Archive for the category ‘REVIEWS’


The Game of War and a Path to Peace
TRANSCEND Media Service
December 11th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Game of War and a Path to Peace)
The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story
Vacy Vlazna | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story)
Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria – The Space for Public Apology
African Books Collective – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria – The Space for Public Apology)
The Bloodstained Levelers: Disease and Destruction
Walter Scheidel | Princeton University Press/Aeon – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Bloodstained Levelers: Disease and Destruction)
Poetry Steeped in Sarcasm and Politics
Sarah Irving | The Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 25th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Poetry Steeped in Sarcasm and Politics)
The Lies of 9/11 Miracle Workers
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 4th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
The Deceptive Activist
Jørgen Johansen – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 21st, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Deceptive Activist)
The Betrayal of India: A Close Look at the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
Graeme MacQueen – Global Research
July 31st, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
God Exists, the Rest Is Speculation
Kevin Barrett – Unz Review
July 24th, 2017 ( Comments Off on God Exists, the Rest Is Speculation)
Bestselling Revisionist Historian: Germany Was Just a Patsy!
Kevin Barrett – The Unz Review
July 17th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Bestselling Revisionist Historian: Germany Was Just a Patsy!)
‘The Hotel Tacloban:’ A Poetic Masterpiece of War and Redemption
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 3rd, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Pursuing Stability and a Shared Development in Euro–Mediterranean Migrations
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 26th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Pursuing Stability and a Shared Development in Euro–Mediterranean Migrations)
Life and Education of Children in Nepal
Akhil Sharma | Adroit Publishers – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 19th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Life and Education of Children in Nepal)
The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters, while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the Sahara
Ibrahim Bangura – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 5th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters, while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the Sahara)
Nonviolence and Islamic Imperatives
Jørgen Johansen – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 1st, 2017 ( Comments Off on Nonviolence and Islamic Imperatives)
To Prevent or Stop Wars: What Can Peace Movements Do?
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 1st, 2017 ( Comments Off on To Prevent or Stop Wars: What Can Peace Movements Do?)
The Old Familiar Faces: Poetry
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 1st, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Old Familiar Faces: Poetry)
Lessons from Hitler’s Rise
Christopher R. Browning | The New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 10th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
The Cell Was My Canvas
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 10th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Cell Was My Canvas)
Settled Wanderers – The Poetry of Western Sahara
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 3rd, 2017 ( Comments Off on Settled Wanderers – The Poetry of Western Sahara)
Reading Elisabeth Weber’s KILL BOXES
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Reading Elisabeth Weber’s KILL BOXES)
Friendship in Defiance of War: Review of ‘Never Can I Write of Damascus’
Kathy Kelly – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( 1 Comment »)
Assessing the War on Terror
Edited by Charles Webel and Mark Tomass – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Assessing the War on Terror)
Capitalocene or Anthropocene?
Benjamin Kunkel | London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Capitalocene or Anthropocene?)
Lines of Descent: The Emergence of Identity – Who Was W.E.B. Du Bois?
Nicholas Lemann | New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Lines of Descent: The Emergence of Identity – Who Was W.E.B. Du Bois?)
U.S. Imperial War Personified
Ron Jacobs – CounterPunch
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on U.S. Imperial War Personified)
How the US Began Its Empire
Jackson Lears | The New York Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on How the US Began Its Empire)
A Valiant Verbal Warrior Demythologizes the CIA
Edward Curtin – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 30th, 2017 ( 2 Comments »)
New Stories for a New Era
Tom H. Hastings | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 16th, 2017 ( Comments Off on New Stories for a New Era)
Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World
Mohammed Basyoni Abdulhaleem | Future for Advanced Research and Studies – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2017 ( Comments Off on Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World)
The Greatest Science Books of 2016
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Greatest Science Books of 2016)
Caring about Hunger
TRANSCEND Media Service
November 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Caring about Hunger)
To Prevent or Stop Wars – What Can Peace Movements Do?
TRANSCEND Media Service
November 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on To Prevent or Stop Wars – What Can Peace Movements Do?)
Rupture, Loss and Living: Minority Women Speak About Post-Conflict Life
Vithal Rajan – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Rupture, Loss and Living: Minority Women Speak About Post-Conflict Life)
How Power Works
Chris Hedges | Truthdig – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
The U.S. and Russia Ensure a Balance of Terror in Syria
Charles Glass – The Intercept
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on The U.S. and Russia Ensure a Balance of Terror in Syria)
Transforming Broken Relationships: Making Peace with The Past
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Transforming Broken Relationships: Making Peace with The Past)
Discovering Antonioni’s Neglected Masterpiece, Zabriskie Point
Emanuel E. Garcia – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Leonardo da Vinci–The Genius in Milan: The Marketing of Genius
Lee Parsons | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Leonardo da Vinci–The Genius in Milan: The Marketing of Genius)
A New Refutation of Time: Borges on the Most Paradoxical Dimension of Existence
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on A New Refutation of Time: Borges on the Most Paradoxical Dimension of Existence)
Toronto Film Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’
Owen Gleiberman - Variety
September 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Toronto Film Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’)
Creating the Book “Strategies for Peace”
Bruce L. Cook, Ph.D. | The Shift Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Creating the Book “Strategies for Peace”)
Strategies for Peace before Nuclear Aggression
Dr. Leo Semashko – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 29th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Strategies for Peace before Nuclear Aggression)
Democracy Education and Peace
René Wadlow - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Democracy Education and Peace)
‘Dreaming of Freedom:’ Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘Dreaming of Freedom:’ Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak)
Is Genocide a Controversial International Crime?
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Is Genocide a Controversial International Crime?)
Billionaires in Brazil: Understanding How Extreme Wealth and Political Power Overlap Everywhere
Glenn Greenwald – The Intercept
July 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Billionaires in Brazil: Understanding How Extreme Wealth and Political Power Overlap Everywhere)
‘Unbounded Organizing in Community:’ As the Economy Fails Us, Community Calls Us
TRANSCEND Media Service
June 27th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘Unbounded Organizing in Community:’ As the Economy Fails Us, Community Calls Us)
Peace Jobs – A Student’s Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace
David J. Smith | George Mason University – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 6th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Peace Jobs – A Student’s Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace)
Realizing Peace
Heath Mitchell – Foreign Policy In Focus
May 23rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Realizing Peace)
Anarchism’s Mid-Century Turn
Kristian Williams | Toward Freedom - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 9th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Anarchism’s Mid-Century Turn)
Reading Jeff Halper’s ‘War against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification’
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Reading Jeff Halper’s ‘War against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification’)
Seeds of Deception, by Jeffrey M. Smith
Want to Know – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Seeds of Deception, by Jeffrey M. Smith)
Shooting Up: How War and Drugs Go Together
Matt Gallagher – The Intercept
March 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Shooting Up: How War and Drugs Go Together)
Publication of My Book: ‘The Need for a New Economic System’
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 29th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
The Making of a Socialist
Arnold August - CounterPunch
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Making of a Socialist)
Waiting for Rainbows
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Waiting for Rainbows)
Bad Blood: The First International and the Origins of the Anarchist Movement – A Book Review
Kristian Williams – Toward Freedom
February 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Bad Blood: The First International and the Origins of the Anarchist Movement – A Book Review)
Global Peace Science (GPS): The Book, its Authors and Significance
Dr. Leo Semashko – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Global Peace Science (GPS): The Book, its Authors and Significance)
Euromaidan Unmasked: Europe Shocked by the Bitter Truth on Ukraine
Oriental Review – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Euromaidan Unmasked: Europe Shocked by the Bitter Truth on Ukraine)
Drone, a Norwegian-made Documentary: “We Just Made Orphans Out of All These Children”
Joanne Laurier, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Dispossessed in the Name of ‘Security’
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Dispossessed in the Name of ‘Security’)
Rightward Bound – ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer
Alan Ehrenhalt – International New York Times
January 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Rightward Bound – ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer)
When ‘Your Heart Is a Muscle,’ Empathy Is a Revolutionary Act
US National Public Radio – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on When ‘Your Heart Is a Muscle,’ Empathy Is a Revolutionary Act)
The Struggle for Merdeka in West Papua
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Struggle for Merdeka in West Papua)
On Ghada Ageel’s Edited ‘Israeli Apartheid in Palestine’
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on On Ghada Ageel’s Edited ‘Israeli Apartheid in Palestine’)
Should Criminalizing War Start by Pretending It’s Legal?
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 18th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins – His Atheism Is Its Own Kind of Narrow Religion
John Gray – New Republic
January 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins – His Atheism Is Its Own Kind of Narrow Religion)
A Review of Stephen Prothero’s ‘Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections)’
James A. Haught, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on A Review of Stephen Prothero’s ‘Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections)’)
Where to Invade Next
Godfrey Cheshire, Roger Ebert – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Where to Invade Next)
Gerry Spence on America Menaced by Impending Police State
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Gerry Spence on America Menaced by Impending Police State)
Local Engagement with Armed Groups in the Midst of Violence
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Local Engagement with Armed Groups in the Midst of Violence)
Aurelio Peccei and Daisaku Ikeda, “Before It Is Too Late”
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Aurelio Peccei and Daisaku Ikeda, “Before It Is Too Late”)
‘Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,’ by Lisa Randall
Maria Popova - International New York Times
November 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on ‘Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,’ by Lisa Randall)
René Girard: The Scapegoat and the Lamb of God
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on René Girard: The Scapegoat and the Lamb of God)
Exposed by WikiLeaks: The US Empire According to Itself
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Exposed by WikiLeaks: The US Empire According to Itself)
“Into the Heart of the Sacred”
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on “Into the Heart of the Sacred”)
The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government
Prof. Edward Curtin – Information Clearing House
November 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government)
A Gaza Centric History of Palestine: Past, Present, and Future
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on A Gaza Centric History of Palestine: Past, Present, and Future)
Disaster Capitalism: Outsourcing Violence and Exploitation
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Disaster Capitalism: Outsourcing Violence and Exploitation)
Revolting World
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Revolting World)
Desertion: A Long, Proud History
CJ Hinke, World Beyond War - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Desertion: A Long, Proud History)
A Review of ‘Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine’
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 20th, 2015 ( Comments Off on A Review of ‘Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine’)
What Are Foreign Military Bases For?
World Beyond War – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 20th, 2015 ( Comments Off on What Are Foreign Military Bases For?)
Peace Lessons
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Peace Lessons)
The Hijackers [A Review of 4 Books]
Hugh Roberts – London Review of Books
July 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Hijackers [A Review of 4 Books])
The 51-Day Genocide
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 6th, 2015 ( 2 Comments »)
The War on Drugs: ‘A Trillion-Dollar Failure’
Will Dana – Rolling Stone
June 29th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The War on Drugs: ‘A Trillion-Dollar Failure’)
Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance
David Swanson – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance)
A Practical Vision of a More Equal Society
Thomas Piketty – The New York Review of Books
June 15th, 2015 ( Comments Off on A Practical Vision of a More Equal Society)
Exposing Lies, Telling the Truth
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Exposing Lies, Telling the Truth)
Local Engagement with Armed Groups in the Midst of Violence
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Local Engagement with Armed Groups in the Midst of Violence)
House Arrest & Disobedience – A Review
Theresa Wolfwood – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 ( Comments Off on House Arrest & Disobedience – A Review)
Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict – A Review
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict – A Review)
The Path to Zero: Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers – A Review
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 25th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Path to Zero: Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers – A Review)
Louise Diamond: ‘The Courage for Peace’
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 25th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Louise Diamond: ‘The Courage for Peace’)
Love and Resistance by Theresa Wolfwood
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Love and Resistance by Theresa Wolfwood)
Peace Lessons: How to Reduce Violence
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Peace Lessons: How to Reduce Violence)
Pro-Capitalist “Anti-Capitalism” – This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Evan Winters, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Pro-Capitalist “Anti-Capitalism” – This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate)
Wake up! by David Krieger
Bill Bhaneja – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 4th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Wake up! by David Krieger)
Something’s Happening in Latin America – A Review
Kim Scipes, New Politics – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Something’s Happening in Latin America – A Review)
Book Review: Love and Resistance, by Theresa Wolfwood
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Book Review: Love and Resistance, by Theresa Wolfwood)
Vykom: Strategic Nonviolent Action against Untouchability – A Review
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Vykom: Strategic Nonviolent Action against Untouchability – A Review)
Book Review: Excavating Palestine’s “Hidden Histories”
Marcy Newman - The Electronic Intifada
March 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Book Review: Excavating Palestine’s “Hidden Histories”)
André Gide on Sincerity, Being vs. Appearing, and What It Really Means to Be Yourself
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on André Gide on Sincerity, Being vs. Appearing, and What It Really Means to Be Yourself)
War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry…
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry…)
Review of ‘Confessions of a Terrorist – A Novel’
Anita McKone – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Review of ‘Confessions of a Terrorist – A Novel’)
Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline)
$$$$$S in Their Hearts
Stefano Manfreo – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on $$$$$S in Their Hearts)
Nouvelles Affaires Africaines
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Nouvelles Affaires Africaines)
$$$$$s in Their Hearts: An Exposé of Wars in All Their Complexity – Highly Recommended
Ronald Stein – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 26th, 2015 ( Comments Off on $$$$$s in Their Hearts: An Exposé of Wars in All Their Complexity – Highly Recommended)
Richard Jackson: Terrorism, Torture, and the Problem of Evil in Our Time
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 5th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Richard Jackson: Terrorism, Torture, and the Problem of Evil in Our Time)
The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy
Edward Curtin - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 8th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy)
Blazing the Terrorism Trail: The US War Industry
CJ Werleman – Middle East Eye
November 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Blazing the Terrorism Trail: The US War Industry)
Betting on Famine: Why the World Still Goes Hungry
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Betting on Famine: Why the World Still Goes Hungry)
Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention
Christoph Vogel, African Arguments – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention)
Breaking the Rules: Working for the UN can be fun. And it can also do some good provided one is ready to lie, fib, obfuscate and break all the rules
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Breaking the Rules: Working for the UN can be fun. And it can also do some good provided one is ready to lie, fib, obfuscate and break all the rules)
Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 3rd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse)
Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilization
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 27th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilization)
Pathways to Reconciliation: Between Theory and Practice
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 20th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Pathways to Reconciliation: Between Theory and Practice)
Whither China’s Democracy? Democratization in China since the Tiananmen Incident
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 13th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Whither China’s Democracy? Democratization in China since the Tiananmen Incident)
The Life of the Mind: Hannah Arendt on Thinking vs. Knowing and the Crucial Difference Between Truth and Meaning
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Life of the Mind: Hannah Arendt on Thinking vs. Knowing and the Crucial Difference Between Truth and Meaning)
Revolutionaries of the Soul: Reflections on Magicians, Philosophers, and Occultists
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Revolutionaries of the Soul: Reflections on Magicians, Philosophers, and Occultists)
Review of Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate’ – Extracting Ourselves from the Extractivist Mindset
Robert Jensen – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 6th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Review of Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate’ – Extracting Ourselves from the Extractivist Mindset)
Enduring Territorial Disputes
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 29th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Enduring Territorial Disputes)
Chilean Art of Civil Disobedience: Review from V&A, London
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 29th, 2014 ( 2 Comments »)
‘The Economist’ Has a Slavery Problem
Greg Grandin – The Nation
September 22nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on ‘The Economist’ Has a Slavery Problem)
Peace Ecology
David Swanson, War Is A Crime – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 15th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Peace Ecology)
Don’t Read This Book: A History of Literary Censorship
Leo Robson – New Statesman
September 1st, 2014 ( Comments Off on Don’t Read This Book: A History of Literary Censorship)
Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transition from armed to nonviolent struggle
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 1st, 2014 ( Comments Off on Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transition from armed to nonviolent struggle)
Conversations with Ban Ki-moon: What the United Nations is Really Like – The View from the Top
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 25th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Conversations with Ban Ki-moon: What the United Nations is Really Like – The View from the Top)
5 Myths about Nuclear Weapons
Ward Wilson – Publishers Weekly
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on 5 Myths about Nuclear Weapons)
Violence and Mediation Opportunities in the Wider Middle East
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Violence and Mediation Opportunities in the Wider Middle East)
Hiroshima August 6, 1945: A Silence Broken
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 11th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Hiroshima August 6, 1945: A Silence Broken)
The Last Days of Che Guevara: A Graphic Novel – Book Review
Paul Buhle – Toward Freedom
July 21st, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Last Days of Che Guevara: A Graphic Novel – Book Review)
Non-State Actors in International Relations
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Non-State Actors in International Relations)
Isaac Asimov on Optimism vs. Cynicism about the Human Spirit
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Isaac Asimov on Optimism vs. Cynicism about the Human Spirit)
Zulfiya Tursunova: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan–Ceremonies of Empowerment and Peacebuilding
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 30th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Zulfiya Tursunova: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan–Ceremonies of Empowerment and Peacebuilding)
The Heavens Declare: Astrological Ages and the Evolution of Consciousness
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 9th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Heavens Declare: Astrological Ages and the Evolution of Consciousness)
Utopia: The Inside Story
Chris Graham – New Matilda
June 2nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Utopia: The Inside Story)
Setting the Agenda for Global Peace: Conflict and Consensus Building
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 2nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Setting the Agenda for Global Peace: Conflict and Consensus Building)
How One Sexy Gay Novel Derailed Gore Vidal’s Literary Career
Andrew O'Hehir - Salon
June 2nd, 2014 ( Comments Off on How One Sexy Gay Novel Derailed Gore Vidal’s Literary Career)
Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation
F. William Engdahl - Global Research
May 26th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation)
Fault Lines, The Sixties, The Culture Wars, and The Return of the Divine Feminine
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 26th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Fault Lines, The Sixties, The Culture Wars, and The Return of the Divine Feminine)
Concert Review: Anoushka Shankar at The Royal Festival Hall, London
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 26th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Concert Review: Anoushka Shankar at The Royal Festival Hall, London)
ConUNdrum: The Limits of the United Nations and the Search for Alternatives
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 19th, 2014 ( Comments Off on ConUNdrum: The Limits of the United Nations and the Search for Alternatives)
Kapital for the Twenty-First Century?
James K. Galbraith – Dissent Magazine
May 12th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Kapital for the Twenty-First Century?)
Two Cities, Shared History
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 12th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Two Cities, Shared History)
The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 12th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice)
Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 12th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security)
George Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on George Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts)
How Mandela and S. Africa Were Freed
Danny Schechter – Consortium News
May 5th, 2014 ( Comments Off on How Mandela and S. Africa Were Freed)
Rachel Brett – Snakes and Ladders: A Personal Exploration of Quaker Work on Human Rights at the United Nations
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Rachel Brett – Snakes and Ladders: A Personal Exploration of Quaker Work on Human Rights at the United Nations)
Why 21st Century Capitalism Can’t Last
Bhaskar Sunkara – Al Jazeera America
April 28th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Why 21st Century Capitalism Can’t Last)
Bristol Museum: Remembering the British Empire in India
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 28th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
David Cortright – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 21st, 2014 ( Comments Off on David Cortright – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas)
George Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 7th, 2014 ( Comments Off on George Hewitt – Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian Conflicts)
The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism
Robert Jensen – The Texas Observer
March 31st, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism)
Adam Curle: Tools for Transformation
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 31st, 2014 ( Comments Off on Adam Curle: Tools for Transformation)
Silent Grace: A Film Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 10th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Remember That Famous Study about Obedience to Authority? Here’s How Stanley Milgram Got It Wrong
Andy Lee Roth – YES! Magazine
March 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Remember That Famous Study about Obedience to Authority? Here’s How Stanley Milgram Got It Wrong)
Sean Byrne and Jessica Senehi – Violence: Analysis, Intervention and Prevention
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Sean Byrne and Jessica Senehi – Violence: Analysis, Intervention and Prevention)
Reconciliation, Reform and Resilience: Positive Peace for Lebanon
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 3rd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Reconciliation, Reform and Resilience: Positive Peace for Lebanon)
Tamarind Mem
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 24th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Conflict Resolution: Dynamics, Process and Structure
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Conflict Resolution: Dynamics, Process and Structure)
New Book on Truman & American Zionists
Paul L. Scham – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 24th, 2014 ( Comments Off on New Book on Truman & American Zionists)
Conflict, Conquest and Conversion: Two Thousand Years of Christian Missions in the Middle East
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Conflict, Conquest and Conversion: Two Thousand Years of Christian Missions in the Middle East)
The Archaeological Heritage in Syria throughout the Crisis 2011-2013
Syrian Ministry of Culture – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Archaeological Heritage in Syria throughout the Crisis 2011-2013)
The Nordic Light – A Poetry Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 17th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Nordic Light – A Poetry Review)
OMAR: Uncovering Occupied Palestine
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on OMAR: Uncovering Occupied Palestine)
Eileen Babbitt and Ellen Luts – “Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context”
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 10th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Eileen Babbitt and Ellen Luts – “Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context”)
Pamela Olson – Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 3rd, 2014 ( Comments Off on Pamela Olson – Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland)
Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 27th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen)
Green Parties in Transition
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 20th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Green Parties in Transition)
The Year Palestine Became a Zero-Sum Game – 1929
Ran Greenstein - +972 Magazine
January 20th, 2014 ( Comments Off on The Year Palestine Became a Zero-Sum Game – 1929)
Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society’s Role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 13th, 2014 ( Comments Off on Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society’s Role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance)
Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 6th, 2014 ( 1 Comment »)
Jeff Unsicher
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 30th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Jeff Unsicher)
Fred Halliday
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2013 ( Comments Off on Fred Halliday)
Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 16th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta)
Ivana Milojevic – Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 9th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Ivana Milojevic – Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out)
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 2nd, 2013 ( Comments Off on Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa)
Clashing Views of Political Reality: Chomsky versus Dershowitz
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 2nd, 2013 ( Comments Off on Clashing Views of Political Reality: Chomsky versus Dershowitz)
Review: ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body’
Roger Griffin, Library of Social Science – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 14th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Review: ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body’)
Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide – By Brian Martin
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 14th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide – By Brian Martin)
Johan Galtung: Pioneer of Peace Research – Edited by Dietrich Fischer
Dr. Vithal Rajan – Bangla Times
October 7th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Understanding Kashmir’s Struggle for Independence
Snehal Shingavi – International Socialist Review
July 29th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Understanding Kashmir’s Struggle for Independence)
Israeli Death Merchants and Palestinian Guinea Pigs
Gilad Atzmon – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 17th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Israeli Death Merchants and Palestinian Guinea Pigs)
Obama’s “Dirty Wars” — And a Soiled Presidency
Andrew O'Hehir – Salon
June 17th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Obama’s “Dirty Wars” — And a Soiled Presidency)
Jeremy Scahill Deserves Academy Award, Pulitzer
Tom Hayden – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 17th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Jeremy Scahill Deserves Academy Award, Pulitzer)
What Gandhi Says about Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage
Antony Copley – The Gandhi Foundation
June 10th, 2013 ( Comments Off on What Gandhi Says about Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage)
Genesis, by Sebastião Salgado: Exhibition Review
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
“Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy”
Arnold August and Julie Lévesque – Global Research
May 20th, 2013 ( Comments Off on “Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy”)
Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2013 ( 2 Comments »)
Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World is a Seed
Abby Quillen – YES! Magazine
April 8th, 2013 ( Comments Off on Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World is a Seed)
My Neighbourhood: An Israel-Palestine Documentary
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 1st, 2013 ( 1 Comment »)
Reading Palestinian Prison Diaries
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 1st, 2013 ( Comments Off on Reading Palestinian Prison Diaries)