Culture
Cuba and the “Influencers”
Poverty is, unfortunately, all too common in Our America and in even more distant latitudes. However, it tends to be under represented in media analyses of our region,…
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Art & Peace
Event Report: PEN Uganda Symposium on Artistic Freedom
Date: October 17, 2024Location: Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/Uganda German Cultural Society, Plot 52, Bukoto Street, Kamwokya On October 11, 2024, PEN Uganda extended an invitation to a panel discussion at…
Activism
When Children Are Murdered, What Is There to Celebrate?
After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist Han Seung-won—asked her where she wanted to hold a press conference to talk…
Activism
‘Film Was the Best Way to Convey Our Art Amid the Suffering in Gaza’
A still from the short film ‘Sorry Cinema’ by Ahmed Hassouna, part of a film project produced by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi. (Courtesy of Rashid Masharawi) Shunned by…
Activism
War, Money and Universities
Peaceful protest, violent response – that says it all. Human politics – from global to local – remain mixed with hatred, dominance and . . . well, dehumanization.…
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World Press Freedom Day: Journalists the “Ultimate Allies in Human Rights”
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service 3 May 2024 – When I think of the values of journalism, I think of trust,…
Activism
Reflections on the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 by Dr rer. publ. Werner Wüthrich
According to the official calendar, the Olympic Games took place for the first time in 776 BC in the Greek city of Olym- pia in the north-west of…
Activism
Preventing Armageddon in the 21st Century
17 Apr 2024 – For my first post on Political Therapy I am sharing this piece by the beloved Morton Deutsch, PhD, 1920 – 2017. It is short,…
Culture
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the huge benefits of using this technology. For instance, an article in CNN points out how AI is helping Princeton scientists solve…
Art-News
The Cradle of Humanity
What reading Georges Bataille could teach you about the birth of art—and of humanity. Why should we explore caves and excavate fossils? Why should we seek more information…
Analysis
The Warsaw Ghetto and Gaza: Understanding History By Ernesto Estévez Rams
Anne Frank was in hiding from fascist terror in Amsterdam from 1942 until August 4, 1944. Her diary is perhaps the most famous diary in the modern world.…
Activism
Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom
Prof. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service 6 Sep 2023 1. Mother Earth is a sacred, self organized living being. She creates and sustains life.Through…
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PASHA workshop in Kampala Empowers Refugees Through Art expressions
Kampala, Uganda – In a remarkable gathering on Saturday, August 12, 2023, the PASHA – the Refugees Storytelling and Poetry Club, hosted a transformative workshop under the…
Activism
Remembering Cabral
In the final essay to mark the fiftieth anniversary of national revolutionary leader AmílcarCabral’s murder in 1973, first published in the ROAPE journal thirty years ago, Basil Davidson provides a…
African Union
Where Coffee Is Grown but Rarely Consumed, a Shift
In Uganda, people grow coffee to export but rarely consume it themselves. Now a push to dispel myths about the beverage and introduce new ways to use the…
Art & Peace
Muambi International Network Issue 8 . Sept- Dec 2022
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Art & Peace
Survivors Uncensored: Voices from Rwanda and the Rwandan Diaspora
Most reporting on the Rwandan 1994 atrocities was false and driven by the Clinton administration’s need to hide its culpability. The book Survivors Uncensored allows Rwandans to tell…
Activism
Leif Eiriksson Peace Award 2022 to Johan Galtung
From the Peace 2000 Institute an d Mirpuri Foundation The award was presented on 8 July 2022 by Thor Magnusson from the Peace 2000 Institute through the Mirpuri…
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In memoriam: Shams Bhanji
Dear friends We are sorry to have to inform those who knew him that Shams Bhanji died at the age of 74 at his home on his beloved…
African Union
Central African Republic launches Bitcoin hub
The Central African Republic has launched its government-backed cryptocurrency hub called Sango – named after one of the country’s official languages. President Faustin Archange Touadéra launched the hub…
Art & Peace
African Cultural Footprint of Peace
Tendai Angela Jambga-Rokkones – TRANSCEND Media Service Review of Amani, Rais Boneza’s Latest Poetry Collection The poetry collection of Amani brings together an interpersonal and intrapersonal launch into freedom. In the…
Activism
NO to Mandates! YES to Wise Power!
Featuring Diane Perlman and Marilyn Langlois 27 Apr 2022 – Transcend Method and Wise Power Special Presentation (beginning at 13m:50s in the video) by Diane Perlman and Marilyn…
Activism
Healing Through Theatre: Rashidah Namulondo Is Shifting Societal Perception About Grief And Trauma
By GLIM May 14, 2022 No Comments ShareTweetGoogle++ Rashida Namulondo A few years ago, Rashida Namulondo Muwanika went through a life-defining moment that exposed her to a damning reality. Pain and…
Analysis
Towards a Model of Wise Power™: Quantum Politics and Second Order Change
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. Once again, much of the world is gripped by a compelling narrative portraying a simplistic, archetypal drama. It fits Galtung’s DMA model – Dualism, Manicheism,…
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Belgium : Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence
“We can’t just stand back and watch forever, without saying or doing anything” by Aurore Engelen 19/01/2022 – The director uses his documentary to look back on 25 years of…