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UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on Gaza Crisis
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
22 Dec 2023 – The UNSC has adopted a resolution on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, with 13 votes in favour, and the US and Russia abstaining. Among other points, it demands immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.
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COP28 a “Tragedy for the Planet” as Stockholm Syndrome Took Hold
David Spratt and Ian Dunlop | Pearls and Irritations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
19 Dec 2023 – Up to 100,000 people from climate-related politics, advocacy and business flew into Dubai for the UN COP28 climate policy-making event. And the result? An unmitigated disaster: unfair, inequitable “business as usual” that did not call for the phase-out of fossil fuels.
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Illegal Israeli Actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the Rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
UNGA - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
United Nations General Assembly – Tenth Emergency Special Session
Resolution A/ES-10/L.27 – Adopted 12 Dec 2023
Injured Patients ‘Waiting to Die’ in Northern Gaza as Last Hospital Shuts Down, Amid Rising ‘Catastrophic’ Hunger Levels
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
21 Dec 2023 – There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery and cannot be moved are “waiting to die”, the UN health agency said today, in a plea for a ceasefire to allow more aid into the shattered enclave.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
Two important anniversary messages: One, anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, guided by Mao, violently, on 1 Oct. The other: anniversary of Gandhi, restoring India to its people, nonviolently, on 2 Oct.
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Merchants of Death…
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
… are Making a Killing in Gaza, Ukraine, …
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Dr Mahathir on Euro-North American Imperialist Crimes and the Need for Cooperation against Climate Change
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
9 Dec 2023 – Former two-time Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr Mahathir Mohamad (98) shared his no-hold-barred reflections on the sordid state of the world, still in the grip of the Euro-North American powers.
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COP28 UAE – Joint Statement on Climate, Nature and People
UN COP28 UAE - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
9 Dec 2023 – {From TMS Editor: Key terms and themes not addressed, conspicuously left out: Fossil Fuel, Energy, Oil, Gasoline, Petrol, Petroleum, Methane, Air Pollution, Marine Pollution, CO2, Deforestation, Pentagon/Military Footprint, US Wars, Billionaires’ airplanes/yachts (did I miss anything?)}
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Urgent Letter to UNSC over Gaza
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
6 Dec 2023 – I am writing under Article 99 of the UN Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter that may aggravate existing threats to the maintenance of international peace and security. More than eight weeks of hostilities in Gaza and Israel have created appalling human suffering, physical destruction and collective trauma across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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COP28: Methane Pledge by the ‘Giants Behind the Climate Crisis’ Falls Short, Says Guterres
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
3 Dec 2023 – UN Secretary-General António Guterres today sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall well short of what’s needed to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis.
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UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
29 Nov 2023 – Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in Gaza bombing today, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees reported that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for first time since atrocities erupted last month.
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The Real Cost of Bottled Water
Daniel Jaffee | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
30 Nov 2023 – The price of bottled water is vastly more expensive than the tap water it often replaces for consumers…. In these ways, bottled and packaged water intersects with, highlights, and exacerbates economic and racial injustice.
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(Italiano) Come finiscono le guerre?
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
Sparavano sulla Colonna nemica da dietro steccati, alberi, granai, muri, da dentro le case, poi ricaricavano, avanzavano in fretta e sparavano di nuovo. Uno strano tipo nuovo di guerreggiare per i britannici senza esperienza né addestramento in merito. A loro pareva disonorevole, nascondersi e sparare a uomini allo scoperto che non potevano neppure vedere i propri nemici. Come scrisse una Giubba Rossa alla famiglia: Non ci combattevano da esercito regolare, solo come selvaggi”.
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“One Holocaust Does NOT Justify Another”: Britain’s National March for Palestine and the World’s Moral Majority
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
Saturday’s [11 Nov 2023] march that drew 300.000 Britons is a clear testament to the global consensus moral position among hundreds of millions of people around the world.
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Galtung on Breaking the Cycle of Violent Conflict
University of California Television – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
Pioneer in the field of Peace Studies, Johan Galtung makes the case for incorporating human rights as key to successful peace building around the world.
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The Israeli Model vs the Global Intifada
Satya Sagar | CounterCurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
8 Nov 2023 – Watching the unbelievable destruction wrought by the Israelis in Gaza a simple question very high on many minds must be ‘ How in hell does this illegitimate child of European guilt and American ambition get away with all this again and again and again?’
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Besieged Gaza Hospital Horror Continues: Fuel Supplies Now Exhausted as Rainfall Prompts New Health Scare
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
14 Nov 2023 – The WHO hailed today the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa hospital and expressed concern for displaced people where heavy rainfall has caused flooding and aggravated the already dire health crisis.
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The Tragic Derailment of Early Peace Efforts to End the War in Ukraine
Michael von der Schulenburg, Hajo Funke and Harald Kujat – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
7 Nov 2023 – How the Chance Was Lost for a Peace Settlement of the Ukraine War – A detailed reconstruction of events in March 2022
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Plato’s Fight against Apollo’s Temple of Delphi and the Cult of Democracy
Cynthia Chung | Rising Tide Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
Homer’s great poems that are left to us today, The Iliad and The Odyssey, describe the events of the Trojan War, which marked the descent of Greece into a Dark Age. Following the Trojan War, c.1190 BCE, the civilization of Greece collapsed, written language was lost, and cities disappeared.
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UN Experts Call on International Community to Prevent Genocide in Gaza
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
16 Nov 2023 – Grave violations committed by Israel in Gaza point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today. They illustrated evidence of genocidal incitement, intent to “destroy the Palestinian people under occupation”, loud calls for a ‘second Nakba,’ and the use of powerful weaponry resulting in a colossal death toll and destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
They would shoot at the enemy column from behind fences, trees, barns, walls, from inside houses. This was a strange, new type of warfare to the British, neither experienced nor trained for it. To them it seemed dishonorable, hiding and shooting at men in the open who could not even see their enemies. A Redcoat wrote his family: “They did not fight us like a regular army, only like savages.”
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
UN General Assembly - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession on 9 December 1948.
Entry into force: 12 January 1951.
El Niño Expected to Last at least until April 2024
UN World Meteorological Organization - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
8 Nov 2023 – The ongoing El Niño event is expected to last at least until April 2024, influencing weather patterns and contributing to a further spike in temperatures both on land and in the ocean, according to a new Update from the World Meteorological Organization.
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Good Times for the Military-Industrial Complex
William D. Hartung | TomDispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
But Is It Truly the Arsenal of Democracy?
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William A. Schabas | UN Library of International Law – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
The term “genocide” was first used by Raphael Lemkin in 1944. Although the word appears in the drafting history of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, the final text of that instrument uses the cognate term “crimes against humanity” to deal with the persecution and physical extermination of national, ethnic, racial and religious minorities.
→ read full articleConvention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
UN General Assembly - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession on 9 December 1948.
Entry into force: 12 January 1951.
Japan, G-7 on Different Pages Regarding Middle East Conflict
Shino Matsuyama and Akira Nemoto | The Asahi Shimbun - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
Despite being its chair, Japan was “excluded from the G-7.” On 22 Oct Biden held talks with the leaders of the G-7 nations, except for Japan, and the six leaders issued a joint statement in support of Israel’s right to self-defense. Japan has long supported the two-state solution, in which Israel and Palestine coexist as independent nations.
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William A. Schabas | UN Library of International Law – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
The term “genocide” was first used by Raphael Lemkin in 1944. Although the word appears in the drafting history of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, the final text of that instrument uses the cognate term “crimes against humanity” to deal with the persecution and physical extermination of national, ethnic, racial and religious minorities.
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Rise in Intimidation, Settler Violence in the West Bank, Warns the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
1 Nov 2023 – More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and increased movement restrictions since the Hamas attacks of 7 October and the start of Israel’s slaughter on Gaza, the OHCA said today.
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A Divided European Union Can’t Even Agree on Need for Ceasefire in Israeli Aggression against Gaza
Marc Martorell Junyent | Informed Comment - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
24 Oct 2023 – The European Union’s initial response to the Israel-Gaza atrocities has been chaotic. Shortly after the Hamas attack in Israel, the European Commission announced the suspension of “all payments” to the Palestinians. The EU is the biggest donor of aid to Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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(Italiano) Sociocidio, Genocidio, Ecocidio di Israele a Gaza
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
Gli USA e Israele sono nati allo stesso modo, come popolo eletto di Dio con tanto di terre promesse, ricorrendo al sociocidio e al genocidio (gli USA). Senza cambiar politica possono declinare e cadere anche allo stesso modo. E magari presto.
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(Italiano) Palestina e Israele: come sarebbe la pace
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
Le visioni/intuizioni di Galtung son quanto mai rilevanti oggi in vista della pulizia ernica degli abitanti di Gaza da parte IDF, debitamente disinfettata, banalizzata, normalizzata dalle narrazioni dei telegiornali mondiali. Il riferimento a Hamas del presidente Biden come ‘l’altra squadra’ rivela le loro mentalità: si tratta di una partita, non una faccenda di vita e di morte per i 2 milioni d’abitanti di Gaza massacrati mentre ne parliamo. È tragico che le guerre vincano le elezioni nelle (cosiddette) democrazie dell’Occidente.
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Operation Al-Aqsa: Middle East Scholars Weigh in on Gaza–Israel Conflict
Daniel Falcone interviews Richard Falk and Stephen Zunes | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
13 Oct 2023 – International relation scholars Richard Falk and Stephen Zunes comment on the politics of Hamas, the role of the press, how international law is applied in the region, human rights for civilians, the nature of terrorism, and the prospects of a Third Intifada.
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US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza
United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
18 Oct 2023 – The US vetoed today a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza as well as for Israel to rescind its order to 1.1 million Gazans to leave their homes and move to the south of their enclave.
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What Must Be Said
Gunter Grass, Nobel Literature Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
The Nobel Laureate’s controversial poem about Israel may have lacked elegance, but it was also a dire warning about war with Iran that has irritated, provoked and outraged people everywhere.
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The US/NATO/EU World Now Accepts Defence through Genocide
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Transnational Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
21 Oct 2023 – In civilisational terms war is a backward, primitive thing that solves no conflicts and creates no security. It’s a system of structural evil. Equally primitive and uncultured is the black-and-white, simplified narrative that there is only one evil party: Gazans/Hamas.
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
Johan Galtung’s insights are crucially relevant today in view of the ethnic cleansing of Gazans by the IDF—duly sanitized, trivialized, normalized by TV News Media narratives. Pres. Biden’s reference to Hamas as ‘the other team’ reveals their mindsets: it’s a game, not a matter of life and death for the 2 million being massacred as we speak. It is tragic that wars win elections in the (so called) democracies of the West.
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Competing Theories of Nonviolent Politics
Karuna Mantena | Academia – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
Abstract: The contemporary literature on nonviolent politics relies upon a sharp distinction between strategic and principled nonviolence. Gandhi and King are associated with the latter, defined as a strict moral commitment to nonviolence that both scholars and activists view as unnecessary for the successful practice of nonviolent politics. I argue the distinction between strategic and principled nonviolence is misleading.
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Haiti – Neocolonial Intervention, Grass Roots Resistance
Stephen Sefton | Kawsachun News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2023
7 Oct 2023 – From the 2004 coup d’état against President Jean Bertrand Aristide until 2017, Haiti was occupied militarily by US and Canadian troops and by the MINUSTAH, always under the clear direction of the governments of the USA, Canada and France.
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Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2023
Sociocide is the killing of a society’s capacity to survive, to reproduce itself, a crime against humanity. The USA and Israel were born the same way, as God’s chosen people with promised lands, using sociocide and genocide (the USA). With no policy change they may also decline and fall the same way. Even soon.
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A Single Morning That May Change the Middle East Forever!
Mansoor Durrani | Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
7 Oct 2023 – After 70 years of Israeli occupation of Palestine; after 50 years of Arab-Israeli Yom Kuppar War; and after 9 months of “low intensity” Israeli violence that killed over 250 Palestinian civilians in the first 9 months of 2023, something unprecedented happened around 6:00 a.m. local time today!
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Palestine: The Resistance Rises toward Revolution, Return and Liberation
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
As the morning dawns on 7 Oct 2023, the resistance rises throughout occupied Palestine, smashing the siege on Gaza, confronting the occupier by land and air, taking control of Palestinian land, seizing occupation settlers and soldiers, and launching thousands of missiles as Palestinian resistance forces fight to advance return and the liberation of Palestine.
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US Weapons to Ukraine Sold through Back Door to Terrorists
Steven Sahiounie | Mideast Discourse - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
4 Oct 2023 – According to former Ukrainian Defense Ministry informants, the Foundation to Battle Injustice identified which NATO weapons are being resold by the Ukrainian government and revealed the scale and routes to resell Western weapons on the black market.
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Winner? Winners!
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2023
Which one fits your personal story?
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UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2023
27 Sep 2023 – The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process today expressed deep concern over the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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Agreement Boosts Academic Mobility Across BRICS Borders
University World News | BRICS Info Portal - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
22 Sep 2023 – BRICS countries, a grouping of emerging economies, agreed to facilitate the recognition of academic qualifications among members to ensure the mobility of skilled professionals, academics and students.
→ read full articleComparing Galtung’s Theory of Conflict Resolution with Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory
Prof. Antonino Drago | CIC-Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
Abstract: The present paper compares Galtung’s theory of conflict resolution with Freud’s psychoanalytical theory. The basic notions of this comparison are the “adjunction” and the transference. Freud’s description of the inner conflict resolution is first interpreted by the adjunction of one person (Analyst) to the patient.
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What Constitutes an “Ungood” Person?
Author Unknown,
11 Sep 2023
There are several signs that someone may not be a good person. Here are a few, to be aware of:
→ read full articleExploring the Centrality of Nonviolent Communication for Resolution of Conflicts and a Culture of Peace
Vedabhyas Kundu | CIC-Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2023
It can be an important starting point of analyzing and linking Johan Galtung’s conflict triangle using the Gandhian nonviolent communication. It may also be mentioned that Galtung himself was much influenced by Gandhi.
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A Bad One
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2023
No Comment
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Haiti Violence: ‘Carnage Needs to Stop’ Says UN Relief Chief
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2023
1 Sep 2023 – Haiti is in the grip of “extreme brutality”, with gang-related violence continuing to force thousands from their homes amidst widespread suffering, said the UN’s top humanitarian official there.
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(Italiano) Spiritualità e pace
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
30 Agosto 2023 – Il nostro mondo manca chiaramente di qualcosa, anzi molto, nei propri sforzi di conseguire la pace. E fra questo c’è quanto espresso dalla parola “spiritualità”, abusata all’incirca quanto la parola “pace”, proprio perché entrambe incarnano tanti nostri sogni.
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Carl Jung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
No Comment
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BRICS Will Change the Power Balance in the Global Energy Market
Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
28 Aug 2023 – BRICS Will Make Up nearly 40% of Global Economy – The 11 BRICS countries will account for 48.5 million square kilometers or 36% of the world’s land area. The combined population will amount to 3.6 billion, 45% of the globe’s total.
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Six Years After Their Darkest Hour, the Rohingya Have Been Abandoned
Raïss Tinmaung | Ottawa Citizen - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
Aug. 25 marks the sixth anniversary of the last massacre of the Rohingya in Myanmar. Half of their villages were exterminated and 800,000 people fled to Bangladesh. Abandoned by the international community, they remain in the refugee camps and apartheid villages.
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Hundreds of Thousands Trafficked into Online Criminality Across SE Asia
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
29 Aug 2023 – Criminal gangs in southeast Asia are using torture and abuse to force hundreds of thousands of people into an online scam operation which generates billions of dollars per year, the UN rights office said today.
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The Climate Dice are Loaded. Now, a New Frontier?
James Hansen, Makiko Sato and Reto Ruedy | Columbia University - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
Suspicion that we are headed into climate territory not seen in the past million years is fueled by the large Earth’s Energy Imbalance. EEI is the proximate cause of global warming: as long as more energy comes in than goes out, we must expect global warming to continue.
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Uncle Sam’s Classroom
Orinoco Tribune - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
School Begins
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The Doctrine of ‘Just War’
Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
Let it be clear that the present author is against war, there being no “but”. War as an institution is an abomination, like slavery and colonialism. The key word is institution, legitimized by social norms and mores. A doctrine of just war is designed to offer a legitimization by seeing the evil of war as something that can be outweighed by possible positive outcomes.
→ read full articleSpirituality and Peace
Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
28 Aug 2023 – Our world is clearly missing much in its efforts to achieve peace. It is expressed by the word “spirituality”, as overused as the word “peace” precisely because both embody so many of our dreams. Tell me your spirituality, and I will tell how much peace there is in you.
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UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 – Arms and ammunition transfers to Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent months, alongside concerning reports of deliveries of banned cluster munitions, the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security Council today.
→ read full articleBid3 and Counter Militarism Mapping
Ahmed Isam | Chaos Communication Camp 2023 - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
Sudan Civic Map is a Counter-Militarisation project, a political statement that challenges the dominant narrative of the Sudan conflict. By foregrounding the experiences of civilian-led movements, the project aims to shift the focus from military-centric news towards the humanitarian efforts of these actors. The project asserts the importance of non-combatant actors, subverting the conventional portrayal of the conflict as a two-party war.
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Cuba’s Worsening Food Crisis Means US Blockade Must End Now, Not Later
W.T. Whitney Jr. | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
“It is time for all of us, in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, to intensify the struggle against the U.S. blockade and mobilize international cooperation with the island that dared to conquer its independence and sovereignty against the most powerful and genocidal empire in the history of mankind.” — Frei Betto
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Assange Be Wary: The Dangers of a US Plea Deal
Binoy Kampmark | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 – In the proceedings against Julian Assange, the US Imperium has shown its vengeful impulses. Given the 17 charges he faces from the US Espionage Act of 1917, any sentence is bound to be hefty. Were he to be extradited to the US, Assange will disappear into a carceral, life-ending dystopia.
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The US Will Strengthen Its Occupation of Syria, while Plundering Oil Resources
Steven Sahiounie interviews Prof. Glenn Diesen | Mideast Discourse - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
11 Aug 2023 – The main reason behind the US invasion and occupation of Syria, now lasting eight years, was to prevent Syrians from accessing their own oil wells–and steal it. Due to US sanctions, Syria can’t buy energy products, having a chronic shortage of gasoline, diesel and almost no electricity.
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Syrian Civilians Struggle between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and Equally Deadly US Sanctions
Steven Sahiounie | Mideast Discourse - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Aug 2023
8 Aug 2023 – Israeli airstrikes on Syria have become routine and deadly.
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Enough of the Blaming Game: Let’s for Once Try Talking to Each Other
Alfred de Zayas | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
25 Jul 2023 – In the UN Human Rights Council, the blaming game is known as “naming and shaming”, as if the States “naming” possessed a higher moral authority over the “named;” as if blaming could contribute to dialogue and compromise.
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Palestine: Unsettling Israeli Settlers Severely Damaging the USA
Dan Lieberman | Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
28 Jul 2023 – UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: “There have been 570 attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the first six months of 2023; three attacks a day.” 2010-2019: 3,000 settler attacks, 22 Palestinians killed, 1,258 injured.
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Militarization of AI Has Severe Implications for Global Security and Warfare
Tshilidzi Marwala | United Nations University – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
24 Jul 2023 – As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, the need for effective governance mechanisms to manage its use and mitigate potential hazards grows.
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Hear the Hibakusha… before It’s Too Late!
Leonard Eiger | Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
6 Aug 2023 – Seventy-eight years ago, on 6 Aug 1945, a United States warplane dropped an atomic bomb, which detonated over the city of Hiroshima, Japan early in the morning. Testimony of Tokie Mizuno, Hibakusha of Hiroshima (Recorded in 2010).
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ASEAN and Its 50 Years of Failure in Ending Wars and Genocides
Maung Zarni | Prothom Alo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
16 Jul 2023 – The gulf between the impact of ASEAN in Myanmar affairs and the spins – “centrality” “cohesion” “inclusive dialogue” blah blah blah – is jaw dropping.
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The U.K. Government Is Very Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide
Joe Mullin | Electronic Frontier Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
26 Jul 2023 – The U.K. Parliament is pushing the Online Safety Bill, which will undermine the privacy of people around the world; now at the final stage. It gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, destroying end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted.
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Storm Clouds Gathering: NATO in the Perilous Black Sea
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
21 Jul 2023 – In an ominous development, Kiev is suggesting the continuation of the collapsed Black Sea Grain Deal without Russia’s participation and with apparent NATO protection.
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The Profiteers of Armageddon
William D. Hartung | TomDispatch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
30 Jul 2023 – Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex
→ read full article(Italiano) Studi di pace: ispirazione, obiettivi, conseguimenti
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
La pace piace ai cuori, gli studi al cervello. Sono necessari entrambi, anzi indispensabili. ma altrettanto indispensabile è una connessione valida fra cervello e cuore. Ed è ben questo, in essenza, ciò di cui trattano gli studi e la prassi di pace.
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The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO’s Ukraine Roulette
Alfred de Zayas | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
19 Jul 2023 – Ultimately, NATO must be recognized not only as a criminal organization, a blustering vestige of a moribund Western imperialism, but as a mortal danger to the survival of civilization on Earth. NATO is on the wrong side of history.
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Internal Beauty
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
Ditto!
→ read full articleDevastating Rights Violations against Indigenous People Must End
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
17 Jul 2023 – Indigenous Peoples have the ancestral wisdom to guide humanity towards a more sustainable use of the Earth’s resources, yet they are systematically discriminated against and excluded, UN rights chief Volker Türk warned today.
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The Great Chessboard: China’s Economic Rise and the Collapse of the USA
Mike Whitney | Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
12 Jul 2023 – The One Chart That Explains Everything
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The Weaponization of Human Rights at the Human Rights Council
Alfred de Zayas | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
3 Jul 2023 – Alas, the Human Rights Council has become predominantly a platform for those who engage in war-mongering and incitement to hatred. Notwithstanding the clear language of Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, many states practice flagrant Russophobia, Sinophobia and other phobias. Article 20 stipulates:
→ read full articlePeace Studies: Inspiration, Objectives, Achievement
Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
Peace appeals to the heart; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart. And that, in a nutshell, is what peace studies and peace practice are all about.
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Temperatures Off the Charts, but More Records Imminent: WMO
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
10 Jul 2023 – Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June and July – and the warming El Niño weather pattern is only just getting started – experts at the UN World Meteorological Organization said today.
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From ICC to ‘Sportswashing’: West’s Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated
Ramzy Baroud | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
3 Jul 2023 – The denunciation of the ICC came two days after the court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes. The speed with which the case against him was lodged, discussed, and followed by concrete action raised questions about the integrity, balance and political agenda of the Western-inclined court.
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UN Forcefully Hits at US Blockade of Cuba and Prison in Guantanamo
W.T. Whitney Jr. | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
5 Jul 2023 – The United Nations put forth a denunciation that carries unusual force because of its legal authority and practical experience in Cuba. Internal criticism of U.S. policies on Cuba is brushed aside due to the low priority Washington officials assign to Cuban affairs.
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U.S. Depleted Uranium to Make Ukraine War Dirtier
John LaForge | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
30 Jun 2023 – The Biden administration is expected to supply Ukraine with highly controversial depleted-uranium munitions which are to be fired from the Abrams battle tanks the U.S. is sending to Kyiv.
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Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants to Reactivate E1 Plan
Ramzy Baroud | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 – The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1.
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Haiti: Stop the Destruction of a Nation
Seth Donnelly | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2023
6 Jun 2023 – What’s going on in Haiti today–with all historical context. It is truly a disaster and atrocity on a massive scale.
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(Italiano) Alcune note sulla teoria dell’Evoluzione
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis –TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2023
31 Maggio 2023 – Si fa un gran parlare di evoluzione e pace; avendoci lavorato su di tanto in tanto, ecco alcune note sulla teoria dell’evoluzione.
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A Memorial Day to Remember What, Exactly?
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2023
Memorial Day USA [Revisited]
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US Anti-tank Weapons Shipped to Kiev Now in Hands of Mexican Gangs
PressTV | Orinoco Tribune - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2023
5 Jun 2023 – A video footage broadcast in a Mexican news report has shown a Mexican gang member carrying a US-made Javelin anti-tank missile launcher, thousands of which were shipped to Ukraine for use against Russian forces.
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Bangladesh Must Suspend Plans to Return Rohingya Refugees to Myanmar: Rights Expert
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2023
8 Jun 2023 – Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said today.
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What’s the Use of William Blake?
Stephen F. Eisenman | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
26 May 2023 – What’s the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, of any art and literature in an age of climate change, proxy wars, nuclear threat, pandemic, rise of fascism? Rather than study long dead poets or painters, shouldn’t we focus on the emergency?
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Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
There is much talk about evolution and peace and, having worked on it off and on, here are some notes.
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Digital Privacy Legislation Is Civil Rights Legislation
Paige Collings and Adam Schwartz | Electronic Frontier Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 May 2023
18 May 2023 – Our personal data and the ways private companies harvest and monetize it plays an increasingly powerful role in modern life. Corporate databases are vast, interconnected, and opaque. The movement and use of our data is difficult to understand, let alone trace.
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What China Is Really Playing at in Ukraine
Pepe Escobar | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
30 Apr 2023 – Beijing is fully aware the NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is the un-dissociable double of the U.S. war against its Belt and Road Initiative.
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Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China
Sara Flounders | CovertAction Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 May 2023
27 Apr 2023 – While the U.S.-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine continues unabated, the U.S. is preparing at breakneck speed for war with China, using Taiwan as the excuse. Taiwan, like Ukraine, is a pawn. Surrounding China with military bases, nuclear weapons and military vessels is a highly dangerous provocation. U.S. wars are for corporate profit.
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US War Crimes in the War on Terror
Melvin A. Goodman | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 May 2023
The mainstream media are increasing their attention to war crimes and the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, but there has been no attempt to link the issues. The war itself could be labeled a war crime or a “crime against the peace,” which was the charge against Germany introduced at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945 and 1946.
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Jung on Evil
Carl Jung - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
Agree?
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Natu Natu (Music Video of the Week)
Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
Oscar Winning Video from the South Indian Film “RRR” at the 2023 Academy Award Ceremony
Click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy the exquisite Indian show.
Lula and Xi Jinping Sign 15 Partnership Agreements in Beijing
Kawsachun News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Apr 2023
14 Apr 2023 – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed today in Beijing 15 trade and partnership agreements. Lula was received at the Great Hall of the People, seat of the Chinese government. Find the joint communique released by the two presidents here in English.
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