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1/24/12

From Dictatorship to Democracy:  Proposed Legislation to Join the Earth Federation


The World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA), sponsor of sessions of the Earth Federation's Provisional World Parliament, is currently placing proposed legislation for the next session of the PWP on its websites.   The first item posted is a bill outlining the transition process for dictatorships to become part of the Earth Federation under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.   The proposed legislation can be found at http://www.radford.edu/gmartin/Legisl.pending.PWP.13.htm

 

1/17/12


The 12th International Chief Justices Conference in India Passes Resolutions for UN Article 109 Charter Review


During the 12th International Chief Justices Conference in India held in December, 2011, the current and ex-chief justices present (approx. 100 of them, representing 70 countries) passed a resolution urging the UN to convene the review of the UN Charter as stipulated in Article 109 Section (3) of the Charter and backed up by the General Assembly Res. 992(X).

 

This important resolution was achieved through a recommendation of one of the working groups (Global Structures), which I was a panelist, and with the help of the Supreme Court Judge of Malta and the help of a few of the Indian, States current and ex-chief justices.

 

Another Democratic World Federalist Board member, Dr. Bob Flax,  had a very successful presentation at one of the parallel sessions (particularly popular with the students).  Dr. Flax, well described the hospitality we received, the multimedia facilities and coverage by the City Montessori School's staff and students.  Attending the Conference at least  once is truly a MUST for world federalists and world government advocates to experience for themselves such a welcomed reception and organized support for our goals.  Also, thanks to the Earth Federation activists present in India, in their support of Article 109.


Submitted by Shahriar Sharei, Vice President, Democratic World Federalists
12/31/11
Report from Lucknow, India:   Jagdish Gandhi's Amazing Quest for World Union:   Conference of Chief Justices of the World Provides Opportunity for WCPA Activists to Promote the Earth Constitution and Support EFM

From December 9-13, 2011 more than 100 judges met for the 12th Conference of Chief Justices of the World.   Sponsored by Jagdish Gandhi's City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, the Conference included opportunities for the World Constitution and Parliament Association to promote the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement.  

Mr. Gandhi is a WCPA Vice President.  He is a powerful  advocate for world union.  Gandhi's educational philosophy lays heavy emphasis on students learning to be world citizens and supporters for a world union. 

Some 25 WCPA representatives from a number of countries attended, many of whom gave presentations at the Conference.  

 WCPA reported that "This was the first year that the call for a world parliament was unanimous among the more than 100 justices present at the Chief Justice Conference."

WCPA received invitations to give talks about the Earth Constitution from Argentina, Nepal, and at the City of Montessori School itself in Lucknow -- CMS hosted the Conference.  

Chief Justices who became new honorary sponsors of the Earth Constitution came from many countries:  India, Lebanon, Nepal, Costa Rica, and elsewhere. 

A core of chief justices agreed to be members or advisors for the Collegium of World Judges which WCPA seeks to establish in order to begin to create a new world judiciary system which follows the structure from the Earth Constitution.   The new judicial system is superior to the present global system which is often powerless to prevent individual leaders from being held accountable for their crimes.   True justice requires equal treatment:   No individual should be above the law.  

12/17/11
Whistle-blower Bradley Manning Prosecuted for Telling the Truth -- Proves the Urgent Need to Establish the Earth Federation under the Earth Constitution

An American soldier Bradley Manning, turning 24 years old today, is being tried in a military court at Ft. Meade, USA.  His crime?  It is alleged that he revealed information about government corruption and military war crimes.   If true, one would think that his actions as a whistle-blower would make him an American hero, like Daniel Ellsberg.

But the US government, with the help of a corrupt Congress and corrupt Supreme Court, has been slowly eroding constitutional protections.  Individual American citizens are now subject to indefinite detention without being allowed either a lawyer or a trial to determine guilt or innocence.  Bradley Manning will get a military trial, but the chances of it being simply a kangaroo court are quite high. 

The US government appears to be in a state of panic as more and more information comes out revealing widespread corruption in Congress, Wall Street theft, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and widespread privateering by Big Money. 

 Whistle-blowers must be silenced at all costs, hence the elimination of constitutional rights under the banner of the "war on terrorism" and (laughable) claims of national security.  

Fascism is now in fashion in America
Bradley Manning is being used as an "example", a warning to other Americans who choose to tell the truth.  In  A new law, just recently passed by Congress and signed by the President, allows American citizens to be arrested by the military and placed in indefinite detention without charges.  No reason for the imprisonment has to be given. No lawyer, no trial.   Fascism is now in fashion in America. 

We will now likely see 9/11 truth activists silenced.   There is most likely a growing sense of fear in high places that if there is a new investigation to correct the omissions, lies, and contradictions in the 9/11 Commission Report, the facts may point at 9/11 being an "inside job."  Some investigators believe that 9/11 was a  highly sophisticated false flag operation directed  by rogue elements in the upper reaches of government(s) using black box secret agencies skilled in covert operations.     

One might speculate that if former Vice President Dick Cheney was subjected to interrogation by  waterboarding, he would quickly confess to being one of the ring leaders of the 9/11 attacks!   But fortunately for Mr. Cheney, if the Earth Federation were in place there would be no torture.   It's against world law and the universal Bill of Human Rights in the Earth Constitution.     

As it stands now in the U.S., a citizen could legally simply "disappear." Will they drop you out of a helicopter into the ocean like the good old days of American-trained death squads  in Central America?

Earth Federation could provide new protection for citizens betrayed by their government
That is why the Earth Constitution, the foundation for the establishment of a new governing body called the Earth Federation, is so urgently important.   As it stands now, Bradley Manning has no further recourse other than to hope that the military tribunal is an honest and fair one.   Don't bet on it. 

The United Nations cannot protect Bradley Manning from persecution
What to do?   Please note that Bradley Manning cannot appeal to the United Nations for help.  The UN cannot intervene in the US government's illegal actions, and the UN cannot hold the authorities involved in this travesty of justice criminally accountable.  

Enter the Earth Constitution.   If the Earth Federation were in full operative existence, Manning could get help from the World Office of the Ombudsmus.   The EC has provisions to insure that individuals have access to world courts -- in this case the equivalent of a world public defender when their own country is too corrupt to get a fair trial.   

The EC also has provisions in its World Judiciary system which gives the Earth Federation the authority to investigate and to prosecute government officials who violate the universal Bill of Human Rights in the Earth Constitution.   This fact would be added protection for Bradley Manning, an insurance plan he does not at present have since the US government gets final say -- whether or not it is an honest and fair process.  

Support for Manning is being provided by couragetoresist.org and bradleymanning.org

11/13/11
New Organization based in Belgium to Use "Shared Sovereignty" to Resolve Food Availability Crisis

Look for a new organization which applies the principle of "shared sovereignty" in order to deal with food availability.  

Unpredictable food prices which may spike in the present global governing system can mean malnutrition or even starvation for poor people anywhere in the world, according to author John McClintock who is based in Brussels. He is an outspoken proponent for shared sovereignty and for world government.     

The new organization, ACTION for a World Community for Food Reserves, will be under the direction of Dr. Mark Corner who will act as its president.  Corner has written a book "The Binding of Nations:  from European Union to World Union."

ACTION's strategy could help reform the United Nations into a world government by using the model of the creation of the European Union.  "The Uniting of Nations" by John McClintock illustrates the basic concepts.  Mr. McClintock, whose original training includes a specialty in economics and agricultural, draws upon his experiences working for the European Commission for his analysis.  

Using food availability, or lack thereof as a focus, offers an issue which is of concern for people everywhere, especially those with families to feed.  Food instability is a problem which could be used to demonstrate the value of what organizers term  "shared sovereignty"-- nations uniting for a common goal, reliable food supplies at affordable prices.  

ACTION will soon publish its first newsletter explaining its policies and future plans. 

Although ACTION is a different approach from the Earth Federation Movement (EFM), the goals are very similar.     

Both the EFM and ACTION recognize the failures of existing governing structures. The United Nations, helpless to end war or eliminate weapons of mass destruction, has also been unable to establish reliable and affordable food supplies for the world's peoples. 

EFM and ACTION advocate for a fundamentally new global governing system (i.e., a democratic world government), urgently needed if the world is to successfully cope with global problems and crises.

ACTION, a non-governmental organization which will be based in Brussels, hopes to use the issue of food availability to demonstrate to nations that cooperation using "shared sovereignty" is a much better type of governing structure to solve world problems compared to the current  "dog eat dog" competitive mentality between nations. 

If "shared sovereignty" becomes popular, it could help provide support for democratic world federation and assist the Earth Federation under the Earth Constitution

-- Editor  become a reality.     




10/27/11
World Constitution & Parliament Association to Sponsor Strategy Meetings in India to advance Earth Federation Movement

The World Constitution & Parliament Association will be meeting concurrently with the International Conference of Chief Justices of the World.  The Conference, to be held in India, is scheduled from Dec. 9 - 13, 2011 hosted by the City Montessori School of Lucknow and  its founder, Dr. Jagdish Gandhi.   

WCPA will sponsor a global strategy meeting to discuss plans to advance the Earth Federation Movement under the Earth Constitution.  All WCPA members, friends, and officers are invited according to Secretary General Dr. Glen Martin. 

Information for registering can be found at www.worldproblems.net and www.cmseducation.org/article51/

Actions to further the EFM include in May, 2011 sending copies of the Earth Constitution in Spanish to all heads of state in Latin America.  WCPA Vice President Celina Garcia from Costa Rica has been leading this effort, and will be assisting to arrange future meetings with Latin American ambassadors. 

In June WCPA's Dr. Glen Martin was interviewed on CMS television in Lucknow, India.  The interview can be seen on www.wcpa.biz. 

WCPA lectures and seminars were held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangalore, India and Chennai, India.  WCPA Vice President Professor R. Ananthanarayanan arranged a week long series of events including an all day program presented to some 800 students and faculty at a colege near Chennai. 

Meetings were held with Sri Aurobindo's World Union in Pondicherry. 

As already reported by EFM News & Views, the end of July, 2011, the Institute On World Problems hosted a 3 day seminar for Earth Federation activists.  

WCPA chapters on behalf of the EFM have been growing reports Dr. Martin, who mentions as an example the work in Ghana under the leadership of Bishop Emmanuel Mensah. 

WCPA in the Union of South Africa is exploring "Earth Labor Bonds" as a new form of finance using, instead of dollars, "Earth Hours."   The development of some kind of a financial system is an important step which the Earth Federation, at some point when its structure is strong enough, will be addressing as the current global system of money and finances is not working for the world's middle classes or the poor. 

Private banking has failed when it comes to establishing a prosperity system, and the economic situation only seems to get worse -- both for nations, and for the middle classes and the poor.   The Earth Federation sees a need for a new economic paradigm. 

--  Editor 



10/5/11
Should Wall Street Protesters Adopt the Earth Federation Movement's Earth Constitution to Build a Political and Economic Revolution?

While Wall Street Protesters continue to maintain a rather "open" agenda, at times saying that they "have no demands", the issues being raised are real enough -- basically, the rich getting richer and the middle and lower classes getting less and less.

Meanwhile, the Dinosaur Party is proclaiming that "businesses" are the job creators, and that jobs need to come from the private sector, not government.   Republicans, in an ideological fog,  want to increase jobs by shrinking government. 

The dinosaurs conveniently ignore the steps taken by FDR in the depression of the thirties when government had to intervene big time to create thousands of (government) jobs for the unemployed.  Private business could not do the job.  The massive government job programs by President Franklin Roosevelt not only put people back to work, it could be argued that they saved capitalism.

Enter the Earth Federation Movement (EFM) with its Earth Constitution as a means for the protesters to gain the upper hand. 

The EFM's Earth Constitution relevance to the current protests on Wall Street is that, without a clear long range vision, the protesters will ultimately have to settle for changes which are helpful, but basically inadequate.    Yes, they might get a job program sponsored by the Government.  Yes, they might even get some regulations which slow down the various types of financial ploys which offer nothing productive to society and make Wall Street financiers rich.  

Big Money will concede enough to avoid a French Revolution here in the USA, but will also race to other nations where they can continue their financial scams and games,  at the expense of other citizens of other countries.  That's one reason the protesters should adopt the Earth Constitution.  The financial crises are worldwide.  Solutions will need to be global.   

Wall Street protesters also need a plan to change the global war system into a peace system.   Perpetual wars eventually destroy a nation economically.  The Earth Constitution has the potential to create a peace system.

It is true that the global war system provides many, many government sponsored jobs -- both with government contracts let out to private corporations, and in the maintenance of a large military force -- economic socialism through the back door.   

But the USA's love affair with the military/industrial/research/university complex is dangerous.  Wall Street protesters should demand a divorce.   Money in a peaceful economy would put far more people to work, and be doing something positive and  constructive for the country.

A letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal (10-4-11) by a Mr. Burbage  throws water on the false belief that business is the only answer to end massive unemployment.   Mr. Burbage writes:  "...Mr. Schwab didn't go into business to create jobs and neither does anybody else.   Businessmen, not only in the U.S. but all over the world, are constantly looking for ways to eliminate jobs.   Employees are expensive." 

If the Wall Street protesters would adopt the Earth Constitution, they would have a new and powerful political tool to level the playing field with the oligarchy.  The Earth Constitution provides a full framework not only to end the war system, but to create a prosperous economy.   We do not need the "dog eat dog" world we are increasingly being forced to live in.   There is a better way.

-- Editor  


8/31/11

IMPORTANCE OF THE EARTH FEDERATION'S "NEW ECONOMICS" CAN BE SEEN BY LOOKING AT POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND PROSPERITY IN NORWAY

A recent Associated Press story (by Amland and Jahn, 8-31-11) indicates that while most of Europe is suffering economic hardship and a debt crisis, Norway is prospering. They report: "...(Norway) has used years of oil income wisely to keep unemployment low, incomes high, education free and health services working."

By contrast, the Union of South Africa is experiencing violent protests. Michelle Faul (AP, 8-31-11) quotes African National Congress youth league chief Julius Malema as saying that (protests) are "the only way to address growing inequality and poverty in Africa's richest nation and better distribute wealth that remains firmly entrenched in the minority white community and among a few thousand blacks who have grown wealthy mainly off government contracts."

These contrasting economic outcomes in two different countries are not surprising. Author and economist Alana Hartzok (The Earth Belongs to Everyone) has argued that "gifts of nature" (or gifts from God, if you prefer) such as oil should benefit everyone equally. This means that private ownership of oil or other natural resources is the wrong way to create a broader prosperity.

Economically, it makes perfect sense to share the wealth as Norway does. Norway, by the way, which keeps its oil revenues for its citizens, is rated by the United Nations as the "world's best country to live in."

The economic model regarding natural resources which Hartzok recommends finds a home in the Earth Federation which is charged with the task of ending poverty worldwide. Why shouldn't the "gifts of nature" be shared equally rather than given to a wealthy few? When wealth is too concentrated problems erupt like are now happening in South Africa.

Norway, by contrast, has a high standard of living for all of its citizens. This is the standard which the Earth Federation must achieve in all nations. The Earth Constitution provides the legislative authority which will be required to change economic models from "disaster capitalism" to a moral and ethical economics serving "we, the people", not just benefiting the few.

-- Editor

8/9/11

The Institute On World Problems holds July Seminar at Raquette Lake,

New York, USA.

IOWP Participants discussed the need for a new global paradigm, one which is holistic. The Earth Constitution is seen as the basic foundation for this paradigm shift. IOWP participants, when asked what their first act would be when the Earth Federation is in power, voted unanimously to take nuclear weapons off hair trigger alert. Global action on climate change was also considered an emergency priority.

IOWP assists the emerging Earth Federation Movement analyze global problems and offers solutions. The need for a new financial and economic model was discussed with publicly owned and regulated banking seen as more beneficial to the public. A new world currency called "Earth Hours" has been accepted by the Provisional World Parliament.


8/8/11
INSTITUTE ON WORLD PROBLEMS MEETS AT LAKE RAQUETTE IN NEW YORK FOR SEMINAR ASSESSING PROGRESS OF THE EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT UNDER THE EARTH CONSTITUTION

Activists and friends of the Earth Federation Movement met in late July, 2011 at Lake Raquette, New York, USA for a 3 day Seminar sponsored by the Institute On World Problems. The agenda included reviewing the history of the World Constitution and Parliament Association which drafted the Earth Constitution -->
Participants came from as far away as Illinois, Georgia, Virginia and California. Topics included the underlying philosophy and principles of the EFM, projects underway, and plans for the future. The IOWP's Dr. Glen Martin explained the holistic paradigm seen as key to a new global system. "You can't solve one problem without solving them all. Global problems are interrelated." A holistic approach is what is required, says Martin, to prevent wars, eliminate weapons of mass destruction, end poverty, and deal successfully with climate change.

Dr. Eugenia Almand and Dr. Bob Blain discussed what some call the "New Economics." Blain has developed a new unit of world currency endorsed by the Provisional World Parliament. Instead of dollars, the Earth Federation's unit of currency would change to "Earth Hours." The Earth Federation, once in place, would return ownership and control of banking to the public sector, to "we, the people." Private banking interests would no longer be able to hold the world hostage to economic thievery or blackmail.

Dr. Almand described PWP world legislation which would make it illegal for corporations to manufacture weapons of war, and which would hold executives and others criminally accountable if they failed to cease and desist such activities. Participants were not in full agreement with this plan which would criminalize officials, CEO's, and even soldiers who are involved in war making.

Many individuals who are now in the military, either as soldiers or civilians in the military/industrial/research complex, see themselves as serving their country, not as being involved in criminal behavior.

Sabotage to stop the growing Earth Federation Movement was discussed, particularly the pattern of disruptions of international meetings of the Provisional World Parliament where governments, at the last moment, refuse visa's to delegates of the PWP. These incidents have been observed since 1985 when the World Constitution and Parliament Association met with the top leaders of India, a country which showed much support for establishment of a one world, democratic government.

Ideas to fund the EFM ranged from attracting new individuals via popularization of the Movement to establishing an Earth Federation Credit Union. Donations to the Institute On World Problems are tax deductible. IOWP educates the public and activists about the benefits of establishing a democratic world federation to solve world problems that the nations alone are unable to resolve.

Dr. Kotila explained the "Two Track Strategy" proposal toward successfully establishing a new world system capable of bringing about world peace, protecting individual human rights from tyranny, addressing climate change, and ending poverty.

Essentially, a Two Track Strategy means continuing to achieve UN Reform into a world federation, but if the UN is unable, or unwilling, to be fixed, then the Earth Federation is already emerging on the world stage ready to start functioning on behalf of the world public interest.

Track 1: Get people to join the Earth Federation Movement. Seek support from individuals, groups, organizations, and nations for ratifications of the Earth Constitution.

Track 2: Support UN Charter Review under Article 109. If the UN is unable or unwilling to become a true democratic world federation, then replace the UN with the emerging Earth Federation.

The Earth Federation would be a new democratic world body parallel to, and independent of, the United Nations. Individuals, groups, organizations, and nations would be able to participate to achieve Earth Federation goals as established in the Earth Constitution and as directed by a democratically elected World Parliament.  


-- Editor





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6/25/11
WORLD COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT THROUGH FREEDOM FLOTILLA FOR RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS IN GAZA.   U.S. SIDES WITH ISRAEL BY REFUSING TO STAND UP FOR SAFE PASSAGE OF UNARMED, PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

In an attempt to prevent Freedom Flotilla II from sailing to Gaza to peacefully protest the Israeli blockade of Gaza, the U.S. State Department has warned the American participants in the Flotilla that they may be breaking U.S. law and hence subject to jail and fines according to an Associated Press report by Natasha Mozgovaya (6-24-11).

The A.P. release quotes the State Dept. as arguing that Gaza is run by Hamas,  a U.S. designated foreign terrorist organization, and that therefore the protesters could be considered to be supporting a terrorist organization.  

Earlier, however,  the Freedom Flotilla which includes about 36 Americans, had written the State Dept. asking the U.S. for protection and safe passage for the unarmed protesters citing the first Freedom Flotilla to Gaza which was attacked in international waters by Israeli commandos resulting in 9 deaths and injuring 50 passengers.   The Freedom Flotilla's website is www.ustogaza.org and provides the facts from the point of view of  these human rights activists. 

The current conflict raises an interesting question:   While the American government has designated Hamas as being a "terrorist organization", human rights activists have charged Israel with terrorism in its attacks and blockade of Gaza.   The situation then is that large segments of the peace activist community see Israel as the terrorist organization,  and the Palestinian people like those residing in Gaza as its victims.  

State sponsored terrorism should therefore also be part of any objective analysis of terrorism. 

The United States itself has admitted to have engaged in what peace activists would consider to be terrorism. (For example, "shock and awe" bombing raids;  use of torture;   assassinations without trial;  covert operations to overthrow democratically elected governments sympathetic to a socialistic model of economics.) 

In view of the widely known fact that the U.S. provides Israel with money and weapons, it cannot be said that the U.S. is an objective, neutral party to the conflict.   Indeed, the world community as represented by the United Nations has noted numerous violations of international law by Israel including the illegal and ongoing expansion of its territory causing over a million Palestinian refugees.      

Is there a double standard, then, as to who is considered a "terrorist organization"?  Should the State Dept. reconsider its position on the Freedom Flotilla and agree to allow it peaceful and safe passage to Gaza?

Should the U.S. demand that Israel end its blockade of Gaza, and threaten to cut off funds for Israel if it fails to cease and desist?

(Editor's note:   The United Nations, due to limitations imposed by its Charter, is unable to resolve this conflict.  Two nations with powerful military forces and covert operatives (secret police) oppose unarmed, peaceful citizen activists.   Rather than the rule of world law with an objective judgment of the claims of the opposing parties,  the world community must bow to the principle that "might makes right".  

Use of violent force to prevent peaceful protest and freedom of speech violates the bill of human rights found both in the Earth Constitution, and by the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by the U.S. in 1948.  

With the Earth Federation in place this conflict could be adjudicated peacefully using the neutral, objective world judiciary as structured in the Earth Constitution.)


6/1/11
Pentagon Long Range Budget Seeks Billions for New Stealth Bombers and More Nuclear Submarines While the Republican Congress Tries to Axe the Dept. of Peace

 

A recent report by W.J. Hennigan of the Los Angeles Times (in Sacramento Bee, 5-22-11) reveals that the Pentagon is seeking upwards of 55 billion dollars for a fleet of 80 or so "nuclear-capable" bombers.   Why so expensive?   The planes would be an off shoot of the current Stealth bombers by Northrop Grumman Corp.  The idea would be to have this new fleet available in the 2020's.  

To make matters worse, there are proposals to build and operate 12 new nuclear ballistic  missile subs whose cost could range to about $347 billion dollars (Citizen's Watch..., Spring, 2011).


Finally, to make it clear that war trumps peace, the Republicans in Congress are trying to eliminate the  Department of Peace.  The budget wish list shows clearly that the United States government has no intention of a transition to a peaceful world, but intends to continue its foreign policy of aggressive "full spectrum dominance" capable of intimidating, or destroying any country or people who dare to defy Empire. 

 

(Editor's note:  The Earth Federation Movement would give citizens the opportunity to reverse course, and change to a global peace system.   Money now being wasted on weapons would instead be available for constructive, useful purposes that help, not harm, people.)


 

 

 

5/2/11

OSAMA BIN LADEN CLAIMED DEAD AND PRESUMED GUILTY



On May 1, 2011 jubilant Americans heard President Obama declare that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.  



He was presumed guilty despite the fact that the FBI never had him on their "most wanted" list because they said that they "didn't have enough evidence."   9/11 truth researchers have repeatedly noted that the FBI has never included Osama Bin Laden on the FBI wanted list due to insufficient evidence. 



The 9/11 truth movement will most likely question the killing of Bin Laden, concerned that he was killed to prevent him from testifying.   Bin Laden is a former CIA asset. 



Another question will be whether or not the person killed was actually Bin Laden since there have been reports that he had already died a number of years ago.  



The controversial questions consistently raised by the 9/11 truth movement can be found by researching various web sites listed on 911truth.org and 911Blogger.com.  9/11 truth has insisted that the 9/11 Commission Report was most likely a cover-up in view of scientific findings that the WTC buildings were dropped, not by the jet airliners that hit them, but by means of controlled implosions using nanothermite explosives.  




President Bush and Vice President Cheney were never forced to testify under oath regarding 9/11, raising suspicions that the attack was possibly a false flag operation.  




(Editors note:   Authorities may be trying to put the lid on the 9/11 truth movement's demand for a new investigation by claiming that Bin Laden's death finally "closes the book" on 9/11.   Certainly the American public would like to believe that the crime has been solved, and justice has been served.   But has it?)       




4/17/11

Democratic World Federalists and "Conversations with Terrorists" author Reese Erlich Examine Media and Government Distortions at the Annual Good Government Luncheon and Lecture



Democratic World Federalists Annual Good Government Luncheon and Lecture scheduled for 4/17/11 in San Francisco featured Reese Erlich who  spoke on the War on Terror.   Meeting in San Francisco, these world federalists continued their tradition of exploring subject matter of current importance in geopolitics.  



DWF activists are concerned that the so-called "war on terror" has been an excuse for the USA to invade three nations, and allowed the Pentagon to have enormous budgets making millions of dollars for the private sector while increasing poverty for domestic needs both in the USA, and the countries invaded.   



Erlich shared his experiences as a reporter when important stories have been withheld by the Establishment media -->



Erlich has challenged the Establishment's presentation of who and what is terrorism with a definition which enlarges the label to include nation-states (state sponsored terrorism).  He writes that the "U.S. government itself has used terrorist tactics."


A well known author and independent journalist, Erlich has a great deal of experience regarding the issue of an independent and objective media which is vital for a democracy to function honestly. 


Previously DWF has featured such speakers as David Ray Griffin who has thrown light on false flag operations -- a terrorist act falsely blamed on others. The 9/11 truth movement Griffin explained,  is demanding a new investigation having demonstrated to the satisfaction of many citizen investigators that the 9/11 Commission report was a cover-up.  


The significance of the examination of such controversial topics from a DWF point of view, is that authentic democracy requires truth and facts, not propaganda and manipulation of the public by those in power.   Moreover, the "good" in good government requires that politicians represent "we, the people" (i.e., the world public interest), not manipulate media for political gain or to further private financial interests by means of a permanent war economy. 


When asked why democratic world federalism gets so little media attention, Mr. Erlich offered the opinion that world federalists will need to do something dramatic to draw media attention, that world federalists simply are unknown to the public and media.    


 

4/10/11


Antiwar Protests in NYC and San Francisco as Resistance Grows Against the Military/Corporate Control of America



The United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC) has organized antiwar rallies in New York City yesterday, and today (Sunday, April 10, 2011) in San Francisco.  


Protesters want the American Empire to bring its troops home, including the private military contractors whom are likely to remain in Iraq and elsewhere.   It is speculated that the American government  has plans to maintain  permanent military bases in Iraq -- whether or not the majority of Iraqi citizens approve.    


American peace activists suspect that, contrary to what the American people are being told, puppet governments will be maintained in Iraq and Afghanistan. 


Activists are linking money spent abroad on war and occupation as money being taken away from America's poor and middle classes causing increasing poverty.   Health and education, they point out, are being sacrificed. 


Protesters also are concerned about government attempts to silence protesters domestically by means of various forms of intimidation by the FBI and other agencies.   Claiming to protect Americans from "terror", the government has taken away basic constitutional due process rights much like in authoritarian countries.    


The UNAC goals are generally in line with the Bill of Rights for Citizens of Earth found in Articles 13 and 14 of the Earth Constitution. 


4/5/11 

Libyan Uprising Leads to a Proposal by Khadafy's Son to Transition to a Constitutional Democracy

The Associated Press today indicated that the New York Times had reported that one of Khadafy's sons, Seif al-Islam Khadafy, in diplomatic meetings on 4/4/11, had proposed that he take over from his father and steer the country toward a constitutional democracy. 

The report goes on to state that the Libyan opposition had rejected the plan, fearing that a powerful son in charge of such a transition government would lead to the Khadafy family finding a way to protect their "vast economic interests."   It remains to be seen if a suitable alternative for the transition can be agreed upon which adopts a path to a full democratic government. 

The idea to change to a constitutional democracy may have originated from meetings in 2004 set up through the World Constitution and Parliament Association led by Dr. Glen Martin.   A delegation of 13 American world federalists met with Libyan intellectuals and authorities in early July, 2004.   It is here where the Earth Constitution's democratic, federal design could have been initially promoted to the Libyans. 

Subsequently the WCPA arranged with the Libyans for Sessions of a 9th Provisional World Parliament which met in April, 2006 in Tripoli, Libya.  Once again, the concept of a full democratic federal constitution was in view as the Parliament itself was part of the design of the Earth Constitution.

It remains to be seen if the Libyan opposition to the current Libyan government under Khadafy can come to some kind of diplomatic agreement to end the fighting, and instead go on the path toward a constitutional democracy.  If a new constitution uses a federal design, the problems of factions such as alleged tribal interests in Libyan politics could be satisfied. 

The advantage to the Libyans of this democratic solution to the conflict would be free (and fair) elections.   The chances of a puppet government run by the United States and NATO in collusion with multinational corporations who seek to privatize Libya's oil money would be decreased markedly.  The Libyans would be unlikely to approve of losing their oil money to private corporations. 

It is unknown if the Egyptian protesters will be permitted by the Army now in control  to have a full constitutional democracy.    WCPA had met with Egyptian authorities in 1990 to arrange for a World Constituent Assembly but the WCA was canceled by the Foreign Office for unexplained reasons despite two successful preparatory sessions.  

It remains to be seen if Libya and Egypt will be able to form constitutional democracies as highlighted by the Earth Federation's Constitution.   Such a solution for these nations in transition would give the people of both countries the freedom and democracy they are calling for, and offer their citizens a better chance to avoid exploitation by outside geopolitical and financial interests. 







3/16/11


Earth Federation gets new foothold in Europe through a new branch of the Institute On World Problems in Croatia

Earth Federation activists from Croatia report that their government has certified the registration of a branch of the Institute On World Problems (IOWP) according to Professor Glen Martin, an IOWP official and leader in the Earth Federation Movement. 


IOWP is a think tank and educational organization specializing in studies of the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement (EFM).   The fact of an IOWP branch in Europe should help raise awareness in Europe of the EFM and how the Federation could benefit not only Croatia, but the European Union itself. 


The IOWP branch in Croatia will be directed by alternative economist Dr. Slavko Kulic and a colleague, Dr. Marija Pavkov.   They plan to help raise funds through IOWP to help in furthering both educational and research objectives for this nonprofit, tax-deductible institution.


IOWP staff submitted a position paper to participants at last year's International Criminal Court meetings regarding using the Earth Constitution and its world judiciary system as a model for expanding and improving the ICC's fairness and effectiveness.      



2/9/11

ATTEMPTS MADE TO USE EXISTING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STRUCTURES TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUCH AS FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FOR THEIR ROLES IN TORTURE AND DISAPPEARANCES -- CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY


Former President Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice and Alberto Gonzales have been named in an international criminal complaint filed by a leading human rights attorney and international law professor, Francis Boyle.  


Boyle, who filed the complaint last year with the International Criminal Court (ICC), believes there is a legal basis to indict these individuals despite the fact that the United States has refused to sign on to the ICC accords, fearful of indictments.    


A similar but different complaint was filed on February 7, 2011 by two victims of torture under the direction of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) based in New York City.  In a report on this case by David Swanson from OpEdNews.com, Mr. Swanson argues that former President Bush cancelled a February 12th speech to be given in Geneva because Bush was afraid of being arrested by Swiss authorities and prosecuted for torture.   


Human rights activists and lawyers are attempting creative use of international law to indict those individuals, no matter from what nation, who are responsible for torture, disappearances, and other violations of human rights and international law.  


However, the fragmented international legal system makes it possible for individuals to avoid prosecution by staying out of nations that have agreed to ICC jurisdiction.   Fearing arrest,  prosecution can be avoided by American high officials simply by staying in the United States.   The current Obama administration has refused to investigate Bush or others possibly involved in and responsible for international crimes against humanity.  


The EARTH FEDERATION'S World Judiciary and Enforcement system under the Earth Constitution would be much more effective in terms of bringing justice to victims of international crimes, and holding individuals accountable for their criminal acts.   Unfortunately, the present global system of international law makes it relatively easy to avoid prosecution particularly if you are backed by a powerful government.  


Currently we are seeing international crimes occur on a daily basis  in the Middle East.   High officials from Israel do not fear prosecution for their attacks on the civilians in Gaza or a policy of persecution of Palestinians.   Egyptian President Mubarak and his spy chief Omar Suleiman appear unconcerned about criminal prosecution when their secret police or military beat-up or kill those who protest against the government.    


The hard facts are that the global legal system is weak and fragmented with most of the powerful able to avoid arrest and prosecution.  Those in power are so confident that they are above the law that they do not even try to hide their contempt for the law.


Nevertheless, the criminal complaints filed by human rights groups using the ICC are an important step forward as it sends a warning to the powerful that at some time in the future they may be held accountable.  


(Editor's note:  Earth Federation Movement activists recognizing the severe limitations of the United Nations system, would like to see the ICC and nations join the Federation in order to take advantage of the Earth Constitution's well designed World Judiciary structure.)          




1/14/11


INITIAL REPORT WITH THE RECENT COMPLETION OF THE 12TH SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL WORLD PARLIAMENT HELD IN INDIA


(Dr. Glen Martin, a leading figure in the Earth Federation Movement, has provided an initial summary of the proceedings of the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament in association with the World Peace Thinkers and Poets Meet Conference.   Below are excerpts  which direct the reader to the web site(s) which summarize the work of the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament:) 



From Dr. Martin:  

A report on our significant accomplishments at the 12th Session is now available on my web site at the following address:

 

http://www.radford.edu/gmartin/PWP.12.Report.GTM.Jan11.htm

 

The home page for my web site is, of course, www.radford.edu/gmartin and this report can also be reached through a link on the home page.

 

I want to personally thank WCPA Vice-President Dr. Santi Nath Chattopadhyay, as well as his wonderful son and daughter in law, for the immense effort and success they achieved in creating this impressive WORLD PEACE THINKERS AND POETS MEET that served as a framework for the Parliament and many other events.

 

My report on the web site emphasizes the significance of the Parliament.  However, the success of the Parliament would not have been possible if it were not for the framework of this much larger conference.

 

I believe the coming year will be of great significance for the success and expansion of our global work.

  

Dr. Glen T. Martin

Secretary-General, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc.  (www.wcpa.biz)

President, Institute on World Problems   (www.worldproblems.net)

Professor of Philosophy, Radford University  (www.radford.edu/gmartin)

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(Editor's note:  Readers may find certain actions of the 12th PROVISIONAL WORLD PARLIAMENT of special interest, and below are listed some of them.   Go to the web sites listed above for more details in any given area of the Parliament's work.) 


"The Parliament shone like a jewel," stated one participant.  Dr. Martin refers to the sessions of the Provisional World Parliament as "historic" and adds,  "We are building a truly new world order within the shell of the old."


WORLD JUDICIARY:  The 12th PWP followed up from the World Judiciary Summit sponsored earlier by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and the City Montessori School in Lucknow and passed  World Legislation establishing a Collegium of World Judges to begin to fill the Earth Constitution's World Judiciary structure. 


CORPORATE PERSONHOOD PROHIBITION ACT:  The 12th PWP passed the "Corporate Personhood Prohibition Act" which addresses the problem of multinational corporations given "personhood" status by a nation -- thus giving corporations powers to undermine democratic processes as when, for example, they are allowed unlimited political campaign contributions.  


NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WARNING ALERT:  The 12th PWP passed model global regulations regarding decommissioning of nuclear power plants so that corporations are not financially rewarded for nuclear accidents or for the disposal of nuclear waste. 


WORLD BANKING AS PUBLIC UTILITY:  In a significant move to address global banking, the 12th PWP dus implications for public versus privateeclared that banking should be considered a "public utility."   This new definition has enormo banking.


THE NEW ECONOMIC MODEL:  The "Economic Prosperity Act" penetrates the obstacles in the modern economic system which prevent full prosperity for all, and outlines new solutions.    Banker speculation as in derivatives and hedge funds, for example, would be outlawed in this model legislation. 


MEDIA FOR "WE, THE PEOPLE":  The Earth Federation Movement is called to establish its own global media system on behalf of "we, the people."   Private media ownership of the public airways has not been favorable to authentic democracy and the world public interest.   




12/16/10 


VOTE WORLD PARLIAMENT EXPANDS MEANS TO VOTE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC WORLD PARLIAMENT USING THE INTERNET


Want to register your approval to establish a world parliament?  A worldwide referendum has been launched using the Internet.   The web site is www.voteworldparliament.org.  Created by Vote World Parliament activists, it allows you to register your vote in favor of the establishment of a democratic world parliament.   Rationale is provided emphasizing the importance of this new governing structure to resolve global problems. 



12/8/10


FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT WILL ANNOUNCE THE EMERGING FEDERATION AS A "FREE REPUBLIC"


A draft declaration of "foundational principles" of the Earth Federation Movement is close to completion.   The Movement is described as "an interactive network of world citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and peace thinkers dedicated to promoting planetary awareness of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth."  Ratification of the Earth Constitution is being sought from the people and nations of Earth.


The principles introduce the Earth Federation as a "universal free republic."  The Movement intends to defeat the current global system of violence, hatred, surveillance, war and more.  This emerging new global system is designed to return to citizens around the world the freedoms they have lost due to the domination of the old ways of governance and doing business which favor a privileged few. 


Another principle is "universality" which means that in the free republic there is respect for "all".   True universality honors certain moral principles which can no longer be given only token recognition.   "All men are created equal" for example, has been routinely ignored by many governments including those claiming to be democratic.  Universality will also mean that privileged elite individuals will no longer be above the law.  


This founded free republic, states the document, includes the principle that "living systems" establish freedom, peace, justice, and prosperity.  This seems to refer to the various departments and agencies of the Earth Federation government -- to be dynamic and responsive to "we, the people." 


But these goals cannot be reached by simply waiting for people to change their attitudes cautions readers of the document. The present global system itself must be fundamentally changed because it is inherently a war system.   Moreover, the economic system is also inherently flawed being destructive of people and the environment.  


The Earth Constitution, according to the document, provides a path to create a freedom system, a peace system, a justice system, and a prosperity system for the people of Earth.  


In addition, the Movement introduces the foundational principle of universal sustainability in order to protect the ecological integrity of the ecosystem of the planet into the future.  


The conclusion of this foundational document proclaims that the Earth Federation Movement represents the "most fundamental principles of ethical and political thought."  It states, "Our thought and action is directed toward the primacy of human freedom for every person and community on Earth." 


The document further pledges to maintain an unfailing commitment (to the principles of the Earth Federation Movement) while avoiding dogmatism and closed-mindedness.  "For we commit to the highest principles of dialogue, discussion, and communication with all willing persons." 



11/22/10


The 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament meets Dec. 27-31, 2010 in Kolkata, India in parallel with the World Peace Thinkers Meet

The Provisional World Parliament's  12th Session will be in conjunction with the World Peace Thinkers Meet organized by Dr. Santinath
Chattopadhyay.    Full details can be found at www.wcpa.biz   


Proposed world legislation for the Parliament includes a Bill on Corporate Responsibility, on Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants, an amendment for World Legislative Act #40 on insider trading, and more.  Bills can be read ahead of time on line at www.worldproblems.net.  


There will also be a review of the "Conceptual Model of the Earth Federation" by Professor Glen Martin.  Also, there will be an assessment of the International Criminal Court. 


The World Constitution and Parliament Association, organizing agent for the Sessions of the Provisional World Parliament, will be deciding on a President for WCPA to replace the deceased Dr. Terence Amerasinghe.   Dr. Amerasinghe (1917-2007)  was a leading figure on behalf of the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement. 




10/24/10


      Earth Constitution to be Distributed to Government Leaders 


Professor Glen Martin's new book on the Constitution for the Federationof Earth is to be distributed to a large list of government leaders worldwide according to Dr. Jagdish Gandhi, founder of a leading educational institution in India.   Dr. Gandhi, who is known for his  concern for the world's children and the future of humanity, will write an additional commentary to go along with this important new book.



10/4/10


9/11 Truth Movement Breakthrough With Key Skeptic


A leading Leftist, William Blum (The Anti-Empire Report), has changed his mind about 9/11.  Although not yet willing to accept the possibility of 9/11 being an inside job from within by a rogue element of the American government itself (i.e., false flag operation), he nevertheless admits that, at a minimum, the U.S. government might have known about the attack ahead of time and decided to "let it happen." 


In his most recent Report (10-1-10) Blum takes a big step toward support of the 9/11 Truth Movement's efforts to get the real facts behind 9/11, rather than the now discredited 9/11 Commission's Report.  For example, he now concedes of "serious contradictions and apparent lies in the Official Government Version."


Mr. Blum also concludes that the 9/11 Truth Movement's analysis of the collapses of the buildings in New York is correct, that is, the buildings were dropped by "controlled demolition", not by burning aircraft.   


The success of the 9/11 Truth Movement in educating the public about the cover-up has led the Obama Administration to attempt a Psy Op method to quiet the movement's growing popularity.   President Obama appointed Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein to run what is titled the "White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs." 


An important sounding name, but as author David Ray Griffin reveals in his new book "Cognitive Infiltration" as reviewed by Tod Fletcher (Rock Creek Free Press, October, 2010), Sunstein's job will be to "cure" ("eliminate") conspiracy theories -- i.e., try to discredit the 9/11 Truth Movement.


Project Censored's most recent book "Censored 2011" includes a careful commentary by Griffin on 9/11, and also introduces a section announcing a "Truth Emergency" -- documenting media propaganda/censorship making it difficult for the public to obtain factual information.   "SCADS" stands for State Crimes Against Democracy.   An analysis by Lance deHaven-Smith is a sobering summary of suspected high crimes committed or allegedly committed by elements of the U.S. government.  Establishment media and in some cases progressive media have collaborated in misleading the public either by silence, censorship, or by accepting the official explanations without critical examination.       

 

 

[Editor's note:  The Earth Constitution (Article 12, Bill of Rights for the Citizens of Earth, 12.8) requires "Freedom for investigation, research and reporting."  Hence, Mr. Sunstein's propaganda efforts would be illegal under world law.  In this case of a possible national government cover-up on a matter which has caused war, the Earth Federation's Office of the World Ombudsmus would be available to investigate the 9/11 Truth Movement's allegations.]  






8/10/10
AVOIDING LAW AND ORDER AT THE ICC REVIEW CONFERENCE 

 
--Roger Kotila,  Earth Federation News & Views 
 
Editor's note:  A just released news story shows how leaders of nations can remain above the law.   Joel Greenberg of the Washington Post reports that Israel has established a panel looking into the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, and is looking into the raid's "legality."  [Editor's note -- An example of how nations avoid an honest investigation by investigating themselves.]
 
Prime Minister Netanyahu also informed a U.N. investigation that "Israel will not cooperate with the inquiry if the U.N. panel seeks the testimony of Israeli soldiers."  [Editor's note -- Another means to protect from prosecution those leaders who actually issued the orders to attack.] 
 
What did the General Review Conference for the International Criminal Court accomplish when analyzed from the eyes of two leading world federalist experts?

Drs. Glen Martin and Eugenia Almand attended the June, 2010 Conference held in Kampala, Uganda representing the Institute On World Problems -- an NGO and Earth Federation/Earth Constitution think tank and educational organization.

The original Rome Treaty which established the ICC authorized prosecution of individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.  The first three have been in  force among signatory nations since 2002.  One goal of the Review Conference was to further define the crime of aggression and expand its jurisdiction to cover this crime.  However, not all nations, then and now, have agreed to subject themselves to ICC jurisdiction, and the idea of enforcing prohibition of aggression is particularly troublesome to certain nations. 
 
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, thanks largely to the World Federalist Movement's Bill Pace, was allowed input by civil society to go along with the 111 nations who have signed the ICC accords. The coalition represents a large group of NGO's from many countries dedicated to strengthening the ICC.  Pace has stated that a key goal is "an end to impunity for all serious crimes," and there has been ongoing lobbying efforts to sign up more non signatory nations.

Dr. Martin, however, felt that the official results of the Conference itself were "miniscule and disappointing."  Even Bill Pace, notes Martin, was agreeing to the general feeling at the last day's Coalition meeting (June 11) "that the results of the conference from the Assembly of States Parties were disappointing."

Avoiding Law and Order
According to Martin, the US was a big part of the problem, working to undermine adding ICC jurisdiction for the crime of aggression: "The US Delegation (very large and, true to form, obstructive of progress) and some others both in and out of the Assembly of States Parties raised all kinds of impediments and caveats regarding the crime of aggression (for obvious reasons) that resulted in nothing significant coming from ASP on this or the other issues."

An act of aggression was defined as the use of armed force by one State against another State without the jurisdiction of self-defense or authorization by the Security Council.   The individual crime of aggression
was defined as the planning, preparation, initiation or execution by a person in a leadership position of an act of aggression.

However, the crime of aggression may or may not go into force starting in 2017, and there are loopholes which seriously reduce the likelihood of any actual enforcement, especially against leaders of the non cooperative nations -- such as non signatory nations who refuse ICC jurisdiction.   As to what would allow the ICC Prosecutor to actually prosecute an individual, appears shrouded in obstacles such as having to get Security Council approval that an act of aggression has occurred.

Restricting when a possible crime can be independently investigated by the ICC is a ploy used to protect the leaders of powerful countries (and their friends) from future prosecution.   The USA, for example, defiantly rejected the Goldstone Report thus shielding Israeli leaders from prosecution for possible crimes related to the vicious attack against a largely civilian Palestinian population in Gaza.
It seems clear that certain nations (USA, Great Britain, Russia, Israel, China, and others) have no intention of accepting ICC jurisdiction, and intend to avoid law and order for themselves while proclaiming it necessary for others.

Unequal Justice
Dr. Almand describes how certain nations use ICC concepts such as "Complementarity" and "Cooperation"  to avoid an honest criminal inquiry, and to insure their leaders are above international law.   Almand observes that in the ICC structure each nation "addresses the offences through the national enforcement" system (the principle of Complementarity)" and thus "enforcement will necessarily be unequal from one country to the next."

She explains further:  "The misuse of the term cooperation seems to partly coincide with the misuse of the term complementarity, except that it also refers to the supposedly sovereign cooperation of countries extending temporary agreement to give the World Court (ICC) certain permissions upon the Court's Requests."

"Of course, when the Court has to continually place Requests, there is no hope of equal protection under the law, because the law abiding people will comply and the law breaking people will not."  Dr. Almand, who has a degree in law, notes bluntly that  "properly the Court (should have) mandamus, compulsory jurisdiction" (which would mean that the ICC should not have to ask a nation for permission to investigate and to prosecute its leaders if suspected of world crimes).

We see then that the ICC Review Conference was unable to close or reduce loopholes which allow many leaders of nations to continue to be above the law and to avoid law and order for themselves.   No enforceable world law for them,  no matter what international crimes they may commit.

Can this lack of global law and order ever be changed?   What seems to be the problem?

"Colonized" Minds
Dr. Martin describes the officials and most NGO activists who attended the Conference as having minds that are essentially "colonized," so habituated to the Establishment's paradigm of the world that they are unable to stop swallowing the poison pill of national sovereignty.   Are we thus incapable of envisioning an alternative world which is unified, federated, and democratic?

Professor Martin's conclusions from the ICC Review Conference are blunt and penetrating, hitting upon a truth which every true world federalist has known since the Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima -- a criminal act which the United Nations (a collection of sovereign states) could not stop.   Dr. Martin observes:

"Yet, for the official representatives of the nation-states, and most of the NGO's present, fundamental changes in the structure of our fragmented world disorder were off the table:  not even conceivable to most, so colonized are their minds and lives by the present world anti-system.   They see no alternative to the unworkable system of sovereign nations,..."

"The root of the problem is in the deeply flawed world system itself:  its economic system predicated on elite control, exploitation, and domination of the vast majority and its sovereign nation-state political system causing war, violence, and social chaos everywhere on the planet."

Paradigm Shift
The ICC news was not all bad, says Martin.   He reports multiple opportunities to discuss with official delegates and NGO activists a true alternative to the present "world anti-system," providing a position paper as to why a democratic world federation under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth is both necessary and practical if the ICC is to achieve its ultimate goal for a genuinely independent world judiciary. (This position paper can be found at www.worldproblems.net

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

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Dr. Martin remains optimistic:  "We handed copies of the Earth Constitution book personally to many people, including many official nation-state delegates.  This means awareness of a genuine option and the need for a real paradigm shift got to many people from around the world who were assembled there."   "Perhaps even the widely perceived failure of the Assembly of States Parties to make any progress is ultimately to our benefit, for our argument, as we have made very clear for many years, is precisely that the real problems of the world cannot be addressed under a system of so-called sovereign nation-states."

To contact author:   Roger Kotila  EarthstarRadio@aol.com   

8/2/10
Activists to Protest at American Nuclear Weapons Lab on August 6th  the Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

August 6, 2010 will see protests at Livermore Lab sponsored by a San Francisco Bay Area antinuclear group (www.trivalleycares.org).  The Livermore Laboratory, located in Livermore, California is one of two sites that has developed every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal according to an announcement of the protests from a member of the group who also reported that the U.S. under President Obama has actually increased the budget for developing new and modified nuclear bombs.    

(Editor's note:  World Legislative Act #1 passed in 1982 by the Earth Federation's Provisional World Parliament outlaws nuclear weapons and makes the development and use of weapons of mass destruction illegal -- against world law.   Individuals who participate in developing, researching, maintaining, or using such weapons would be indicted by a World Judiciary and subject to prosecution under WLA #1.)     

7/15/10
A Leading Expert on 9/11 Challenges Leading Leftists and Progressives Who Refuse to Call for a New 9/11 Investigation
Why is the 9/11 attack important for the Earth Federation?  When a nation and some of its leading intellectuals refuse to look at contradictory and omitted testimony regarding an event which was possibly a "false flag operation" (dirty tricks -- doing a crime and blaming it on someone else), then citizens are denied the true facts.  In democracies, facts are vital in order for the citizenry to make good decisions.   

Moreover, if 9/11 was a covert operation conducted from within, then  a false enemy has been invented which  has led to tragic wars -- perhaps against innocent parties and nations.    

If the Earth Federation were fully functional, then a brilliant investigator like David Ray Griffin and other 9/11 Truth Movement researchers could appeal to the World Ombudsmus.   The Earth Constitution created the World Ombudsmus Office with the idea that citizens would have another legal avenue to seek facts and justice when a government is corrupt, or the media fails to give honest information to the public.  (The United Nations lacks such an important legal office to investigate and prosecute crimes which adversely affect other nations.)

In Griffin's recent article ("Left-Leaning Despisers of the 9/11 Truth Movement:  Do You Really Believe in Miracles?") in Global Research (July 6, 2010) found at www.globalresearch.ca he presents a strong case which refutes the key Leftist and Progressive intellectuals who have stubbornly refused to look at the contradictions and falsehoods in the 9/11 Commission Report. 

From the global perspective, this type of denial or cover-up prevents an objective investigation and allows a nation such as the USA to create a perpetual "enemy" subsequently invading two countries all based upon the 9/11 tragedy.   The fact of false flag operations are now well-documented, not just by the USA, but by Israel, and Russia, England, and other countries.  If asked to investigate, these countries essentially "investigate themselves" and, of course, find no culpability. 

In 9/11, scientists have discovered the real reason the twin towers fell so quickly.   It is clear that explosives (nanothermite) were used in a controlled demolition.   The jet airliners did not drop these buildings according to an extensive series of research investigations by citizen experts (professional scientists, engineers, and architects).
Moreover, there is physical evidence available which proves that nanothermite was used -- an explosive not available to the average person, but found for military use and for covert operations.   

(Editor's note:  If the 9/11 Truth Movement is correct, that 9/11 may indeed have been an "inside job", then there is a whole new radical political dynamic which comes into play on the world stage.   Muslims may be taking the blame for something they did not do.  

What the facts and logic seem to point at rather clearly  is that it is fair to expect a new, independent investigation of 9/11 with full revelations of all the facts, not just some, identification of contradictory evidence, omissions, and requiring all witnesses to testify under oath, including ex-President Bush, Jr., Dick Cheney, the Pentagon Generals in charge at the time, and the owners of the twin towers as well as the security company which managed the twin towers.   The investigation must also include Building 7.   All videos must be released to this new investigation, e.g., the various videos which will show what really hit the Pentagon.) 

-RK


 

7/10/10
A surprising article found in the AARP Bulletin (July-August, 2010) by Joel Bourne, Jr. reports on an ongoing collaboration between medical professionals from the Islamic Republic of Iran and American health professionals attempting to improve primary health care in the poverty stricken rural American Mississippi Delta.


Iran, notes the article, has won recognition from the World Health Organization for its innovative primary health care system which has "eliminated disparities between rural and urban populations" and has reduced "infant mortality in rural areas by tenfold."  


American health care consultants visited Iran's rural "health houses" and believe that such a model could benefit rural Mississippi residents.   Iran trains "behvarzes" who are villagers trained to provide basic health services and who staff health houses located in villages in rural areas.  The behvarzes have a variety of duties such as assisting families to insure timely vaccinations and accurate medical histories.  They also consult with sanitation, water testing, and other environmental concerns notes Mr. Bourne.   


(Editor's Note --   This small example of constructive, positive engagement between Iran and America serves as an antidote to the war drums we continue to hear from Israeli Zionists eager to attack Iran.  Israel demands that Iran abandon attempts to secure nuclear weapons yet is unwilling to give up its own nukes,  or to allow UN inspectors free access to examine Israel's own weapons of mass mutilation.) 


  7/1/2010  (Dr. Martin's first hand report from the ICC Review Conference gives the reader a good feel for the frustrations and obstructions that the present global system presents to reformers.  Paradoxically, the failures of the Conference may ultimately advance the standing of the Earth Federation/Earth Constitution as the viable alternative to our stagnant and disastrous existing global political structure.  -- Editor)

 

RESPONSE TO THE GENERAL REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

GLEN T. MARTIN

The official results of the General Review Conference for the ICC itself were miniscule and disappointing, only reinforcing our message that under the system of sovereign nation-states nothing effective can really be done. For eleven days, delegates of nation-states made proposals and counter-proposals, jockeying for position, for postponements, for more time, for definitions on what constitutes "complementarity" or "aggression."

Meanwhile, the civil society sector of the ICC Conference was awash with victims of crimes committed in Uganda, DRC, Kenya, and elsewhere in Africa ? waiting for justice, asking for justice, disappointed at the inability of the ICC to even begin dispensing justice.

Even the Chairperson of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Bill Pace, was agreeing to the general feeling at the Coalition meeting that took place on the last day (June 11) which was that the results of the conference from the Assembly of States Parties was disappointing. Three of the main issues considered by the ICC Review were those of "Cooperation," "Complementarity," and developing a definition for the "Crime of Aggression" that is mentioned but not defined in the Rome Statute.

There were not simply official state delegates from the 111 or so nations signatory to the Statute present, but also official reps from a number of other countries that have affiliated themselves in a way that gives them a voice in the proceedings if not a vote on the official documents considered. The US Delegation (very large and, true to form, obstructive of progress) and some others both in and out of the ASP raised all kinds of impediments and caveats regarding the crime of aggression (for obvious reasons) that resulted in nothing significant coming from ASP on this or the other issues (which I am sure Eugenia will go into on the final report). A definition of "aggression" was reached with the agreement that it will not enter into force until 2017 (unless a subsequent official meeting postpones this date).

Israel?s brutal attack on a humanitarian mission on its way to GAZA occurred while the Review Conference was in session. We heard from human rights groups connected with Palestine, Afghanistan, Burma, Columbia, Sudan, Unganda, DRC, and elsewhere, all hoping that a paralyzed and impotent ICC can move us toward some modicum of justice in the world.

Also occurring while the Review Conference was in session was the planetary-scale environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, for the official representatives of the nation-states, and most of the NGOs present, fundamental changes in the structure of our fragmented world disorder were off the table: not even conceivable to most, so colonized are their minds and lives by the present world anti-system. They see no alternative to the unworkable system of sovereign nations, to the massive destruction of the planetary environment by the multi-national corporations, to global militarism and human rights violations, to "development" of poor nations by ever-more intrusions of monopoly capitalism, etc.

Perhaps the only voice for a coherent, unified, and diverse world order of unity-in-diversity came from the delegation from the Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net). There were many good people at the conference and many NGOs from Uganda and other African countries representing the victims of the horrific cruelty and violence that has been happening in many African countries. But few understood that the root of the problem cannot be addressed through tinkering with the present system, e.g. slowly and painfully trying to empower an independent ICC. The root of the problem is in the deeply flawed world system itself: its economic system predicated on elite control, exploitation, and domination of the vast majority and its sovereign nation-state political system causing war, violence, and social chaos everywhere on the planet.

As Eugenia Almand and I spoke with people, and discussed the problems with people from African NGOs who were present, a number of them began to see the problem clearly, and the result was the founding of a new WCPA chapter in Uganda and the establishing of a number of important contacts for our work in Africa.

behalfThe results of the participation of IOWP Representatives Eugenia Almand and Glen T. Martin for our work on behalf of the Earth Federation, I believe, were substantial in this and a number of other ways.

As mentioned above there were also many delegates there from NGOs around the world that are part of the CICC (as are IOWP and WCPA). Dr. Almand and I had a great deal of our literature with us as well as many copies of the newly published "A Constitution for the Federation of Earth ? With Historical Introduction, Commentary and Conclusion." Eugenia also had copies of our Provisional World Parliament work on the ICC Rome Statute and the Constitution itself in several different languages. Our literature also included announcements of the next session of the Provisional World Parliament this coming December in Kolkata, thus perhaps getting a few delegates but perhaps more important, making many people aware that this alternative is going on and has been going on since 1982.

Besides talking personally with many people and giving them copies of our literature as appropriate, we put our general literature out each day on the 5 or 6 literature tables that were in front of the various rooms reserved for the Review Conference meetings. Our literature was picked up and distributed among many people, including many States Parties reps.

A couple of days into the conference we also wrote an official statement from IOWP to the delegations at the Review Conference (a modification and elaboration of the "World Court Order" pamphlet). We printed this out (two pages back to back) and had 250 copies of it made and had it officially distributed to each delegate to the conference, which means that all official delegations from the nation-states also received it. I have attached a copy above.

We handed copies of the Earth Constitution book personally to many people, including many official nation-state delegates. This means awareness of a genuine option and the need for a real paradigm shift got to many people from around the world who were assembled there.

Eugenia and I also got scheduled to give a 2 hour Powerpoint presentation on our work. This was not very well attended (there were of course always many things going on) but our presentation was officially announced in the agenda of meetings and we distributed many flyers announcing it. Some people later told us they intended to come to our presentation but couldn't for this or that reason.

Finally, a new chapter of WCPA was founded in UGANDA. There were a number of refugees there from DRC political violence and they were part of a human rights organization from DRC. They became very interested in our work (it is very helpful that Eugenia speaks French), and on the last day, in the afternoon after lunch, they held their first official meeting of WCPA Uganda with EA and myself present. They had a chair a translator person when necessary, a secretary to take notes, etc. There were about 8 men and 3 women from DRC present at the meeting.

Finally, Eugenia and I learned a great deal about the political and human rights situation in Africa, in East Africa, in Uganda, and to some extent in the world. This knowledge and deepening understanding can only further empower our work. The upcoming session of the Provisional World Parliament in Kolkata, India, December 27-31, 2010 will reexamine our work in relation to the ICC and make recommendation to the Parliament for further developing this work.

All in all, from our WCPA/IOWP point of view, our participation was very successful. Perhaps even the widely perceived failure of the Assembly of States Parties to make any progress, is ultimately to our benefit, for our argument, as we have made very clear for many years, is precisely that the real problems of the world cannot be addressed under a system of so-called sovereign nation-states. Only a genuine world federal system can effectively address the many deadly problems faced by the world, from human rights to the environment to militarism to massive poverty and misery.

Just as we did at the General Review Conference for the ICC, the Constitution for the Federation of Earth must become known worldwide as offering the only real practical, sane, and effective hope to address these crises and established a decent future for humanity and our planet.

 

 

 

Received June 13, 2010

(Editor's note:  The Institute On World Problems studies the Earth Constitution/ Provisional World Parliament/Earth Federation in association with the World Constitution and Parliament Association.  IOWP's analysis submitted to the ICC Conference offers advanced concepts "outside the box" so to speak,  principles which, if adopted, could help the Assembly of States Parties reach the goal of an ICC which has the capacity for universal justice with no individual from any country being above the law.)   

 

 Towards the Effective Rule of Law ? Institute on World Problems Recommendations

to the General Review Conference for the ICC. 4 June 2010

Institute  On World Problems

Cooperating with the World Constitution and Parliament Association

President: Dr. Glen T. Martin

313 Seventh Ave., Radford VA 24141, USA gmartin@radford.edu Fax +540-831-5919 Phone +540-639-2320

Executive Director: Eugenia Almand, J.D.

Govt_rules@yahoo.com

www.worldproblems.net

 

The Institute on World Problems (IOWP) recognizes common goals and multiple links between the work of the Provisional World Parliament (PWP) that has met in eleven sessions to date and the work of the International Criminal Court developing under the Rome Statute of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). Among these common goals are the strengthening the rule of law in the world, developing a court at the world level that can hold all individuals accountable with regard to certain heinous crimes, and ending the impunity for these crimes associated with a system of nation-states often recognizing no enforceable law above themselves.


At its Seventh Session in Chennai, India in December 2003, the Parliament reviewed the Rome Statute and passed a strengthened version of the statute as World Legislative Act number 20. This act gave great independence and legitimacy to the ICC by providing the Court with a legislative basis for its operation and linking the Court with an emerging system of global institutions that point toward universality of jurisdiction and enforceability of Court decisions and orders.


If the ASP accepts the common goals indentified above, then the IOWP urges the decision-makers at the ASP to reexamine aspects of the principle of complementarity that appear to defeat these goals. The judicial systems of nations, of course, need to become and remain the first level of responsibility for addressing crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes, or other serious offences covered by the Rome Statute. However, as the ICC now recognizes, these judicial systems need to develop into legal conformity with the provisions of the Rome Statute and attain to a consistency of procedures and practices that ultimately hold all individuals everywhere equally responsible before the law and subject to consistent, fair, and objective constraints of the due process of law.


This development of the rule of consistent, coherent law in the world requires an ICC that is truly independent and universal in its jurisdiction and not dependent for its operations on a variety of nation-state actors with differing internal political agendas, differing versions of due process, and differing responses to subpoenas, court initiatives, or court orders. Complementarity in its positive form requires coherent judicial and legal response at the national level prior to judicial action at the supranational level by the ICC. However, complementarity becomes seriously flawed and an impediment to strengthening the rule of enforceable law over individuals in the world if it is construed as requiring ICC dependence on national actors for the gathering of evidence, the carrying out of subpoenas, investigation, or the carrying out of court decisions.


The IOWP recommends that decision-makers within the Assembly of States Parties consider two courses of action directed toward strengthening the ICC toward a truly independent status and thereby strengthening the regime of coherent criminal law for the world that moves in the direction of becoming universal over all individuals, consistent, and enforceable. The first course of action would be to link the ICC formally or informally with the work of the Provisional World Parliament, specifically with World Legislative Act #20, and the upcoming review of this act at the Twelfth Session of the PWP scheduled to meet in Kolkata, India, December 27-31, 2010. This linking process would allow the court to access the strengthened wording of the Parliament version of the Rome Statute thereby empowering it further in the direction of universality and independence of the political variables within nation-state actors.

It would also associate the Court with parliamentary legislative practices and procedures at the supranational level that ultimately must be developed to provide the legitimacy and framework for statutes implemented by any court system. As the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes clear under Articles 7, 21.3, and 28, the protection of human rights through the rule of law in the world ultimately requires an emerging judicial, legislative, and executive framework applying equally to all citizens of the Earth.


The second course of action that the IOWP recommends to decision-makers within the Assembly of States Parties is more far reaching and calls upon the goal expressed in the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 28: "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized." It should be clear that any such viable international order would need to develop not only a universal judicial system beginning with the ICC, but to move toward developing world legislative and executive processes required to lend universal legitimacy and enforceability to court functions.


In the light of these facts, the IOWP recommends that the Assembly of States Parties begin developing mechanisms that allow the ASP to evolve in the direction of becoming a legislative house (a "house of nations") within an emerging world parliament. The fact that the ASP has already developed the Rome Statute body of legislation suggests a nascent legislative role for the ASP. This needs to be developed toward a horizon that ultimately no longer sees the ASP as a treaty of sovereign nation-states but as an emerging House of Nations within a world parliament system that would ultimately include a complementary House of Peoples, directly elected.


The IOWP believes that acting on these recommendations could provide the ICC and the ASP with an emerging framework of goals that lift the work of these bodies out of an ad hoc response to a variety of horrendous situations in which atrocities are being carried out with apparent impunity in various parts of the world toward a program that coherently and consistently develops the ideal of the rule of democratically legislated, judicially administered, and impartially enforced laws over individuals everywhere upon the Earth.


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Institute on World Problems,  Drs. Eugenia Almand and Glen Martin.

    


 
June 2, 2010

  NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT REVIEW CONFERENCE

Drs. Eugenia Almand and Glen Martin have arrived at the ICC General Review Conference under the auspices of the Institute On World Problems, an educational and think tank institution which specializes in the Earth Federation/Earth Constitution and related Provisional World Parliament, the latter of which has passed world legislation with the intention of "strengthening the world court system" according to Dr. Almand.  

Delegates from more than 100 countries are attending the ICC Review.  

One highly significant issue will be a discussion and recommendation to formally broaden the scope of the ICC to include "crimes of aggression".   (Editor's note:   It will be interesting to see what is  the impact of the recent attack by Israel against the humanitarian peace activists on the high seas trying to bring supplies to Gaza.   Will this prod the ICC Assembly of States Parties to broaden the scope of its jurisdiction?)

Also of interest will be what response there will be to the distribution of the Earth Constitution to representatives, many of whom may not be aware of this important document or understand its political significance.   Will ICC attendee's grasp the potential for an Earth Federation movement under the Earth Constitution which contains what might be considered a model world judiciary system. 

Dr. Almand reports that Bills and decisions of the Review Conference are on the subsequent agenda for the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament to be held in December, 2010 in Kolkata, India.  



 
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

 

May 7, 2010


EARTH FEDERATION TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW WORLD JUDICIARY SYSTEM AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT'S GENERAL REVIEW CONFERENCE

 

Uganda will host the Assembly of States Parties  General Review Conference (May 31 - June 11, 2010) for the International Criminal Court. 

 

An important position paper titled "the World Court Order," written by Earth Federation experts, will be circulated to General Review attendees.  It outlines a new political paradigm and strategy intended to give the ICC more legitimacy, independence, and strengthen its overall role for providing equal justice for all.      

 

The Earth Federation's Earth Constitution offers an

advanced world judiciary model for the ICC to consider in the context of an emerging democratic world federation in which individual human rights are paramount, as is equal justice for all.   

 

The implications of an "expanding" ICC using the Earth Constitution's authority include a means by which individual criminal offenders of world law would find it harder to be "above the law," even if such individuals had committed crimes against humanity or war crimes.  

 

The Federation's proposal will include an invitation for the attending Assembly of States Parties to consider assuming the role of "Upper House" within the Earth Federation World Parliament.   (The Earth Federation already has begun sessions of a Provisional World Parliament under the Earth Constitution.)  They would become the "House of Nations" in the Federation's tricameral world parliament.

 

Quotes from the Federation's position paper reveal an unusual yet bold strategy to upgrade and legitimize the International Criminal  Court.  

 

 "...the (Earth Federation) Provisional World Parliament urges the Assembly of States Parties to carefully consider the merits of the Earth Constitution and of the World Legislation, which mirrors the work of the Assembly of States Parties." 

 

 "Unless the Criminal Court has the court order, that is, the mandamus, also called compulsory jurisdiction, the system fails to comply with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR Article 28), to guarantee a social order in which human rights are universally protected." 

 

"In December of 2003, the Provisional World Parliament held a general stocktaking review of the Rome Statute.  The bill was designed to retain all possible features of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court, yet was at the same time given a firm constitutional and legislative basis to the World Court System, with great strength and independence to the Court." 

 

(Editor's note:  For those citizens of earth who want a world justice system which takes equal rights for all seriously and who seek individual accountability so that no one is "above the law," then the proposed changes recommended to the ICC/Assembly of States Parties by the Earth Federation will be seen as both visionary and practical, and vitally necessary if we are to bring our world back from the brink of chaos and anarchy.)  


4/10/10  BOLD NEW BOOK BY PROFESSOR GLEN MARTIN LAUDS EARTH CONSTITUTION AS THE ONLY PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO THE WORLD'S CRITICAL PROBLEMS

Dr. Glen T. Martin has been described by this editor as the
"most important unknown man in America."  His current book  reinforces this assessment of Dr. Martin's importance to the peace, human rights, and environmental movements.   Martin gives the reader a practical and clear understanding for what he considers to be the most important document of the 21st Century, the Earth Constitution.  

The new release is titled "Constitution for the Federation of Earth With Historical Introduction, Commentary and Conclusion."   

His explanatory writing about the Earth Constitution reminds one of the Federalist papers when the American constitution was presented to the people.   In this case, Martin's efforts can best be described as a World Federalist paper, defending in convincing fashion the need to replace the current global system and United Nations Charter with the Earth Federation under the Earth Constitution -- a fundamental change which eliminates the global war system of sovereign nation-states and transforms them into a unified global peace system with a democratic world parliament and enforceable world law.    

He explains how the Earth Constitution came about, and why it is politically legitimate.   Democracy needs this new structure to be authentic.  The need and logic for establishing a democratic world federation has been well established by advanced thinkers for many years but ignored by politicians and the public despite its obvious potential effectiveness to be able to end wars, eliminate poverty, and quicken the pace to save the environment.  

The Earth Federation Movement is gaining adherents as more people learn of its existence and importance.   There have been a series of Provisional World Parliaments.  Heads of state and the public are being encouraged to study the Earth Constitution with a view to joining the emerging Earth Federation.

-- RK        

           



3/22/10

PASSAGE OF HEALTH CARE BILL IN AMERICA WILL HELP BRING USA'S CIVIL RIGHTS CLOSER TO THE STANDARD AS SET FORTH BY THE EARTH CONSTITUTION

Although American's pride themselves in being free, they often do not realize that their freedoms are rather narrow when compared to world standards.  For example, Americans' are often seen "speaking their mind" and with pride speak of freedom of speech. What is not known by the public is the high degree of behind-the-scenes censorship which occurs especially as to what subject matter is allowed in mainstream media outlets. 

Hence, the near total silence in mainstream media since the discovery by scientists that the 9/11 buildings were not dropped by the aircraft striking them, but imploded using identified explosives.   Despite the scientific evidence, mainstream media is silent, and continues to try to discredit the 9/11 truth investigators. The fact that people in the USA have not had a basic "right" to health care (unless you have enough money) is another example of lack of freedom. 

 

President Obama and the Democrats have started to partially correct this violation of a basic civil right as is clearly stated in the EARTH CONSTITUTON in Article 13, # 5 which requires:  "Free and adequate public health services and medical care available to everyone throughout life under conditions of free choice." 

The new health legislation falls short in that it is not free for everyone although it does insure that poor people will be able to get medical services.   Moreover, the legislation fails to include nonregistered immigrants who are banned from even buying health coverage in the new insurance exchanges to be set-up.  The EARTH CONSTITUTION recognizes all people as "citizens of earth" with certain inalienable rights and hence the American government's new health care legislation remains too narrow to meet a world standard of civil rights.  

 

Nevertheless, it appears to be a sincere start toward arriving at a world class standard of care in this important area of basic human rights.   


3/10/2010

A GROWING MOVEMENT BY MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CHALLENGES "ZIONIST CHRISTIANS" WHO HAVE DEFENDED ISRAEL'S CRIMINAL AGGRESSIONS AGAINST PALESTINE. 

A weekend conference (March 5 & 6) held at a large Presbyterian Church in San Anselmo, California (near San Francisco) was packed to overflowing with mainstream Christians and other faiths to learn about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and to get first hand reports of the carnage at Gaza by the Israeli military.

A Norwegian physician, Dr. Mads Gilbert, showed the evidence of the extensive death and destruction against what was basically an entrapped, civilian population -- 50% of whom are children.   Lost arms and legs, blown away sections of children's heads,  phosphorous burning of flesh, and more was highlighted in what was an emotional review of state directed terrorism which, according to many speakers,  has had the support of the American government including many members of Congress. 

Sponsored by "Friends of Sabeel -- North America" ("Sabeel" means "the Way"), there was an impressive array of activists, religious leaders, and political/miltary experts who outlined the devastation and imprisonment of the Palestinian people, including Palestinian Christians. 

There is an emerging strategy for boycott, divestment, and sanctions to start the process of separating the United States government from its support of Israel's violations of international law.   Growing pressure will be applied for the American government to cease funding Israel despite President Obama's promise of another 30 Billion dollars to be granted what some are now calling a "terrorist state" in view of the facts on the ground from neutral observers such as reflected in the Goldstone report. 

A number of participants at this Sabeel Conference were of the Jewish faith and who were concerned that the criminal behavior of the Israeli Zionists will destroy the good reputation of the Jewish religion. 

(Editor's note: The Israeli occupation and criminal treatment of Palestinians violate numerous sections of the Earth Constitution's Bill of Human Rights.   Under the Earth Federation, the authorities who ordered these crimes would be held individually accountable by the World Attorney General's Office, but nevertheless be granted legal due process as called for in the Earth Constitution's World Judiciary system.)


3/1/10

SUNDAY, MARCH 14  DWF HOSTS ANNUAL GOOD GOVERNMENT LUNCHEON & LECTURE AT INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, UC BERKELEY

 

Dr. Tad Daley will be the featured speaker for this March 14th Annual Good Government Luncheon & Lecture Series.  Dr. Daley  will preview his soon to be released "Apocalypse Never." 

 

Is this a speech that President Obama and his Pentagon generals should hear?

 

The public is welcome.  Event to be held at UC Berkeley at the International House. The full program starts at 11:30 am with lunch, then lecture at l pm.   Full program costs $40.   Lecture only is $10.  

 

For registration/reservation call (415) 227-4880 or for more details go to www.dwfed.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.  Sponsored by Democratic World Federalists a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational/think tank international peace organization.  

 

2/19/10

Global democracy and worldwide referendum subject of event in Brussels


The possibility of conducting a worldwide referendum with an equal vote for every person in the world will be among the subjects of an event in the European Parliament next week Tuesday, 23 February, that is hosted by European lawmaker Graham Watson, the EU Chapter of the Club of

Rome and the Secretariat of the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. The occasion is planned to be used for the presentation of a "Brussels Declaration on Global Democracy."

The public event will begin with a special screening of the documentary "World Vote Now" that was produced over the span of eight years with field-tests in 26 countries in all world regions. "We are told that democracy creates stability and raising living standards. So why not introduce it on a worldwide scale," said filmmaker Joel Ben Marsden who will be present in Brussels. According to Marsden, he and his team of democracy activists so far got "a lot of enthusiastic response."


2/17/10

  San Francisco Progressive Conference, like the Earth Federation,  Proposes New U.S. Amendment to Take Away Corporate Personhood

Sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives (www.spiritualprogressives.org), over 500 progressive activists met in San Francisco on 2/15/10.  There was much concern about the direction of the Obama administration.   Expanded Pentagon budgets, corporate personhood,  the health care debacle, bailing out Big Money, and much more had these progressives confessing to both emotional pain, and indeed, anger.   

Similar to the recent discussion in Earth Federation ranks to pass a World Law to Prohibit Corporate Personhood, these progressives want an U.S. Constitutional Amendment to accomplish this same objective, albeit using a rather vague title:  "Environmental and Ethical Responsibility Amendment."  

Discussion on eliminating "corporate personhood" via an amendment recognized that, even if successful, would apply only here in the United States.   Most corporations are multinational.   Hence the importance of the Earth Federation's World Law proposal which will be discussed at the Provisonal World Parliament's 12th session this summer in Croatia. 

The present writer was highly impressed with the level of discussion of most participants at this Conference, and the inspired leadership with such individuals as Rabbi Michael Learner, Medea Benjamin, and Marianne Williamson, and others. 

There was also a proposal for a worldwide "Marshall Plan" in the belief that being kind and generous to others would be much more effective in global politics than using threats, intimidation, death and destruction.    American militarization has only made our world less safe, both for Americans and for others in the world.         

(The goals of this progressive group were very much in keeping with Earth Federation goals on almost all fronts -- ending war and poverty,  increasing human rights, and protecting the environment.  They continue, however, to think more in nationalistic terms rather than in terms of global structure change.   Many do not yet grasp the critical need for democratic world federation to replace the current global war system and the inadequate and ineffective United Nations.  -- Editor)    

 

 

2/3/10

 

 FIRST ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE  EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT APPEARS IN CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER

 

 

A small, independent newspaper located in Bolinas, California printed the first commercial advertisement for the Earth Federation Movement.   The  ad in the Coastal Post hopes to attract peace, human rights, and environmental activists to learn more about the Earth Federation.    Five "talking points"  were listed including the Earth Constitution as the first "green" constitution ever drafted.   It also lists "Disarmageddon" a theme which resonates with the Coastal Post's history of bringing the Palestinian/Israel conflict into closer scrutiny.   Criticism of Israel has brought bullying from San Francisco Bay Area Zionists who have tried to put the Coastal Post out of business, but have been thwarted by local activists.  

 

-- editor 

4/5/11 

Libyan Uprising Leads to a Proposal by Khadafy's Son to Transition to a Constitutional Democracy

The Associated Press today indicated that the New York Times had reported that one of Khadafy's sons, Seif al-Islam Khadafy, in diplomatic meetings on 4/4/11, had proposed that he take over from his father and steer the country toward a constitutional democracy. 

The report goes on to state that the Libyan opposition had rejected the plan, fearing that a powerful son in charge of such a transition government would lead to the Khadafy family finding a way to protect their "vast economic interests."  

The idea to change to a constitutional democracy may have come from the Earth Federation.    The Provisional World Parliament (PWP) met in Tripoli, Libya in April, 2006.   It is here where Libyan intellectuals and politicians could have learned of full constitutional democracy

In addition, there was an earlier delegation of 13 American world federalists in 2004 led by Dr. Glen Martin of the World Constitution and Parliament Association who traveled to Libya for talks of democratic world federation and the initial introduction of the Earth Constitution to the Libyans. 






3/16/11


Earth Federation gets new foothold in Europe through a new branch of the Institute On World Problems in Croatia


Earth Federation activists from Croatia report that their government has certified the registration of a branch of the Institute On World Problems (IOWP) according to Professor Glen Martin, an IOWP official and leader in the Earth Federation Movement. 


IOWP is a think tank and educational organization specializing in studies of the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement (EFM).   The fact of an IOWP branch in Europe should help raise awareness in Europe of the EFM and how the Federation could benefit not only Croatia, but the European Union itself. 


The IOWP branch in Croatia will be directed by alternative economist Dr. Slavko Kulic and a colleague, Dr. Marija Pavkov.   They plan to help raise funds through IOWP to help in furthering both educational and research objectives for this nonprofit, tax-deductible institution.


IOWP staff submitted a position paper to participants at last year's International Criminal Court meetings regarding using the Earth Constitution and its world judiciary system as a model for expanding and improving the ICC's fairness and effectiveness.      



2/9/11

ATTEMPTS MADE TO USE EXISTING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STRUCTURES TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SUCH AS FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FOR THEIR ROLES IN TORTURE AND DISAPPEARANCES -- CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY


Former President Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice and Alberto Gonzales have been named in an international criminal complaint filed by a leading human rights attorney and international law professor, Francis Boyle.  


Boyle, who filed the complaint last year with the International Criminal Court (ICC), believes there is a legal basis to indict these individuals despite the fact that the United States has refused to sign on to the ICC accords, fearful of indictments.    


A similar but different complaint was filed on February 7, 2011 by two victims of torture under the direction of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) based in New York City.  In a report on this case by David Swanson from OpEdNews.com, Mr. Swanson argues that former President Bush cancelled a February 12th speech to be given in Geneva because Bush was afraid of being arrested by Swiss authorities and prosecuted for torture.   


Human rights activists and lawyers are attempting creative use of international law to indict those individuals, no matter from what nation, who are responsible for torture, disappearances, and other violations of human rights and international law.  


However, the fragmented international legal system makes it possible for individuals to avoid prosecution by staying out of nations that have agreed to ICC jurisdiction.   Fearing arrest,  prosecution can be avoided by American high officials simply by staying in the United States.   The current Obama administration has refused to investigate Bush or others possibly involved in and responsible for international crimes against humanity.  


The EARTH FEDERATION'S World Judiciary and Enforcement system under the Earth Constitution would be much more effective in terms of bringing justice to victims of international crimes, and holding individuals accountable for their criminal acts.   Unfortunately, the present global system of international law makes it relatively easy to avoid prosecution particularly if you are backed by a powerful government.  


Currently we are seeing international crimes occur on a daily basis  in the Middle East.   High officials from Israel do not fear prosecution for their attacks on the civilians in Gaza or a policy of persecution of Palestinians.   Egyptian President Mubarak and his spy chief Omar Suleiman appear unconcerned about criminal prosecution when their secret police or military beat-up or kill those who protest against the government.    


The hard facts are that the global legal system is weak and fragmented with most of the powerful able to avoid arrest and prosecution.  Those in power are so confident that they are above the law that they do not even try to hide their contempt for the law.


Nevertheless, the criminal complaints filed by human rights groups using the ICC are an important step forward as it sends a warning to the powerful that at some time in the future they may be held accountable.  


(Editor's note:  Earth Federation Movement activists recognizing the severe limitations of the United Nations system, would like to see the ICC and nations join the Federation in order to take advantage of the Earth Constitution's well designed World Judiciary structure.)          




1/14/11


INITIAL REPORT WITH THE RECENT COMPLETION OF THE 12TH SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL WORLD PARLIAMENT HELD IN INDIA

(Dr. Glen Martin, a leading figure in the Earth Federation Movement, has provided an initial summary of the proceedings of the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament in association with the World Peace Thinkers and Poets Meet Conference.   Below are excerpts  which direct the reader to the web site(s) which summarize the work of the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament:) 



From Dr. Martin:  

A report on our significant accomplishments at the 12th Session is now available on my web site at the following address:

 

http://www.radford.edu/gmartin/PWP.12.Report.GTM.Jan11.htm

 

The home page for my web site is, of course, www.radford.edu/gmartin and this report can also be reached through a link on the home page.

 

I want to personally thank WCPA Vice-President Dr. Santi Nath Chattopadhyay, as well as his wonderful son and daughter in law, for the immense effort and success they achieved in creating this impressive WORLD PEACE THINKERS AND POETS MEET that served as a framework for the Parliament and many other events.

 

My report on the web site emphasizes the significance of the Parliament.  However, the success of the Parliament would not have been possible if it were not for the framework of this much larger conference.

 

I believe the coming year will be of great significance for the success and expansion of our global work.

  

Dr. Glen T. Martin

Secretary-General, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc.  (www.wcpa.biz)

President, Institute on World Problems   (www.worldproblems.net)

Professor of Philosophy, Radford University  (www.radford.edu/gmartin)


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(Editor's note:  Readers may find certain actions of the 12th PROVISIONAL WORLD PARLIAMENT of special interest, and below are listed some of them.   Go to the web sites listed above for more details in any given area of the Parliament's work.) 


"The Parliament shone like a jewel," stated one participant.  Dr. Martin refers to the sessions of the Provisional World Parliament as "historic" and adds,  "We are building a truly new world order within the shell of the old."


WORLD JUDICIARY:  The 12th PWP followed up from the World Judiciary Summit sponsored earlier by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and the City Montessori School in Lucknow and passed  World Legislation establishing a Collegium of World Judges to begin to fill the Earth Constitution's World Judiciary structure. 


CORPORATE PERSONHOOD PROHIBITION ACT:  The 12th PWP passed the "Corporate Personhood Prohibition Act" which addresses the problem of multinational corporations given "personhood" status by a nation -- thus giving corporations powers to undermine democratic processes as when, for example, they are allowed unlimited political campaign contributions.  


NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WARNING ALERT:  The 12th PWP passed model global regulations regarding decommissioning of nuclear power plants so that corporations are not financially rewarded for nuclear accidents or for the disposal of nuclear waste. 


WORLD BANKING AS PUBLIC UTILITY:  In a significant move to address global banking, the 12th PWP declared that banking should be considered a "public utility."   This new definition has enormous implications for public versus private banking.


THE NEW ECONOMIC MODEL:  The "Economic Prosperity Act" penetrates the obstacles in the modern economic system which prevent full prosperity for all, and outlines new solutions.    Banker speculation as in derivatives and hedge funds, for example, would be outlawed in this model legislation. 


MEDIA FOR "WE, THE PEOPLE":  The Earth Federation Movement is called to establish its own global media system on behalf of "we, the people."   Private media ownership of the public airways has not been favorable to authentic democracy and the world public interest.   



 

12/16/10 


VOTE WORLD PARLIAMENT EXPANDS MEANS TO VOTE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRATIC WORLD PARLIAMENT USING THE INTERNET


Want to register your approval to establish a world parliament?  A worldwide referendum has been launched using the Internet.   The web site is www.voteworldparliament.org.  Created by Vote World Parliament activists, it allows you to register your vote in favor of the establishment of a democratic world parliament.   Rationale is provided emphasizing the importance of this new governing structure to resolve global problems. 



12/8/10


FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT WILL ANNOUNCE THE EMERGING FEDERATION AS A "FREE REPUBLIC"


A draft declaration of "foundational principles" of the Earth Federation Movement is close to completion.   The Movement is described as "an interactive network of world citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and peace thinkers dedicated to promoting planetary awareness of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth."  Ratification of the Earth Constitution is being sought from the people and nations of Earth.


The principles introduce the Earth Federation as a "universal free republic."  The Movement intends to defeat the current global system of violence, hatred, surveillance, war and more.  This emerging new global system is designed to return to citizens around the world the freedoms they have lost due to the domination of the old ways of governance and doing business which favor a privileged few. 


Another principle is "universality" which means that in the free republic there is respect for "all".   True universality honors certain moral principles which can no longer be given only token recognition.   "All men are created equal" for example, has been routinely ignored by many governments including those claiming to be democratic.  Universality will also mean that privileged elite individuals will no longer be above the law.  


This founded free republic, states the document, includes the principle that "living systems" establish freedom, peace, justice, and prosperity.  This seems to refer to the various departments and agencies of the Earth Federation government -- to be dynamic and responsive to "we, the people." 


But these goals cannot be reached by simply waiting for people to change their attitudes cautions readers of the document. The present global system itself must be fundamentally changed because it is inherently a war system.   Moreover, the economic system is also inherently flawed being destructive of people and the environment.  


The Earth Constitution, according to the document, provides a path to create a freedom system, a peace system, a justice system, and a prosperity system for the people of Earth.  


In addition, the Movement introduces the foundational principle of universal sustainability in order to protect the ecological integrity of the ecosystem of the planet into the future.  


The conclusion of this foundational document proclaims that the Earth Federation Movement represents the "most fundamental principles of ethical and political thought."  It states, "Our thought and action is directed toward the primacy of human freedom for every person and community on Earth." 


The document further pledges to maintain an unfailing commitment (to the principles of the Earth Federation Movement) while avoiding dogmatism and closed-mindedness.  "For we commit to the highest principles of dialogue, discussion, and communication with all willing persons." 



11/22/10


The 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament meets Dec. 27-31, 2010 in Kolkata, India in parallel with the World Peace Thinkers Meet

The Provisional World Parliament's  12th Session will be in conjunction with the World Peace Thinkers Meet organized by Dr. Santinath
Chattopadhyay.    Full details can be found at www.wcpa.biz   


Proposed world legislation for the Parliament includes a Bill on Corporate Responsibility, on Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants, an amendment for World Legislative Act #40 on insider trading, and more.  Bills can be read ahead of time on line at www.worldproblems.net.  


There will also be a review of the "Conceptual Model of the Earth Federation" by Professor Glen Martin.  Also, there will be an assessment of the International Criminal Court. 


The World Constitution and Parliament Association, organizing agent for the Sessions of the Provisional World Parliament, will be deciding on a President for WCPA to replace the deceased Dr. Terence Amerasinghe.   Dr. Amerasinghe (1917-2007)  was a leading figure on behalf of the Earth Constitution and the Earth Federation Movement. 




10/24/10


      Earth Constitution to be Distributed to Government Leaders 


Professor Glen Martin's new book on the Constitution for the Federationof Earth is to be distributed to a large list of government leaders worldwide according to Dr. Jagdish Gandhi, founder of a leading educational institution in India.   Dr. Gandhi, who is known for his  concern for the world's children and the future of humanity, will write an additional commentary to go along with this important new book.



10/4/10


9/11 Truth Movement Breakthrough With Key Skeptic


A leading Leftist, William Blum (The Anti-Empire Report), has changed his mind about 9/11.  Although not yet willing to accept the possibility of 9/11 being an inside job from within by a rogue element of the American government itself (i.e., false flag operation), he nevertheless admits that, at a minimum, the U.S. government might have known about the attack ahead of time and decided to "let it happen." 


In his most recent Report (10-1-10) Blum takes a big step toward support of the 9/11 Truth Movement's efforts to get the real facts behind 9/11, rather than the now discredited 9/11 Commission's Report.  For example, he now concedes of "serious contradictions and apparent lies in the Official Government Version."


Mr. Blum also concludes that the 9/11 Truth Movement's analysis of the collapses of the buildings in New York is correct, that is, the buildings were dropped by "controlled demolition", not by burning aircraft.   


The success of the 9/11 Truth Movement in educating the public about the cover-up has led the Obama Administration to attempt a Psy Op method to quiet the movement's growing popularity.   President Obama appointed Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein to run what is titled the "White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs." 


An important sounding name, but as author David Ray Griffin reveals in his new book "Cognitive Infiltration" as reviewed by Tod Fletcher (Rock Creek Free Press, October, 2010), Sunstein's job will be to "cure" ("eliminate") conspiracy theories -- i.e., try to discredit the 9/11 Truth Movement.


Project Censored's most recent book "Censored 2011" includes a careful commentary by Griffin on 9/11, and also introduces a section announcing a "Truth Emergency" -- documenting media propaganda/censorship making it difficult for the public to obtain factual information.   "SCADS" stands for State Crimes Against Democracy.   An analysis by Lance deHaven-Smith is a sobering summary of suspected high crimes committed or allegedly committed by elements of the U.S. government.  Establishment media and in some cases progressive media have collaborated in misleading the public either by silence, censorship, or by accepting the official explanations without critical examination.       

 

 

[Editor's note:  The Earth Constitution (Article 12, Bill of Rights for the Citizens of Earth, 12.8) requires "Freedom for investigation, research and reporting."  Hence, Mr. Sunstein's propaganda efforts would be illegal under world law.  In this case of a possible national government cover-up on a matter which has caused war, the Earth Federation's Office of the World Ombudsmus would be available to investigate the 9/11 Truth Movement's allegations.]  






8/10/10
AVOIDING LAW AND ORDER AT THE ICC REVIEW CONFERENCE 

 
--Roger Kotila,  Earth Federation News & Views 
 
Editor's note:  A just released news story shows how leaders of nations can remain above the law.   Joel Greenberg of the Washington Post reports that Israel has established a panel looking into the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, and is looking into the raid's "legality."  [Editor's note -- An example of how nations avoid an honest investigation by investigating themselves.]
 
Prime Minister Netanyahu also informed a U.N. investigation that "Israel will not cooperate with the inquiry if the U.N. panel seeks the testimony of Israeli soldiers."  [Editor's note -- Another means to protect from prosecution those leaders who actually issued the orders to attack.] 
 
What did the General Review Conference for the International Criminal Court accomplish when analyzed from the eyes of two leading world federalist experts?

Drs. Glen Martin and Eugenia Almand attended the June, 2010 Conference held in Kampala, Uganda representing the Institute On World Problems -- an NGO and Earth Federation/Earth Constitution think tank and educational organization.

The original Rome Treaty which established the ICC authorized prosecution of individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.  The first three have been in  force among signatory nations since 2002.  One goal of the Review Conference was to further define the crime of aggression and expand its jurisdiction to cover this crime.  However, not all nations, then and now, have agreed to subject themselves to ICC jurisdiction, and the idea of enforcing prohibition of aggression is particularly troublesome to certain nations. 
 
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, thanks largely to the World Federalist Movement's Bill Pace, was allowed input by civil society to go along with the 111 nations who have signed the ICC accords. The coalition represents a large group of NGO's from many countries dedicated to strengthening the ICC.  Pace has stated that a key goal is "an end to impunity for all serious crimes," and there has been ongoing lobbying efforts to sign up more non signatory nations.

Dr. Martin, however, felt that the official results of the Conference itself were "miniscule and disappointing."  Even Bill Pace, notes Martin, was agreeing to the general feeling at the last day's Coalition meeting (June 11) "that the results of the conference from the Assembly of States Parties were disappointing."

Avoiding Law and Order
According to Martin, the US was a big part of the problem, working to undermine adding ICC jurisdiction for the crime of aggression: "The US Delegation (very large and, true to form, obstructive of progress) and some others both in and out of the Assembly of States Parties raised all kinds of impediments and caveats regarding the crime of aggression (for obvious reasons) that resulted in nothing significant coming from ASP on this or the other issues."

An act of aggression was defined as the use of armed force by one State against another State without the jurisdiction of self-defense or authorization by the Security Council.   The individual crime of aggression
was defined as the planning, preparation, initiation or execution by a person in a leadership position of an act of aggression.

However, the crime of aggression may or may not go into force starting in 2017, and there are loopholes which seriously reduce the likelihood of any actual enforcement, especially against leaders of the non cooperative nations -- such as non signatory nations who refuse ICC jurisdiction.   As to what would allow the ICC Prosecutor to actually prosecute an individual, appears shrouded in obstacles such as having to get Security Council approval that an act of aggression has occurred.

Restricting when a possible crime can be independently investigated by the ICC is a ploy used to protect the leaders of powerful countries (and their friends) from future prosecution.   The USA, for example, defiantly rejected the Goldstone Report thus shielding Israeli leaders from prosecution for possible crimes related to the vicious attack against a largely civilian Palestinian population in Gaza.
It seems clear that certain nations (USA, Great Britain, Russia, Israel, China, and others) have no intention of accepting ICC jurisdiction, and intend to avoid law and order for themselves while proclaiming it necessary for others.

Unequal Justice
Dr. Almand describes how certain nations use ICC concepts such as "Complementarity" and "Cooperation"  to avoid an honest criminal inquiry, and to insure their leaders are above international law.   Almand observes that in the ICC structure each nation "addresses the offences through the national enforcement" system (the principle of Complementarity)" and thus "enforcement will necessarily be unequal from one country to the next."

She explains further:  "The misuse of the term cooperation seems to partly coincide with the misuse of the term complementarity, except that it also refers to the supposedly sovereign cooperation of countries extending temporary agreement to give the World Court (ICC) certain permissions upon the Court's Requests."

"Of course, when the Court has to continually place Requests, there is no hope of equal protection under the law, because the law abiding people will comply and the law breaking people will not."  Dr. Almand, who has a degree in law, notes bluntly that  "properly the Court (should have) mandamus, compulsory jurisdiction" (which would mean that the ICC should not have to ask a nation for permission to investigate and to prosecute its leaders if suspected of world crimes).

We see then that the ICC Review Conference was unable to close or reduce loopholes which allow many leaders of nations to continue to be above the law and to avoid law and order for themselves.   No enforceable world law for them,  no matter what international crimes they may commit.

Can this lack of global law and order ever be changed?   What seems to be the problem?

"Colonized" Minds
Dr. Martin describes the officials and most NGO activists who attended the Conference as having minds that are essentially "colonized," so habituated to the Establishment's paradigm of the world that they are unable to stop swallowing the poison pill of national sovereignty.   Are we thus incapable of envisioning an alternative world which is unified, federated, and democratic?

Professor Martin's conclusions from the ICC Review Conference are blunt and penetrating, hitting upon a truth which every true world federalist has known since the Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima -- a criminal act which the United Nations (a collection of sovereign states) could not stop.   Dr. Martin observes:

"Yet, for the official representatives of the nation-states, and most of the NGO's present, fundamental changes in the structure of our fragmented world disorder were off the table:  not even conceivable to most, so colonized are their minds and lives by the present world anti-system.   They see no alternative to the unworkable system of sovereign nations,..."

"The root of the problem is in the deeply flawed world system itself:  its economic system predicated on elite control, exploitation, and domination of the vast majority and its sovereign nation-state political system causing war, violence, and social chaos everywhere on the planet."

Paradigm Shift
The ICC news was not all bad, says Martin.   He reports multiple opportunities to discuss with official delegates and NGO activists a true alternative to the present "world anti-system," providing a position paper as to why a democratic world federation under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth is both necessary and practical if the ICC is to achieve its ultimate goal for a genuinely independent world judiciary. (This position paper can be found at www.worldproblems.net.)
 
Dr. Martin remains optimistic:  "We handed copies of the Earth Constitution book personally to many people, including many official nation-state delegates.  This means awareness of a genuine option and the need for a real paradigm shift got to many people from around the world who were assembled there."   "Perhaps even the widely perceived failure of the Assembly of States Parties to make any progress is ultimately to our benefit, for our argument, as we have made very clear for many years, is precisely that the real problems of the world cannot be addressed under a system of so-called sovereign nation-states."

To contact author:   Roger Kotila  EarthstarRadio@aol.com   

8/2/10
Activists to Protest at American Nuclear Weapons Lab on August 6th  the Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

August 6, 2010 will see protests at Livermore Lab sponsored by a San Francisco Bay Area antinuclear group (www.trivalleycares.org).  The Livermore Laboratory, located in Livermore, California is one of two sites that has developed every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal according to an announcement of the protests from a member of the group who also reported that the U.S. under President Obama has actually increased the budget for developing new and modified nuclear bombs.    

(Editor's note:  World Legislative Act #1 passed in 1982 by the Earth Federation's Provisional World Parliament outlaws nuclear weapons and makes the development and use of weapons of mass destruction illegal -- against world law.   Individuals who participate in developing, researching, maintaining, or using such weapons would be indicted by a World Judiciary and subject to prosecution under WLA #1.)     

7/15/10
A Leading Expert on 9/11 Challenges Leading Leftists and Progressives Who Refuse to Call for a New 9/11 Investigation
Why is the 9/11 attack important for the Earth Federation?  When a nation and some of its leading intellectuals refuse to look at contradictory and omitted testimony regarding an event which was possibly a "false flag operation" (dirty tricks -- doing a crime and blaming it on someone else), then citizens are denied the true facts.  In democracies, facts are vital in order for the citizenry to make good decisions.   

Moreover, if 9/11 was a covert operation conducted from within, then  a false enemy has been invented which  has led to tragic wars -- perhaps against innocent parties and nations.    

If the Earth Federation were fully functional, then a brilliant investigator like David Ray Griffin and other 9/11 Truth Movement researchers could appeal to the World Ombudsmus.   The Earth Constitution created the World Ombudsmus Office with the idea that citizens would have another legal avenue to seek facts and justice when a government is corrupt, or the media fails to give honest information to the public.  (The United Nations lacks such an important legal office to investigate and prosecute crimes which adversely affect other nations.)

In Griffin's recent article ("Left-Leaning Despisers of the 9/11 Truth Movement:  Do You Really Believe in Miracles?") in Global Research (July 6, 2010) found at www.globalresearch.ca he presents a strong case which refutes the key Leftist and Progressive intellectuals who have stubbornly refused to look at the contradictions and falsehoods in the 9/11 Commission Report. 

From the global perspective, this type of denial or cover-up prevents an objective investigation and allows a nation such as the USA to create a perpetual "enemy" subsequently invading two countries all based upon the 9/11 tragedy.   The fact of false flag operations are now well-documented, not just by the USA, but by Israel, and Russia, England, and other countries.  If asked to investigate, these countries essentially "investigate themselves" and, of course, find no culpability. 

In 9/11, scientists have discovered the real reason the twin towers fell so quickly.   It is clear that explosives (nanothermite) were used in a controlled demolition.   The jet airliners did not drop these buildings according to an extensive series of research investigations by citizen experts (professional scientists, engineers, and architects).
Moreover, there is physical evidence available which proves that nanothermite was used -- an explosive not available to the average person, but found for military use and for covert operations.   

(Editor's note:  If the 9/11 Truth Movement is correct, that 9/11 may indeed have been an "inside job", then there is a whole new radical political dynamic which comes into play on the world stage.   Muslims may be taking the blame for something they did not do.  

What the facts and logic seem to point at rather clearly  is that it is fair to expect a new, independent investigation of 9/11 with full revelations of all the facts, not just some, identification of contradictory evidence, omissions, and requiring all witnesses to testify under oath, including ex-President Bush, Jr., Dick Cheney, the Pentagon Generals in charge at the time, and the owners of the twin towers as well as the security company which managed the twin towers.   The investigation must also include Building 7.   All videos must be released to this new investigation, e.g., the various videos which will show what really hit the Pentagon.) 

-RK


 

7/10/10
A surprising article found in the AARP Bulletin (July-August, 2010) by Joel Bourne, Jr. reports on an ongoing collaboration between medical professionals from the Islamic Republic of Iran and American health professionals attempting to improve primary health care in the poverty stricken rural American Mississippi Delta.


Iran, notes the article, has won recognition from the World Health Organization for its innovative primary health care system which has "eliminated disparities between rural and urban populations" and has reduced "infant mortality in rural areas by tenfold."  


American health care consultants visited Iran's rural "health houses" and believe that such a model could benefit rural Mississippi residents.   Iran trains "behvarzes" who are villagers trained to provide basic health services and who staff health houses located in villages in rural areas.  The behvarzes have a variety of duties such as assisting families to insure timely vaccinations and accurate medical histories.  They also consult with sanitation, water testing, and other environmental concerns notes Mr. Bourne.   


(Editor's Note --   This small example of constructive, positive engagement between Iran and America serves as an antidote to the war drums we continue to hear from Israeli Zionists eager to attack Iran.  Israel demands that Iran abandon attempts to secure nuclear weapons yet is unwilling to give up its own nukes,  or to allow UN inspectors free access to examine Israel's own weapons of mass mutilation.) 


  7/1/2010  (Dr. Martin's first hand report from the ICC Review Conference gives the reader a good feel for the frustrations and obstructions that the present global system presents to reformers.  Paradoxically, the failures of the Conference may ultimately advance the standing of the Earth Federation/Earth Constitution as the viable alternative to our stagnant and disastrous existing global political structure.  -- Editor)

 

RESPONSE TO THE GENERAL REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

GLEN T. MARTIN

The official results of the General Review Conference for the ICC itself were miniscule and disappointing, only reinforcing our message that under the system of sovereign nation-states nothing effective can really be done. For eleven days, delegates of nation-states made proposals and counter-proposals, jockeying for position, for postponements, for more time, for definitions on what constitutes "complementarity" or "aggression."

Meanwhile, the civil society sector of the ICC Conference was awash with victims of crimes committed in Uganda, DRC, Kenya, and elsewhere in Africa ? waiting for justice, asking for justice, disappointed at the inability of the ICC to even begin dispensing justice.

Even the Chairperson of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Bill Pace, was agreeing to the general feeling at the Coalition meeting that took place on the last day (June 11) which was that the results of the conference from the Assembly of States Parties was disappointing. Three of the main issues considered by the ICC Review were those of "Cooperation," "Complementarity," and developing a definition for the "Crime of Aggression" that is mentioned but not defined in the Rome Statute.

There were not simply official state delegates from the 111 or so nations signatory to the Statute present, but also official reps from a number of other countries that have affiliated themselves in a way that gives them a voice in the proceedings if not a vote on the official documents considered. The US Delegation (very large and, true to form, obstructive of progress) and some others both in and out of the ASP raised all kinds of impediments and caveats regarding the crime of aggression (for obvious reasons) that resulted in nothing significant coming from ASP on this or the other issues (which I am sure Eugenia will go into on the final report). A definition of "aggression" was reached with the agreement that it will not enter into force until 2017 (unless a subsequent official meeting postpones this date).

Israel?s brutal attack on a humanitarian mission on its way to GAZA occurred while the Review Conference was in session. We heard from human rights groups connected with Palestine, Afghanistan, Burma, Columbia, Sudan, Unganda, DRC, and elsewhere, all hoping that a paralyzed and impotent ICC can move us toward some modicum of justice in the world.

Also occurring while the Review Conference was in session was the planetary-scale environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, for the official representatives of the nation-states, and most of the NGOs present, fundamental changes in the structure of our fragmented world disorder were off the table: not even conceivable to most, so colonized are their minds and lives by the present world anti-system. They see no alternative to the unworkable system of sovereign nations, to the massive destruction of the planetary environment by the multi-national corporations, to global militarism and human rights violations, to "development" of poor nations by ever-more intrusions of monopoly capitalism, etc.

Perhaps the only voice for a coherent, unified, and diverse world order of unity-in-diversity came from the delegation from the Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net). There were many good people at the conference and many NGOs from Uganda and other African countries representing the victims of the horrific cruelty and violence that has been happening in many African countries. But few understood that the root of the problem cannot be addressed through tinkering with the present system, e.g. slowly and painfully trying to empower an independent ICC. The root of the problem is in the deeply flawed world system itself: its economic system predicated on elite control, exploitation, and domination of the vast majority and its sovereign nation-state political system causing war, violence, and social chaos everywhere on the planet.

As Eugenia Almand and I spoke with people, and discussed the problems with people from African NGOs who were present, a number of them began to see the problem clearly, and the result was the founding of a new WCPA chapter in Uganda and the establishing of a number of important contacts for our work in Africa.

behalfThe results of the participation of IOWP Representatives Eugenia Almand and Glen T. Martin for our work on behalf of the Earth Federation, I believe, were substantial in this and a number of other ways.

As mentioned above there were also many delegates there from NGOs around the world that are part of the CICC (as are IOWP and WCPA). Dr. Almand and I had a great deal of our literature with us as well as many copies of the newly published "A Constitution for the Federation of Earth ? With Historical Introduction, Commentary and Conclusion." Eugenia also had copies of our Provisional World Parliament work on the ICC Rome Statute and the Constitution itself in several different languages. Our literature also included announcements of the next session of the Provisional World Parliament this coming December in Kolkata, thus perhaps getting a few delegates but perhaps more important, making many people aware that this alternative is going on and has been going on since 1982.

Besides talking personally with many people and giving them copies of our literature as appropriate, we put our general literature out each day on the 5 or 6 literature tables that were in front of the various rooms reserved for the Review Conference meetings. Our literature was picked up and distributed among many people, including many States Parties reps.

A couple of days into the conference we also wrote an official statement from IOWP to the delegations at the Review Conference (a modification and elaboration of the "World Court Order" pamphlet). We printed this out (two pages back to back) and had 250 copies of it made and had it officially distributed to each delegate to the conference, which means that all official delegations from the nation-states also received it. I have attached a copy above.

We handed copies of the Earth Constitution book personally to many people, including many official nation-state delegates. This means awareness of a genuine option and the need for a real paradigm shift got to many people from around the world who were assembled there.

Eugenia and I also got scheduled to give a 2 hour Powerpoint presentation on our work. This was not very well attended (there were of course always many things going on) but our presentation was officially announced in the agenda of meetings and we distributed many flyers announcing it. Some people later told us they intended to come to our presentation but couldn't for this or that reason.

Finally, a new chapter of WCPA was founded in UGANDA. There were a number of refugees there from DRC political violence and they were part of a human rights organization from DRC. They became very interested in our work (it is very helpful that Eugenia speaks French), and on the last day, in the afternoon after lunch, they held their first official meeting of WCPA Uganda with EA and myself present. They had a chair a translator person when necessary, a secretary to take notes, etc. There were about 8 men and 3 women from DRC present at the meeting.

Finally, Eugenia and I learned a great deal about the political and human rights situation in Africa, in East Africa, in Uganda, and to some extent in the world. This knowledge and deepening understanding can only further empower our work. The upcoming session of the Provisional World Parliament in Kolkata, India, December 27-31, 2010 will reexamine our work in relation to the ICC and make recommendation to the Parliament for further developing this work.

All in all, from our WCPA/IOWP point of view, our participation was very successful. Perhaps even the widely perceived failure of the Assembly of States Parties to make any progress, is ultimately to our benefit, for our argument, as we have made very clear for many years, is precisely that the real problems of the world cannot be addressed under a system of so-called sovereign nation-states. Only a genuine world federal system can effectively address the many deadly problems faced by the world, from human rights to the environment to militarism to massive poverty and misery.

Just as we did at the General Review Conference for the ICC, the Constitution for the Federation of Earth must become known worldwide as offering the only real practical, sane, and effective hope to address these crises and established a decent future for humanity and our planet.

 

 

 

Received June 13, 2010

(Editor's note:  The Institute On World Problems studies the Earth Constitution/ Provisional World Parliament/Earth Federation in association with the World Constitution and Parliament Association.  IOWP's analysis submitted to the ICC Conference offers advanced concepts "outside the box" so to speak,  principles which, if adopted, could help the Assembly of States Parties reach the goal of an ICC which has the capacity for universal justice with no individual from any country being above the law.)   

 

 Towards the Effective Rule of Law ? Institute on World Problems Recommendations

to the General Review Conference for the ICC. 4 June 2010

Institute  On World Problems

Cooperating with the World Constitution and Parliament Association

President: Dr. Glen T. Martin

313 Seventh Ave., Radford VA 24141, USA gmartin@radford.edu Fax +540-831-5919 Phone +540-639-2320

Executive Director: Eugenia Almand, J.D.

Govt_rules@yahoo.com

www.worldproblems.net

 

The Institute on World Problems (IOWP) recognizes common goals and multiple links between the work of the Provisional World Parliament (PWP) that has met in eleven sessions to date and the work of the International Criminal Court developing under the Rome Statute of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). Among these common goals are the strengthening the rule of law in the world, developing a court at the world level that can hold all individuals accountable with regard to certain heinous crimes, and ending the impunity for these crimes associated with a system of nation-states often recognizing no enforceable law above themselves.


At its Seventh Session in Chennai, India in December 2003, the Parliament reviewed the Rome Statute and passed a strengthened version of the statute as World Legislative Act number 20. This act gave great independence and legitimacy to the ICC by providing the Court with a legislative basis for its operation and linking the Court with an emerging system of global institutions that point toward universality of jurisdiction and enforceability of Court decisions and orders.


If the ASP accepts the common goals indentified above, then the IOWP urges the decision-makers at the ASP to reexamine aspects of the principle of complementarity that appear to defeat these goals. The judicial systems of nations, of course, need to become and remain the first level of responsibility for addressing crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes, or other serious offences covered by the Rome Statute. However, as the ICC now recognizes, these judicial systems need to develop into legal conformity with the provisions of the Rome Statute and attain to a consistency of procedures and practices that ultimately hold all individuals everywhere equally responsible before the law and subject to consistent, fair, and objective constraints of the due process of law.


This development of the rule of consistent, coherent law in the world requires an ICC that is truly independent and universal in its jurisdiction and not dependent for its operations on a variety of nation-state actors with differing internal political agendas, differing versions of due process, and differing responses to subpoenas, court initiatives, or court orders. Complementarity in its positive form requires coherent judicial and legal response at the national level prior to judicial action at the supranational level by the ICC. However, complementarity becomes seriously flawed and an impediment to strengthening the rule of enforceable law over individuals in the world if it is construed as requiring ICC dependence on national actors for the gathering of evidence, the carrying out of subpoenas, investigation, or the carrying out of court decisions.


The IOWP recommends that decision-makers within the Assembly of States Parties consider two courses of action directed toward strengthening the ICC toward a truly independent status and thereby strengthening the regime of coherent criminal law for the world that moves in the direction of becoming universal over all individuals, consistent, and enforceable. The first course of action would be to link the ICC formally or informally with the work of the Provisional World Parliament, specifically with World Legislative Act #20, and the upcoming review of this act at the Twelfth Session of the PWP scheduled to meet in Kolkata, India, December 27-31, 2010. This linking process would allow the court to access the strengthened wording of the Parliament version of the Rome Statute thereby empowering it further in the direction of universality and independence of the political variables within nation-state actors.

It would also associate the Court with parliamentary legislative practices and procedures at the supranational level that ultimately must be developed to provide the legitimacy and framework for statutes implemented by any court system. As the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes clear under Articles 7, 21.3, and 28, the protection of human rights through the rule of law in the world ultimately requires an emerging judicial, legislative, and executive framework applying equally to all citizens of the Earth.


The second course of action that the IOWP recommends to decision-makers within the Assembly of States Parties is more far reaching and calls upon the goal expressed in the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 28: "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized." It should be clear that any such viable international order would need to develop not only a universal judicial system beginning with the ICC, but to move toward developing world legislative and executive processes required to lend universal legitimacy and enforceability to court functions.


In the light of these facts, the IOWP recommends that the Assembly of States Parties begin developing mechanisms that allow the ASP to evolve in the direction of becoming a legislative house (a "house of nations") within an emerging world parliament. The fact that the ASP has already developed the Rome Statute body of legislation suggests a nascent legislative role for the ASP. This needs to be developed toward a horizon that ultimately no longer sees the ASP as a treaty of sovereign nation-states but as an emerging House of Nations within a world parliament system that would ultimately include a complementary House of Peoples, directly elected.


The IOWP believes that acting on these recommendations could provide the ICC and the ASP with an emerging framework of goals that lift the work of these bodies out of an ad hoc response to a variety of horrendous situations in which atrocities are being carried out with apparent impunity in various parts of the world toward a program that coherently and consistently develops the ideal of the rule of democratically legislated, judicially administered, and impartially enforced laws over individuals everywhere upon the Earth.


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Institute on World Problems,  Drs. Eugenia Almand and Glen Martin.

    


 
June 2, 2010

  NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT REVIEW CONFERENCE

Drs. Eugenia Almand and Glen Martin have arrived at the ICC General Review Conference under the auspices of the Institute On World Problems, an educational and think tank institution which specializes in the Earth Federation/Earth Constitution and related Provisional World Parliament, the latter of which has passed world legislation with the intention of "strengthening the world court system" according to Dr. Almand.  

Delegates from more than 100 countries are attending the ICC Review.  

One highly significant issue will be a discussion and recommendation to formally broaden the scope of the ICC to include "crimes of aggression".   (Editor's note:   It will be interesting to see what is  the impact of the recent attack by Israel against the humanitarian peace activists on the high seas trying to bring supplies to Gaza.   Will this prod the ICC Assembly of States Parties to broaden the scope of its jurisdiction?)

Also of interest will be what response there will be to the distribution of the Earth Constitution to representatives, many of whom may not be aware of this important document or understand its political significance.   Will ICC attendee's grasp the potential for an Earth Federation movement under the Earth Constitution which contains what might be considered a model world judiciary system. 

Dr. Almand reports that Bills and decisions of the Review Conference are on the subsequent agenda for the 12th Session of the Provisional World Parliament to be held in December, 2010 in Kolkata, India.  


 

 

May 7, 2010


EARTH FEDERATION TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW WORLD JUDICIARY SYSTEM AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT'S GENERAL REVIEW CONFERENCE

 

Uganda will host the Assembly of States Parties  General Review Conference (May 31 - June 11, 2010) for the International Criminal Court. 

 

An important position paper titled "the World Court Order," written by Earth Federation experts, will be circulated to General Review attendees.  It outlines a new political paradigm and strategy intended to give the ICC more legitimacy, independence, and strengthen its overall role for providing equal justice for all.      

 

The Earth Federation's Earth Constitution offers an

advanced world judiciary model for the ICC to consider in the context of an emerging democratic world federation in which individual human rights are paramount, as is equal justice for all.   

 

The implications of an "expanding" ICC using the Earth Constitution's authority include a means by which individual criminal offenders of world law would find it harder to be "above the law," even if such individuals had committed crimes against humanity or war crimes.  

 

The Federation's proposal will include an invitation for the attending Assembly of States Parties to consider assuming the role of "Upper House" within the Earth Federation World Parliament.   (The Earth Federation already has begun sessions of a Provisional World Parliament under the Earth Constitution.)  They would become the "House of Nations" in the Federation's tricameral world parliament.

 

Quotes from the Federation's position paper reveal an unusual yet bold strategy to upgrade and legitimize the International Criminal  Court.  

 

 "...the (Earth Federation) Provisional World Parliament urges the Assembly of States Parties to carefully consider the merits of the Earth Constitution and of the World Legislation, which mirrors the work of the Assembly of States Parties." 

 

 "Unless the Criminal Court has the court order, that is, the mandamus, also called compulsory jurisdiction, the system fails to comply with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR Article 28), to guarantee a social order in which human rights are universally protected." 

 

"In December of 2003, the Provisional World Parliament held a general stocktaking review of the Rome Statute.  The bill was designed to retain all possible features of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court, yet was at the same time given a firm constitutional and legislative basis to the World Court System, with great strength and independence to the Court." 

 

(Editor's note:  For those citizens of earth who want a world justice system which takes equal rights for all seriously and who seek individual accountability so that no one is "above the law," then the proposed changes recommended to the ICC/Assembly of States Parties by the Earth Federation will be seen as both visionary and practical, and vitally necessary if we are to bring our world back from the brink of chaos and anarchy.)  

4/10/10  BOLD NEW BOOK BY PROFESSOR GLEN MARTIN LAUDS EARTH CONSTITUTION AS THE ONLY PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO THE WORLD'S CRITICAL PROBLEMS

Dr. Glen T. Martin has been described by this editor as the
"most important unknown man in America."  His current book  reinforces this assessment of Dr. Martin's importance to the peace, human rights, and environmental movements.   Martin gives the reader a practical and clear understanding for what he considers to be the most important document of the 21st Century, the Earth Constitution.  

The new release is titled "Constitution for the Federation of Earth With Historical Introduction, Commentary and Conclusion."   

His explanatory writing about the Earth Constitution reminds one of the Federalist papers when the American constitution was presented to the people.   In this case, Martin's efforts can best be described as a World Federalist paper, defending in convincing fashion the need to replace the current global system and United Nations Charter with the Earth Federation under the Earth Constitution -- a fundamental change which eliminates the global war system of sovereign nation-states and transforms them into a unified global peace system with a democratic world parliament and enforceable world law.    

He explains how the Earth Constitution came about, and why it is politically legitimate.   Democracy needs this new structure to be authentic.  The need and logic for establishing a democratic world federation has been well established by advanced thinkers for many years but ignored by politicians and the public despite its obvious potential effectiveness to be able to end wars, eliminate poverty, and quicken the pace to save the environment.  

The Earth Federation Movement is gaining adherents as more people learn of its existence and importance.   There have been a series of Provisional World Parliaments.  Heads of state and the public are being encouraged to study the Earth Constitution with a view to joining the emerging Earth Federation.

-- RK        

           



3/22/10

PASSAGE OF HEALTH CARE BILL IN AMERICA WILL HELP BRING USA'S CIVIL RIGHTS CLOSER TO THE STANDARD AS SET FORTH BY THE EARTH CONSTITUTION

Although American's pride themselves in being free, they often do not realize that their freedoms are rather narrow when compared to world standards.  For example, Americans' are often seen "speaking their mind" and with pride speak of freedom of speech. What is not known by the public is the high degree of behind-the-scenes censorship which occurs especially as to what subject matter is allowed in mainstream media outlets. 

Hence, the near total silence in mainstream media since the discovery by scientists that the 9/11 buildings were not dropped by the aircraft striking them, but imploded using identified explosives.   Despite the scientific evidence, mainstream media is silent, and continues to try to discredit the 9/11 truth investigators. The fact that people in the USA have not had a basic "right" to health care (unless you have enough money) is another example of lack of freedom. 

 

President Obama and the Democrats have started to partially correct this violation of a basic civil right as is clearly stated in the EARTH CONSTITUTON in Article 13, # 5 which requires:  "Free and adequate public health services and medical care available to everyone throughout life under conditions of free choice." 

The new health legislation falls short in that it is not free for everyone although it does insure that poor people will be able to get medical services.   Moreover, the legislation fails to include nonregistered immigrants who are banned from even buying health coverage in the new insurance exchanges to be set-up.  The EARTH CONSTITUTION recognizes all people as "citizens of earth" with certain inalienable rights and hence the American government's new health care legislation remains too narrow to meet a world standard of civil rights.  

 

Nevertheless, it appears to be a sincere start toward arriving at a world class standard of care in this important area of basic human rights.   

3/10/2010

A GROWING MOVEMENT BY MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CHALLENGES "ZIONIST CHRISTIANS" WHO HAVE DEFENDED ISRAEL'S CRIMINAL AGGRESSIONS AGAINST PALESTINE. 

A weekend conference (March 5 & 6) held at a large Presbyterian Church in San Anselmo, California (near San Francisco) was packed to overflowing with mainstream Christians and other faiths to learn about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and to get first hand reports of the carnage at Gaza by the Israeli military.

A Norwegian physician, Dr. Mads Gilbert, showed the evidence of the extensive death and destruction against what was basically an entrapped, civilian population -- 50% of whom are children.   Lost arms and legs, blown away sections of children's heads,  phosphorous burning of flesh, and more was highlighted in what was an emotional review of state directed terrorism which, according to many speakers,  has had the support of the American government including many members of Congress. 

Sponsored by "Friends of Sabeel -- North America" ("Sabeel" means "the Way"), there was an impressive array of activists, religious leaders, and political/miltary experts who outlined the devastation and imprisonment of the Palestinian people, including Palestinian Christians. 

There is an emerging strategy for boycott, divestment, and sanctions to start the process of separating the United States government from its support of Israel's violations of international law.   Growing pressure will be applied for the American government to cease funding Israel despite President Obama's promise of another 30 Billion dollars to be granted what some are now calling a "terrorist state" in view of the facts on the ground from neutral observers such as reflected in the Goldstone report. 

A number of participants at this Sabeel Conference were of the Jewish faith and who were concerned that the criminal behavior of the Israeli Zionists will destroy the good reputation of the Jewish religion. 

(Editor's note: The Israeli occupation and criminal treatment of Palestinians violate numerous sections of the Earth Constitution's Bill of Human Rights.   Under the Earth Federation, the authorities who ordered these crimes would be held individually accountable by the World Attorney General's Office, but nevertheless be granted legal due process as called for in the Earth Constitution's World Judiciary system.)

3/1/10

SUNDAY, MARCH 14  DWF HOSTS ANNUAL GOOD GOVERNMENT LUNCHEON & LECTURE AT INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, UC BERKELEY

 

Dr. Tad Daley will be the featured speaker for this March 14th Annual Good Government Luncheon & Lecture Series.  Dr. Daley  will preview his soon to be released "Apocalypse Never." 

 

Is this a speech that President Obama and his Pentagon generals should hear?

 

The public is welcome.  Event to be held at UC Berkeley at the International House. The full program starts at 11:30 am with lunch, then lecture at l pm.   Full program costs $40.   Lecture only is $10.  

 

For registration/reservation call (415) 227-4880 or for more details go to www.dwfed.org
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

 
 
   
 
 
.  Sponsored by Democratic World Federalists a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational/think tank international peace organization.  

 

2/19/10

Global democracy and worldwide referendum subject of event in Brussels


The possibility of conducting a worldwide referendum with an equal vote for every person in the world will be among the subjects of an event in the European Parliament next week Tuesday, 23 February, that is hosted by European lawmaker Graham Watson, the EU Chapter of the Club of

Rome and the Secretariat of the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. The occasion is planned to be used for the presentation of a "Brussels Declaration on Global Democracy."

The public event will begin with a special screening of the documentary "World Vote Now" that was produced over the span of eight years with field-tests in 26 countries in all world regions. "We are told that democracy creates stability and raising living standards. So why not introduce it on a worldwide scale," said filmmaker Joel Ben Marsden who will be present in Brussels. According to Marsden, he and his team of democracy activists so far got "a lot of enthusiastic response."


2/17/10

  San Francisco Progressive Conference, like the Earth Federation,  Proposes New U.S. Amendment to Take Away Corporate Personhood

Sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives (www.spiritualprogressives.org), over 500 progressive activists met in San Francisco on 2/15/10.  There was much concern about the direction of the Obama administration.   Expanded Pentagon budgets, corporate personhood,  the health care debacle, bailing out Big Money, and much more had these progressives confessing to both emotional pain, and indeed, anger.   

Similar to the recent discussion in Earth Federation ranks to pass a World Law to Prohibit Corporate Personhood, these progressives want an U.S. Constitutional Amendment to accomplish this same objective, albeit using a rather vague title:  "Environmental and Ethical Responsibility Amendment."  

Discussion on eliminating "corporate personhood" via an amendment recognized that, even if successful, would apply only here in the United States.   Most corporations are multinational.   Hence the importance of the Earth Federation's World Law proposal which will be discussed at the Provisonal World Parliament's 12th session this summer in Croatia. 

The present writer was highly impressed with the level of discussion of most participants at this Conference, and the inspired leadership with such individuals as Rabbi Michael Learner, Medea Benjamin, and Marianne Williamson, and others. 

There was also a proposal for a worldwide "Marshall Plan" in the belief that being kind and generous to others would be much more effective in global politics than using threats, intimidation, death and destruction.    American militarization has only made our world less safe, both for Americans and for others in the world.         

(The goals of this progressive group were very much in keeping with Earth Federation goals on almost all fronts -- ending war and poverty,  increasing human rights, and protecting the environment.  They continue, however, to think more in nationalistic terms rather than in terms of global structure change.   Many do not yet grasp the critical need for democratic world federation to replace the current global war system and the inadequate and ineffective United Nations.  -- Editor)    

 

 

2/3/10

 

 FIRST ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE  EARTH FEDERATION MOVEMENT APPEARS IN CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER

 

 

A small, independent newspaper located in Bolinas, California printed the first commercial advertisement for the Earth Federation Movement.   The  ad in the Coastal Post hopes to attract peace, human rights, and environmental activists to learn more about the Earth Federation.    Five "talking points"  were listed including the Earth Constitution as the first "green" constitution ever drafted.   It also lists "Disarmageddon" a theme which resonates with the Coastal Post's history of bringing the Palestinian/Israel conflict into closer scrutiny.   Criticism of Israel has brought bullying from San Francisco Bay Area Zionists who have tried to put the Coastal Post out of business, but have been thwarted by local activists.  

 

-- editor 








 


Professor Martin's new book on the Constitution to be Distributed to Leaders Worldwide According to Dr. Jagdish Gandhi, Founder of a Leading Educational Institution in India












10/4/10



9/11 Truth Movement Breakthrough With Key Skeptic


A leading Leftist, William Blum (The Anti-Empire Report), has changed his mind about 9/11.  Although not yet willing to accept the possibility of 9/11 being an inside job from within by a rogue element of the American government itself (i.e., false flag operation), he nevertheless admits that, at a minimum, the U.S. government might have known about the attack ahead of time and decided to "let it happen." 


In his most recent Report (10-1-10) Blum takes a big step toward support of the 9/11 Truth Movement's efforts to get the real facts behind 9/11, rather than the now discredited 9/11 Commission's Report.  For example, he now concedes of "serious contradictions and apparent lies in the Official Government Version."


Mr. Blum also concludes that the 9/11 Truth Movement's analysis of the collapses of the buildings in New York is correct, that is, the buildings were dropped by "controlled demolition", not by burning aircraft.   


The success of the 9/11 Truth Movement in educating the public about the cover-up has led the Obama Administration to attempt a Psy Op method to quiet the movement's growing popularity.   President Obama appointed Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein to run what is titled the "White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs." 


An important sounding name, but as author David Ray Griffin reveals in his new book "Cognitive Infiltration" as reviewed by Tod Fletcher (Rock Creek Free Press, October, 2010), Sunstein's job will be to "cure" ("eliminate") conspiracy theories -- i.e., try to discredit the 9/11 Truth Movement.


Project Censored's most recent book "Censored 2011" includes a careful commentary by Griffin on 9/11, and also intoduces a section announcing a "Truth Emergency" -- documenting media propaganda/censorship making it difficult for the public to obtain factual information.   "SCADS" stands for State Crimes Against Democracy.   An analysis by Lance deHaven-Smith is a sobering summary of suspected high crimes committed or allegedly committed by elements of the U.S. government.  Establishment media and in some cases progressive media have collaborated in misleading the public either by silence, censorship, or by accepting the official explanations without critical examination.       

 

 

[Editor's note:  The Earth Constitution (Article 12, Bill of Rights for the Citizens of Earth, 12.8) requires "Freedom for investigation, research and reporting."  Hence, Mr. Sunstein's propaganda efforts would be illegal under world law.  In this case of a possible national government cover-up on a matter which has caused war, the Earth Federation's Office of the World Ombudsmus would be available to investigate the 9/11 Truth Movement's allegations.]  






8/10/10
AVOIDING LAW AND ORDER AT THE ICC REVIEW CONFERENCE 

 
--Roger Kotila,  Earth Federation News & Views 
 
Editor's note:  A just released news story shows how leaders of nations can remain above the law.   Joel Greenberg of the Washington Post reports that Israel has established a panel looking into the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, and is looking into the raid's "legality."  [Editor's note -- An example of how nations avoid an honest investigation by investigating themselves.]
 
Prime Minister Netanyahu also informed a U.N. investigation that "Israel will not cooperate with the inquiry if the U.N. panel seeks the testimony of Israeli soldiers."  [Editor's note -- Another means to protect from prosecution those leaders who actually issued the orders to attack.] 
 
What did the General Review Conference for the International Criminal Court accomplish when analyzed from the eyes of two leading world federalist experts?

Drs. Glen Martin and Eugenia Almand attended the June, 2010 Conference held in Kampala, Uganda representing the Institute On World Problems -- an NGO and Earth Federation/Earth Constitution think tank and educational organization.

The original Rome Treaty which established the ICC authorized prosecution of individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.  The first three have been in  force among signatory nations since 2002.  One goal of the Review Conference was to further define the crime of aggression and expand its jurisdiction to cover this crime.  However, not all nations, then and now, have agreed to subject themselves to ICC jurisdiction, and the idea of enforcing prohibition of aggression is particularly troublesome to certain nations. 
 
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, thanks largely to the World Federalist Movement's Bill Pace, was allowed input by civil society to go along with the 111 nations who have signed the ICC accords. The coalition represents a large group of NGO's from many countries dedicated to strengthening the ICC.  Pace has stated that a key goal is "an end to impunity for all serious crimes," and there has been ongoing lobbying efforts to sign up more non signatory nations.

Dr. Martin, however, felt that the official results of the Conference itself were "miniscule and disappointing."  Even Bill Pace, notes Martin, was agreeing to the general feeling at the last day's Coalition meeting (June 11) "that the results of the conference from the Assembly of States Parties were disappointing."

Avoiding Law and Order
According to Martin, the US was a big part of the problem, working to undermine adding ICC jurisdiction for the crime of aggression: "The US Delegation (very large and, true to form, obstructive of progress) and some others both in and out of the Assembly of States Parties raised all kinds of impediments and caveats regarding the crime of aggression (for obvious reasons) that resulted in nothing significant coming from ASP on this or the other issues."

An act of aggression was defined as the use of armed force by one State against another State without the jurisdiction of self-defense or authorization by the Security Council.   The individual crime of aggression
was defined as the planning, preparation, initiation or execution by a person in a leadership position of an act of aggression.

However, the crime of aggression may or may not go into force starting in 2017, and there are loopholes which seriously reduce the likelihood of any actual enforcement, especially against leaders of the non cooperative nations -- such as non signatory nations who refuse ICC jurisdiction.   As to what would allow the ICC Prosecutor to actually prosecute an individual, appears shrouded in obstacles such as having to get Security Council approval that an act of aggression has occurred.

Restricting when a possible crime can be independently investigated by the ICC is a ploy used to protect the leaders of powerful countries (and their friends) from future prosecution.   The USA, for example, defiantly rejected the Goldstone Report thus shielding Israeli leaders from prosecution for possible crimes related to the vicious attack against a largely civilian Palestinian population in Gaza.
It seems clear that certain nations (USA, Great Britain, Russia, Israel, China, and others) have no intention of accepting ICC jurisdiction, and intend to avoid law and order for themselves while proclaiming it necessary for others.

Unequal Justice
Dr. Almand describes how certain nations use ICC concepts such as "Complementarity" and "Cooperation"  to avoid an honest criminal inquiry, and to insure their leaders are above international law.   Almand observes that in the ICC structure each nation "addresses the offences through the national enforcement" system (the principle of Complementarity)" and thus "enforcement will necessarily be unequal from one country to the next."

She explains further:  "The misuse of the term cooperation seems to partly coincide with the misuse of the term complementarity, except that it also refers to the supposedly sovereign cooperation of countries extending temporary agreement to give the World Court (ICC) certain permissions upon the Court's Requests."

"Of course, when the Court has to continually place Requests, there is no hope of equal protection under the law, because the law abiding people will comply and the law breaking people will not."  Dr. Almand, who has a degree in law, notes bluntly that  "properly the Court (should have) mandamus, compulsory jurisdiction" (which would mean that the ICC should not have to ask a nation for permission to investigate and to prosecute its leaders if suspected of world crimes).

We see then that the ICC Review Conference was unable to close or reduce loopholes which allow many leaders of nations to continue to be above the law and to avoid law and order for themselves.   No enforceable world law for them,  no matter what international crimes they may commit.

Can this lack of global law and order ever be changed?   What seems to be the problem?

"Colonized" Minds
Dr. Martin describes the officials and most NGO activists who attended the Conference as having minds that are essentially "colonized," so habituated to the Establishment's paradigm of the world that they are unable to stop swallowing the poison pill of national sovereignty.   Are we thus incapable of envisioning an alternative world which is unified, federated, and democratic?

Professor Martin's conclusions from the ICC Review Conference are blunt and penetrating, hitting upon a truth which every true world federalist has known since the Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima -- a criminal act which the United Nations (a collection of sovereign states) could not stop.   Dr. Martin observes:

"Yet, for the official representatives of the nation-states, and most of the NGO's present, fundamental changes in the structure of our fragmented world disorder were off the table:  not even conceivable to most, so colonized are their minds and lives by the present world anti-system.   They see no alternative to the unworkable system of sovereign nations,..."

"The root of the problem is in the deeply flawed world system itself:  its economic system predicated on elite control, exploitation, and domination of the vast majority and its sovereign nation-state political system causing war, violence, and social chaos everywhere on the planet."

Paradigm Shift
The ICC news was not all bad, says Martin.   He reports multiple opportunities to discuss with official delegates and NGO activists a true alternative to the present "world anti-system," providing a position paper as to why a democratic world federation under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth is both necessary and practical if the ICC is to achieve its ultimate goal for a genuinely independent world judiciary. (This position paper can be found at www.worldproblems.net.)
 
Dr. Martin remains optimistic:  "We handed copies of the Earth Constitution book personally to many people, including many official nation-state delegates.  This means awareness of a genuine option and the need for a real paradigm shift got to many people from around the world who were assembled there."   "Perhaps even the widely perceived failure of the Assembly of States Parties to make any progress is ultimately to our benefit, for our argument, as we have made very clear for many years, is precisely that the real problems of the world cannot be addressed under a system of so-called sovereign nation-states."

To contact author:   Roger Kotila