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Economics
Economics. BND: The Bank of North Dakota In searching for a banking system less prone to corruption and systemic failure, for both Foundation Canada and World Foundation, the best model to emerge so far is that related to the Bank … Continue reading
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United World: Foundation
Carl Joudrie 5 August 2005 Foundation In the Jan-Feb 2005 issue of United World, I noted the thought that Federalists ought to be “insisting on the abolition of sovereign rights” rather than attempt to reform the United Nations. As a … Continue reading
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Media Matters
Lenin: New and Neo, a Media Story. Lenin: “The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves”. When J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI, some 33% of the membership of the Communist Party of the United States … Continue reading
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Orwell Revisited
Re: Global Trilemma United World: 07 In response to an article published in the Sept-Oct. 2007 issue of United World. The Global Trilemma article stated that the barriers to achieving a sensible global management system “are not technical financial or … Continue reading
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Fascism in Canada
Fascism in Canada: 04 Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources, recently expressed some concern that we in Canada are moving toward a “third world democracy”, “where the people who are in control make sure they control it and don’t let … Continue reading
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Nitinol: November 2006
Nitinol: I favor the use of Nitinol as the substance to replace oil as a primary energy provider. It may be possible for this alloy to supply all of our planets energy needs, and be mass produced in sufficient quantities … Continue reading
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Revolutionary Changes
Revolutionary changes in the way we govern ourselves, nationally and internationally, are at least as warranted today as they were during Jefferson’s time, much more so in fact, but the injuries that might compel people to risk the uncertainties of … Continue reading
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Foundation: Regarding an UN Parliamentary Assembly, and a new way forward for Democratic World Federalism.
In the 20th anniversary issue of United World, I was pleased to see an editorial emphasis on securing “practical, workable, specific programs, not fairy tale castles in the sky platitudes”. “Too long have we wasted our time arguing over reforming … Continue reading
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A Time For Every Purpose
On December 19th, 2009, I saw a photograph in the Globe and Mail, of a crowd of people walking through the streets of Copenhagen with a large banner. That banner read System Change, not Climate Change. That was perhaps the … Continue reading
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World Federalism: A Minority Opinion
“Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they … Continue reading
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