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EDITORIAL
Conflict Transcendence as Driving Force in History
#864 | Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThe mediation theory of TRANSCEND opens for five possibilities for simple conflicts and much more for more complex conflicts; but they are hidden in history. To transcend is to go beyond, into a new reality accommodating opposed theses, also such as the goals of actors.
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TRANSCEND VIDEOS
Johan Galtung’s (1930-2024) Contributions to Peace Research and Practice
Tatsushi Arai | Peace in Action - TRANSCEND Media Service13 Aug 2024 - Excerpt of Tatsushi Arai's presentation from a virtual panel organized by Kent State University's School of Peace and Conflict Studies.
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FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER
Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means
Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media ServiceTRANSCEND Method: To prevent violence and develop the creative potential of a conflict, there has to be transformation. At the root of the method is the understanding of conflict as incompatible goals, meaning as a problem to be solved; not as incompatible parties.
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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 and WEST BANK, 2 Sep 2024
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TRANSCEND MEMBERS
Israel Exposes Its Political Agenda: ‘Land’ not ‘Security’–Gaza as Prelude, West Bank as Prize
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service31 Aug 2024 - The concerted Israeli military operation extending the tactics and devastation of its attack on the Gaza Strip to the occupied West Bank. Again, Washington’s silence is almost as dismaying as Israel blatant disregard of law and standards of decency.
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Comprehensible Mapping of the Variety of Fundamental Governance Functions
Anthony Judge | Laetus in Praesens - TRANSCEND Media ServiceAI-assisted Clarification of Cognitive Challenge of Organization of Disparate Memes - There is no lack of recognition of the dangerously fragile condition of global civilization, epitomized by ever increasing threats of nuclear catastrophe. The period is witness to major conflicts, most obviously Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine, but less obviously in other arenas.
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Blinken Marks Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Even as US Finances Genocide of Palestinians
Maung Zarni | The Wire – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - The US secretary of state's genocide memorial tweet is a Zombie-esque, self-unaware act of supreme hypocrisy.
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Nuclear Civilization for Peace Science in a Harmonious Multipolar Future
Bishnu Pathak, Mairead Maguire, et al. – TRANSCEND Media Service30 Aug 2024 - From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Western and Alternative Globalization - This paper, by coauthors from the Gandhian Global Harmony Association, commemorates the 79th anniversary of the tragedy that occurred in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Toronto Again
Dr. Ravi P. Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - I have been living in Toronto — the important and popular city of Canada, for about a month now and plan to stay here for about ten days more before returning to India.
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Mirages
Edward J. Curtin, Jr. | Behind the Curtain – TRANSCEND Media Service30 Aug 2024 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. let his justifiable hatred of the Democratic Party, their undermining of his presidential campaign, and their pro-war and genocidal agenda get the best of him. His trust in Trump is naïve in the extreme.
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IN FOCUS
Geopolitics of Natural Resources and the Ukrainian Conflict
Vladislav B. Sotirovic – TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - Geopolitics is an approach to politics that stresses the features imposed on foreign policy by geographical location, environment, and natural resources. As a discipline, it contributes to the emphasis on continuity in contemporary political realism.
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Achieving Peace in the New Multipolar Age
Jeffrey D. Sachs – TRANSCEND Media Service26 Aug 2024 - The US “unipolar” moment was short-lived. US geopolitical dominance ended with the rise of China, the recovery of Russia from the Soviet collapse, and the rapid development of India. We have arrived at a new multipolar age. The US still fights to remain world hegemon, but this is delusional and doomed to fail.
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MILITARISM
Which Countries Are Constantly at War in the 21st Century?
24/7 Wall St. Staff - TRANSCEND Media Service25 Aug 2024 - War remains a persistent issue in the 21st century as many nations grapple with frequent bloodshed. The reasons for such conflicts are complex: economic interests, cultural differences, historical disputes, political challenges, and more.
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Israel Says US Shipments of Arms, Equipment During Gaza Massacre Top 50,000 Tons
Emanuel Fabian | The Times of Israel - TRANSCEND Media Service26 Aug 2024 - Five hundred transport planes and 107 ships have delivered more than 50,000 tons of armaments and military equipment from the US to Israel since the start of the war [genocide], the Defense Ministry says.
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The Haditha Massacre Photos That the US Military Didn’t Want the World to See
Madeleine Baran | The New Yorker - TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.
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ANGLO AMERICA
What They Talk about When They Talk about War
Seymour M. Hersh | Substack – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - How reporting, and the way the US government speaks about the wars it sponsors, has changed between the Bush and Biden administrations.
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US Rushes Weapons Shipments to Israel
Dave DeCamp | Antiwar - TRANSCEND Media Service29 Aug 2024 - The US has been rushing weapons shipments to Israel since the end of July, Haaretz reported today, citing open-sourced aviation data.
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The US Is Israel’s Accomplice, Not a Ceasefire Mediator
Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - Washington is purposefully dragging out negotiations to enable Israel’s pursuit of its genocidal goals.
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ASIA--PACIFIC
Pōhakuloa, Hawaii: A Land Besieged
Puanani Fernandez-Akamine | Ka Wai Ola - TRANSCEND Media Service1 Sep 2024 - Social justice and peace activist Jim Albertini has been an outspoken critic of the military’s misuse of Pōhakuloa for decades. According to him, millions of live rounds are fired annually at PTA and “B-52 and B-2 bombers fly non-stop missions to and from Louisiana, Missouri and Guam to drop bombs on Pōhakuloa.”
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BRICS
BRICS Model for a New World Order
Amb. Evgeny Tomikhin | BRICS Portal – TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - BRICS is an innovative format of interaction rather than a union of individual states. Partnership is based on sovereign equality, respect for individual paths, consideration of each other's interests, and a common effort for the realisation of developing countries' aspirations.
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EUROPE
France Slaps Telegram CEO with 12 Criminal Charges after Israel Calls Platform ‘Uncooperative’
The Cradle - TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - Billionaire Russian born Telegram founder Pavel Durov is being held in custody by French authorities as part of a cyber-criminality investigation. Telegram has been the 'least cooperative' among the social media sites in responding to Israeli censorship requests during its genocide in Gaza.
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Israel and U.S. Plan to Destroy Palestine as Arab Leaders just Wait for the End Game
Mahboob A. Khawaja – TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - The Israeli-U.S. fraudulent scenario of a ceasefire ended at Cairo without any agreeable outcome. Monsters of History Defy Truth, Justice and Humanitarian Values
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PALESTINE - ISRAEL
‘There Was No Mercy, Even on Children’: Trauma in the West Bank after Israeli Raids
Julian Borger and Sufian Taha | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service31 Aug 2024 - Israel accused of using a 10-year-old girl as a human shield as it carried out its devastating attack on the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Jewish Terror Has Exploded and Nothing Is Standing in Its Way–It May Bring Israel Down
Editorial | Haaretz - TRANSCEND Media Service25 Aug 2024 - The letter sent by Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to the prime minister, cabinet members and the attorney general, in which he warns that Jewish terror is a danger to the state's existence, constitutes a flashing warning light.
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A Brief Guide to Israel’s Cultural Genocide
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - Since its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza began, the Israeli military has destroyed hundreds of historical and religious sites, and centers of culture and learning like libraries, archives, and museums.
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Israel Launches Largest Occupied West Bank Offensive since Second Intifada
Fayha Shalash and Huthifa Fayyad | Middle East Eye - TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - Drones Bomb Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas as the Military Begins Major Assault
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Janmashtami in Gaza, the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison
Sunita Viswanath | After the Truth Shower - TRANSCEND Media Service26 Aug 2024 - Krishna was born in a prison in Mathura, and while his evil uncle Kamsa planned to kill him, the guards fell asleep and the prison doors mysteriously opened. Krishna’s father Vasudeva carried him across the Yamuna River to safety in Gokul. Gaza has been described as the “world’s largest open air prison” by the UN and Human Rights Watch.
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Renowned Surgeon and Lead Author of New Lancet Study Tortured by Israeli Military
Ryan Grim | Drop Site - TRANSCEND Media Service31 Aug 2024 - Dr. Khaled Alser was held for at least three months at notorious Sde Teiman detention/torture camp and remains "forcibly disappeared," according to colleagues.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Calls West Bank Invasion ‘a War in Every Sense’
Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau - TRANSCEND Media Service29 Aug 2024 - The Israeli army’s large-scale assault on the northern West Bank has entered its second day. During a battle in Nur Shams refugee camp, the Israeli army killed wanted resistance fighter Muhammad Jaber “Abu Shuja’,” leader of the Tulkarem Brigade.
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JUSTICE
Justice Delayed, Not Yet Denied: An Update on the ICC Arrest Warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
David Kattenburg | Mondoweiss - TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant has been mired in attempts to shield Israel from accountability since May, but this soon could change.
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UNITED NATIONS
Suspending Israel from the UN
Anton Ferreira | PassBlue - TRANSCEND Media Service28 Aug 2024 - Members could employ the same mechanism used in 1974 to freeze apartheid South Africa out of the General Assembly.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-AI
Artificial Intelligence – Eureka!
Michael Brenner – TRANSCEND Media Service27 Aug 2024 - AI promises all sorts of wondrous things. We are told that it will add trillions to GDP; diagnosis, prescribe treatment and register cures for all manner of illnesses; relieve us of mind-numbing tasks at work and at home; and ensure that every one of us is better than average.
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ENVIRONMENT
How Exxon Chases Billions in US Subsidies for a ‘Climate Solution’ That Helps It Drill More Oil
Andy Rowell | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service29 Aug 2024 - Climate experts raise red flags as oil giant spends millions lobbying while touting ‘underperforming’ carbon capture.
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DEBATES ON COVID - VACCINES
COVID Vaccines: Japan Declares State of Emergency after ‘Nanobots’ Found in 96 million Citizens
Baxter Dmitry | The People's Voice - TRANSCEND Media Service10 Aug 2024 - Japan has issued an apology to its citizens for the disastrous consequences of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and has launched far-reaching scientific inquiries and criminal investigations to establish the truth and punish the perpetrators.
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POETRY FORMAT
Of Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh – TRANSCEND Media ServiceWhen I die, bury my ashes in my town Joining my memory with that of beloved soil that gave us life, education, and love In Palestine
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INSPIRATIONAL
You and the Universe: N.J. Berrill’s Poetic 1958 Masterpiece of Cosmic Perspective
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media ServiceBefore we set foot on the Moon and sent rovers to Mars, before we built supercolliders to search for the “God particle” and heard the sound of spacetime in a gravitational wave, marine biologist N.J. Berrill took up the eternal question of how to harmonize our cosmic smallness with the immensity of our creaturely experience.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
War Crimes: Does The Talmud Explain Why Jews Have Openly Murdered 17,000 Children?
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | The Intel Drop/DWF News- – TRANSCEND Media Service23 Aug 2024 - This brief snapshot of ideology found in the Talmud needs an explanation from theological experts. That is not this author. But in view of the accusations of genocide, might Jewish religious extremism in Israel be partly to blame?
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
Entire Kennedy Family Changes Last Name
The Borowitz Report – TRANSCEND Media Service26 Aug 2024 - Declaring that “enough is enough,” the entire Kennedy family is changing its last name, a spokesman for the former Kennedys announced today.
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SHORT VIDEO CLIPS
The Scary Different Stages between AI + AGI + ASI + Singularity
Center for Humane Technology - TRANSCEND Media ServiceThis video dives into the distinctions between Artificial Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, Artificial Super Intelligence, and the Singularity. We'll discuss the differences between these concepts and what they might mean for the future of humanity.
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Mozart Piano Concerto Nº 21 (Music Video of the Week)
Herbert von Karajan – TRANSCEND Media ServiceIn C major, K 467. II. Andante
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