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The Snowball: Why World Federalism Matters to Me

Young World Federalists · November 2026

A schoolyard humiliation becomes a lesson in how great powers treat the people beneath them. The answer, this essay argues, is a democratic world federation in which the many can finally answer back.

Climate breakdown, pandemics, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence cross every border, yet the world has no democratic way to decide what to do about them. Mondial explores the ideas that could change that: new designs for global governance, and federalism at every level, from the city to the United Nations.

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Where Does Zimbabwe Stand on Global Governance?

Young World Federalists · October 2026

Zimbabwe emits almost none of the world’s carbon yet carries some of its heaviest climate costs. A young federalist checks the public record on where the government stands on three reforms the movement campaigns for, from a crimes against humanity treaty to UN Charter review.

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Climate breakdown, pandemics, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence cross every border, yet the world has no democratic way to decide what to do about them. Mondial explores the ideas that could change that: new designs for global governance, and federalism at every level, from the city to the United Nations.

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The world needs a democratic federation whose laws bind nations.

An argument from Mondial

We started 2024 with $60m and now anticipate running out of all cash by August 2024.

Solving the UN’s Liquidity Crisis: Radical Thinking

Peace & Justice

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Courts, not war or nuclear threat, should settle disputes between nations.

I Dissent

June 2026

Every nuclear arsenal rests on a lie, and a world that spends more on weapons than on development has chosen war and poverty over peace.

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Vol. 9, Issue 1 · June 2026

The print journal, published twice a year since 2017 by Citizens for Global Solutions and World Federalist Movement –⁠ Canada.

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