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Gorbachev At the Presidio? What's THAT About?
The answer to that
question was given in
a letter of
response to wit:
"The
core mission of the
State of the World Forum is to
establish an enabling environment and to
serve as a Secretariat for the gathering
of leaders and citizens from around the
world and a spectrum of diciplines to
search together for those new frameworks
of values required for this new phase of
human development; and within this
context to take concerted action --
strategic initiatives -- to help give
shape to the world we envision".
"Many
of earlier civilizations which have
largely appeared over the 6,000 years of
our recorded history have largely been
created by groups of so-called "creative
minorities" or "sapiential circles" --
independent individuals who came
together to articulate and take up
challenges being ignored by declining
and out-dated concepts, organizations
and governments."
So.. Gorby came to
the U.S. to help us out with our 'out-dated
concepts, organizations and government'.
Isn't that
Special?
Notice on the left hand side
of the letter, the members of the board - included
James Baker III.
On September 21, 2000, Paul Likoudis writes in
The Wanderer...
http://www.mgr.org/sect17.html
NEW YORK - Former Soviet Communist Party
boss Mikhail Gorbachev, founder of the
State of the World Forum six years ago,
used a $5,000 per person gathering of
the world's political and business elite
to plea for the United Nations to
adopt a Soviet-style "central
authority" to manage the world's
business and environmental concerns.
Gorby's
'Sapiential' Circles Deciding
The Fate Of Our Nation
One of the strategic initiatives of the State
of the World Forum is the
Commission
on Globalization.
The proposal for
an international, cross-sectoral
Commission on Globalization grew out of
Forum 2000, convened September 4-10,
2000 in New York by the
State of the World
Forum
in partnership with over one hundred
organizations worldwide. Entitled
“Shaping Globalization: Convening the
Community of Stakeholders,” the purpose
of the conference purpose was to conduct
a “post-Seattle” multi-stakeholder
dialogue on globalization, and was timed
to coincide with the
United Nations Millennium Summit of
Heads of State.
"Non-governmental
organizations must play a
vital role, working alongside
committed governments. I know
that the State of the World
Forum has been active in this
area for many years… The
Ottawa Convention banning
landmines was driven by the
work of many NGOs which forced
governments to tackle what
they thought was unachievable.
New tools, such at the
Internet, break down
traditional barriers between
people, and help mobilize
public opinion not just
nationally, but
internationally.”
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark
Prime Minister,
New Zealand
From the 'Cross
Sectoral' Initiatives:
"The issue underlying cross
sectoral deliberation is that
of establishing democracy at a
global level. Currently
democracy is defined as nation
states sending their
representatives to
international institutions to
debate and make decisions,
with civil society and
business excluded except for
the lobbying they do.
The prevailing norm is that
only governments make
decisions. This notion is
limited and increasingly an
impediment to effective global
action.
As the forces of globalisation
compel increasing integration
and interdependence,
governance, particularly at
the global level, will evolve
into a much more complex
matrix of mutual deliberation
and decision making between a
range of state and non state
actors directly
involved in the issue. This
will require increased
sophistication in how we
design and implement cross-sectoral
deliberations and practices."
Another strategic initiative from one of
the spin-offs of the State of the World
Forum is to 'explore' the issue of
National Sovereignty in the era of
globalization - and Gorby has American
comrades strategizing the dissolution of
nation-states:
http://www.gsinstitute.org/gsi/books_sovereignty.html
The Sovereignty Revolution is the late
Senator Alan Cranston’s analysis of the
problems created by our current
conception of sovereignty, “with every
nation supreme inside its own borders
and acknowledging no master outside
them.” As such, it is the last testament
of a senior statesman with a deep moral
commitment to nuclear disarmament.
This book is an impassioned argument
that these conceptions of sovereignty,
and in turn the role of international
institutions, must change before
humanity can effectively resolve the
world’s increasingly global challenges,
from international terrorism and the
proliferation of nuclear weapons to
climate change and poverty. Cranston
argues that for humanity to survive the
twenty-first century, we must adopt a
more encompassing understanding of
sovereignty, one that acknowledges the
primacy of the individual, while
emphasizing the importance of
strengthening international law and
increasing the authority of multilateral
institutions, such as the United
Nations. The book includes a foreword by
Mikhail Gorbachev, an Introduction by
Jonathan Schell, and response essays by
Jane Goodall and Jonathan Granoff.
Alan Cranston retired in 1993 after
serving four terms as a U.S. Senator and
fourteen years as Democratic Whip.
Especially noteworthy were his efforts
in regard to world peace, nuclear arms
control, enhanced Hemispheric relations,
expanded trade, and reduced military
spending. Kim Cranston is Chair of the
Global Security Institute.
Read more about Alan Cranston.
Vincente Fox is getting lessons from Gorby (and
they call Chavez a communist? I suspect that
microlending in Mexico is transport money for the
coyotes. Mexico reduces 'poverty' by
exporting their poor people here - then they get
more money in development credits from the World
Bank. What a deal - for Mexico.):
"We have learned much in the last year
from our experiences with people we have
met through the State of the World Forum
network. In our meeting with Muhammed
Yunus we learned about microlending, and
about how to extend a financial system
to all those citizens who do not have
access to vital resources. We are very
proud to say that in a few weeks, we
will open an institution very similar to
Grameen Bank.”
Vicente Fox
President,
Mexico
'National
Sovereignty and Universal Challenges'
is a product of one of their conferences.
Here
is an excerpt from the Executive Summary
of the Brussels Conference in 2003 -
The question of
national sovereignty
sat at the heart of
most, if not all,
conversations at the
conference. Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group,
noted that the 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
system of
sovereignty had de
facto been eroded by
a host of factors,
from moral limits on
states’ limits of
action to the
increasing
significance of
actors at both
supranational and
sub-national level
and the increasing
interconnectedness
wrought by
globalisation.
Sovereignty
is now being
reasserted, he
continued – above
all by the United
States.
Yet today’s
world is one in
which borders have
become an
increasingly
abstract concept.
Neither
people, goods nor
capital are limited
by borders; problems
often affect many
states
simultaneously; and
many problems are
beyond the capacity
of single states to
solve.
Of particular
importance,
according to both
Evans and Georges
Berthoin, was the
need to
reconceptualise the
idea of “the
national
interest”.
As Evans
observed,
co-operation tends
to breed more
co-operation; this
principle of
reciprocity has been
a basic principle of
human relationships
throughout history,
but as yet has not
been applied very
successfully to
international
relations.
Donald
Devine of Bellevue
University countered
that the Westphalian
system had not been
particularly
successful in
attaining its stated
goal of peace and
stability.
With regard
to the present day,
he argued that
international
organisations are
simply unable to
govern other states:
treaty regimes do
not function well,
and powerful states
that do not wish to
join treaties cannot
be compelled to do
so.
Former
Canadian Foreign
Minister Lloyd
Axworthy argued that
security has now
transcended the
nation-state and
become an individual
concern: innocent
civilians can be
targeted precisely because
they are innocent.
As a result,
sovereignty could
now be
re-interpreted as
the ability of a
state to protect its
citizens; when a
state will not or
cannot do so, then
intervention (or
abrogation of
sovereignty) is
justified.
This is
particularly acute
in the case of
failed states, which
can all too easily
become breeding
grounds for
terrorism.
American
Conservative Union
Chairman David Keene
noted perceptively
that some
participants
appeared unsure
whether sovereignty
was ‘a good thing
‘or not.
In the
context of climate
change, for
instance, some
participants felt
that national
sovereignty was an
obstacle in the way
of collective
action; yet some of
the same
participants were
also implicitly
arguing in
favour of
sovereignty by
suggesting that Iraq
had been violated
through being
invaded by the US
without an
authorising Security
Council resolution.
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Gorby
Goes to School
Gorby's
Green Schools Initiative
Capitalism
Meets
Communism
and Cheers
-
"California
School
Districts,
Teachers
and
Environmentalists
Join
Global
Green to
Urge
Legislature
to Pass
and
Governor
to Sign
Green
Schools
Bill
(AB315)
Global
Green USA
today
released
its Green
Schools
Report
touting
the
multiple
financial,
health,
academic
and
environmental
benefits
of high
performance,
environmentally
sustainable
buildings
for
education
facilities.
It also
urged the
California
Legislature
to pass
and the
Governor
to sign
the Green
Schools
Bill
(AB315).
The bill
would
insure
that all
new school
buildings
are built
as
high-performance
schools
that
improve
test
scores,
lower
costs for
school
districts
and create
healthier
classrooms
for
teachers
and
students."
[
We can't
teach them
to read...
but what
the hell,
right?
We can put
them in
great
buildings. ]
The Earth Charter & Education
The Earth Charter is being
adopted and used by educators
around the world in a
diversity of educational
settings' schools,
institutions of higher
education, community and
professional development. High
school and university
educators are finding the
Earth Charter a useful
resource to incorporate into
courses dealing with themes
such as ethics, environment,
social justice, sustainable
development, globalisation,
and international relations.
Community workers are finding
that the Earth Charter can
serve important roles in
raising peoples awareness of
the global challenges we face,
and assisting them in
evaluating their own situation
and deciding on positive
courses of action. Primary
school teachers are finding
the Earth Charter an inspiring
vehicle for engaging young
learners to think positively
and creatively about their
futures.
Whole
Child
A spin-off off Gorby's
State of
the World Forum is the 'Whole Child'
initiative. If you are going to
'socialize' children, you have to start
young. That's the objective of
Whole Child.
Here
is a pilot
program in Florida
With
a flash
presentation and
everything
[Gee...
what did families
ever do before
central planners and
social
workers? ]
And
look - it's being implemented in New
Zealand too!
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