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EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT
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April 18, 2012
Quit kidding ourselves. The world must federate. From China to the Arctic, we see a steady stream of new conflicts. (Click on OPINION)
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March 11, 2012
Education as a right or a privilege?
Families with money can afford to send their children to college, but what about the other 99%? The Earth Constitution's Bill of Rights calls for "free and adequate public education available to everyone," and equal opportunity for anyone who seeks a higher education.
Can the world community afford education as a right? Very easily with an end to massive military budgets.
With the Earth Federation's peace system, the Pentagon would not be buying "2,443 F-35 joint strike fighters" at $133 million each, a cost complained about in a recent AARP Bulletin for senior citizens. Strike fighters terroize, and educate no one.
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February 23, 2012
Less Government or Good Government?
An AP story by Jenny Barchfield (2/2/12 SF Chronicle) describes how Rio De Janeiro is "crumbling" over the last year while Rio tries to get ready for the Olympics.
Editor's commentary: Rio's unregulated system amounts to having "less government" -- and it hurt Rio. (read more...click on OPINION)
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January 28, 2012
Twitter announces new way to censor individual tweets in specific countries reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Twitter, Facebook, and Google must deal with local laws, customs, and political agendas varying from nation to nation in regard to Internet content.
Editor's commentary: Attempts by countries to censor free speech have serious implications. Democracy requires that political speech, in particular, be protected. This issue will require thoughtful attention from the Earth Federation Movement.
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January 16, 2012
Vulture's Picnic by investigative reporter Greg Palast is an important new source to understand international corruption in dirty financial deals, oil, and nuclear power. (Click on OPINION)
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January 8, 2012
Will an Attack Against Iran be a War Crime?
Do the leaders of Israel and the U.S. risk prosecution by the International Criminal Court if they invade Iran? The answer is "no". The leaders of Empire are, in practice, above international law. (For more..see OPINION)
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12/30/11
Will 2012 be the year the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement gain street credence with activists -- when Occupy Wall Street becomes "Occupy Everything"? Can "EFM" be popularized to establish Good Government worldwide on behalf of "We, the People"?
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12/5/11
Political satire "In the Shadows" with reporter Crud Radon. Mystery interview with person from Shadow Government. Does New World Order fear Earth Federation? See on You Tube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmlM9mSDU4
or go to You Tube "search" and type in "Earthstar Radio"
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11/22/11
WHO SAYS IT CAN'T BE DONE?
Earth Constitution
"making the impossible,
possible"
• eliminate weapons of
mass destruction
• from war system to
peace system
• universal human rights
• end poverty
Earth Constitution
" the first green
constitution"
• protect Mother Earth
Thought for today:
the truth about 9/11,
or is the 9/11
Commission's Report a cover-up?
9/4/11
Norway's Moral Maturity
a Good Example
Despite 77 people being
murdered by a right wing
zealot, Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is quoted to have said "together we are an unbreakable chain of care, democracy, and safety."
Will the nations advance to this level of ethical, emotional and political maturity by adopting the
Earth Constitution?
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8/8/11
Institute On World Problems holds July, 2011 Seminar at Raquette Lake, New York,
USA. *See NEWS section for more details . . . . .OR
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7/30/11
Radioactive Poisoning
Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions have been used by the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq, with birth defects now showing up in Fallujah and elsewhere according to a report by Kelly Vlahos in The American Conservative (April 2011.
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May 18, 2012
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EARTH FEDERATION
News & Views
WE ARE NEITHER LEFT, RIGHT, OR CENTER
WE ARE IN FRONT
We are a global family
world citizen
world public interest journalism
May 15, 2012 (Updated)
Activists are using Facebook to inform their friends about the Earth Constitution. If you have a cute kitten or puppy, you'll identify with these pictures which suggest that the Earth Federation Movement can protect your favorite pet. How? The Earth Federation government outlaws all weapons of mass destruction. (Click on OPINION)
May 6, 2012
The majority of countries belonging to the United Nations have been restricted to second class citizenship. (Click on OPINION)
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May 4, 2012
Need for world federation obvious as we see the tension between China and the USA heat up over a Chinese dissident, and Russia threatens a "preemptive strike" if the US insists upon a missile defense system on Russia's border
April 28, 2012
China tries to silence outspoken Chen Guangcheng with a failed house arrest while the US warns whistleblowers to shut up or else by prosecuting Bradley Manning
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April 23, 2012
Professor Glen Martin elected to Board of Directors of Democratic World Federalists based in San Francisco
Dr. Martin, an expert on the Earth Constitution and a leader in the Earth Federation Movement, will be giving seminars on the EC/Provisional World Parliament/EFM in the months of May and June in West Africa and Eastern Europe.
DWF Event on April 22, 2012 in San Francisco
Make your reservations for the DWF Annual Good Government Luncheon & Lecture in San Francisco on Sunday, April 22. Will "thinking like a man" get us all killed? Call (415) 227-4880
Democratic World Federalists will feature Dr. Kathleen Barry author of Unmaking War, Remaking Men at their Annual Good Government Lecture & Luncheon on April 22, 2012 in San Francisco. Event is open to the public. For more information go to www.dwfed.org or call (415) 227-4880
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April 6, 2012
England and the US join totalitarian governments by throwing out the right to privacy. Secret domestic surveillance of all phone conversations, e mails, and even financial transactions now possible.
Earth Constitution would protect citizens from warrantless surveillance and invasion of privacy. (Click on NEWS)
April 3, 2012
Understanding militarization, war, core
masculinity, and loss of empathy
Professor Kathleen Barry's latest book "Unmaking War, Remaking Men" offers a worldview which challenges the traditional masculine values seen in the world's fixation with violent solutions over peaceful cooperation and empathy.
Core masculinity is seen to harbor "contempt for women." Soldiers are taught sociopathic traits and are expendable. (Click on NEWS)
Democratic World Federalists will feature Dr. Kathleen Barry author of Unmaking War,Remaking Men" at their Annual Good Government Lecture & Luncheon on April 22, 2012 in San Francisco. Event is open to the public. For more information go to www.dwfed.org or call 415-227-4880
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March 28, 2012
Why Americans need the Earth Constitution
Despite the fact that health care is a "life or death" issue for many unlucky citizens, the US continues to debate if seeing the doctor, or the dentist for that matter, should be a public right, or another domain owned by private Money.
Article 13.5 of the Earth Constitution requires "adequate pubic health services and medical care available to everyone throughout life..." (full editorial click on OPINION)
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March 20, 2012
"Privateering" More profit centers for the 1%
We've seen the disastrous effects of privatization in US health care, education, and now the postal service is on its way out. (read more, click on NEWS)
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March 11, 2012
The AARP Bulletin for senior citizens reports that the Pentagon is buying "2,443 F-35 joint strike fighters". Cost? $133 million each. Is that why America can't afford free health care and education for all? -- Editor
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March 9, 2012
Most nuclear reactors taken offline in Japan: Earth Constitution recognizes that hazards of nuclear power reach beyond national borders (See NEWS)
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March 5, 2012
United Nations system can't stop Syria or Israel: Terrorism shows need for Earth Federation (click on OPINION)
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February 25, 2012
Reflections on a change of heart from a former Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense
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February 24, 2012
Darkness of Empire: A system of domination subverting democracy? Why we need to embrace the Earth Constitution (click on OPINION)
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February 8, 2012
Conflict between Israel and Iran leading to war?
Why we need world federal government
The headlines these days make it clear that the conflict between Israel and Iran may move beyond economic sanctions against Iran. Israel has stated it may attack Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that any attack would be met with retaliation.
Without federal world government in place, an attack and invasion may soon be in the making creating a nightmare. (read more... click on OPINION)
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February 6, 2012
Crises in Syria, Iran, Israel, Greece, the USA and elsewhere are symptoms of a defective global political and economic system. EFM seeks to popularize the birth of a new global system with the Earth Constitution leading the way.
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January 24, 2012
From Dictatorship to Democracy: Proposed Legislation to Join the Earth Federation (See NEWS)
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January 17, 2012
Conference of Chief Justices of the World Passes Resolution for United Nations Article 109 Charter Review
(See NEWS)
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January 9, 2012
Can a Democratic World Federation Government Include Dictatorships? (See OPINION)
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12/31/11
Report from Lucknow, India: Jagdish Gandhi's Amazing Quest for World Union at the City Montessori School: Conference of Chief Justices of the World Provides Opportunity for WCPA Activists and the Earth Constitution. (See News)
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12/17/11
Whistle-blower Bradley Manning: A Case Proving the Urgent Need for the Earth Federation under the Earth Constitution (See News)
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12/9/11
A Grand Strategy: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everything. Will Activists Grasp the Strategic Advantage of Integrating the Earth Constitution into the Occupy Protest Movement? (For full article, go to OPINION)
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11/13/11
New Organization to Use "Shared Sovereignty" to Address Food Crisis and to Demonstrate Value of World Union (See NEWS)
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10/27/11
World Constitution & Parliament Association to hold EFM global strategy meeting in India in December, 2011 concurrently with the International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World (See NEWS)
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10/11/11
Will the Occupy Wall Street Protesters Discover the Earth Constitution? Earth Fed activists introduce "PUBLIC NOTICE OF WORLD SECURITIES LAW" to the 99 Percenter's.
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10/5/11
Should Wall Street Protesters Adopt the EFM's Earth Constitution to Build a Political and Economic Revolution? (See NEWS)
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10/5/11
Editor's Commentary:
Why is the United Nations considered undemocratic in its structure? Because only 5 nations are allowed final decision-making authority. These are the UN Security Council veto power nations.
Will the other 189 nations become weary of their second class citizenship in the United Nations?
(Read more...)
Commentary: The United Nations Charter gives special privilege and power to 5 nations, while the remaining 189 nations in the UN are restricted to second class citizenship.
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8/8/11
Institute On World Problems holds July, 2011 Seminar at Raquette Lake, New York,
USA. *See NEWS section for more details . . . . .OR
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8/31/11
South Africa and Norway Illustrate the Importance of the Earth Federation's New Economic Paradigm. Click HERE for story
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7/21/11
Professor Glen Martin's new book titled "The Earth Federation Movement" describes the Earth Constitution as "the creation of the most important document of the 20th and 21st centuries"
7/18/11
Institute On World Problems to sponsor Earth Federation Movement activists at Seminar to be held in upper state New York at the end of July
6/25/11
U.S. State Department Sides With Israel to Prevent Peaceful Protest by the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza (See NEWS)
6/1/11
Long Range Pentagon Budget Indicates More Billions for War, No Plans for Peace (See NEWS)
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5/20/11
Is Medical Care a Right or a Privilege? Implications of the Attempt to Privatize Medicare in the USA (See OPINION)
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Talking Points
EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT
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Earth Constitution
foundation for
EARTH FEDERATION
and
PROVISIONAL WORLD
PARLIAMENT
Talking Points
#1 Replaces the global war system with a global peace system
#2 Disarmageddon: Elimination of weapons of mass destruction
#3 Replaces the "new world order" with a democratic world order
#4 Saves beneficial United Nations agencies
#5 Protects and expands core values: freedom, liberty, independence, and democracy
#6 Love of family and country
#7 More local control with increased resources
#8 Freedom of religion
#9 First green constitution
#10 Ecological principles embedded in Earth Constitution
#11 Good government
#12 Protection against tyranny
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