidarity within the human race in addition to respect for each other, for nature and the universe. We will become more aware that we are interconnected, interdependent, cooperation and solidarity being key to human and environmental survival.
→ read full articleWe Can All Help!
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Apr 2020
How to Help Others in the Pandemic
→ read full articleLeading the Charge!
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
No comment…
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Libya: A Political Deadlock
Loïc Sauvinet | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
26 Mar 2020 – In the light of these latest developments, we have to ask ourselves how this country collapsed, how a seemingly strong state could fail and allow the dynamics of violence to set in, and finally what could be done to manage a peaceful way out of the crisis? To find some answers or at least some keys to interpreting the situation, it is important to have a multidisciplinary approach, using the tools of historical science, sociology and political science.
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Remembering My Friend Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams (RIP)
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020 – Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate (22 May 1943 – 18 Mar 2020), Co-Founder of Peace People (1976). Today, a final farewell to Betty Williams took place at Roselawn Cemetery, Belfast.
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Year Six of the War in Yemen
Abubakar Ben Rajeh | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
26 Mar 2020 – The Yemeni parties must rally around a comprehensive national project, in order to find consensus on the shape of the Yemeni state and its territorial integrity; and the establishment of a transitional authority based on the principle of partnership, leading to a comprehensive political process that is separate from subnational projects and regional polarisation. Otherwise, Yemen will remain subject to international and regional polarisation, which will prolong the war and exacerbate the suffering of the Yemeni people.
→ read full articleHas the Crash Arrived?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2020
19 Mar 2020 – The headlines provide abundant details about economic shutdowns in order to slow the spread of the COV-19 virus. But behind the headlines, there is another story more important in the long run: the global economy is a house of cards based on speculation and military spending. It seems likely that the house of cards will come crashing down as a result of the global economic shutdown.
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American Empire Defined
The Peace Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2020
Then->Colonialism – Now->Military Bases
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A Word to TMS Readers and Supporters
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2020
“It is with great pleasure that I write in praise and support of TMS. I look forward to it each week and enjoy reading the articles by Prof. Johan Galtung, peace educationalist, activists, and others from around the world. My thanks and admiration go to editor Antonio C. S. Rosa for the great efforts that he puts into the weekly production of Transcend Media Service. The publication keeps me in touch with the many people working in various fields and countries–both educating and inspiring me. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO KEEP THIS RELEVANT SERVICE ALIVE. It needs all the help we can give, i.e., writing, FINANCING, solidarity actions. I am also very grateful for the publications of my works on nonkilling, nonviolence, and a world without violence and war. I get encouragement knowing that so many people around the world are working for a world of peace and nonviolence.”
— Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Trump Unleashed
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2020
No comment required or necessary…
→ read full articleTowards a Mayors’ Security Council
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Mar 2020
1 Mar 2020 – Around the world we see the beginning of failed states, consumed by violence: Libya, Yemen, and a case can be made for Mexico. Johan Galtung has gone so far as to imagine that the United States will split into two countries as the American Empire crumbles. The situation is so serious that UN Secretary-General Guterres devoted his annual press conference on February 4 to the “wind of madness” sweeping the globe. ”
→ read full articleStop the Extradition of Julian Assange-Defend Freedom of the Press
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Mar 2020
Australian journalist Julian Assange, founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, tried to uphold the right for the public to be informed and tell us the truth, and for so doing he has been persecuted, demonized, suffered character assassination, and hounded like a criminal, by the UK government and media.
→ read full articleCartoon: 2020 Senate Republican Class Photo
Joe Kandra and Kathie MM | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
Republican Democracy
→ read full articleNobel Peace Prize 2020 – Full List of Qualified Nominations
Fredrik S. Heffermehl - The Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Feb 2020
11 Feb 2020 – A new page on Facebook, Nobel Peace Prize Watch, has been established to present the 36 nominations found qualified for 2020 and permit public exchange and debate around the candidates. Please follow, comment and encourage others to follow.
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Making a Difference: 20 Years of Conflict-Resolving Media
Jake Lynch | The Peace Journalist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Feb 2020
“In my reportage, taking from the course, I always stay focused on stating facts, the truth and let the voice of the people dominate the narrative as opposed to political parties or ‘elite sources’ as you call them. These sources tend to have vested interests that I avoid. I focus on people’s stories, the human-interest ones. Solutions are not what I intentionally work towards, but they can be inevitable outcome of any such endeavour and I hope for that”.
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Analysis of Violence for Peacebuilders: Galtung’s Triangle
The Peacebuilding Practitioner – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2020
A conflict analysis is a nonnegotiable first step when preparing a conflict transformation and peacebuilding intervention. Understanding violence is part and parcel of this initial assessment. Johan Galtung’s Triangle is a simple yet powerful tool to get a better understanding about the types of violence influencing the situation. This video explains how it can be used.
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Gandhi: The First Peace Journalist
Steven Youngblood | The Peace Journalist – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2020
6 Feb 2020 – When asked to describe Mahatma Gandhi, most would say he was an Indian independence leader, human rights defender, and spiritual guide. However, “People don’t think of him as a journalist” even though “he was a journalist from an early age, and died as a journalist.”
→ read full articleWho’s a Big Boy Now?
Joe Kandra and Kathie Malley-Morrison | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2020
Sigh!
→ read full article(Français) Pourquoi le budget militaire gonflé menace de faire tomber l’empire américain
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2020
1 fév. 2020 – Le budget militaire américain n’est pas payé par les bénéfices des exportations américaines. En fait, les États-Unis importent régulièrement plus qu’ils n’exportent et accusent un déficit qui, pour l’année 2019, était supérieur à un billion de dollars. Comme nous l’avons vu, le budget militaire en représente près de 75%.
→ read full articleNobel Peace Prize 2020 – Shortlist Sent to the Committee
Fredrik S. Heffermehl - The Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2020
Oslo, 3 Feb 2020 – Our annual screening of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize has now been posted on our website and sent to the Nobel committee. We have found 30 of the known candidates qualified and eligible, within the purpose of Nobel´s will.
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Why the Bloated Military Budget Threatens to Bring Down the American Empire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2020
1 Feb 2020 – The American military budget is not paid from the profits of American exports. In fact the US regularly imports more than it exports and runs a deficit which for the year 2019 was more than $1 trillion dollars. As we have seen the military budget accounts for almost 75% of this.
→ read full articleNobel Peace Prize 2020–Nomination Info in English, Français, Deutsch, Русский, Castellano, Svenska–Deadline: 31 Jan
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2020
Please nominate for the 2020 Nobel Prize – Information below in English, French, German, Russian, Castellano and Swedish
→ read full articleIt’s all in the Timing
Joe Kandra and Kathie Malley-Morrison | Engaging Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2020
Mind control…?
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You Know Me–a Poem Shared at #NoWarOnIran
PeaceActionMaine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2020
25 Jan 2020 – Portland, Maine (Please Watch)
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Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Resigns from Nobel Women’s Initiative
The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jan 2020
1 Jan 2020 – Press Release. Mairead Maguire Resigned Today from the Nobel Women’s Initiative Board and Organization
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Nobel Peace Prize 2020–Nomination Info in English, Français, Deutsch, Русский, Castellano, Svenska–Deadline: 31 Jan
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2020
Please nominate for the 2020 Nobel Prize – Information below in English, French, German, Russian, Castellano and Swedish
→ read full articleSoap Opera USA: When the Truth Topples the Trickster’s Tactics
Joe Kandra and Kathie Malley-Morrison – Engaging Peace,
13 Jan 2020
Yawn…
→ read full articleA World without the Nation-State
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jan 2020
2 Jan 2020 – The state is a culture of war. In this case the state is the United States and their culture of war is shown in their role in the overthrow of President Morales of Bolivia (precisely because he was promoting a culture of peace) and their threat to punish Julian Assange (precisely because he revealed the secrets of their culture of war.) Not to mention that the states of the world are unable to seriously attack the problem of global warming, and the USA is the worst in this regard.
→ read full articleTrump’s Ordered Assassinations: Cruel and Inhumane Breach of International Law
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate | The Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jan 2020
‘There are those who benefit from war, the militarists, the arms dealers, the corporate media/military industrial complex, but those who really pay for militarism and wars are the people and the tax of the poor. The propaganda and lies of of war are being spread and this time the target is Iran, just like US/UK/NATO carried out wars against Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, etc. Let us, the people, learn lessons from the past and unite and mobilize calling for no war against Iran. USA troops out of Shannon and out of Iraq! Yes to nonviolence, peace and dialogue! Let the people unite together to stop war, remembering that there is power in truth and love is stronger than hate.’
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Each New Year
David Krieger | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
another revolution
around the sun
a moment of pause
to take account
(Castellano) Cada Nuevo Año [Poema]
David Krieger | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
otra revolución
alrededor del sol
un momento de pausa
para considerar
Afghanistan War – The Crime of the Century
Ron Paul | Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
16 Dec 2019 – “We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn’t know what we were doing.” So said Gen. Douglas Lute, who oversaw the US war on Afghanistan under Presidents Bush and Obama. Eighteen years into the longest war in US history, we are finally finding out, thanks to thousands of pages of classified interviews on the war published by the Washington Post last week, that General Lute’s cluelessness was shared by virtually everyone involved in the war.
→ read full articleFour Criteria for Differentiating Faith-Based Entities
Abbas Aroua | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
Religious currents, especially Islamic schools of thought, are often considered as monolithic blocs, and sometimes opposed to each other. In fact, not only do some academic and political elites regard various currents of Islamic thought as a form of extremism, but they also do the same with regard to the practice of religion itself.
→ read full articleNomination for Nobel Peace Prize 2020 Deadline: 31 Jan
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2019
Please Nominate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize – The Nobel Peace Prize Watch – wishing the prize to confer the greatest benefit on mankind (Nobel´s own words) – offers advice and help to get the best candidates nominated and each year submits a screening of all known and qualified candidates to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
→ read full articleQuid Pro Quo, Spy the Lie
Joe Kandra (cartoonist) & Kathie MM – Engaging Peace,
16 Dec 2019
Machiavelli Savvy
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(Français) Le Pape, la Religion et la Culture de la Paix
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
2 décembre 2019 – Les initiatives du pape sont particulièrement opportunes, car elles soutiennent ce lien entre le désarmement nucléaire et le développement durable et envoient ce message aux églises catholiques du monde entier et à leurs fidèles qui sont plus d’un milliard.
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Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History
Anne Goodman | Peace Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
The “culture of peace” may be a phrase that has entered our lexicon only recently, but the concepts behind it are not new. In fact, they are ideas that are particularly familiar to Elise Boulding, and her book, Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History, is both an encapsulation of her life work and a cogent description of the culture of peace.
→ read full articleThe Pope, Religion and the Culture of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
2 Dec 2019 – The initiatives of the Pope are especially timely because they support this linkage of nuclear disarmament and sustainable development and they send out this message to the Catholic churches around the world and their more than a billion religious followers.
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Asia-Pacific: Some Serious Security Challenges
José Ramos-Horta | Nobel Peace Laureate, Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2019
25 Nov 2019 — This is not a hypothetical nightmare scenario. Extreme forms of corruption, impunity, abuse of power, scandalous social inequalities and offensive ostentation, food insecurity, severe malnutrition, hunger, diminishing agricultural lands and extreme water scarcity. Nations will go to war over fresh water and extreme water scarcity will kill hundreds of millions.
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Con Artist Trick #1: Make Cruel and Inhumane Behavior Sound Morally Justifiable
Joe Kandra (cartoonist) & Kathie MM - Engaging Peace,
25 Nov 2019
Non sequitur?
→ read full articleChoose Your Constitution!
Joe Kandra (cartoonist) and Kathie MM - Engaging Peace,
11 Nov 2019
Then & Now…
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A Conspiracy of Decency
David Krieger | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2019
We will conspire to keep this blue dot floating and alive,
to keep the soldiers from gunning down the children,