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Young World Federalists
Founded in 2019, Young World Federalists is a global movement that builds support for world federalism. It educates the public, works with like-minded organisations and mobilises activists and volunteers toward a democratic world federation.
Adapted from ywf.world.
Articles
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October 2026
Breaking the Cycle: The Pentalogue and the Permanent Minority Problem
Global democracy breaks down when the same minority always loses. A proposal for layered government, from country to globe, with a two-thirds dissent rule meant to keep every region inside the system.
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August 2026
Building Resilient Communities in Manicaland: From Local Action to Global Accountability
In Zimbabwe’s Manicaland, villagers are reviving drought-tolerant crops and planting trees, but adaptation cannot stop storms made stronger by emissions from far away. A world parliament and a climate court that bind the biggest emitters would put accountability where the harm begins.
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July 2026
Imagine Latin America Through a Federal Lens: Trapped in Underdevelopment by the Isolation of Our Borders
Latin America feeds, powers and supplies much of the world yet acts as a scatter of separate states, accepting rules others write. A federal union, with a regional criminal court, joint action on organised crime and shared markets and corridors, would turn that wealth into bargaining power.
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July 2026
From South Kivu to the World: Bukavu Youth Take Up the Question of Global Authority
Youth in Bukavu confront local governance failures. They link grassroots action to global authority demands.
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June 2026
Bukavu, Eastern DRC, and the Question of Global Authority
Young World Federalists in Bukavu argue that cross-border armed groups and illegal mining need a fair, independent world body with real enforcement powers, applying the same rules to strong and weak states.
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March 2026
Our Global Identity Crisis
Rivalries over sport, party and nationality feed a deep human need to belong, and the powerful exploit it to divide people. Labels acquired largely by luck, such as nationality, ethnicity or religion, breed racism and war.
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March 2026
‘Occupy Earth’ Launch Amid Global Turmoil
Autocracy, war, climate breakdown and unchecked AI are symptoms of nation-states clinging to absolute sovereignty, and electoral democracy cannot fix them. A nonviolent mass movement can press leaders to cede limited sovereignty to a world federation.
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February 2026
From Kaduna to the UN: Youth Build a Global Movement From the Ground Up
A one-day dialogue in Nigeria produced a declaration urging UN member states to invoke Article 109, convene a Charter review conference and create a UN Parliamentary Assembly. A similar youth effort in eastern Congo tied education to peacebuilding.
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February 2026
Billions Must Love: A Pathway to World Federalism
Before a federated world can come, citizens need political education, citizens’ assemblies and proportional voting at home. Subsidiarity would then limit a world government to climate, nuclear disarmament, pandemics and human rights, under a UN reformed for fair representation.
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January 2026
From Panzi to Lilongwe: The roots of a democratic world order
Young World Federalists highlight grassroots climate action in the DRC. Local tree planting initiatives embody global stewardship and democratic governance.
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December 2025
YWF speaks at the 2025 JEF Congress in Strasbourg
Quoting Hans Kelsen on the veto as the mark of an autocratic regime, Luca Alfieri tells young federalists the Security Council problem reaches beyond Europe, and announces free translations of Spinelli’s two 1944 essays.
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November 2025
SDG4IMPACT: Youth Led SDG Training and Diplomacy for Mukuru Slums
Training young people in the Sustainable Development Goals before sending them to advocate in a Nairobi slum grew from 26 participants to over 150 graduates. Localising global goals builds a global citizen mindset and opens minds to federalist alternatives.
