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Democratic World Federalists, a 501 (c) (3) public benefit organization, advocates for world peace with justice through democratically enacted, enforceable world law. It represents a movement with a long and rich history.
Midway through the last century, following two world wars and the first use of nuclear weapons, citizens from around the world decided that it was time to put an end to militarized international conflict. They envisioned and worked toward the goal of building a federally structured democratic global government in which the people could exercise their political right to self-government at all levels at which their interests are at stake.
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September 6, 2008
Power to the Peaceful
San Francisco, CA
www.powertothepeaceful.org/
Annual Conference of NGOs at the UN
Workshop: Strengthening & Democratizing the United Nations to Ensure that All People's Basic Human Rights are Met
Paris, France
www.un.org/dpi/ngosection
September 21, 2008
Run for Peace
Berkeley, CA
www.run4peace.org
November 6-8
World Federalist Movement Council Meeting
Hague, Netherlands
www.wfm.org
December 12-15
9th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World Global Symposium: 'Awakening Planetary Consciousness'
Lucknow, India
www.wmgd.net/symposium
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In today’s globalized world, it is increasingly evident that the current international system of treaties, alliances, and loose confederations simply are ineffective and unable to provide a positive future for the well-being of humanity. It is the purpose of our organization to foster activity and scholarship toward the creation of a global government that does.
| The Resurgent Idea of World Government |
Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 22.2 (Summer 2008)
Campbell Craig
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The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Universities in North America and Europe now routinely advertise for positions in "global governance," a term that few would have heard of a decade ago. Chapters on cosmopolitanism and governance appear in many current international relations (IR) textbooks. Leading scholars are wrestling with the topic, including Alexander Wendt, perhaps now America's most influential IR theorist, who has recently suggested that a world government is simply "inevitable."1 While some scholars envision a more formal world state, and others argue for a much looser system of "global governance," it is probably safe to say that the growing number of works on this topic can be grouped together into the broader category of "world government"—a school of thought that supports the creation of international authority (or authorities) that can tackle the global problems that nation-states currently cannot.
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