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Activists in 54 cities in six continents take action for a global parliament
Posted on 28/10/2013 | No Comments* As UN democratic legitimacy shattered – people take to the streets in 27 countries. 1000 Parliamentarians worldwide as well as UN Independent expert on the subject Alfred de Zayas call for a World Parliamentary Assembly. * 7 days of demonstrations, banner actions and flashmobs […] -
Imagining global democracy
Posted on 25/10/2013 | 1 CommentAn interesting discussion last night about the idea of a world parliament. If democracy is a fundamental principle of how government should take decisions, which this website thinks it is, and if government decisions are now effectively being taken at the global level, which is […] -
Democracy Without Borders – What Might This Look Like? (24 October 2013)
Posted on 15/10/2013 | No CommentsWe have many global problems – from the wrecking of our life-supporting ecosystems to the failure to protect human rights, a lack of regulation of global markets and financial systems, and increasing socio-economic inequalities. But who is accountable for dealing with these problems from a […] -
International Meeting on a UN Parliamentary Assembly 2013 (16-17 October 2013)
Posted on 17/09/2013 | No CommentsOrganized by the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly in collaboration with the Union of European Federalists Hosted in the European Parliament in Brussels by the Members of the European Parliament Jo Leinen, Graham Watson, Elmar Brok, and Isabella Lövin For more information, click here […] -
Any institution needs its critics
Posted on 22/07/2013 | No CommentsIn the furore about reported failings in the National Health Service recently, Daniel Hannan MEP remarked that: Any organisation that is treated as being beyond reproach is bound in time to become flabby, self-serving and producer-centred. It happened to the mega-charities. It happened to the […] -
Emily Davison – a tribute
Posted on 03/06/2013 | No CommentsIt was 100 years ago that suffragette campaigner Emily Davison ran among the horses at the Epsom Derby in protest that women did not have the right to vote. She fell under the King’s horse and was killed. In 1928, just 15 years later, women […] -
Manifesto for a global democracy (27 June 2012)
Posted on 19/06/2012 | 1 CommentWednesday, 27 June 2012, 18:30 until 20:00 LSE, Clement House 2.02, click here for a map Daniele Archibugi, Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, David Held, Fernando Iglesias, Lucio Levi, Giacomo Marramao, George Monbiot, Heikki Patomäki, Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennet, Vandana Shiva and Andy Strauss […] -
The next head of the World Bank
Posted on 05/03/2012 | No CommentsThe World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an American (the Europeans have the IMF) but, as a surf of this website will reveal, […] -
Is the time right for a new world order?
Posted on 19/12/2011 | No CommentsThe answer to the question in the title of this talk is of course, yes, the time is right, but I think you would like to hear a little more from me than that. I am here as chair of Federal Union which was founded […] -
The case for global democracy
Posted on 12/12/2011 | No CommentsBased on a talk by Richard Laming at the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Cathedral, 11 December 2011 Before talking about the issue of global democracy, I ought to say a few words about Federal Union and its interest in this issue. Federal Union was founded […]