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Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS February 8, 2024
The Roots of Israel's Purge and Purify Strategy Religion tied to state power can breed a murderous ideological impulse Lawrence Davidson Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange Exposed US crimes Assange's Very Life at Stake Mary Kostakidis The Unthinkable Looms:...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS January 24, 2024
Will the U.S. Again Look the Other Way When the World Court Rules? Stephen Zunes Cuba Proposes Non-Aligned Movement Support Urgent Dispatch of Protection Mission to the Gaza Strip Granma, Resumen English WE ARE ALL PALESTINIAN Mistahi new music video On Zionist...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS January 11, 2024
Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works John Pilger How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative Mnar Adley All CNN Gaza Coverage Seen by Bureau Monitored by IDF Before Publication Sharon Zhang Israel 'Owns' the US Congress & President, UN...
WORLD NEWS
Pope Puts Forth Ecological Sin
Pope Francis on Friday issued a warning against the rise of fascist forces worldwide that remind him of the Nazis of the 20th Century as he also railed against corporate crimes and announced consideration of adding “sins against ecology” to the church’s official teachings. During a speech at the Vatican before the 20th World Congress of the International Association of Penal Law, a network of justice system and . . .
Iran Nuclear Accord: The Third Act is Now Starting
The first act of the Iran Nuclear Accord took eight years. The backdrop kept changing from Geneva to Vienna but the actors were nearly all the same. Except for the representative of the European Union it was an all male, middle-age cast with little comic relief, at least on stage. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, to give the play its formal name was signed in 2015 with polite applause and some anticipation of what the next acts might hold…
UN 2020: Two Steps Forward…
Despite the polarization and stasis that characterizes so much of the present politics at the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres is betting that the 75th anniversary of the organization in 2020 will provide an opportunity for the international community to begin to address the “crisis in multilateralism,” and shape a more robust and effective organization…
Sex Trafficking: A Form of Modern-Day Slavery
All forms of modern-day slavery affect an estimated 40 million or more people worldwide – mostly women and young girls, ongoing in scores of countries, including America and other Western nations. Human trafficking and forced labor in the US exists mainly in the following forms: prostitution, pornography, and related sex services, domestic indentured servitude, agricultural slavery, industrial sweatshops…
The Anti-Mafia Seminar: A Success and a Starting Point
we had the participation of the President of the Republic, the President of the Supreme Court, the ministers of Justice and Human Rights, of Security and of Foreign affairs, the director of the Anticorruption Office and uncountable procurators, MPs, senators and Executive power officials. On the international side, the director and general prosecutor of the famous Direzione Nazionale Antimafia and four of its main prosecutors, one ICC judge (Aitala), four Italian senators and the former minister of Security of Brazil…
Art of the Deal Revisited While Waiting for the Next Summit
“Good to see you, my friend, hope you had a comfortable trip. Look, our meetings are getting to be a habit, but if we want to continue focusing attention on us, we have to come up with a few things people can easily understand. So we drop unrealistic things and focus on where we can really make a deal…
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Another Climate Woe
Gee, I thought the solutions for climate change may be about to happen! We are really becoming aware of the problem world-wide. The climate scientists and climate freaks are finally being heard and many politicians are ready to take action. It has only taken forty or fifty years of talk and pleading by experts . . .
The “Real”
Another beautiful poem by one of the Democratic World Federalists long-time members, Robert “Bob” Neumann. Man of few words, who learned to listen rather than talk. “The ‘Real'” is his critique of an ever-changing world while the human mind seems not to change too much with the times. We still get caught in the same arguments that we had in the past. When will we ever learn something new? Check it out!
The “Real”
Another beautiful poem by one of the Democratic World Federalists long-time members, Robert “Bob” Neumann. Man of few words, who learned to listen rather than talk. “The ‘Real'” is his critique of an ever-changing world while the human mind seems not to change too much with the times. We still get caught in the same arguments that we had in the past. When will we ever learn something new? Check it out!
A Future War Toy
A poem by Robert (Bob) Neumann, the secretary of the Democratic World Federalists organization. If you have been paying attention you will notice that we have been publishing his works. Why? Because we find it important to promote the ideas of world federalism beyond political, economic, and philosophical analysis. DWFED believes deeply in sharing our ideas in a number of ways…
“Oh Daniel, oh Daniel, it’s not alright,” the world is not “alright”
Every time I say goodbye to Daniel, our 2-year-old grandson, he says to me, “Alright now Grandpa. See you next time.” And, I return to my office and think, ‘Oh Daniel, oh Daniel, it’s not “alright” the world is not “alright” it is not well-arranged. For example, 122 nations want to eliminate all nuclear weapons, but the UN’s Permanent 5 – and its residue insist on keeping theirs…
Thou Shalt Not Kill
I argue another wrinkle to Glenn Martin’s Earth Constitution for a worldly government. How do you handle the half a dozen ALMOST war situations the world yearly faces? Violence and war are our ancient handmaidens. My enclosed poem “Thou Shalt Not Kill” outlines my idea…
Foreign Affairs
What is COVID-19 Trying to Teach Us?
Some people see the world as an infinite number of prize fights, each with one winner and one loser. For them life is an unending series of these zero-sum games. Unfortunately, one of these people is the President of the United States. One example of something that is not a zero-sum game is a global pandemic. Someone else’s sickness is for me not a gain but a threat . . .
We need a global health system to deal with pandemics
The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has brought into focus the need for a global health system. Infectious disease outbreaks are a global problem that nation states alone cannot tackle. To minimise the damage and effectively contain an outbreak a unified global response is needed. At present, the lack of effective coordination and oversight at a global level, means . . .
Honoring WWII Vets with WWIII on the Horizon
One would assume that in times of major upheavals all of us realize how fragile this beautiful planet Earth and its entire living species are. The number of the threats to our survival is constantly growing with the recent addition of COVID-19 to an already weighty list that included nuclear security, international terrorism, climate change, and even asteroid strike, to name just a few . . .
China Says that U.S. Military Created Coronavirus
A Chinese government spokesman said on Thursday that the US Army may have “brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” fueling a coronavirus conspiracy theory. Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called attention to a comment on Wednesday from Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acknowledging that some Americans who were said to have died from influenza may . . .
Honoring WWII Vets with WWIII on the Horizon
One would assume that in times of major upheavals all of us realize how fragile this beautiful planet Earth and its entire living species are. The number of the threats to our survival is constantly growing with the recent addition of COVID-19 to an already weighty list that included nuclear security, international terrorism, climate change, and even asteroid strike, to name just a few . . .
China Says that U.S. Military Created Coronavirus
A Chinese government spokesman said on Thursday that the US Army may have “brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” fueling a coronavirus conspiracy theory. Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called attention to a comment on Wednesday from Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acknowledging that some Americans who were said to have died from influenza may . . .
Exploding Nuclear Budget
This process will likely take most of the year, and in some years a stalemate has resulted in a “continuing resolution” to fund the government. Expeditiously passing a budget during an election year – particularly one in which the President has been impeached – may prove difficult. This also means that the budget request can be altered substantially by Congress before it goes to the President to sign it into law . . .
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Economics and Finance
A Progressive Foreign Policy: A Green New Deal Needs to Fight US Militarism
The war on terror unleashed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack has led to almost two decades of unchecked militarism. We are spending more money on our military than at any time in history. Endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and elsewhere are still raging, more wars are…
Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age
We are living in revolutionary times, with voters rejecting business as usual in favor of the wrecking ball. The surprise 2016 Brexit referendum, in which United Kingdom voters rejected European Union membership, was followed by the surprise election of Donald Trump, in which US voters rejected establishment politics. As the European Union threatens to break apart, Asia is…
Facebook’s Secret Censorship Manual Exposed as Platform Takes Down Video About Israel Terrorizing Palestinians
After the New York Times on Thursday published an exposé of Facebook’s global censorship rulebook, journalist Rania Khalek called out the social media giant for taking down a video in which she explains how, “on top of being occupied, colonized territory, Palestine is Israel’s personal laboratory for testing, refining, and showcasing methods and weapons of domination and control..”
Alexa, Send Nukes
There could be no more consequential decision than launching atomic weapons and possibly triggering a nuclear holocaust. President John F. Kennedy faced just such a moment during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and, after envisioning the catastrophic outcome of a US-Soviet nuclear exchange, he came to the conclusion that the atomic powers should impose tough barriers…
China: A New Philosophy of Economics
The west consistently seeks to undermine the interests of their partners, be it for trade or political agreements; be it partners from the west, their smaller and weaker brothers; or from the east; or from the south, there is always an element of exploitation, of “one-upmanship”, of outdoing a partner, of domination. Equality and fairness are unknown by the west…
‘Warp speed’ technology must be ‘force for good’ UN chief tells web leaders
He pointed out more than “90 per cent of the data that exists today in the world was created in the two last years,” noting that what while it used to cost $1 million to store a megabyte of data, the current price tag is less than two cents.
Technologies like blockchain – digital records linked together using encryption – or gene testing are now common technologies, he continued. “Artificial intelligence is everywhere, helping to buy and sell shares, helping police surveillance and even helping people to choose their soul mates,” he said. He asserted that technology is yielding enormous benefits…
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Regions
What is COVID-19 Trying to Teach Us?
Some people see the world as an infinite number of prize fights, each with one winner and one loser. For them life is an unending series of these zero-sum games. Unfortunately, one of these people is the President of the United States. One example of something that is not a zero-sum game is a global pandemic. Someone else’s sickness is for me not a gain but a threat . . .
Exploding Nuclear Budget
This process will likely take most of the year, and in some years a stalemate has resulted in a “continuing resolution” to fund the government. Expeditiously passing a budget during an election year – particularly one in which the President has been impeached – may prove difficult. This also means that the budget request can be altered substantially by Congress before it goes to the President to sign it into law . . .
Ukraine, Russia, and the USA
As a result of the collapse of the USSR in 1991, 15 independent states were formed. Having freed itself from communism, with powerful industrial and agricultural sectors of the economy, a favorable climate and fertile land, Ukraine could become one of the most prosperous European countries. However, this did not happen, and the state slipped into an economic crisis and for six years now . . .
Six Years after the Maidan – Reply to Steven Pifer JRL 2020
A World Federalist's PerspectiveEtienne BowieThe mainstream and politicos would have you believe that progressives and those on the left of the political spectrum don't want security nor a military defense force. This of course is incorrect, the reality is that we...
Trump Budget Gives Top Priority to New Generation of Nuclear Weapons
A World Federalist's PerspectiveEtienne BowieAs world federalists, we must ask ourselves should the world be left to the control of the Chinese or, I would say the United States but the reality is that the neoliberal economic philosophy has led the western world to be...
Dangerous Charges in Brazil Threaten Journalists
Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes for his role in bringing to light cellphone messages that have embarrassed prosecutors and tarnished the image of an anti-corruption task force. In a criminal complaint made public on Tuesday, prosecutors in the capital, Brasília, accused Mr. Greenwald of being part of a “criminal organization” that hacked into . . .
“Bloody Nose” Operation
America’s hegemonic military agenda in the Middle East has reached a dangerous threshold. The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by the President of the United States on January 3, 2020, is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran. President Donald Trump accused Soleimani of “plotting imminent and sinister attacks”: “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war…. we caught him in the act and terminated him” . . .
Uganda Announces ‘Kill the Gays’ Law
Uganda has announced plans to impose the death penalty on homosexuals. The bill, colloquially known as “Kill the Gays” in Uganda, was nullified five years ago on a technicality, but the government said on Thursday it plans to resurrect it within weeks. The government said the legislation would curb a rise in “unnatural sex” in the East African nation . . .
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Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS December 28, 2023
UN Summit of the Future UNFOLD ZERO The Massive Unforgivable Criminality of the U.S. Government Eric Zuesse Blood Money: The Top Ten Politicians Taking The Most Israel Lobby Cash Alan MacLeod The American Dictatorship Eric Zuesse How Israel Buys Support From...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS December 14, 2023
Does the Bible Tell Netanyahu to "Utterly Destroy" All Gazans? NYT Amplifies Outrage Over Imaginary Calls for Genocide Ari Paul Will "Christian" Zionism suffer a loss of following after genocide news spreads around the world? Don Hank UN Honor, US Shame in Gaza...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS September 14, 2023
UN’s failure opens door to dynamic alternatives Grassroots effort to create a world parliament and abolish war Ukraine neutrality a key to a peace deal Avoiding Nuclear War Edward Lozansky NATO Chief Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because of NATO Expansion Caitlin...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS August 31, 2023
Notes from Caitlin: What Americans Don't Want to Hear Caitlin Johnstone Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards Caitlin Johnstone BRICS calls for global economic decision making in the interest of the majority...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS August 16, 2023
US Empire's Warmongering Gets Sneakier Caitlin Johnstone Clearing the Fog of 'Unprovoked' War Edward Lozansky Your Comment Has Been Approved Roger Kotila America's top 5 weapons contractors made $196B in 2022 Connor Echols You Ignore...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS August 3, 2023
What's So Important About The San Francisco Promise? Roger Kotila & Suchismita Pattanaik Enact World Democracy, Starting Now Byron Belitsos World Democracy Day, World Voting Districts Earth Constitution Institute War made invisible How to...
Activism
A Progressive Reform Agenda for the United Nations
Core the idea and development of the United Nations is the belief of “progressive” change. While not presently advocating any specific measures, the UN2020 Initiative has identified some core principles and approaches for renewing the UN system . . .
Climate Change Multiplies the Threats of Infectious Diseases
As the novel coronavirus continues to rage like a wildfire across the planet, its devastating toll has left many asking whether climate change — another multifaceted phenomenon with global reach — has played a part in spreading, even triggering, the pandemic . . .
Tackling COVID-19: A Problem So Big, You Can See It From Space
Originating in China in late 2019 and spreading rapidly around the globe, COVID-19 has infected almost 400,000 people around the world and taken the lives of approximately 17,000. Its consequences are starting to be felt on all continents. In addition to lives lost and affected the . . .
Women In Global Governance: Never Ending Fight For Equality?
Despite the numerous accomplishments of women in the global arena there still exists a void in global governance; this demands to be filled by greater ‘gender analysis’ and ‘gender mainstreaming’. Are these calls justified or are they merely the pursuits of particular interests? . . .
Exploding Nuclear Budget
This process will likely take most of the year, and in some years a stalemate has resulted in a “continuing resolution” to fund the government. Expeditiously passing a budget during an election year – particularly one in which the President has been impeached – may prove difficult. This also means that the budget request can be altered substantially by Congress before it goes to the President to sign it into law . . .
American Admiral forgets about Nuclear War
In late February, Adm. Charles Richard, head of US Strategic Command, told a House committee that the innovations going into a new nuclear warhead are what make him “proud to be an American.” He was referring to the W93, a new nuclear warhead that will be used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and that the Trump administration wants $53 million to start work on this year . . .
P-5 Willing to Call Emergency Meeting over Arms Control
U.S. President Donald Trump is willing to hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, China, Britain and France – the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – to discuss arms control, a senior administration official said on Friday. Trump wants to use the meeting to try to make progress on a three-way arms control deal with Russia and China, the official said. The timing for a summit was unclear . . .
Global Governance in Forestry: A Cross-National Analysis
On the one hand, researchers argue that global governance in forestry is fragmented and ineffective. On the other hand, some argue that global forestry governance is key to reducing forest loss related to climate change issues. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression for a sample of 155 nations, this research tests the association between one type of global governance, the number of ratifications of environmental treaties that include obligations to reduce forest loss for each nation, and forest loss from 2001 to 2014. As a whole, it appears that despite a lack of unification of multilateral environmental treaties that address forest loss and the absence of a global forestry convention, multilateral forestry treaties are effective at reducing forest loss. While there are several important programs and initiatives from global forestry governance treaties impact forest loss, the effect is relatively small compared to other factors.
Trump’s Dictator Buddies Across the World Are Not Friends of Women
In the gallery of authoritarian governments undercutting the rights of women and threatening democracy around the world, five nations stand out for a special reason. Donald Trump has made the leaders of Brazil, Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia and Turkey his friends and accomplices. In all of these countries, according to mounting evidence in numerous studies, women’s reproductive rights . . .
News Analysis
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS January 11, 2024
Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works John Pilger How Corporate Media Whitewash Israeli Crimes: A Personal Narrative Mnar Adley All CNN Gaza Coverage Seen by Bureau Monitored by IDF Before Publication Sharon Zhang Israel 'Owns' the US Congress & President, UN...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS December 28, 2023
UN Summit of the Future UNFOLD ZERO The Massive Unforgivable Criminality of the U.S. Government Eric Zuesse Blood Money: The Top Ten Politicians Taking The Most Israel Lobby Cash Alan MacLeod The American Dictatorship Eric Zuesse How Israel Buys Support From...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS December 14, 2023
Does the Bible Tell Netanyahu to "Utterly Destroy" All Gazans? NYT Amplifies Outrage Over Imaginary Calls for Genocide Ari Paul Will "Christian" Zionism suffer a loss of following after genocide news spreads around the world? Don Hank UN Honor, US Shame in Gaza...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS November 30, 2023
Nader Tells It Like It Is for Gaza: Israel & U.S. Gone Rogue? Israel’s Genocidal Antisemitism Against the Arab Civilians of Gaza Ralph Nader UNGA Leader Asks for Advice -- We Have It INTERVIEW: UN General Assembly resolutions represent 'the conscience of...
ARTICLES FOR THIS ISSUE: DWF NEWS NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Gaza Children Buried Alive, Buried Alive, Buried Alive Roger Kotila, PhD Let Them Eat Cement Chris Hedges Israel's Culture of Deceit Chris Hedges The Ten Dumbest Things We’re Being Asked To Believe About Israel’s War On Gaza Caitlin Johnstone Craig Mokhiber on UN's...
Articles for This Issue: DWF NEWS October 26, 2023
Israel's Gaza Massacre: Are We Witnessing the Demonic? Roger Kotila, PhD TRANSCEND Media Service In Hours of Israel/Gaza Crisis Coverage, a Word You'll Seldom Hear: 'Ceasefire' Julie Hollar Zionist Think Tank's Blueprint for Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Kit...
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World Federalism
Stimson Center recommends a United Nations Parliamentary Network
The Stimson Center in Washington D.C. recommends that the United Nations should establish a parliamentary network as an advisory body to the UN General Assembly in order to address its “democracy and legitimacy deficits”. In a policy brief on the UN’s 75 anniversary that is . . .
COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital
COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the second severe acute respiratory syndrome virus since 2002, is now officially a pandemic. As of late March, whole cities are sheltered in place and, one by one, hospitals are lighting up in medical gridlock brought about by surges in . . .
We’re Not Going Back to Normal
To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our health, educate our kids, take care of family members. We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet . . .
A Progressive Reform Agenda for the United Nations
Core the idea and development of the United Nations is the belief of “progressive” change. While not presently advocating any specific measures, the UN2020 Initiative has identified some core principles and approaches for renewing the UN system . . .
The New World Disorder
Many will find in this pandemic an opportunity to close themselves off to the international community. India must defy such impulses. If anything, Indian leadership in these times — and a new resolve for global governance — may be just the vaccine that the international community needs to navigate a new decade . . .
World federalism, global democracy and coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis shows the consequences of the enormous contradiction under which seven billion human beings live now: a world globalized by technology and economy but politically divided into almost 200 nation-states all taking separate and uncoordinated measures. Does anyone still believe this can work? . . .
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