Democracy beyond the nation state?

Thank you for coming!!!

2010-02-24T00:55:00.005+01:00

Thank you all who made it to the demonstration. It was great to have people there from Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain and the USA.

A very short video:

And a first picture:

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Text about the event in the european parliament available at:

http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/482.php

See you all today...

2010-02-23T03:30:00.003+01:00

We will meet at 15h at the Rue de la loi 175 (Brussels) close to Schuman Station.

Größere Kartenansicht

We are all looking forward to be seeing you!!!!

For more details please contact us and read earlier blog-posts.

Gordon Brown on global citizenship

2010-02-23T03:03:00.004+01:00

If you watch this video...

...you may think: it is wonderful how much Gordon Brown is in favour of world citizenship.

The problem is:

Until now he was not able to make it happen and he did not really fight for it in public.

When beeing asked wether he would rescue a family of non-british humans or a single british citizen,

he makes it clear that his job is to not see human beeings as equal, but to make policies in the

interest of the british citizens, which elected him.

What would have been the next question if he had said "I would save the family"?

The question would have probably been:

"So why don´t you save the tens of thousands people dying every day from hunger?

Why don´t you change european border policy, which killed more then 35.000 people in the last year?

The responsibility is not just his, it is ours. We murder.

Politicians do what the people who vote for them will make them vote again.

As long as politicians decide upon the faith of people who cannot elect or deselect

them, they are not accountable.

We have to build a strong social movement for democracy beyond the borders

of nation states to make the world a better place.

As long as we don´t strive for this we all deserve to be put in prison:

convicted for murder.

Preventing climate change with global democracy

2010-02-21T11:49:00.005+01:00

Scientists argue that it is cheaper to act now than in the future, they also predict that the climate change will lead to terrible social problems:
huge numbers of climate refugees, people dying because of hunger and natural disasters, etc.

So why does humankind not act?

It is because we elect politicians on the national level and they act in the will of the nation state and not of the world. The problem is that acting in the interest of the nation is not necessarily the best for the nation. Sounds strange?

Academics call this game theory. This theory explains that sometimes when decisions are taken and there is an uncertainty how everybody else is deciding that then everybody goes for an egoistic approach and not for a collaborative approach (which would be best for all).

Because there are a lot of uncertainties and other interests involved, politicians fail again and again to deliver a proper solution for climate change.

If there were politicians or even us citizens taking decisions directly on the global level then we would see an agreement pretty quickly.

This is just a very short call for global democracy, if you want to know more about the relationship of climate change and the lack of democracy at the global level you might want to take a look at the following links:

Academic conference in Australia: DEMOCRATIZING CLIMATE GOVERNANCE
http://www.acuns.org/calendar/democratizingclimategovernance

Bolivia hosts climate summit in April 2010 (proposing a global referendum):
http://news.brunei.fm/2010/02/10/bolivia-to-host-climate-change-summit-in-april/

Evo Morales proposes global referendum on climate change: http://www.radioguantanamo.cu/englishwebsite/noticias/Articulos/the%20world/evo_morales_proposes_global_referendum0103234.html

Global democracy and worldwide referendum subject of event in Brussels 23.02.2010:
http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/480.php

After Copenhagen: Delegation leaders of European and Pan-African Parliament call for renovation of decision-making process:
http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/462.php

Take a look at the action Egality did in copenhagen:

Just a few days to go and we are getting ready...

2010-02-20T18:08:00.001+01:00

The demonstration 23rd Feb 2010 in Brussels

2010-02-08T12:42:00.003+01:00

We are organizing a vigil for democracy at the global level.

23rd feb 2010 // 15:00-17:00

Rue de la loi 175, Brussels, Belgium

We will tell the politicians that real democracy knows no borders and that they need to act to make the world a better place.

Equal power to each citizen of this planet!

Please help us make this big:

bring as many friends as possible, make big banners and inform journalists!

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After the demonstration at 18:00 there will then be a screening of the movie http://WorldVoteNow.com inside the parliament.

hosted by:

Graham Watson MEP

the Club of Rome EU Chapter

the http://UNPAcampaign.org

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THE FILM

After 8 years of intensive research and physical field-tests in 26 countries, in every region of the planet, Writer-Producer-Director Joel Marsden and an international team of democracy activists have successfully completed the first hands-on study to see if a true Global Referendum is really possible.

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THE PANEL DISCUSSION

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and:

* Dña. Jessica Elio, the chargé d´affaires a.i. of the Bolivian embassy in Brussels, presenting President Evo Morales' proposal for a global referendum

* D. Pau Solanilla, Parliamentary Advisor of the Secretary of State for the EU, representing the Spanish Presidency of the EU.

* Graham Watson, MEP

* Dr. Nicolas J. Beger, Director of Amnesty International - EU Office

* Andreas Bummel, Director of the Campaign for a United Nations Parliament

Moderated by Prof. Raoul Weiler, Honorary President, the Club of Rome – EU Chapter.

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To register for the Screening please check details here: http://www.unpacampaign.org/documents/201002brussels.pdf

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For questions concerning the demonstration feel free to contact us:
globaldemocracy.activists (at) googlemail.com