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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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September 2025
Crossroads: A Turkish Case for a United Earth
A world federation with real authority would make human rights enforceable, share the burden of refugees and steady the economy, none of which a UN without power to act can do. Far from erasing cultures, federalism would give them a secure place.
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August 2025
Bridging Global Health Diplomacy and World Federalism
The crises of our time have made one truth unavoidable: health security is global security.
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May 2025
Walking for Nature: Young Hikers Take Action for a Healthier Planet
Young hikers in Wakefield, England, walk for nature and global solidarity. Their 72-mile journey raises funds for mental health and environmental causes.
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April 2025
World Divided, Regions United?
Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policies have strained global alliances. Regional cooperation has surged as nations seek stability amid U.S. unpredictability.
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January 2025
Humanity First: A Vision for Global Unity, Peace, and Progress
War spending should be redirected to human needs, the UN federalized with fair representation, and privacy, the internet and the climate protected by stronger rules. Ranking humanity above nation and profit is presented as attainable, not utopian.
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August 2024
A Visit to Gurdwara Sahib Kajang
One World Project, a small YWF-funded tour of Malaysia’s places of worship, treats direct meetings between faith communities as a way to counter growing discrimination, beginning with the Sikh community in Selangor.
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May 2024
YWF at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi
Civil society delegates in Nairobi in May favoured gradual UN reform: a stronger ICJ and Security Council, an emergency platform, a climate emergency declaration and an envoy for future generations. Delegates also backed a UN Parliamentary Assembly through grassroots advocacy.
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May 2024
Netflix doc ignores Einstein’s politics
Albert Einstein advocated world federalism as a necessity for global peace. He argued that unified governance is essential to address shared challenges like nuclear threats and climate change.
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November 2023
YWF President speaks at JEF European Congress in Madrid
Eston McKeague tells young European federalists that regional unions can ease the nation-state system’s flaws rather than copy them, and that YWF stays neutral on how a world federation should be reached.
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October 2023
YWF Malaysia – On the Israel/Palestine War
Collective punishment of Palestinian civilians is legally and morally wrong, and a conflict running since the 1917 Balfour Declaration will not yield to power politics. Young World Federalists in Malaysia call for peace and a world government built on justice and democracy.
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August 2023
World federalism for Belarus
Isolation, nationalism and political imprisonment are growing in Belarus, and its government cannot find a way out. A democratic world federation would bring freedom of movement, global citizenship education, peace at the borders and enforceable human rights.
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July 2023
Dread nought but the Dreadnought
The article examines the Anglo-German naval arms race and its role in shaping pre-World War I tensions. It highlights the cyclical nature of power struggles and their historical implications for global governance.
