MARCH 2004 NEWSLETTER
WORLD BEYOND BORDERS
NEWSLETTER
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Volume 2, Issue 3
March 1, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Quote of the Month
2. What's New at World Beyond Borders
3. Why a Global Government is Needed to Stop Global Warming
4. What You Can Do
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1. QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"[T]here is a deeper truth expressed in the unity of the United States. [I]mplicate
in the union of our country is the union of all people. [A]ll people are essentially
one. [T]he world is interconnected not only on the material level of economics,
trade, communication, and transportation, but innerconnected through human consciousness,
through the human heart, through the heart of the world, through the simply
expressed impulse and yearning to be and to breathe free." --Dennis Kucinich,
US congressman and presidential nomination candidate, "A Prayer for America"
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2. WHAT'S NEW AT WORLD BEYOND BORDERS
World Beyond Borders has improved its "Projects, Past and Present" section.
This feature allows people to describe global government- and cosmopolitanism-related
events and projects and share information about it with others. This feature
is located in our Interactive Activities and Communication page -- click on
the "Projects, Past and Present" link. You can also go directly to www.worldbeyondborders.org/projects.htm.
We've also made it easier for people to spread WBB articles around to their
friends and family. With our "Tell a Friend" buttons, you just click, add up
to ten email addresses and then send our articles to whomever you wish.
This month we also have some reprints. They are listed below by section:
Why Global Government?
*"Coming Out as a Moral Cosmopolitan" by Jason Hill. The author argues for a
radical redefinition of the self. Your essence is not determined by such things
as race or nationality. www.worldbeyondborders.org/moralcosmopolitan.htm
*"The Promise of World Peace" by the Baha'i Universal House of Justice eloquently
lays out the reasons for global government and the necessity of a conception
of human unity. Although this document comes from a religious body, it is worthwhile
reading for everyone, including the secular. www.worldbeyondborders.org/bahaiworldpeace.htm
What Might It Look Like?
*"Space, World Government, and 'The End of History'" by Ian Crawford. Could
a peaceful united world avoid stagnation? The author, an astronomer, thinks
space exploration provides a way out and makes the case that space exploration
on a large scale could only be carried out by a global government. www.worldbeyondborders.org/iancrawford.htm
Please send article ideas or submissions to Jane Shevtsov,
jane@worldbeyondborders.org.
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3. WHY A GLOBAL GOVERNMENT IS NEEDED TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING
by Eli Williamson-Jones
News has recently surfaced of a Pentagon report concerning the great danger
global warming confronts us with. The report's authors, Doug Randall and Peter
Schwartz, were hired last October by Andrew Marshall, a high-ranking Pentagon
advisor who paid $100,000.00 for their services. The report warns that world-wide
anarchy could result from a shifting climate change brought on by neglecting
to curb the use of fossil fuels.
Other details in the report predict wars over water use, fortification of North
America and Europe to stem the tide of refugees, massive flooding, crop failure
and the increased likelihood of nuclear war. Randall and Schwartz argued that
the catastrophe of global warming could come much sooner than most scientists
predict. The disastrous effects it would bring are the reason the authors recommend
the White House make this problem the top U.S. national security concern, even
ahead of the war on terror.
There is much anger towards the Bush administration concerning this report and
many have accused the president of covering it up for as long he could. Even
the U.S. Defense Department downplayed the report, calling it too speculative
to bring to the attention of Donald Rumsfeld. Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace was
infuriated by news of the cover-up. "You've got a president who says global
warming is a hoax, and across the Potomac river you've got a Pentagon preparing
for climate wars."
Scientists have been warning humanity about our oil addiction for quite some
time now. It is time that the people vote into office a leadership that takes
these warnings very seriously. Even more importantly, it is essential that we
move in the direction of global government fast enough to deal with the protection
and health of the global commons that all the nations depend on for their well-being.
The United States can be irresponsible today and ignore the Kyoto protocol because
there is no higher governance to answer to. It would be absurd to think what
would happen if Mississippi decided to revoke the fifteenth amendment and refuse
African Americans the right to vote. It's just as absurd then that the United
States or another powerful nation can ignore the international community and
invade any nation they please. International law must make nations answer to
a higher authority and this is only possible through a global government.
For more information:
*Guardian Unlimited: Carbon dioxide emissions,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalwarming/graphic/0,7367,397009,00.html
*Guardian Unlimited: Pentagon Report,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1153530,00.html
*Pentagon Report: Arianna Huffington
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-13.htm
*Terra Daily: Pentagon Report
http://www.terradaily.com/2004/040224205552.9h8gyjrq.html
*Yahoo News: Pentagon Report
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040226/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/climate_change_wars_1
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4. WHAT YOU CAN DO
*Pick an article, any article, and use our "Tell a Friend" button to send it
to friends who would be interested.
*Go to www.worldbeyondborders.org/projects.htm and
tell us what you've been doing to promote world citizenship, human unity and
global government.
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jane@worldbeyondborders.org.
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