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The Birth of Citizens for Global Solutions: Recalling Our Beginnings on the Occasion of Our 75th Anniversary
June 2022
The birth of the United World Federalists in 1947 marked a pivotal moment in global peace efforts. The organization, now Citizens for Global Solutions, has since worked on major campaigns, including the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
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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.
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Mondial Fall 2021: Obituary of Ian Waddell
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
A lawyer, filmmaker and veteran MP who helped draft Section 35 of the 1982 Constitution has died in Vancouver. A backer of a UN Parliamentary Assembly, he was proud of Canadian world federalists’ part in creating the International Criminal Court.
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Mondial Fall 2021: Obituary of Duncan Graham
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
A world federalist for over sixty years has died at 92. He helped found the Toronto branch, revived Vancouver’s in the 1990s, and wanted his legacy to be a common humanity that finally unites.
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Reflections on Ventotene 2021
Young World Federalists · September 2021
Young European federalists still lack a vision for the world of their own, and some carry national pride into talk of an EU army. Every federalist should see themselves as a world citizen first, and young world federalists need an annual seminar of their own, at Montreux.
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Peace Walk & Conference Londonderry, Northern Ireland
World Federalist Movement · September 2021
Bloody Sunday is still a living wound in Derry, yet the Good Friday Agreement, South Africa’s truth commission and victims who forgave their attackers show that hatred can end. Peace needs reconciliation, which begins by seeing a conflict from the other side.
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The Commonwealth as a “Workable World” Model
World Federalist Movement · September 2021
A shared charter of democracy, human rights and the rule of law binds 2.4 billion Commonwealth citizens, and regional blocs from Europe to Africa show how cooperation keeps peace. Judged by one scholar’s ten tests, the Commonwealth passes most and fails a few.
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WFM-IGP Congress charts a new direction
September 2021
A new strategic plan to secure long-term sustainability won approval at the first online congress, while the election of a new Executive Committee waits for a resumed session on October 30 and 31.
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An Interview with Jordan Bankhead
September 2021
Jordan Bankhead uses his novel Chaos Magic to promote world federalism, arguing that global crises are necessary for international cooperation. He suggests that achieving global political unity requires a cataclysm, as great powers are unlikely to voluntarily give up their power.
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Religion and Democratic World Federation
September 2021
This article examines how various religious groups and leaders advocate for a democratic world federation to solve global crises like genocide and climate change. These groups propose a world constitution and global laws to replace the current system of warfare and unenforceable treaties.
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The Glasgow Climate Conference: What lessons will we learn?
September 2021
Paris Agreement pledges would trim emissions yet still allow about 2.7°C of warming, because each country writes its own promise and none is bound to keep it. Glasgow will test whether a treaty built on pledges can be enough.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Introducing Sandra Coyle, WFM – IGP’s new Executive Director
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Nairobi-based communications specialist Sandra Coyle explains why the 2020 pandemic sold her on global solutions, and how she would recruit young people to the federalist idea.
