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CHILD SOLDIERS TELL THEIR STORIES – NepalDocumentary.com Preview.
TMS Editor,
6 Dec 2009
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→ read full article(ITALIAN) TO GAZA, WITH LOVE
TMS Editor,
27 Nov 2009
Partecipa da lontano alla Gaza Freedom March: invia una tua foto, un messaggio o un disegno con la delegazione ECCP Italia (Coordinamento europeo per la Palestina). A fine anno, centinaia e centinaia di attivisti provenienti da tutto il mondo, insieme a decine di migliaia di palestinesi, parteciperanno alla Gaza Freedom March: Tutte e tutti insieme […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) HONDURAS, UM ALERTA PARA TODA A ESQUERDA!
Brasil de Fato – Editorial,
27 Nov 2009
O resultado das ilegais e ilegítimas eleições de 29 de novembro poderá alterar de maneira significativa o quadro das lutas sociais e políticas naquele país.Diante da possibilidade de legitimação do golpe civil-militar, através de uma iniciativa comandada pelo governo dos EUA, com apoio dos governos da Colômbia, Perú e México, se aproxima a resolução da […]
→ read full articleWaging Peace: Interview with Prof. Johan Galtung (Part 1)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2009
Riz Khan interviews Prof. Johan Galtung and Amb. Alvaro de Soto. Washington-DC, Nov 16 2009. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/uVRSvJZLTYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1
→ read full articleA FIASCO
Le Monde – Editorial, 12 Nov 2009,
15 Nov 2009
It’s time to stop the verbal pretense. In the Near East, there is no negotiation "process" underway. Furthermore, there is also no prospect for peace. The situation is nonetheless not in a state of status quo: it is regressing. Dangerously. The United States bears the primary responsibility. Several months ago, Barack Obama had placed the […]
→ read full articleThe 2009 Brazilian Music Institute in Gainesville, Florida featuring CECILIA SIQUEIRA (Uruguay) and FERNANDO LIMA (Brasil) – Duo Siqueira Lima – performing Tico Tico no Fubá, (Zéquinha de Abreu).
TMS Editor,
15 Nov 2009
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→ read full articleGERMANS PRESS FOR REMOVAL OF US NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN EUROPE
Julian Borger, diplomatic editor – The Guardian,
9 Nov 2009
Pressure is growing within Nato for the removal of the remaining US nuclear weapons on European soil, and for a new doctrine for the alliance that would depend less on nuclear deterrence.The initiative is being driven by the new German government coalition, which has called for the removal of American nuclear weapons on its territory […]
→ read full articleSUPPORT THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
TMS Editor,
4 Nov 2009
The UN Goldstone report is a well-researched, fair-minded report. Israel and Hamas must conduct credible, independent investigations on war crimes and possible crimes against humanity or face the International Criminal Court. We demand accountability for all victims, respect for the rule of law, international law and human rights.CLICK TO VIEW 2m29s BILL MOYERS INTERVIEW WITH […]
→ read full articleRAINFOREST TREATY ‘FATALLY FLAWED’
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor,
28 Oct 2009
Climate Summit Loophole Lets Palm Oil Producers Cull Vital Wilderness A vital safeguard to protect the world’s rainforests from being cut down has been dropped from a global deforestation treaty due to be signed at the climate summit in Copenhagen in December. Under proposals due to be ratified at the summit, countries which cut down […]
→ read full articleLOCKED IN: LIFE IN GAZA – An insight into an ordinary Gazan man struggling to make a living and to find a solution for his family in the difficulties of the Gaza Strip. Aljazeera video
TMS Editor,
28 Oct 2009
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WILL THE REAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASE STAND UP?
TMS Editor,
28 Oct 2009
Yes Men Spoof that Fooled the Media Eric Wohlschlegel confronts Hingo Sembra. Which one legitimately represents the right way for American business? Oct. 19, 11:15am, Washington, D.C. Press Club.CLICK TO VIEW YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP – FLUXDEPOT CNBC AND FOX ON CHAMBER CLIMATE HOAX A montage of CNBC and Fox Business Network reporting, then retracting the […]
→ read full articleAGAINST GM TOXIC SOY
TMS Editor,
23 Oct 2009
The Dutch government is playing an active role to have GMO crops accepted and introduced to Europe. Part of this is the financial and political support for the Round Table on Resposible Soy (RTRS). This platform of mostly industry and big producers has set up a very weak standard that gives GM Roundup Ready soy […]
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→ read full articleWAR/NO MORE TROUBLE – Playing for Change | Songs Around The World – This unforgetable track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
TMS Editor,
10 Oct 2009
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→ read full articleCLEAN COAL IS FICTIONAL – Energy Action Coalition Executive Director Jessy Tolkan: Washington saying coal industry can be “clean” is pure fiction. A Real News Video
TMS Editor,
3 Oct 2009
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→ read full articleKEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK – EVENTS PLANNED WORLDWIDE
TMS Editor,
28 Sep 2009
On October 3-10 a week of local protest events to Keep Space for Peace will be held worldwide. Each fall the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space organizes Keep Space for Peace Week: International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. These events are intended to help educate the public […]
→ read full articleCOUP INCITING REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS? – Oscar Estrada: Oligarchy’s attempt to save their neo-liberal project may initiate fall of entire regime. A Real News Network Video.
TMS Editor,
19 Sep 2009
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→ read full articleMR. ZELAYA GOES TO WASHINGTON – Ousted Honduran President takes his story to DC, gets a deceptive response from US State Dept. – The Real News Network Video
TMS Editor,
7 Sep 2009
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→ read full articleA TMS Interview with Prof. Johan Galtung – The Millennium Development Goals
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2009
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→ read full articleProf. Johan Galtung on the Relationship between Peace & Business
TMS Editor,
10 Aug 2009
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→ read full articleProf. Johan Galtung’s Insights on Somalia & Piracy
TMS Editor,
7 Aug 2009
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→ read full articleUS-COLOMBIA MILITARY TIES FACE RESISTANCE – Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo Reports From The Capital, Bogota
TMS Editor,
2 Aug 2009
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→ read full articleJake Lynch: Talisman Sabre Peace Convergence
TMS Editor,
25 Jul 2009
Video by TMS Peace Journalist Jake Lynch, Dir. of Univ. of Sydney Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, With Peace Journalist/Author Annabel McGoldrick. Yeppoon and Rockhampton, Central Queensland-Australia, Jul 11-12, 09 httpv://www.youtube.com/v/5sMsniEwA3o&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleMINUTEMAN III POISED FOR LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
TMS Editor,
18 Jul 2009
Call for Local Protests on Weekend of August 22-23, 2009 The US arsenal of hypocrisy is poised for another launch from Vandenberg AFB in Southern California in the early morning hours of August 23. Our government lectures and threatens Iran and North Korea about the evils of nuclear weapons and then arrogantly continues to fire nuclear […]
→ read full articleEARTH CONDOMINIUM – THE GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD
TMS Editor,
17 Jul 2009
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→ read full articleTAMIL CAMPS
NY Times Editorial Jul 15 09,
17 Jul 2009
More than two months after declaring victory over Tamil Tiger guerillas, Sri Lanka’s government is continuing to hold hundreds of thousands of displaced Tamil civilians in what it calls “welfare villages,” but what increasingly look like military internment camps. The civilians, many of whom were held hostage by the guerrillas in the bloody last stage […]
→ read full articleTRANSCEND UNIVERSITY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
TMS Editor,
12 Jul 2009
Dear friends, I have the pleasure to inform you that books #5 and #6 from TRANSCEND University Press are already available at www.transcend.org/tup. They are: 5 – The Fall of the U.S. Empire–And Then What?: Successors, Regionalization or Globalization? U.S. Fascism or U.S. Blossoming? By Johan Galtung. 6 – Peace Business: Humans and Nature Above […]
→ read full articleIT’S NOT JUST OUR 21 KIDNAPPED PASSENGERS: It’s an outrage, but it is hardly an isolated one. Free Gaza Video
TMS Editor,
11 Jul 2009
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→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
4 Jul 2009
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→ read full articleACTON FOR LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARAGUAY
TMS Editor,
26 Jun 2009
Sign a letter asking the president to veto the law that threatens life!Despite being a relatively small country, Paraguay has turned into the 4th world soy exporting country. GM soy monocultures, Monsanto‘s RoundupReady soy, are destined for the agro industry in Europe and China and currently take up over 2 million hectares in Paraguay. Industrial […]
→ read full articleFOURTH SUMMIT, GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR MINISTRIES & DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE: BUILDING BRIDGES OF PEACE
TMS Editor,
22 Jun 2009
San José, Costa Rica – 13-21 September 2009 Dear Global Alliance Supporter, On behalf of the Costa Rican government, the Academy for Peace of Costa Rica and the Global Alliance, we are pleased to announce that Costa Rica will host the 2009 Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace. Founded in […]
→ read full articleMADAGASCAR: DAEWOO’S RAINFOREST LAND GRAB IN NATURE’S PARADISE
TMS Editor,
20 Jun 2009
The island of Madagascar is a veritable Noah’s Ark of biodiversity, and this natural wealth is the country’s primary treasure and opportunity for future ecologically sustainable development. The Korean company Daewoo Logistics continues to pursue plans to lease half the agricultural land in Madagascar for 99 years, industrially producing maize and palm oil on 1.3 […]
→ read full articleProf. Abbas Aroua Interviews Prof. Johan Galtung
TMS Editor,
15 Jun 2009
An Analysis of Current World Issues & Concerns Geneva, 30 May 2009 (in French) httpv://www.youtube.com/v/BHVFsommeBM&hl=en&fs=1 Abbas Aroua is a medical physicist and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Lausanne University, Switzerland. He is director of the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva for Peace Studies and Convener for the Arab world for TRANSCEND Network […]
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→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 2) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of people on both sides.
TMS Editor,
5 Jun 2009
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→ read full articleUNPUNISHED MASSACRE
Le Monde – Editorial 1/Jun/09,
2 Jun 2009
The Sri Lankan regime is exultant. It’s about to get away scot-free with the massacre of thousands of civilians on its country’s northeastern beaches. According to a UN estimate, close to 20,000 people could have perished in the Sri Lankan army’s end of January to end of May offensive against the ultra-violent Liberation Tigers […]
→ read full articleCUT EMISSIONS OR ACIDITY WILL KILL CORAL REEFS, SCIENTISTS SAY
Steve Connor, Science Editor,
1 Jun 2009
‘Underwater Catastrophe’ is Imminent Without Action Rising acidity in oceans is leading to a global catastrophe that would be unparalleled in tens of millions of years, according to the national science academies of 69 countries which want governments to take the issue more seriously in the run-up to the December climate change conference in Copenhagen. […]
→ read full articleISRAEL’S BARRIER (Part 1) – NPR’s Eric Westervelt and David Gilkey traveled the length of Israel’s separation barrier to explore how it has affected the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
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→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE DETAINED BY U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY
TMS Editor,
31 May 2009
On Thursday, 14th May 2009, Homeland Security Immigration personnel detained Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on her entry into Houston Airport in Texas, USA. Maguire was on her way home to Northern Ireland after attending a 3-day conference in Guatemala hosted by herself and three Sister Nobel Peace Laureates, Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams and […]
→ read full articleFrom the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, a track written by Pierre Minetti, performed by musicians around the world: “Don’t Worry”
TMS Editor,
19 May 2009
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→ read full articleMY ENEMY – Mohammad and Tom, two teenagers respectively from Palestine and Israel, discuss the difficult issues between them. 10:50-Min Video by PeaceItTogether
TMS Editor,
14 May 2009
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→ read full articleTHE FIERCE URGENCY OF DISARMAMENT
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation,
13 May 2009
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope for springtime…. But there are miles to go before we sleep." –Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President of Pugwash For more than five years, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) and its Chairman, Dr. Hans Blix, have worked to generate proposals for reducing the […]
→ read full articleDR. FARHANG JAHANPOUR TALKS ABOUT PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT UNDER NEW US LEADERSHIP
Antonio C. S. Rosa, Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2009
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→ read full articleCAN CHINA’S WIND POWER SAVE THE PLANET? China pledges to have 15 percent of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. VideoNation
TMS Editor,
26 Apr 2009
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→ read full articleWho are the real pirates? The Somalis or the Western nuclear waste dumpers? Somali-Canadian Musician-Poet K’Naan Presents the Somali Side of the ‘Pirates’ Issue.
TMS Editor,
14 Apr 2009
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STAN MEYER’S WATER DRIVEN CAR
TMS Editor,
10 Apr 2009
He was poisoned in mysterious circumstances in March 1998. Question: Where is the technology? Ideas cannot be killed. 1:45-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleA NEW POLITICAL MOMENT FOR EMPIRE? John Feffer of Foreign Policy In Focus interviews Prof. Stephen Zunes about the role of the U.S. in the world under the Obama administration.
TMS Editor,
8 Apr 2009
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→ read full articleMADE IN U.S.A.
TMS Editor,
7 Apr 2009
John Smith started his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (made in China) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong), put on a shirt (made in Sri Lanka), designer jeans (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After […]
→ read full articleJohan Galtung: Can Japan Become Sovereign and Peaceful?
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Apr 2009
A TFF Video by Jan Oberg httpv://www.youtube.com/v/JTtzwgk9JD8&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleJAKE LYNCH SPEAKS ON SYDNEY RADIO
TMS Editor,
3 Apr 2009
On April 3 the Sydney radio station, 2SER, broadcast an eight-minute interview with Jake Lynch to mark the launch of his new book, Debates in Peace Journalism, published by Sydney University Press and TRANSCEND University Press. The show is called The Fourth Estate, the interviewer’s name is Shevonne Hunt, and you can listen to it […]
→ read full articleARAB-LATAM BID FOR A DIVERSE WORLD
Lucia Newman, Latin America editor,
31 Mar 2009
The Moors invaded and conquered much of the Iberian Peninsula in 711AD. By the time they were driven out of Granada in 1492, the Arabs had left an indelible racial and cultural imprint. Both the Spanish and Portuguese languages have a marked Arabic influence. Yet when the Spanish and Portuguese crossed the Atlantic to conquer […]
→ read full articlePRICE OF SILENCE – An Amnesty International video at the U.N. featuring 16 of the world’s top musicians—some of whom have fled oppressive regimes—in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for all
TMS Editor,
31 Mar 2009
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→ read full articleCALL ON U.S. GOVERNMENT TO HALT ECOLOGICALLY MISGUIDED SUPPORT FOR LARGE SCALE BIOFUEL
TMS Editor,
30 Mar 2009
Please support US environmental and social justice groups calling upon the new Obama administration to halt financial and policy support for large scale biofuel production. In particular, the Obama government‘s potential support for agrofuel expansion — making of transportation fuels from food — runs counter to their aim to urgently address climate change and threatens […]
→ read full articleRUSSELL TRIBUNAL ON PALESTINE
TMS Editor,
30 Mar 2009
The recent war waged by the Israeli government and the Israeli army on the Gaza strip, already under a blockade, underlines the particular responsibility of the United States and of the European Union in the perpetuation of the injustice done to the Palestinian people, deprived of its fundamental rights. It is important to mobilize the […]
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PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAN
TMS Editor,
21 Mar 2009
Mar 19 2009 President Obama released a special video message for all those celebrating Nowruz. Translated " New Day," Nowruz marks the arrival of Spring and the beginning of the New Year for millions in Iran and other communities around the world. 3:20-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
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→ read full articleJUDGING THE ICC
The Los Angeles Times – Editorial, Mar 16 2009,
18 Mar 2009
The cases for and against US participation in the International Criminal Court. The Nuremberg trials at the close of World War II were controversial in their day. Advocates saw civilized nations imposing just retribution for acts of depravity; critics saw an exercise of victors’ justice, with rules of warfare imposed after the fact. From […]
→ read full articleA PALESTINIAN VIEW – FINANCIAL SUPPORT: A TWO-EDGED SWORD
TMS Editor,
16 Mar 2009
A bitterlemons interview with Walid Salem, a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Developmentbitterlemons: A lot of money was pledged at the Sharm al-Sheikh conference for the reconstruction of Gaza. Do you think that this means reconstruction can now go ahead? Salem: I see two problems when it comes to the reconstruction of […]
→ read full articleTHE AMAHORO YOUTH CLUB IN BURUNDI – A young Burundian intellectual and activist, Armand Giramahoro, talks about the basic ideas and goals of the Amahoro Youth Club-AYC. A TFF Video.
TMS Editor,
15 Mar 2009
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→ read full articleCLOSED ZONE
TMS Editor,
13 Mar 2009
Animation About the Gaza Cage Gisha-Legal Center for Freedom of Movement calls on the state of Israel to fully open Gaza’s crossings and to allow the real victims of the closure – 1.5 million human beings – the freedom of movement necessary to realize their dreams and aspirations. 1:35-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleFATE OF THE RAINFOREST IS ‘IRREVERSIBLE’
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor,
12 Mar 2009
A third of the Amazonian ‘carbon sink’ is doomed whether or not emissions are cut, Copenhagen conference is told The impact of climate change on the Amazon rainforest could be much worse than previously predicted, new research suggests. Even if emissions were reduced and governments managed to limit temperature rises to 2C – the current […]
→ read full articleGAZA: FAILED SIEGE
The Guardian, UK - Editorial (Mar 3),
4 Mar 2009
Pledging aid for Gaza is the easy bit. Getting it delivered to Gazans living in tents after Israel’s three-week bombardment is another matter. The $3bn that donors promised in Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday will have to penetrate a labyrinth of barriers and conditions, the complexity of which King Minos of Crete would have been proud. The […]
→ read full articleHEALING, CONCILIATION AND CLOSURE THROUGH ART – Discussion with Hector Aristizabal about his life and his creative approach to coping with the aftermath of torture.
TMS Editor,
28 Feb 2009
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→ read full articleHOW IT WORKS
TMS Editor,
27 Feb 2009
Young Chuck, an investment banker, moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day he drove up and said, ‘Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died.’ Chuck replied, ‘Well, then just give me my money […]
→ read full articleNUCLEAR POWER? YES PLEASE…
Steve Connor, Science Editor,
23 Feb 2009
Exclusive: leading greens join forces in a major U-turnBritain must embrace nuclear power if it is to meet its commitments on climate change, four of the country’s leading environmentalists – who spent much of their lives opposing atomic energy – warn today. The one-time opponents of nuclear power, who include the former head of Greenpeace, […]
→ read full articleGEORGE GALLOWAY – VIVA PALESTINA GAZA CONVOY, 14 February 2009
TMS Editor,
19 Feb 2009
From London to Gaza Convoy A convoy of more than 110 vehicles has snaked its way out of London for Gaza to deliver more than £1m worth of aid, including ambulances and a fire engine. 4:02-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
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An Expert’s Analysis of the Feb 3 2009 Collision between French and British Nuclear Submarines in the Atlantic
TMS Editor,
18 Feb 2009
Prof. Jan Oberg is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment, and director/founder of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc-sMy2I7jg
→ read full articleJEREMY SCAHILL ON BLACKWATER: LEAVING IRAQ, CHASING PIRATES? After $1.3 billion in government contracts and controversy over the killing of innocent Iraqi civilians, Blackwater Worldwide is moving on.
TMS Editor,
14 Feb 2009
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→ read full articleGADDAFI’S CALDRON AND OUR COCKTAIL
The Gambia Journal - Editorial,
9 Feb 2009
The Heads of State Summit of the African Union ended Wednesday 4th February leaving a bitter after-taste in the mouths of many proponents of a new African Renaissance. In his inaugural speech as new African Union (AU) chairman, Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi said that multi-party democracy in Africa leads to bloodshed. Speaking at the AU […]
→ read full articleWhat Is Conflict?
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2009
A peace education video by Fall 2008 students of the European Peace University in Austria. An introductory insight into the complexities of Peace and Conflict Studies as a mind-mapping tool. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/u5pU5DNjoXY&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleRAINFOREST RAZED SO CATTLE CAN GRAZE
Michael McCarthy, Environment editor,
2 Feb 2009
Brazil’s attempt to double its share of the global market for beef will carry a heavy environmental cost, report warns. Scenes like this, with vast tracts of Amazonian rainforest razed to make way for cattle, are to become more common in Brazil as it continues its drive to expand its beef export industry, according to […]
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Johan Galtung: 50 Years with Peace Studies
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Feb 2009
Interview with Jan Oberg of TFF-The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siSLNNBCA3E
→ read full articleTMS INTERVIEWS JOHAN GALTUNG
TMS Editor,
27 Jan 2009
The following is an interview with Prof. Johan Galtung, founder of TRANSCEND, about his recent visits to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the UK Department for International Development, in London. TMS also asked him about his talk at the All Parties Peace Committee in the UK House of Commons and the European Parliament […]
→ read full articleWAR AGAINST IVORY TRADE TAKES TO THE SEA
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor,
25 Jan 2009
Auction House Agrees to Stop Sale of Whale Tusks After Pressure from Campaigners It’s the "other" ivory. And this week, conservationists in London stepped in to stop its sale. It might not be as well known as the stuff that comes from elephants, but the ivory from the narwhal, the tusked whale of the northern […]
→ read full articleISRAELI SOLDIERS REFUSE TO SERVE IN GAZA – Israel Social TV – Independent Media
TMS Editor,
25 Jan 2009
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→ read full articleWhy are the American (and Canadian) media so biased in the coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict? A video from The Paradigm Shift
TMS Editor,
14 Jan 2009
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→ read full articleYES GEORGE, YOU SERVED YOUR MASTER WELL
David R. Hoffman - Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru,
14 Jan 2009
Now George it is over. Your Faustian deal gave you eight years of illegal and undeserved power. And did you make the most of it! You stole elections without hesitation, you lied without compunction, you started illegal wars without any consideration for international law, you shredded the Constitution without any respect for the check-and-balance system, […]
→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE SUPPORTS CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
TMS Editor (Press Release),
10 Jan 2009
JANUARY 4, 2009 – Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire has today written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and to Father Miguel D’Escoto, President of the UN General Assembly, adding her voice to the many calls from international jurists, human rights organizations and individuals for the UN General Assembly to seriously consider establishing an International […]
→ read full articleU.S. MILITARY BASES AND EMPIRE
The Editors, Monthly Review,
9 Jan 2009
The Bases of Empire Empires throughout human history have relied on foreign military bases to enforce their rule, and in this respect at least, Pax Americana is no different than Pax Romana or Pax Britannica. “The principal method by which Rome established her political supremacy in her world,” wrote historian Arnold Toynbee in his America […]
→ read full articleAPPEALS FROM THE NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION AND FROM THE INDO-PAK CAMPAING AGAINST WAR AND TERRRORISM
TMS Editor,
9 Jan 2009
An Appeal to the Next President of the United States US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free WorldCLICK HERE to sign the Appeal as an Organization ***********************************To: Prime Minister of India and President of Pakistan Joint Signature Campaign by Citizens of India and Pakistan Against Terrorism, War Posturing and To Promote Cooperation and PeaceCLICK HERE to […]
→ read full articleSONG AROUND THE WORLD “STAND BY ME” – A Video by “Playing for Change: Peace Through Music”
TMS Editor,
23 Dec 2008
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleLANGIWE JOYCE NGOMA, OF ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT, ON THE ABDUCTION OF HER DIRECTOR, JESTINA MUKOKO, ON DEC/3 IN ZIMBABWE
TMS Editor,
20 Dec 2008
https://youtube.com/watch?v=POdMtWCXGrc%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleZERO NUKES
Katrina vanden Heuvel – The Nation editor and publisher,
18 Dec 2008
An important and inspiring new group, Global Zero, launched in Paris this week with a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in 20 to 25 years. More than 100 prominent military, political, faith, and business leaders met in Paris and delegations then visited both Washington and Moscow to push Global Zero’s program. The group sees […]
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Antonio C. S. Rosa Interviews Johan Galtung
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2008
… about his book, 50 Years-25 Intellectual Landscapes Explored, TRANSCEND University Press-TUP, 2008. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbGgxUYUERI Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, born 1946, is founder-editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism website, TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS (from 2008), an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung, Secretary of the International Board of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment, and recipient […]
→ read full articleSOFA FINAL AGREED TEXT
TMS Editor,
28 Nov 2008
Full Text of the agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the withdrawal of the United States forces from Iraq and the organization of their activities during their temporary presence in IraqCLICK TO READ – PDF File
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Jake Lynch on Peace Journalism (Part 2)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2008
Point of Peace Summit Stavanger, Norway, September 2008 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptw84Za7PLc
→ read full articleA PLEA FROM CONGO’S CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
TMS Editor,
22 Nov 2008
A Plea from Local Organizations and Civil Society in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to the United Nations Security Council and Other International Leaders Goma, November 18, 2008 Dear Excellencies, As the representatives of Congolese non-governmental organizations in North Kivu, we come before your authority to request an immediate reinforcement of peacekeeping forces […]
→ read full articleISRAEL CONTINUES STARVATION OF GAZANS DESPITE UN PLEAS
The Irish Sun - Editorial,
22 Nov 2008
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues. Notwithstanding 56% of the 1.5 million Gazan population consists of children, Israel has shut down access to the region refusing to allow desperately needed food trucks to reach their destination. UN food agencies in Gaza that have had […]
→ read full articleHELP BAN CLUSTER BOMBS NOW! SIGN THE PEOPLE’S TREATY
TMS Editor,
15 Nov 2008
The Cluster Munitions Convention’s signing ceremony will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 2-3 December 2008. That is about two weeks to ensure that countries – your country – will be ready to sign the treaty! To keep pressure on governments, sign the People’s Treaty now. Eleven years ago on 3 December 1997 in Ottawa, […]
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Antonio C.S. Rosa Interviews Lars Thyholdt about SABONA
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2008
SABONA is a Conflict-Resolution Program being applied to school children in Norway. It is a practical application of the TRANSCEND Method of conflict transformation developed by Prof. Johan Galtung. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9CEgF5hso Antonio Carlos Silva Rosa is the editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism website, TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS, an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung, and Secretary of […]
→ read full articleSELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS
The Guardian - Editorial,
14 Nov 2008
If there is a truth which the world now holds to be self-evident, it is that the US prison camp in Guantánamo Bay should close. Four prosecutors at the camp have resigned, and the last one to do so, Darrel Vandeveld, could become a defence witness. He claimed the US government was not providing lawyers […]
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Jake Lynch on Peace Journalism (Part 1)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2008
Point of Peace Summit Stavanger, Norway, September 2008 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9YPYBtpsY
→ read full articleSUFFERING WITHOUT END
The Guardian - Editorial,
31 Oct 2008
If the words humanitarian catastrophe and eastern Congo have a familiar ring to them, it is because the fundamental causes of a conflict that has claimed five million lives and continues to kill 45,000 a month through starvation and disease remain unaddressed. And this despite the world’s largest peacekeeping force, with the strongest mandate […]
→ read full articleCLIMATE CHANGE AT THE POLES IS MAN-MADE
Steve Connor, Science Editor,
31 Oct 2008
Scientists Refute Sceptics by Proving that Human Activity Has Left Its Mark on the Arctic and Antarctic Changes to the climate due to human activity can now be detected on every continent, following a study showing that temperature rises in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic are the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse […]
→ read full articleJohan Galtung: The World after 9/11 [Part 1]
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Oct 2008
Stavanger, Norway, Point of Peace Conference httpv://www.youtube.com/v/-leJrsuRQEQ&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleJohan Galtung: The World after 9/11 [Pat 2]
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Oct 2008
Stavanger, Norway, Point of Peace Conference httpv://www.youtube.com/v/HrI9ipWgmKM&hl=en&fs=1
→ read full articleHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST AND LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON CIVIL RIGHTS PUSH TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH
TMS Editor,
12 Oct 2008
Fighting Discrimination Program Director Tad Stahnke delivered a statement at the Durban Review Prepcom on behalf of HRF and the Leadership Council on Civil Rights. HRF and LCCR offered five principles for provisions on incitement in the future Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference (to take place in 2009). Read the Full Statement
→ read full articlePress Release
TMS Editor,
3 Oct 2008
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Sails with the Free Gaza Movement to Break the Siege of Gaza On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Mairead Maguire joined Palestinians,Israelis and Internationals from many countries to sail from Cyprus tobreak the Siege of Gaza. This is the second sailing into Gaza followingthe one in August, when 48 activists did […]
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