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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Liechtenstein Resolution Provides a Mechanism to Hold the P-5 Accountable
World Federalist Movement · May 2022
Answering to the whole General Assembly for every veto would be a first check on the five permanent powers. A member using the veto should also give up the Council chair, which Russia kept while the Council discussed its own war in Ukraine.
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Globalism Without World Federalism Leads to Deadlier Wars
Young World Federalists · April 2022
Wanting to punish aggression in Ukraine pushes well-meaning people toward steps that risk nuclear war, because states live in anarchy. Federal subunits almost never fight each other, and a federal world with binding dispute settlement would remove that bind.
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Ukraine: the cradle of our nuclear concern
World Federalist Movement · April 2022
Chernobyl’s nuclear legacy resurfaces as Russia attacks Ukraine’s reactors. The UN’s coordinated response highlights global governance needs.
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White and Blue
Young World Federalists · March 2022
Russia’s white-blue-white anti-war flag echoes the UN’s colours and points to international law as the route to a free, peaceful country. Nationalism, not patriotism, lets powerful states ignore global law; world federalists want a democracy able to enforce it.
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Passive Resistance as a Means to Achieve a World Federation
Young World Federalists · March 2022
Gandhi advocates for nonviolent resistance as a path to world federation. He emphasizes the need to free colonized nations and establish a voluntary, inclusive global union.
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Are we seeing a shift in global geo-politics?
World Federalist Movement · March 2022
In Putin’s mind Russia is already at war with the West, and he wages it without the restraints of the Geneva Conventions, driven by a decline like Germany’s before 1914. Once he falls, patient trust building could still draw Russia into a peaceful Europe.
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The DAO and the Dao – Finding a Path to Govern the World
World Federalist Movement · March 2022
Decentralized autonomous organizations let members vote on a blockchain with no central authority. Federated worldwide and guided by the Dao’s sense of interconnection, they could let people vote on global issues and act locally, replacing the nation-state order.
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We are all citizens of Ukraine
World Federalist Movement · March 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the crime of aggression, banned by customary law even where the ICC cannot reach. The end will most likely come from inside Russia, and a Moscow without Putin could turn west as the old Warsaw Pact states did.
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The proposal – COPLA: Latin America and Caribbean Criminal Court against Transnational Organized Crime
World Federalist Movement · February 2022
COPLA proposes a regional court to combat transnational organized crime. The initiative seeks to address impunity and strengthen judicial cooperation across Latin America.
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Garry Davis: The Indomitable Satyagrahi
Young World Federalists · January 2022
Garry Davis waged a lifelong nonviolent campaign against the nation-state: he interrupted the UN General Assembly, registered hundreds of thousands of world citizens, issued his own passports and saw 34 prisons for travelling without recognised papers.
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Mondial Fall 2021: UNDRIP: Will it be beneficial to Indigenous Peoples in Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
Canada’s adoption of UNDRIP raises concerns about Indigenous rights and governance. The legislation’s implications for resource development and self-determination spark debate.
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Mondial Fall 2021: Obituary of Simon Rosenblum
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
Simon Rosenblum, longtime WFM-Canada board member, dies at 69. His work on nuclear disarmament and global governance shaped Canadian peace policy.
