Peace Journalism Perspective
EDITORIAL
Two Indias: Gandhiji and Modern India
#912 | Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media ServiceGandhi was killed not far from where we are right now by a Pune brahmin, Godse, and I was that 17-year-old boy in Norway who cried upon hearing the news. Something unheard of had happened.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
Palestine/Israel: UN Chief Urges Action to Implement Two-State Solution for Lasting Peace
United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service“The only realistic, just, and sustainable solution is two States -- Israel and Palestine -- living side-by-side in peace and security, within secure and recognized borders, on the basis of the pre-1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both – in line with international law, UN resolutions and other relevant agreements.”
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FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER
Digitising Statelessness and Genocide in Palestine and Myanmar
Natalie Brinham – TRANSCEND Media Service3 Aug 2025 - The genocides in Palestine and Myanmar have been facilitated by decades of systematic bureaucratic violence and the misuse of state identification systems. It’s high-time to rethink how state IDs and identification technologies are linked to mass atrocities. My new research brief is a small step towards this rethink. Here’s the thinking behind it.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Genocide in Pictures: Worth a Trillion Words
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media ServiceParental Guidance Advised: Pornographic Violence GAZA, WEST BANK 18 Aug 2025
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TRANSCEND MEMBERS
The Assassination of Palestinian Journalists
Richard Falk interviewed by Daniel Falcone | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service15 Aug 2025 - The 10 Aug 2025 Israeli airstrike that killed four Al Jazeera journalists and two others in Gaza: Falk argues that discrediting truth-tellers and murdering the press is consistent with the apartheid worldview that dominates Zionist ideology.
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Enabling Government Bipartisanship through Dual-Use Budget Items
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media Service17 Aug 2025 - Expanding Interpretations of Civilian Benefit in Relation to National and Global Security - The following exploration was provoked by the widely publicized demand of the USA in July 2025 that NATO allies increase their defence spending to 5% of GDP.
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Eighty Years after Hiroshima: The American Bombs Have Turned Gaza into Hiroshima 2.0
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service7 Aug 2025 - Israel’s genocidal patron, namely the leaderships of the United States, have shown an utter and complete lack of human empathy, conscience or regard for the post-Hiroshima, post-Holocaust international law, which they helped create.
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Condemn All UN Member States: They Spend 100 Times More on Militarism Than on the Entire UN System
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2025 - But did you know? Is this discussed now when the UN turn 80 in October? No, politicians, media and scholars generally focus on war and ignore humanity's most important peace-maker.
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The End of Democracy?
Prof. Antonino Drago – TRANSCEND Media Service15 Aug 2025 - Upset by the non-violent revolutions of 1989, the Western intellectual world repeated like a childish refrain an enchanted phrase: "The fall of the Berlin Wall" and theorized the historical end of all analyses of contemporary society.
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From Templars to Jesuits and the Vatican: How the Occult Underground Shaped World History
Cynthia Chung | Through a Glass Darkly – TRANSCEND Media Service14 Aug 2025 - You can access the transcript with images as well as the video version of the lecture.
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The Responsibility to Protect and the Crisis in Gaza: A Call for Direct Nonviolent International Action
Charles Webel, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media ServiceGaza today constitutes a textbook case for invoking the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine.
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The Transcendental Self and Its Implications
Glen T. Martin, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service11 Aug 2025 - What makes us human and gives us hope?
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80 Years Ago, today…
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Political Therapy - TRANSCEND Media Service… and a Sample of My Work on Psychology of Nuclear Dynamics - 10 Aug 2025
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Indian Government Increases Pressure against Bengali-speakers and Other Muslims
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service15 Aug 2025 - Indian authorities in recent days have expelled hundreds of Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh without due process, ostensibly to deter people from entering India without legal authorization.
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Light of Life, the Synchronised Biophotons and Photobionts, a Novel Hypothesis (Part 2)
Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media ServiceA Bio-philosophical narrative inspired by a visionary hypothesis on Peace, weaving together evolutionary biology, biophysics, and peace propagation in our troubled, belligerent world.
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IN FOCUS
US-Russia Talks: The Choice between Peace and Escalation
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies – TRANSCEND Media Service16 Aug 2025 - The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska and the chances for successful peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and prevent an ever-escalating war between the US, NATO and Russia.
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Historic Peace Summit in Alaska: Putin Emerges Victorious in Talks with Trump
Diran Noubar – TRANSCEND Media Service18 Aug 2025 - Putin broke three years of isolation, forcing the West to engage on his timeline. Trump hailed the talks as “productive” and noted “great progress,” but Putin made no promises, instead securing an invitation for future Moscow meetings.
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Ukraine: We Told You So!
David Swanson | World Beyond War – TRANSCEND Media Service11 Aug 2025 - Ukraine should continue fighting until it wins the war *** Ukraine should seek to negotiate an ending to the war as soon as possible - Gallup asked that question three years ago to all Ukrainians. Then, 72% of Ukrainians wanted Ukraine to continue fighting and only 22% to negotiate an end to the war. Most recently, 24% want to continue fighting and 69% want to negotiate an end to the war.
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The Trump–Putin Meeting in Alaska – An Opportunity also for Ukraine
Michael von der Schulenburg – TRANSCEND Media Service16 Aug 2025 - This meeting comes at a time when Ukraine is facing the prospect of a devastating military defeat – one that can no longer be averted by further arms deliveries or financial aid.
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‘Democracy’ Is the New Colonialism
Constantin von Hoffmeister | RT - TRANSCEND Media Service7 Aug 2025 - Empires have not changed, they have simply cloaked themselves in platitudes such as “resilience,” “visibility,” and “empowerment.”
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ANGLO AMERICA
Bear, Dragon, Elephant, Toucan, Nightingale Stare Down Goldfinger
Pepe Escobar | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2025 - Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting.
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The War at Home
David Cole | The Nation - TRANSCEND Media Service15 Apr 2025 - Red Scares in the US Past and Present
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ASIA-UPDATES ON MYANMAR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE
Myanmar Anti-Junta Opposition Plays with Fire: Dangling Rare Earth Materials before Transactional & Un-Trustworthy Washington
Maung Zarni | FORSEA – TRANSCEND Media Service14 Aug 2025 - Myanmar’s anti-Junta opposition in the diaspora and their Western supporters are playing with fire when they reportedly dangle before Trump’s transactional administration the prospects of a fire sale of the country’s strategic natural resources for political support.
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BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE
The Significance of Holding a US-Russia Summit Now
Sakai Tanaka – TRANSCEND Media ServiceTrump and Putin will meet in Alaska on 15 Aug 2025 because a ceasefire in Ukraine appears likely. However, the situation is such that a ceasefire cannot be achieved through discussions between the US and Russian leaders.
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EUROPE
The Death of EU Values in Gaza
Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff | IPS/Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service15 Aug 2025 - The EU likes to think of itself as a community of values, committed to international law, peace, protecting civilians and a rules-based global order. But with the brutal destruction of Gaza and the illegal occupation of Palestine, these principles have become hollow rhetoric.
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Israeli Occupation of Gaza and Who Would Be the Next King of Arabia?
Mahboob A. Khawaja – TRANSCEND Media Service11 Aug 2025 - Israeli Occupation and How Leaders Mislead the Masses
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PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Announces Major West Bank Settlement Expansion to ‘Bury the Idea of a Palestinian State’
Dave DeCamp | Antiwar - TRANSCEND Media Service14 Aug 2025 - The planned construction appears to be a response to Western countries saying they will recognize a Palestinian state.
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MEDIA
“Israel Has Succeeded in Killing Me”
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2025 - The Israeli military just assassinated six Palestinian journalists in a targeted strike, among them beloved Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif. Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its genocidal assault on Gaza.
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Israel’s Biggest US Donor Now Owns CBS
Alan Macleod | MintPressNews - TRANSCEND Media Service7 Aug 2025 - After reaching an agreement with Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired CBS News. He is the largest private funder of the IDF, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Netanyahu among his closest friends.
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UNITED NATIONS
Malnutrition Deaths Mark ‘Latest in the War on Children’ in Gaza: UNRWA Chief
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2025 - At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, underscoring the need to speed up medical evacuations. - These young deaths are “the latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza,” the head of UNRWA said today.
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From Silence to Accountability: Why the United Nations Must Break with Complicity
Koenraad Priels – TRANSCEND Media Service11 Aug 2025 - The UN today sits at a crossroads. On paper, it remains the custodian of universal human rights, peace, and sustainable development. In practice, large parts of it now function in structural complicity with forces perpetrating crimes against humanity, systemic ecocide, and the mass impoverishment of billions.
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JUSTICE
People’s Inquiries: Alternatives for Seeking Justice
Gill H. Boehringer | FORSEA - TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2025 - Today the Peoples’ Tribunal/Inquiry movement is part of the larger movement for building new and fair societies, creating new relations between people, and institutions alternative to those of the traditional modern state.
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INSPIRATIONAL
Zen and the Art of Woodland Garden Maintenance with Ease and Peace
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | Oberg Photo Graphics – TRANSCEND Media Service12 Aug 2025 - You should tend to your garden today even if the world ends tomorrow. It's a very healthy defiance... We do not know what a garden looks like that gives you peace, inner and outer, and is also rather easy to maintain. But we’re working on it.
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ORIGINAL LANGUAGES
(French) La Spirale Descendante : Le Leadership de Nikol Pashinyan et la Chute de l’Arménie dans l’Abîme
Diran Noubar – TRANSCEND Media Service10 août 2025 - Au printemps 2018, l’Arménie fut emportée par une vague d’optimisme lorsque des manifestations massives, surnommées la Révolution de Velours, renversèrent le gouvernement de longue date de Serzh Sargsyan. À la tête de ce mouvement se trouvait Nikol Pashinyan, ancien journaliste et figure de l’opposition.
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(Português) Alienígenas entre nós?
Avi Loeb | Harvard Astronomy - TRANSCEND Media Service5 agosto 2025 - Um estudo de Harvard reacendeu a hipótese dos criptoterrestres seres extraterrestres vivendo disfarçados entre nós. A teoria sugere que eles chegaram há muito tempo e observam silenciosamente nossa evolução. O tema ganhou força...
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Re-living the Past within Us
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media ServiceToshio Kojima, owner of the “Kojima Art Gallery” in a suburb of Tokyo, has been teaching me about the importance of Boro Art! “Boro-boro” is an expression meaning “worn-out.” (Spending too much time watching US politics play out on TV, one might say, “I’m feeling boro-boro now!”)
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IN-DEPTH VIDEOS
Putin’s Step Back or Smart Move?
Glenn Diesen interviews Scott Ritter – TRANSCEND Media Service17 Aug 2025 - Ritter knows more about nukes, strategic balances, missile systems, etc. than almost anyone else, having been the first US Weapons Inspector for the enforcement of the new INF Treaty in 1988.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
Nobel Peace Prize for Trump
Marian Kamensky - TRANSCEND Media ServiceNo joke...
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The Anxiety News Network
Tom Tomorrow | Daily Kos – TRANSCEND Media ServiceMeanwhile, in the Divine Destiny country...
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