All Mondial articles
Every article from the Citizens for Global Solutions and World Federalist Movement – Canada journal, alongside selected writing from allied organisations, searchable and cross-referenced by topic, issue and source.
Articles
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A possible referendum to end the Ukraine crisis?
World Federalist Movement · February 2023
Let the people decide: after a ceasefire, voters in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson could choose Russia or Ukraine under UN peacekeepers, ending the killing while honouring the democracy the West says it defends.
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A Speech at the 75th Anniversary of the Montreux Declaration
World Federalist Movement · February 2023
In 1947 European and world federalists chose separate paths. Facing climate breakdown as well as the nuclear danger, they should now join forces in a “Union of Federalists” pressing every government for a Global Green Deal.
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Global Challenges Require Global Solutions: How We Can Prevent A Complete Climate Catastrophe
Citizens for Global Solutions · February 2023
The article examines the failure of international climate treaties. It highlights the need for global cooperation to prevent climate catastrophe.
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From National Secrecy To World Security: Friendship Sets Us Free
Citizens for Global Solutions · February 2023
National governments hide information and spy on rivals at great cost, breeding mistrust and fear while a billion people are starving. A democratic world federation with shared citizenship would let humanity pool information and resources, replacing secrecy with the cooperation of friends.
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The Spring of Civilization?
World Federalist Movement · January 2023
Nation-states have been breaking apart for decades, as a 1973 case for world federal government predicted, and climate change and nationalism now threaten civilization itself. The open question is whether the world federalist message prevails before catastrophe, or only after more world wars.
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War and Peace: whose freedom?
World Federalist Movement · January 2023
Wars now target civilians as much as soldiers, so peace needs a fuller definition. Measured by Roosevelt’s four freedoms, it is a state in which people can enjoy their rights, above all freedom from aggression by another state.
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What steps for a shared policy between the European Union and the African Union?
World Federalist Movement · January 2023
Africa cannot unify while wars keep many African states from ratifying union treaties. The EU should stop acting only in emergencies and build a shared project with the African Union, starting with carbon pricing and renewable energy.
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Nations Of The World Unite!
Citizens for Global Solutions · January 2023
Isolationism does nothing to stop wars elsewhere, and pacifism has too few adherents to prevent them. What curbs violence within nations, laws and courts that bind everyone, could curb it between them: a UN without the veto, with taxing power and an elected world parliament.
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Martin Sherwin’s “Gambling With Armageddon”
Citizens for Global Solutions · January 2023
Martin Sherwin’s ‘Gambling With Armageddon’ examines how nuclear weapons drive nations toward destruction. The Cuban missile crisis highlights the peril of nuclear brinkmanship in Cold War geopolitics.
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The Ukraine War And International Law
Citizens for Global Solutions · January 2023
Russia broke the UN Charter, the Budapest Memorandum and its treaty with Ukraine, and the General Assembly and International Court condemned it, yet Russia ignored them. International law has clear rules but no enforcement, so only a stronger UN and court system can make it bite.
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Reforming International Economic Institutions, For a More Prosperous, Just And Sustainable World Economic Order
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2022
Peter Venton argues that the IMF, World Bank and WTO must add climate stability and lower inequality to their goals, end $6 trillion a year in fossil fuel subsidies, close tax havens and answer to a UN Parliamentary Assembly.
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Anxiety Looms As Global Economy Enters Shutdown
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2022
Global economic growth faces a dark shadow as pandemic, war, and supply chain disruptions converge. The IMF warns of a looming recession as uncertainty grips key sectors.
