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Haiti on the Brink By Kim Ives
Demonstrators demanding that Ariel Henry step down skirmished with cops on Jan. 30 in Petit Goâve. Never have revolutionary conditions in Haiti been so favorable. The government of…
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economy
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions from Developing Countries
Anival Tanguila, a Quichua leader from the Corazón del Oriente Community, stands next to decommissioned Perenco oil infrastructure in the Ecuadorian Amazon on 22 Mar 2023. Credit: Katie…
African Union
Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia, and the US/EU/NATO
The world’s eyes are now on the geostrategic Red Sea waterways where Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters have stopped Israeli and Israel-bound ships from passing. Other regional tensions have…
Analysis
Houthis Emerge as Latest Threat to U.S. Control Over Global Shipping
On December 30, 2023, the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou, owned by Danish company Maersk Line, came under missile and subsequent boat attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The…
Activism
Thumos, Fire in the Belly and a Taste of Salt
By Marilyn Langlois – TRANSCEND Media Service Frequently articulated expressions derive from the Greek terms logos and eros, but who has heard of thumos? Why are the root…
Haiti
Kenyan High Court Blocks Parliamentary Authorization of Police Mission to Haiti
A High Court in Nairobi has extended its orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti. The ruling was issued on November 16, shortly after the…
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.…
African Union
“Oh freedom– what crimes have been committed in your name!”
Speech made by Bassolma Bazie, Foreign Minister of the Transitional Government of Burkina Faso, at the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, 23 September 2023, much…
Environment
Libya Climate Crisis Linked to Pentagon-NATO Intervention of 2011
Western foreign policy has destroyed the capacity of Libya and the Kingdom of Morocco to coordinate relief efforts amid the worsening effects of climate change. 13 Sep…
Analysis
Private Military Companies Continue To Expand in Africa By John P. Ruehl
In the wake of the July 26 coup in Niger, the world’s spotlight has once again turned to the expansion of private military and security companies (PMSCs) across…
African Union
Africa’s Continental Dilemma—Geopolitics at a Time of Upheaval By Otobong Inieke
Aside from the relatively positive developments in terms of economic cooperation through China-Africa relations, much of the continent is under multidimensional pressure, diplomatically, militarily, and socio-politically. While South…
Analysis
Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions?
Source: Globetrotter On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the…
Analysis
Will the Circle be Unbroken? Reviving the Spirit of Bandung and Panchsheel
“I hate the US empire, and I love the US republic.” — Johan Galtung Circles evoke mutual acceptance, self-respect, and constructive collaboration. Straight lines can divide. Consider the…
Action alerts
Haiti: “The Truth Speaks for Itself” by Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee
On December 16th, 2022, Fanmi Lavalas – the people’s party of Haiti – released a statement commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the first democratic election in Haiti’s history. …
Articles
If You Wouldn’t Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don’t Ask “The International Community” By Ann Garrison
4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern are always a ruse…
Articles
Wisdom from the Jungle
While we are inundated with reports of varying credibility about the war instigated by US/NATO against Russia being fought in Ukraine, evoking justifiable hand-wringing over needless loss of…
Action alerts
Fanmi Lavalas Press Release October 12, 2022
Haiti Action Committee is honored to circulate this statement from Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party of Haiti. As threats of a new foreign invasion ramp up, Lavalas states,…
US Politics
Biden and Nuland Promised to Destroy Nordstream before the Russian Invasion
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. | The Transnational – TRANSCEND Media Service 29 Sep 2022 – People from the Danish Defence Academy, other military experts – e.g. those of the Danish…
TRANSCEND
Dissecting the Evolution of the Official 9/11 Narrative
Marilyn Langlois, Graeme MacQueen and Ted Walter – TRANSCEND Media Service 19 Sep 2022 – Last week marked the 21st anniversary of the crimes of 9/11, which cost over…
Editorial
How Do You Know What You Think You Know? The Value of Dissident Voices
How do you react when hearing someone express an opinion that strikes you as ridiculous, outrageous, utterly unbelievable? If it’s someone you don’t know, perhaps you merely dismiss…
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…
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,…
Activism
In War Everyone Loses, There Are No Just Wars By Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
It is necessary to make a calm analysis of those responsible for the war between Ukraine and Russia and the silence and refusal to find a diplomatic…
Analysis
A New Geopolitical Age By Ignacio Ramonet
February 24, 2022, the date of the start of the war in Ukraine, marks the world’s entry into a new geopolitical age. We are facing a totally new…
Culture
Freedom of Speech: the First Victim of the Ukrainian Crisis By Gustavo A Maranges
Freedom of speech has become something like the 11th commandment of the Bible and it is interpreted by everyone in their own way, as everybody does with the…