PEACE JOURNALISM PERSPECTIVE
EDITORIAL
Spain “Without Government”–And Then What?
Nº 451 | Johan Galtung, 17 Oct 2016 - TRANSCEND Media Service
Better lift the bottom up. Cooperatives enlivening rural Spain. Small businesses. Separation of banks for savings and investment. Bank stockholders in banks–not tax-payers–held responsible for failures. Find other models than USA for Spain. Local communities, inspired by Marinaleda and Mondragon could do it for people’s benefit and for Spain. And inside the EU, cooperation with other GIPSI fringe countries, Greece-Italy-Portugal-Spain-Ireland, to break the German stronghold on the region.
NOBEL LAUREATES
9 Reasons That Nobel Peace Prize to Juan M. Santos Was a Wrong Decision
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
[1] Only the government side got the prize 7 October, not FARC; the same mistake as the 1971 prize only to Willy Brandt, not also Brezhnev and the 2000 prize to Kim Dae-jung, not also to North Korea. It takes (at least) two to make a handshake; one hand is only shaking the air.
Was the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 Wrongly Awarded?
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
My comment critical of the award is printed below, and is followed by an even more critical comment by Fredrik S. Heffermehl, a Norwegian jurist who has taken a special interest in the Nobel Peace Prize, especially making a great effort to call attention to the failure of the Norwegian committee that is responsible for deciding on recipients to adhere to the will and intentions of Alfred Nobel who established this most coveted of international awards at the end of the nineteenth century.
OTHER COMMENTARIES
BY TRANSCEND MEMBERS
Why Okinawa Should Matter
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service
12 Oct 2016 – An earlier version of this post appeared in the Japanese publication, Ryukyu Shimpo. The article is devoted to a critical discussion of Okinawa’s role in serving American and Japanese strategic interests. Since the end of World War II Okinawa has been a mostly unhappy host of American military bases, and the issue has been prominent at times on the agenda of the Japanese peace movement.
A Nonviolent Strategy to End the Climate Catastrophe
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
As the evidence mounts that we are fast approaching the final point-of-no-return beyond which it will be impossible to take sufficient effective action to prevent climate catastrophe – the evidence of ineffective official responses climbs too. So what are we to do?
Challenge of Three Paradigm Shifts for the 8th BRICS Summit: To Facilitate an Economy of Entrepreneurs
Mazher Hussain | COVA – TRANSCEND Media Service
There appears some orientation in BRICS for sustainable development and employment to eradicate poverty unlike most other multilateral formations like G 8, World Bank and IMF that focus on mega projects, trade and investment. Indeed it is significant that the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa Oct 15-16 also undertake finalisation of a framework for cooperation for promoting MSME Sector.
Whose Side is “God, god, gods, g _ d,” _ _ _ on? A Reprise and More
Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service
17 Oct 2016 – This paper is an expanded version of a paper first published in TMS on Jan 7, 2013, under a similar title. The focus of the first paper was the invocation of “God, god, g _ d” as a “moral” rationale for justifying wars, occupation, and invasion by empires, nations, religions, and dictators. Invoking the moral authority of “God, god, gods, g _ d” is a timeless ploy used to assure military invincibility, enlist public support, and comfort public doubts about consequences of violence, destruction, and war.
The Kissinger Story
Uri Avnery | Gush Shalom – TRANSCEND Media Service
14 Oct 2016 – I am writing this (may God forgive me) on Yom Kippur. Exactly 43 years ago, at this exact moment, the sirens sounded… The Yom Kippur war cost many thousands of lives, Israeli, Egyptian and Syrian. Kissinger achieved his goal. The Soviets lost the Arab world to the United States. Until Vladimir Putin came along.
Think Critically! Don’t Be Fooled!
James Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service
The U.S. Mainstream Corporate Media is very good at blaming and demonizing others, especially Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The real purpose is to attack anyone who opposes U.S. dominance as the world’s sole superpower. Somehow the U.S. believes it has the right to decide who should rule or not rule in countries all around the world.
Ending Marginalization and Exclusion
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
17 October was set by the UN General Assembly as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. October 17 is the anniversary of a 1987 meeting in Paris near where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948–a reminder that the victims of extreme poverty, hunger and violence do not enjoy the rights that are set out in the Universal Declaration.
ANALYSIS
What Is a Coup? Analysing the Brazilian Impeachment Process
Aline Piva and Frederick B. Mills - CounterPunch
Impeachment or Coup? To understand Rousseff’s impeachment, one must understand Brazil’s history of constitutional rupture. The civil and military coup of 1964 is the most exemplary of such ruptures, but there were similar attempts in 1930, 1937, 1954, and 1961. On all these occasions, sectors from the economic and political elite resorted to unconstitutional or undemocratic means to overthrow democratically elected governments that challenged oligarchic interests.
ACTIVISM
The Surveillance State Descends on the Dakota Access Pipeline Spirit Camp
Sabrina King and Will Munger | American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU – TRANSCEND Media Service
10 Oct 2016 – For the past six weeks, the Morton County Sheriff’s Office has dramatically increased its surveillance of the gathering, militarized the county, and taken action to suppress the religious expression of the indigenous people gathered at Sacred Stone.
Putting Their Bodies on the (Pipe)line
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
The movement to combat climate change is growing dynamically and unpredictably, and is facing increasing repression from the fossil-fuel industry and government authorities. There is perhaps no better example of this than the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
IN FOCUS
U.S. Military Operations Are Biggest Motivation for Homegrown Terrorists, FBI Study Finds
Murtaza Hussain and Cora Currier – The Intercept
11 Oct 2016 – A secret FBI study found that anger over U.S. military operations abroad was the most commonly cited motivation for individuals involved in cases of “homegrown” terrorism. The report also identified no coherent pattern to “radicalization,” concluding that it remained near impossible to predict future violent acts. Government officials rarely acknowledge the role that political grievances play in driving attacks.
From War to Peace
Hank Stone – TRANSCEND Media Service
The U.S. has the technology to replace the war system with a world peace system, and has the capability to declare peace on the world, and make it stick. But a peace system is very cheap compared to the war system. This means switching to world peace is politically impossible. Beneficiaries of business as usual, including the war system, have the clout to protect themselves from change. The way to make transition to world peace possible – even easy – is to recreate the benefits of war within the peace system.
Leaked Clinton email Admits Saudi, Qatari Governments Funding ISIS in Syria
Bill Van Auken | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
An email exchange between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager John Podesta, posted Monday [10 Oct] by WikiLeaks, frankly acknowledges that the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) is funded and supported by Washington’s chief allies in the Arab world.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Orders US Forces Out of Country, Cutting 65 Years of Military Ties
Alexandra Sims – The Independent
‘Do not treat us like a doormat because you’ll be sorry for it. I will not speak with you. I can always go to China.’
CAPITALISM
Panama: The Hidden Trillions
Alan Rusbridger | The New York Review of Books - TRANSCEND Media Service
In a seminar room in Oxford, one of the reporters who worked on the Panama Papers is describing the main conclusion he drew from his months of delving into millions of leaked documents about tax evasion. “Basically, we’re the dupes in this story,” he says. “Previously, we thought that the offshore world was a shadowy, but minor, part of our economic system. What we learned from the Panama Papers is that IT IS the economic system.”
The Network of Global Corporate Control
Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder and Stefano Battiston | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich – TRANSCEND Media Service
Abstract: The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with the computation of the control held by each global player. We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie structure and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions. This core can be seen as an economic “super-entity” that raises new important issues both for researchers and policy makers.
Haiti’s Hurricane Devastation: A Tragedy Rooted in Capitalist Oppression
Bill Van Auken | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
In the wake of the 2010 earthquake, international donors pledged $10.4 billion for Haiti, including $3.9 billion from the US. The chief figure overseeing this relief effort was Bill Clinton, whose previous “gift” to the people of Haiti was a trade deal that eliminated tariffs on rice imports from the US subsidized by the American government, bankrupting Haiti’s own rice producers and leaving the country unable to feed itself.
ANGLO AMERICA
A Milestone for America’s Culture
James A. Haught | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
When I was a young adult, the only Americans who mattered were WASPs (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants). They were the overwhelming majority. Their laws and customs dominated everything. But now, they’ve dwindled to just 16 percent among those under 30. And they’re destined to keep shrinking as nonwhite Americans rise, the Census Bureau projects.
Delusions of Worthy Wars
Nicolas J S Davies | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
When we compare our military spending to that of other countries, we are outspending the next 9 military powers in the world, and we are single-handedly spending more than 180 less militarized countries combined. Clearly it has not enabled the U.S. to win any wars. The only wars we have won since WWII were over tiny Grenada, Panama, Kuwait and Kosovo. Hillary Clinton derided those operations as “splendid little wars” in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, as she urged more ambitious uses of U.S. military force.
The US Just Bombed Yemen, and No One’s Talking About It
Moustafa Bayoumi – The Guardian
15 Oct 2016 – What if the United States went to war and nobody here even noticed? The question is absurd, isn’t it? And yet, this almost perfectly describes what actually happened this past week. The Trump show has managed to bump all serious and necessary policy debates not just off the table but out of the room.
US Foreign Policy: Killing People to Save Them
Dr. Arshad M Khan – teleSUR
What we have seen is the Middle East and large parts of North Africa on the receiving end of death, destruction and displacement over the last 15 years.
The Great Diversion: Democrats Focus on Sex Scandal as Conflict with Russia Escalates
Andre Damon | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
Behind a nearly total media blackout, the White House National Security Council held a closed-door meeting Friday [14 Oct] to review the US military’s campaign in Iraq and Syria. The only major media advance report on the meeting, carried by Reuters on Thursday and then quickly dropped, noted that US officials were weighing “air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases.”
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
South Asia Regional Cooperation: What Is in It for the Citizens?
Kedar Neupane – TRANSCEND Media Service
SAARC has become an outdated and ineffective institution for the purpose it was conceived. It contributes little in creating positive climate for investment, trade, economic development and regional prosperity or in establishing socio-economic and political harmony. It has no road map on political cooperation, economic development and, above all, maintaining regional peace and security.
Rohingya Crisis: ‘Latest Violence Marks Predictable Escalation in Burma/Myanmar’s Genocidal Process’
Jacob J – International Business Times
15 Oct 2016 – Reports of the latest attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar may signal a new phase in the “genocidal situation”, researchers at London’s Queen Mary University have said.
BRICS
Brazil: The Billion Dollar Coup
Prof. James Petras – TRANSCEND Media Service
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office through a well-organized, carefully planned operation among the corrupt Brazilian political elite, closely linked to the stock-market, financial institutions and foreign energy companies.
It’s the State, Stupid!
Emir Sader – teleSUR
Neoliberal governments have the interests of finance capital at heart, like a backward Robin Hood, taking from the poor to give even more to the rich.
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Rebuilding Haiti, One Commune at a Time
Mark Schuller – CounterPunch
11 Oct 2016 – As Hurricane Matthew continued onto the U.S., the waters receded in Haiti, and it became apparent that the damage was immense. Just like many people who either are Haitian or work in Haiti, I’ve been asked by people who want to help for recommendations. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.
A Short List of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America
Edited by Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
In its 200 year history, the USA has intervened in, invaded or militarily occupied the following Western Hemisphere nations: Canada, Confederate States of America, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Grenada.
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
US Congressman to John Kerry: Are We Committing War Crimes in Yemen?
Daniel McAdams | Ron Paul Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service
On Tuesday [11 Oct], US Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) wrote a remarkable letter to Secretary of State John Kerry. Citing the “civilian carnage caused by the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen,” he expressed concern to Kerry that the US government might be “liable for war crimes in Yemen,” based on continued US material support for the ongoing Saudi attack on its southern neighbor.
America’s Moral Duty in Yemen
Editorial Board – The New York Times
11 Oct 2016 – President Obama must cut off military aid to Saudi Arabia unless it ends the carnage and returns to peace talks. Yemen is near collapse, with 80 percent of the country in need of humanitarian aid. Al Qaeda’s affiliate there is becoming stronger and the population more radicalized. The longer the war goes on, the harder it will be to end.
PALESTINE / ISRAEL
The Convoluted Discourse: Was the Women’s Boat to Gaza an Existential Threat?
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service
“We will not accept any (rocket) fire, any provocation, against the citizens of Israel by whoever it might be, or any attack on Israel’s sovereignty. Not rocket fire, and not a flotilla,” Lieberman said. The activists atop the boat included Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland. In Lieberman’s logic, Maguire’s act to end a decade-long blockade on a poor region is equivalent to the firing of a rocket.
SYRIA IN DEPTH
Political Defamation Campaign Targets Rescue Workers in Syria
Franklin Lamb – TRANSCEND Media Service
The White Helmets are being attacked with all sorts of unfounded accusations and conspiracy theories that have nothing to do with who the volunteers are, what the rescue workers are actually doing, why they are doing it, and their contacts, if any at all, with members of the international public or even political factions abroad.
THE UNITED NATIONS
Antonio Guterres: New UN Secretary General
Farhana Haque Rahman – Inter Press Service-IPS
13 Oct 2016 – The new UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who takes office on January 1, arrives with strong credentials — both as a former Prime Minister of Portugal and an ex-UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
MEDIA
Noam Chomsky Unravels the Political Mechanics behind His Gradual Expulsion from Mainstream Media
Alexandra Rosenmann - AlterNet
Ever wonder why the prolific author and acclaimed MIT professor is never featured on major networks? Just 6 Corporations Own 90% of Media in the US.
Journalist Amy Goodman Shouldn’t Be Arrested for Covering Dakota Pipeline Story
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan. I don’t normally like to disagree with anyone possessing the excellent judgment to be a regular reader of mine, but Erickson is dead wrong here. Amy Goodman was clearly acting as a reporter at the protest. Moreover, she’s as close to the ideal of what it means to be a journalist as one can get in this business.
ENVIRONMENT
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) RIP
Rowan Jacobsen | Outside Online – TRANSCEND Media Service
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old. Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet. Attempts to call attention to the reef’s plight were thwarted by the government of Australia itself.
ENERGY
Swiss Ban New Nuclear Reactors
Craig Morris | Energy Transition – TRANSCEND Media Service
6 Oct 2016 – Another setback for the “nuclear renaissance”: Switzerland voted on Friday [30 Sep] to focus more on renewables and efficiency. For the first time ever, new nuclear plants are officially off the table. The Swiss just “adopted the Energiewende,” writes the Neue Züricher Zeitung. Is no one paying attention?
TRADE
Low Food Prices: Good for Your Pocket, Bad for Small Farmers
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
10 Oct 2016 – What would be your reaction if you were told that food prices are steadily declining worldwide? Good, very good news, you may say. But do the 600 million small, family farmers, those who produce up to 80 per cent of food in some regions, think the same way? Definitely not at all.
Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP
Jomo Kwame Sundaram – Inter Press Service-IPS
Americans and Europeans are increasingly convinced that while elite interests are well served by ‘globalization’, the public interests of consumers and working people are not. The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.
DEVELOPMENT
What Happens When a Small Farmer Migrates?
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
With 2 in 3 people estimated to be living in towns and cities by the year 2030, an old “equation” jumps rapidly to mind: each time a small farmer migrates to an urban area, equals to one food producer less, and one food consumer more.
HEALTH
Generation Adderall
Casey Schwartz - The New York Times Magazine
The Adderall made my life unpredictable, blowing black storm systems over my horizon with no warning at all. Still, I couldn’t give it up. The psychiatrist observed my distress calmly and prescribed Wellbutrin, an antidepressant with a slightly speedy quality that could cushion the blow of withdrawal and make it less painful to get off the Adderall. Soon enough, I was simply taking both medications.
SURVEILLANCE / SPYING / WHISTLEBLOWING / BIG BROTHER
Report Finds Loose Laws on Data and Surveillance in Latin America
Cora Currier – The Intercept
10 Oct 2016 – Privacy researchers warn of the potential for abuse of spyware and anti-encryption laws in countries across the region.
Delete Your Yahoo Account
Sam Biddle – The Intercept
4 Oct 2016 – There’s no good reason to have a Yahoo account these days. Yahoo chose to comply with a classified “directive” to build “a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials” — the NSA in particular.
ANIMAL RIGHTS / VEGETARIANISM
The Lost Cultures of Whales
Shane Gero – The New York Times
I could point to many reasons to protect whales, like the way they mitigate the effects of climate change by cycling nutrients that enable the ocean to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, or how top predators regulate marine food chains. But if we are to preserve life, ours and theirs, we must find ways to succeed together, and value diversity in our societies and in our ecosystems.
HISTORY
This Week in History
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
Oct 17-23 ~ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – Saint Augustine
INSPIRATIONAL
What Color Is The Wind? A Most Unusual Serenade to the Senses, Inspired by a Blind Child
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
“What is essential is invisible to the eye,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote in The Little Prince. Those bereft of vision, therefore, need not be bereft of the essential — they discern it by means other than sight. An imaginative invitation to empathy and self-expansion.
The Ubiquity of Joy and Poetry
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD | Intrepid Report – TRANSCEND Media Service
A world in which the explorations of nature, the contemplation of art and the bringing together of people concerned not so much with what they can amass, with what fortresses they build, with what territory they can extend, but with what they may share, would prevail. A world of delight in the subtleties of the word, person to person, lip to ear. A world in which life would be all the more precious for its transience and fragility.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Peace Education for Good Governance and Nonviolence
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
International Association of Educators for World Peace Congress: Peace Education for Good Governance and Nonviolence – October 24-26, 2016 Maharashtra, India
POETRY FORMAT
Oona’s Mum
Sumeet Grover – TRANSCEND Media Service
– What is that philosophy book you were reading?
Have you written something new? Five days
I didn’t hear a word… what about your local
peace group? Be gentle, do not criticise them,
they will realise one day –
Christopher Columbus, Crawl Back in Your Hole!
Gary Corseri – TRANSCEND Media Service
Christopher Columbus, crawl back in your hole!
Take you Nina, Pinta and Santa Magreedier!
We know what you did in Hispaniola!
We watched silver helmets glint in the sun.
We saw you claim our island for Spain!
Idiot!
Farewell to Florence
Emanuel E. García, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
I left a jacket
Purposefully
At the Piazza della Signoria
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
(Italiano) Paesaggio mediatico: una visita guidata
Johan Galtung | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service
Il punto focale è su quanto i media rendano trasparente il mondo. Parole e immagini facilitano diagnosi, prognosi, terapia, (DPT), altrimenti definibili come analisi, previsione e rimedi? Sì e no.
(Italiano) Nel frattempo – In giro per il mondo
Johan Galtung – Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service
11 ottobre 2016 – Il Dibattito: Qualcuno ha detto che il problema è la possibilità di ritrovarsi con Trump e la probabilità di ritrovarsi con la Clinton. Dunque una ben misera alternativa tra una persona autistica che vive nella sua bolla e una criminale di guerra che sta privatizzando persino la sua azione militare? Le notizie sull’evento hanno riguardato “chi ha vinto”, non qualche nuova linea politica.
(Castellano) BRICS debaten sobre economía, terrorismo y cambio climático
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
15 octubre 2016 – Diversos temas mundiales, con énfasis en los económicos, serán abordados desde este sábado la VIII Cumbre de los países BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Suráfrica) a desarrollarse en Panaji, capital del estado indio de Goa.
(Français) La responsabilité des multinationales dans le conflit armé colombien
Jorge Freytter-Florian et Juan Hernandez Zubizarreta | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service
14 Oct 2016 – Dans le conflit colombien, beaucoup d’entreprises nationales et internationales s’en prennent systématiquement aux droits de l’Homme. L’Accord Final définissant les termes de la fin du conflit et la construction d’une paix stable et durable aborde cette question.
(Português) A violência e a tortura de animais revela desvio de personalidade
Elaine Cristine Franco - ANDA Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais
Vários estudos apontam para uma íntima relação entre a criminalidade e os maus-tratos aos animais. De acordo com o artigo de Fátima Borges, há uma conexão entre maus-tratos e a criminalidade. Segundo o FBI, 80% dos assassinos começaram torturando animais.
(Italiano) Il futuro della Nigeria
Erika Degortes intervista Noo Saro-Wiwa – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
Coloro che conoscono la sua storia potrebbero aspettarsi un libro di lamentela o in cui domina l’atteggiamento di evidenziare il marcio. In realtà, il libro mostra come attraverso la conoscenza cresce l’empatia e anche i traumi del passato possono essere superati.
(Castellano) Haití, herida abierta de América Latina
Gisela Brito | CELAG-Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica – TRANSCEND Media Service
Luego del terremoto de 2010, la Minustah, las ONG’S y una minúscula pero poderosa élite local gobiernan el país. Las consecuencias no pueden ser peores para la mayoría de la población. La debilidad institucional y los intereses predatorios se conjugan para dar lugar a un millonario negocio que florece día a día desviando fondos destinados a ayuda humanitaria y reconstrucción ante el encubridor mutismo de la «comunidad internacional»
(Italiano) La visibilità delle notizie… a proposito dell’energia nucleare
Elena Camino – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
Swiss ban new nuclear reactors (la Svizzera mette al bando la costruzione di nuove centrali nucleari) Interessante! Sembra che i nostri vicini di casa abbiano preso una decisione importante… tuttavia, come fa notare l’autore dell’articolo, non c’è traccia di questo nei principali giornali in lingua inglese.
(Português) É o Estado, imbecis!
Emir Sader | Brasil 247 – TRANSCEND Media Service
São governos que levam ao coração do Estado os interesses do capital financeiro, que eleva exponencialmente seus lucros, redistribuindo renda para cima, como um Robin Hood ao contrário, tomando dos pobres para dar mais ainda aos ricos.
(Français) Les Etats-Unis devront-ils aussi payer pour leurs crimes en Irak?
Gilles Munier | Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service
L’Arab project in Iraq, un groupe de lobbyistes irakiens dirigé par Najeh al-Meezan, va demander au Parlement de Bagdad de voter une loi permettant aux Irakiens de réclamer des compensations aux Etats-Unis pour les «exactions » commises dans leur pays par les troupes américaines, les contractors et les escadrons de la mort créés par la CIA.
(Português) A Desordem Mundial: O Espectro da Total Dominação
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service
A conclusão é avassaladora:”Onde quer que os Estados Unidos intervieram, como o “specific goal of bringing democracy”, a democracia constitui-se de bombardeios, destruição, terror, massacres, caos e catástrofes humanitárias…entraram para defender suas necessidades e interesses econômicos e geopolíticos, seus interesses imperiais”
(Castellano) La recargada colonialidad permanente en América Latina
Itzamná Ollantay - teleSUR
La condición de colonialidad no sólo configura en el colonizado la idealización “natural” del color, sentir, hacer y pensar del colonizador, sino que instala dispositivos nefastos en las estructuras psicológicas más profundas del primero. Las condiciones de subordinación/despojo no sólo son vistas como “realidades normales”, sino que son asumidas con gratitud como una “benevolencia” del colonizador.
(Português) Relatório expõe leis ultrapassadas sobre dados e vigilância na América Latina
Cora Currier – The Intercept Brasil
10 out 2016 – As leis de muitos países latino americanos não acompanharam a expansão das tecnologias de vigilância, criando a possibilidade de sérios abusos, de acordo com um novo relatório de uma entidade fiscalizadora de assuntos de privacidade.
(Italiano) Gandhi: ‘La mia vita è il mio messaggio’
Robert J. Burrowes | Z Net Italy – TRANSCEND Media Service
La vita di Gandhi fu contrassegnata da molte citazioni memorabili, ma una che è meno nota è questa: “Non puoi mai sapere quali risultati produrranno le tue azioni, ma se non fai nulla non ci saranno risultati”. Fortunatamente ci sono molte persone impegnate che hanno identificato l’importanza di agire per por fine alla violenza nel nostro mondo.
(Italiano) Le alternative alla guerra esistono
Angela Dogliotti Marasso – Centro Studi Sereno Regis
Ancora una volta, infatti, si sceglie di ricorrere allo strumento militare, nel tentativo di risolvere una situazione diventata sempre più caotica e degenerata, come sappiamo, proprio a seguito del precedente intervento armato, anziché percorrere altre strade, come quelle suggerite dalla Rete Disarmo e dalla Rete della Pace, di una “Conferenza internazionale con tutti i soggetti politici, sociali e civili della Libia, nell’ottica di una strategia di costruzione della Pace ‘dal basso’ che assicuri nel contempo l’incolumità delle popolazioni civili e la costruzione dello stato di diritto”.
SHORT VIDEO CLIPS
Clair de lune (Music Video of the Week)
Jia Wang, Piano – TRANSCEND Media Service
By the French composer Claude-Achille Debussy. He and Maurice Ravel were the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though Debussy disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Wikipedia
Start of Fifth Annual Maine Peace Walk
Eric Herter – TRANSCEND Media Service
On October 11th, about twenty Peace Walkers, ages ranging from ten to seventy-nine, gathered at the Indian Island, Maine, home of the Penobscot Nation, for inspirational talks from Sherri Mitchell, a tribal lawyer, activist and writer, and from Tribal Chief Francis. The following morning they started their two-week trek to the southern border of Maine hundreds of miles to the south, a trip that will take them to many Maine communities, home-stays and community gatherings. They describe here why they feel impelled to spend a fortnight on the road speaking out for peace, and for the defense of Mother Earth.
SATIRE
Alcoholism [Not a Joke!]
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
Hooked for Life
JOKE OF THE WEEK
Oath of Office
Jonik – TRANSCEND Media Service
I swear…
“Capitalism and State sovereignty are goners. Bankism rules the world in all respects now.” “Militaries are the ultimate manifestation of direct, structural and cultural violence—a cancer that must be extirpated from humanity.” — Antonio C. S. Rosa, M.A.
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