{"id":203028,"date":"2022-01-17T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=203028"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:17:51","slug":"introducing-transcend-and-tms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/introducing-transcend-and-tms\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing TRANSCEND and TMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>10 Jan 2022<em> &#8211; Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/logo-transcend.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99517 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/logo-transcend.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/em>I would like to introduce you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><strong><em>TRANSCEND<\/em><\/strong><em>, A Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a>, near to my heart. \u00a0<em>TRANSCEND<\/em> is an international network of practitioners in the field of conflict transformation based on the work of co-founder Johan Galtung, considered a father of peace studies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Logo-TMS.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-83968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Logo-TMS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>I encourage you to subscribe to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS) <\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>a rare, safe space for intelligent, enlightened writing about Covid and beyond<\/em> (more info below).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* To Inform, Educate, Create Dialogue<br \/>\n* The Flip Side of the Official Discourse\/Narrative<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain,\u00a0<em>welcome to TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS<\/em>. Please help us make it better, as an antidote to the corporate media mono-angle negativism always in search of bombs, violence and catastrophes to report!\u201d\u00a0 &#8212; Johan Galtung<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to get the digest every Monday. It is a brilliant collection edited by <em>Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, M.A.<\/em> If you find it valuable and can afford it, donations would be helpful.<\/p>\n<p>I am a guest editorialist. Check out my editorial and other articles about Covid:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/can-we-transcend-covid-some-perspectives-on-mass-psychology\/\"  rel=\"\">Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/category\/editorial\/\"  rel=\"\">EDITORIAL<\/a><\/strong>, 10 Jan 2022\u00a0<strong>#727 |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/author\/?a=Diane%20Perlman\"  rel=\"\">Diane Perlman, Ph.D. \u2013 TRANSCEND Media Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>COVID19 &#8211; CORONAVIRUS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/bombshell-cdc-no-longer-recognizes-the-pcr-test-as-a-valid-method-for-detecting-confirmed-covid-19-cases\/\"  rel=\"\">Bombshell: CDC No Longer Recognizes the PCR Test as a Valid Method for Detecting \u201cConfirmed Covid-19 Cases\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research &#8211; TRANSCEND Media Service &#8211; 31 Dec 2021 \u2013 In the Course of the Next Two Days the PCR Test in the US Will Be Declared Invalid. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/bombshell-cdc-no-longer-recognizes-the-pcr-test-as-a-valid-method-for-detecting-confirmed-covid-19-cases\/\"  rel=\"\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/world-coronavirus-map-59\/\"  rel=\"\">World Coronavirus Map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>World Life Expectancy \u2013 TRANSCEND Media Service &#8211; Profile: How does Coronavirus\/Covid19 rank among other illnesses? Is it the most lethal? Info, insights, numbers, statistics on health and causes of death. Updated Daily. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/world-coronavirus-map-59\/\"  rel=\"\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covid-world-data-total-3079m-dead-55m-death-rate-0-01\/\"  rel=\"\">COVID World Data -Total: 307,9M -Dead: 5,5M -Death Rate: 0.01%<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Worldometer and Avi Schiffmann &#8211; TRANSCEND Media Service<\/p>\n<p>On 10 Jan 2022 (6am GMT):<br \/>\nTotal Cases: 307,909,895<br \/>\nDeaths: 5,506,141<br \/>\nActive: 42,816,513<br \/>\nRecovered: 259,587,241<br \/>\nCases Closed: 265,093,382<br \/>\nTotal Vaccinated: 4,656,381,992<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covid-world-data-total-3079m-dead-55m-death-rate-0-01\/\"  rel=\"\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DEBATES ON COVID &#8211; VACCINES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covid-a-collision-of-historical-and-scientific-illiteracy\/\"  rel=\"\">Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy &#8211;\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>Kevin Ryan | Dig Within \u2013 TRANSCEND Media Service<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>31 Dec 2021 \u2013 People don\u2019t want to acknowledge the fact that we do not live in democratic societies any longer. Yet today the world is fully run by an oligarchy and that oligarchy wants us to be diverted and outraged about superficial things while staying ignorant or silent on issues important to us like the following. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covid-a-collision-of-historical-and-scientific-illiteracy\/\"  rel=\"\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covids-lesson-when-anxious-isolated-and-hopeless-were-less-ready-to-think-critically\/\"  rel=\"\">Covid\u2019s Lesson: When Anxious, Isolated and Hopeless, We\u2019re Less Ready to Think Critically<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jonathan Cook \u2013 TRANSCEND Media Service &#8211; 6 Jan 2022 \u2013 The corporate media is not our friend. The aim of its coverage of the pandemic is not to promote the public good. It is there to feed our anxieties, keep us coming back for more and monetize that distress.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/covids-lesson-when-anxious-isolated-and-hopeless-were-less-ready-to-think-critically\/\"  rel=\"\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/the-corona-crisis-is-the-tide-turning-a-rapid-general-awakening\/\"  rel=\"\">The Corona Crisis: Is the Tide Turning? \u201cA Rapid General Awakening\u201d?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Peter Koenig | Global Research &#8211; TRANSCEND Media Service &#8211; 6 Jan 2022 \u2013 Early indications are that the tide may be turning, that \u201cpeak-covid tyranny\u201d may have been reached. Going into 2022 under these new apparent signs could mean a rapid general awakening, to the point of reaching a critical mass of people who start doubting the going billion-dollar propagated narrative. That would be good. It\u2019s never too late.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/the-corona-crisis-is-the-tide-turning-a-rapid-general-awakening\/\"  rel=\"\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/multiple-articles-questioning-aspects-of-covid19-or-vaccines-24\/\"  rel=\"\">Multiple Articles Questioning Aspects of COVID19 or Vaccines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Defender and Global Research &#8211; TRANSCEND Media Service<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> I also recommend this excellent article by my friend, David Swanson:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-thousands-of-hollywood-movies-into-super-effective-propaganda\/\"  rel=\"\">The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>David Swanson| World Beyond War &#8211; TRANSCEND Media Service &#8211; 5 Jan 2022 \u2013 Propaganda is most impactful when people don\u2019t think it\u2019s propaganda, and most decisive when it\u2019s censorship you never knew happened. When we imagine that the U.S. military only occasionally and slightly influences U.S. movies, we are extremely badly deceived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*******<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS<\/strong>\u00a0is both a service to other media and a medium in its own right. You are most welcome to use all materials originated here\u2013no copyright, no fees\u2013but attribution is greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every Monday we post Videos and Commentaries<\/strong>\u00a0on current events from various subjects and parts of the world, drawing on the TRANSCEND network, which covers much of the world, and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The section Peace Journalism Perspective<\/strong>\u00a0is inspired by a solution orientation, trying to identify the conflicts underlying the violence\u2013direct and structural\u2013so rampant in the world. Moreover, to search for ways out, a solution, itself in search of agency. The basic point about Peace Journalism is multi-truth, multi-angle reporting, with an inspiring, positive solution-orientation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are also links<\/strong>\u00a0to related websites that may be of interest to our readers, and we are grateful for proposals to the\u00a0<em>TMS<\/em>\u00a0editor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We send a TMS Weekly Digest to subscribers every Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Prof. Johan Galtung, founder of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, M.A., editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>_____________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Diane-Perlman.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-199640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Diane-Perlman.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a> Diane Perlman, PhD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is a clinical and political psychologist, devoted to applying knowledge from psychology, conflict studies and social sciences to designing strategies and policies to reverse nuclear proliferation, to drastically reduce terrorism, reduce enmity, and to raise consciousness about nonviolent strategies for tension reduction and conflict transformation. She is a visiting scholar at the School for <\/em><em>Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, is active in\u00a0Psychologists for Social Responsibility,<\/em>\u00a0<em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em>and on the Global Council of Abolition 2000. Some of her writings can be found on her websites, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consciouspolitics.org\/\" >www.consciouspolitics.org<\/a> \u00a0and \u00a0<\/em><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.SanityandSurvival.com\" >www.SanityandSurvival.com<\/a>.\u00a0Email: <a href=\"mailto:dianeperlman@gmail.com\">dianeperlman@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coronawise.substack.com\/p\/introducing-transcend-tms-and?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNDU0OTU0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NjkxMTY4NiwiXyI6ImQraTFhIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxODc4NTYxLCJleHAiOjE2NDE4ODIxNjEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01MDA3NzkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.BPm9SdWmFJ_A-DAVm4-DP0YmL8-9PbyqRDxo9D6J5iI\" >Go to Original &#8211; coronawise.substack.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Jan 2022 &#8211; Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology &#8211; I would like to introduce you to TRANSCEND, A Network for Peace Development Environment, near to my heart. 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