Advancing the Open Conspiracy: H.G. Wells and the World State
To understand the present, and to contemplate the future, requires that we explore the past.
H.G. Wells was one of the most influential visionaries of the early twentieth century. His many books, both fiction and non-fiction, inspired multitudes of men and women who, like Wells, looked to a “World State” as the savior of humanity. Although he wrote often of a World State, Mr. Wells’ optimism for the future of mankind waned due to the destructiveness of World War II. Nevertheless, his desire for an “Open Conspiracy” – a movement of organizations and people seeking the establishment of a world collective – was forefront in his thinking.
If you want to understand this movement, historically and in its contemporary formats, then read the Forcing Change journal. Forcing Change is entering its 6th year!
Here’s ten kicker quotes from Mr. Wells on advancing the Open Conspiracy and its anticipated outcome: The World State.
1. “The idea of a world commonweal has to be established as the criterion of political institutions, and also as the criterion of general conduct in hundreds of millions of brains. It has to dominate education everywhere in the world. When that end is achieved, then the world state will be achieved…” – H.G. Wells, The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921), p.21.
2. “We must be prepared to see an Association of Nations in conference growing into an organic system of world controls for world affairs and the keeping of the world’s peace, or we must be prepared for – a continuation of war.” – H.G. Wells, Washington and the Riddle of Peace (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922), pp.215-216
3. “It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together in order to set up an effective control of currency, credit, production, and distribution – that is to say, an effective ‘dictatorship of prosperity,’ for the whole world. The other sixty odd States would have to join in or accommodate themselves to the over-ruling decisions of these major Powers.” – H.G. Wells, Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946 (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1964, compiled and edited by W. Warren Wagar), p.214. This quote first published in 1931.
4. “A world revolution to a higher social order, a world order, or utter downfall lies before us all.” – H.G. Wells, Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946 (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1964, compiled and edited by W. Warren Wagar), p.252. This quote first published in 1939.
5. “I am for world-control of production and of trade and transport, for a world coinage, and the confederation of mankind. I am for the super-State…” – H.G. Wells, A Year of Prophesying (Toronto, ON: Tyerson Press, 1924), p.86.
6. “The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.” – H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, Volume III – Modern History (New York, NY: Triangle Books, 1940 edition), p.1170.
7. “Now the most comprehensive conception of this new world is of one politically, socially and economically united… To this end a small but increasing body of people in the world set their faces and seek to direct their lives.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), pp.27-28.
8. “The world state must begin; it can only begin, as a propaganda cult, or as a group of propagandist cults, to which men and women must give themselves and their energies, regardless of the consequence to themselves… The activities of a cult which sets itself to bring about the world-state would at first be propagandist, they would be intellectual and educational, and only as a sufficient mass of opinion and will had accumulated would they become to a predominant extent politically constructive. Such a cult must direct itself particularly to the teaching of the young.” – H.G. Wells, The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921), pp.37-38.
9. “The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more, it will be a world religion.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), p. 163.
10. “The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.” – H.G. Wells, The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928), p.193.
Who’s In Your Mind?
This is an excellent historical over-view of CIA mind control programs, with fascinating yet disturbing interviews from people who participated – both from the practitioners point of view and from victims. The admissions in this documentary are important windows into human nature, how elements in the intelligence community operated, and North American social history (including the New Age Movement). Geographical contact points add to the scope of this story, taking the viewer from Washington DC to Ottawa, from the Mazatec area of Mexico to Montreal, from New York to San Francisco to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
One location the documentary producers didn’t talk about or tape was the Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan – arguably one of the first locations where LSD was experimented with on unwitting patients. (see the January 2011 issue of Forcing Change and its article, “Psychedelics on the Prairies,” for more information on the Weyburn connection – “The psychedelic era did not begin in New York. Nor did it get its start in London or Paris. Instead, it began in Saskatchewan…”).
This documentary was produced by ABC and aired in 1979.
December 2011 Update
Somewhere in the beginning of December I blinked, and then the month was over. Here’s a breakdown of December 2011.
Getting ready to go skating on the river at the farm.
Professional
- Published the December edition of the Forcing Change journal. At its core was an extensive “global calendar of events” for 2012, highlighting major economic, political, trans-human, and religious events that will influence society in the coming months and years. Each listing included the date, location, title or theme, and a brief description of the event. This was a research intensive edition!
- Was a guest on Derek Gilbert’s VFTB talk show, and on Brannon Howse’s Worldview Radio.
- Spent time at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba. And I had a research assistant! My 13-yr old daughter accompanied me and was a huge help. After getting over the initial shock of seeing so many books – the most she had ever seen in one place – I showed her how the cataloging system worked, and she dove into the stacks and chased down the volumes I needed without any hesitation.
Personally
- Christmas without my mother was… different (see An Extraordinary Woman). But my father did well! We gathered as a family, spent time skating on the river that runs through the farm, lit some good sized fires, did a little-bit of off-road driving, and had a general good time.
- Christmas on my wife’s side was very enjoyable. Games, visiting, food and friendship; I am truly blessed by the family I have, and that I married into.
- Visited with friends from all parts of the province, and traveled down to south-central North Dakota to see some friends there.
- Spent time chainsawing with my son in the bush by our cabin site; cleaning up dead trees and dragged out logs. It ended with a nice fire to warm our cold fingers, and some hotdogs to chase away the growling in our stomachs.
- And of course, Christmas programs! Both my son and daughter participated in our church’s Christmas evening, and they produced a short, stop-motion animation for their homeschool Christmas program. The animation centered on the unofficial Christmas truce during the first year of World War I (1914) between German and Scottish/British/French troops.
Reading
- Didn’t do as much reading as I wanted.
1) Erik von Keuhnelt-Leddihn, Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of Our Times (1952/1992). A critical examination of historical and contemporary views of liberty and democracy/equality. Keuhnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian-born historian and social theorist; and in Liberty or Equality he upheld a monarchist position and Catholic foundation as opposed to democracy and Protestant social structures.
2) Bishops’ Ludwig Muller and Weidemann, The Germanisation of the New Testament, edited by H.C. Robbins (1938). This brief document contains major excerpts of Nazi-rewritten sections of the New Testament. For myself, reading this is part of an ongoing quest to better understand the worldview of German National Socialism.
3) James Rollins, The Last Oracle. Sometimes a person needs to pick up a piece of fiction… what makes Rollins’ work interesting is that he weaves historical elements into his plot.
4) Charles B. Seib, The Woods: One Man’s Escape to Nature (1971). A short, light read of Mr. Seib’s struggle to build and enjoy a cabin-in-the-woods as a get-away from the bustle of newspaper life in Washington DC.
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Sail On, My Friends!
Although David Dyck and I are related, it wasn’t until we met at a conference in Winnipeg a number of years ago that we finally connected as family in a meaningful way. Since then, Dave and his wife Cathi, and their children, have become exceptional friends. All of the family are gifted musicians, all are solid individuals – right down to the youngest (don’t confuse being solid with being safe), and all are fun to be around. When I started developing the idea of producing the Forcing Change journal, I sought Dave and Cat’s input.
Dave and Cathi head up the Westman Bible Conference, and formed Scita>Scienda, “a fellowship of rogue scholarship.” Cat is an author and freelance writer, and hosts Scienda Editorial, an authorship service that includes manuscript critique and evaluation, editorial services, and mentoring. Her clients have received awards and significant nominations. She’s also the managing editor of Scienda Quarterly.
Dave works at a large plant in a neighboring city, but his real “work” interests revolve around his projects: Biodiesel, truck building, home renovations, and all things mechanical. And sailing. Indeed, the whole Dyck family loves the exhilaration of running the wind in their 23-footer, and their oldest son has demonstrated real potential in the sport. And yet, they live in the wide-open prairies of Manitoba, where winter shuts down all things sailing… except the Dyck family.
Therefore, it gives me great pleasure to post a video of Dave’s inaugural run on his homemade ice-boat, which was constructed… in the living room. Check out Cathi’s write up, “Sailing on Thin Ice.”
Sail on, my friends, sail on.
Throughout the development and production of the Forcing Change journal and research work, Dave and Cat have been encouraging and supportive – in fact, they were the first readers to jump on board.
2012 Release Notes
Dear Friends of Forcing Change,
2012 is almost at the door, and the December issue of Forcing Change provides you with a unique tool – a global calendar of events. Almost 50 listings long, this calendar gives you a heads-up regarding world-change contact points throughout the coming year. Each listing is an event, conference, meeting, or other happening that adds to the transformation of our Western world. By being aware of these events, their locations and the main themes, you will have a greater understanding of the coming trends and challenges. It’s a calendar that you will want to turn back to throughout the year; a reference point to 2012.
Some of the topical themes found in the calendar include,
- Major agendas tucked into United Nations events, with an eye to the Rio+20 conference in June.
- A host of interlocking meetings in Chicago during 2012; NATO, G8, the Nobel Summit and more, including a planned “Challenge the NATO War Makers” counter-event being organized by Marxist, socialist, and progressive organizations.
- Momentum towards world federalism, global governance, and international management; with events taking place in Washington DC; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Nice, France; Madrid, Spain; Dublin, Ireland…
- Transhumanism and social evolution.
- Pagan gatherings, the “World Interfaith Harmony Week,” and New Age transformation events leading to the conclusion of 2012.
Members of Forcing Change can immediately download this extensive report. If you’re not a member, join up today and gain access to the December edition and 5 full years of important back issues!
Riding the Wave of World Change: Eyes on Europe
Here is an interview I did earlier this month with talk show host, Derek Gilbert. The basis for the program stemmed from the November issue of Forcing Change, which detailed the historic rise of European integration, the push for an international political authority, and interfaithism as a political extension. Click on the VTFB link below to open the audio file.
Paying for Global Governance: Ideas for International Taxation
By Carl Teichrib (www.forcingchange.org)
NOTE: World tax schemes are being seriously considered in light of the global economic crisis. Recently, the United Nations published their 2011 Human Development Report which called for “social justice” among nations, and endorsed a global currency tax as one part of this agenda. Then, in the November 11, 2011 online edition of Emerging Markets it was revealed that the European Union is set to impose a continental Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) – originally known as the Tobin Tax – sometime near the end of 2012. And last month the tax was endorsed by Bill Gates and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Not surprisingly, the call for a world tax has been mouthed by Occupy Wall Street supporters. With all of this in mind, the following article provides important background regarding an international tax as part of the quest for world government.
Parts of this article were published in 2000, updated in 2005, then recently revamped.
Further NOTE: This is my ridiculous attempt at advertising. The article you’re going to read is important – it provides a “heads-up” and gives you context – in the hope that you will think through the ramifications, and not gullibly support something that may dismantle your liberty. But this level of research and writing doesn’t come without ongoing costs. Therefore, please consider a membership with Forcing Change. When you purchase a membership, you’re not joining an organization or a club. Rather, you’re gaining access to all back-issues of Forcing Change, a selection of special reports, audio files, and more. You gain an education, and we can continue to do the research… so that you stay ahead of the game. While my advertising line may not be flashy, the point is clear: Your partnership with Forcing Change is vital.
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Another hand is attempting to enter your wallet. If successful, this hand will take from “world citizens” and directly transfer the gains to the international community.
No, this is not a joke. Global taxation proposals are on the table, and have been for some time. Moreover, with each proposal a new step is taken to solidify this big idea, one especially intriguing to the United Nations.
Presently the United Nations is chiefly funded through the contributions of member countries, which many UN advocates view as being restrictive to the growth of the world organization. In order to be freed from this monetary limitation, imposed by sovereign nations, it is believed that an alternative source of revenue is needed. Hoping to see a form of global taxation come into being, politicians from Canada, Belgium, France, England, Brazil, Uruguay, the United States and others,[1] have been working on supranational tax schemes since Canada codified the idea in 1999.
But seeking optional funding for the United Nations goes back decades. Addressing the 1963 Harvard Alumni Association, UN Secretary-General U Thant related how a future United Nations “world police force” could only become a reality when the organization’s economic hurdles are overcome.[2] Similarly, Richard Falk, an influential world-law attorney tied to the World Federalist Movement, recognized the importance of independent funding in his massive four volume series The Strategy of World Order, which was published in 1966 by the World Law Fund. In it Falk noted,
If we conceive of life in a drastically altered international system with a large UN Police Force and a World Development Authority having a budget of up to 50 billion dollars per year, then the need to have assured sources of revenue is indeed significant. [3]
Today, the larger goals of the United Nations far exceeds the 50 billion-dollars mark.
Creative Accounting
Looking for ways to UN financial independence, the United Nations Economic and Social Council examined a multitude of money raising ideas in the 1990’s, including the creation of a world lottery,[4] a UN credit card program,[5] and imposing “fines” for violating international law. [6]
Surcharges and user-fees have also been suggested as viable funding options. In the 1995 report, Our Global Neighborhood, published by the UN sponsored Commission on Global Governance, a variety of user fee arrangements were listed:
— Surcharges on airline tickets, including an extra charge for international flights.
— Charges on ocean-going maritime traffic for use of international waterways.
— Surcharges for non-coastal ocean fishing.
— User fees for activities in Antarctica.
— Parking fees for geo-stationary satellites.[7]
In the year 2000 I had the opportunity of attending the United Nations Millennium Forum, where I was attached to the working group on Strengthening and Democratizing the United Nations. Here I heard about a novel idea: creating a UN Security Insurance Agency. This plan, it was explained, would allow small countries that lack significant military forces to pay insurance premiums to the United Nations. In turn, the UN would guarantee the security of the insured country by mobilizing armed units against anyone who threatened it.[8] Hence, the UN would be empowered in two special ways,
- Revenue is generated into the world body.
- The UN is granted the power to mobilize and command its own international military force.
But of all the proposals that have circulated over the decades, world taxation schemes have received the most attention. To this end, the earlier-mentioned Commission on Global Governance suggested a number of taxation models, including a “carbon tax” based on emissions, and a corporate levy on multinational companies.[9] While the Commission recognized that taxes are “never politically popular at the best of times,” it acknowledged one particular plan over all others: an arrangement now officially accepted, at least in principle, by America’s largest trading partner.
The Tobin Scheme
In 1978, U.S. economist James Tobin published his thoughts on global monetary reform in the Eastern Economic Journal. His concept, now known as the “Tobin tax,” called for a universally accepted charge on foreign currency transactions [NOTE: Tobin supported the idea of a single global currency, but viewed this as impracticable in the short term]. Considering the trillions of dollars traded each year (one estimate is US $1.2 trillion/day [10] ), the fund raising potential is staggering. And, as a selling point to national governments, the concept is being touted as a way of clipping the wings of “rogue” currency traders.[11] In fact, the Tobin tax has been so well received in certain policy circles that in 1999 the Canadian federal government officially endorsed the plan, giving the tax scheme legal legitimacy. [NOTE: The current Conservative government in Ottawa opposes the Tobin Tax, now often referred to as a "Robin Hood" tax and aimed at the banking industry].
On October 28, 1998, Lorne Nystrom (NDP), a Member of Parliament from the province of Saskatchewan, introduced the Tobin tax to the Canadian House of Commons. Describing the levy as “a feasible part of a new world order and new world vision,”[12] Nystrom elaborated on how large the coffers would have been if the tax had been implemented based on 1995 foreign currency transactions. In his speech to the House, the intent of the hoped-to-be imposed tax was clearly explained.
If there were a 0.1% Tobin tax on foreign currency transactions, that would raise, in 1995 dollars, $176 billion U.S. That is a lot of money. A Tobin tax of 0.003% would be enough money to fund the United Nations peacekeeping around the world…One of the consequences would be the establishment of a global village which would have a common good amongst all nations of the world. There would be a strengthening of international organizations. The United Nations would become a meaningful world government and would share things with national governments around the world. There could be permanent international peacekeeping forces. There are many things that could be done. [13]
Nystrom further clarified that the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank could be reformed to implement this plan, although he preferred “a new international financial agency to administer the Tobin tax.”[144] According to Mr. Nystrom, the world would be a better place if we had a global IRS.
While some members of parliament did voice opposition to the tax proposal, it received broad political support across party lines. On March 23, 1999, the Canadian Parliament passed the Tobin tax with a vote of 164 to 83. At this time the tax is simply “on the books,” with the understanding that when the international community fully accepts it, Canada will already be in the loop.
Considering that Canada is America’s largest trading partner, with two-way commercial trade running in excess of $500 billion in 2005, the Tobin tax decision has potential consequences for more than just lining UN pockets. If and when the tax comes into effect, such a scheme will impact the price of trans-border goods and services. And your wallet will be just a little lighter.
Within the United States, the Tobin Tax has been slow to catch on, but it has made a small introduction into the federal political system.
In the year 2000, Congressmen Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) urged the US government to enact the global levy. Certain special interest groups have also joined the cause. The California-based Center for Environmental Economic Development has established the “Tobin Tax Initiative.”[15] And the World Federalist Association (now known as Citizens for Global Solutions), America’s largest world government lobby group, is helping add acceptance pressure.
International non-governmental organizations, special interest groups who carry global influence, are also supportive. The World Federalist Movement (WFM), which is the umbrella organization under which the WFA operates, has been advancing the principles of the Tobin tax. Its executive officer, Bill Pace, played a critical role during the UN Millennium Forum (May 22-26, 2000), and here too the Tobin tax took a high priority, especially in the working group I attended. During the final day of the Forum, international attorney Richard Falk – through the invitation of Bill Pace – held a special meeting regarding specific global governance proposals. As I looked around the room, I wasn’t surprised to see that many in this meeting had given vocal support to the Tobin tax earlier in the week. An obvious strategic linkage existed between world taxation and the creation of a world management structure.
Taxing Problems
While great strides have been made to advance world taxation, major implementation problems exist. The tax would have to be universally accepted; otherwise, non-participating nations would quickly become tax havens. With this in mind, what enforcement options would be used for non-compliant countries? Who would ultimately collect the tax and oversee its use? How would a global tax affect national and regional economies? And what safeguards would be employed to restrain corruption, or to keep the levy from continually rising?
Initially, problems surrounding design and management of the tax may seem insoluble. However, the fact remains that we now have an increasingly harmonized global tariffs arrangement, which at one time was considered as utopian as the presently discussed international tax. Major organizations and influential individuals within the world community are not asking “if” or “when,” but rather “what will it take?”
Beyond the predictable complications associated with implementing a world tax, a greater danger exists in what such a taxation regime represents. In the third volume of Richard Falk’s Strategy of World Order, Norman J. Padelford, an early advocate of United Nations monetary reform, gave a warning regarding autonomous UN funding.
The power of an independent purse could become the prelude to the seizing and exercising of independent power. This could be detrimental to national independence and even ultimately to personal freedom. [16]
This danger struck home while I was attending a youth-oriented world government conference in Washington, DC – an event sponsored by the World Federalist Association.[17] One of the panelists, a young lady from the US, rigorously pressed the need for a world management system equipped with the power to tax,
On the international level, graduated tax must be implemented… Presently, Americans accept mandatory taxes on a state and national level. A successful world government rides on applying this system internationally. Aside from economic sacrifices, effective [world] government entails the sacrifice of certain freedoms. In cultivating security through a globally respected law enforcement system, all nations, and therefore all people must cooperate and make some sacrifices… A world government must establish an equilibrium where certain freedoms are restricted in mankind’s best interest… global law transcends national law, and unity carries more weight than diversity. This requires each nation state to yield certain rights to the international government, vowing to abide by international decisions. [18]
Funding Global Governance
It has often been said that the dividends derived from alternative United Nations funding programs, like the Tobin tax, would go towards making the world a more secure place. UN Secretary General U Thant inferred this during his 1963 Harvard speech, and the 1999 legislative action of the Canadian government also demonstrated this taxation/world police and security link.
The fact that numerous plans exist to develop an international police and military force, either under the direct umbrella of the United Nation or somehow else attached to the UN’s decision making process, gives us a window into the importance of alternative funding. As the UN currently stands, it doesn’t have the economic means to field a functional battle group. Hence, if the dreams of global security under UN auspices are to be realized, funding issues will have to be addressed and implemented.
1n 1999, Canada, during Jean Chretien’s administration and through the prompting of a New Democratic member of parliament, became the first to adopt the Tobin tax. Other government entities have started to follow. The year after Canada adopted the Tobin scheme, the European Parliament started to seriously take interest in the plan. And in 2003, Belgium tabled a similar global tax platform. Other countries are contemplating similar steps.
If a world tax were to become a reality, for the sake of global security or for another reason, it would elevate the United Nations to the level of a sovereign regime. As A.W. Clausen, former President of the BankAmerica Corporation and the World Bank said in 1979, “The control of money and credit strikes at the very heart of national sovereignty.”[19]
Indeed it does. The control of money and credit, two aspects that dovetail a world tax regime, empowers the end-user with sovereign economic leverage. Therefore, if the United Nations possesses taxing authority either through participating member countries or via another circuit, the world body could conceivably be magnified to that of a semi-autonomous ruling entity. After all, the ability to create wealth out of taxation is the power and prerogative of government, and that’s essentially what the United Nations would become. –
Carl Teichrib is editor of Forcing Change, a monthly journal documenting world change issues.
Endnotes:
[1] For more information on which countries and politicians have been working on this idea, see the two links listed: http://tobintaxcall.free.fr/list.htm, and http://tobintaxcall.free.fr/in%20the%20parliaments.htm. Also see the Open Letter titled “The Tobin Tax at the ECOFIN.”
[2] U Thant, “United Nations Peace Force,” an address to the Harvard Alumni Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13, 1963. As re-printed in The Strategy of World Order, Volume III: The United Nations (World Law Fund, 1966), pp.526-534.
[3] Richard Falk and Saul H. Mendlovitz, The Strategy of World Order, Volume III: The United Nations (World Law Fund, 1966), p.731.
[4] United Nations Economic and Social Council, Debate on New & Innovative Ideas for Funds, July 23-24, 1997. UN Press Release.
[5] Ibid.
[6] James A. Paul, Statement on Innovative Funding to the UN Economic and Social Council, July 11, 1996.
[7] The Commission on Global Governance, Our Global Neighborhood (Oxford University Press, 1995), pp.220-221.
[8] James A. Paul, Alternative Financing for Global Peace and Development (Global Policy Forum, September, 1997).
[9] Ibid., pp.218-221.
[10] See, Currency Transaction Tax – Question and Answers, www.currencytax.org/questions_and_answers.php
[11] See Paul Hellyer’s book Stop: Think (Chimo Media, 1999), p.176.
[12] Hon. Lorne Nystrom, “Tax on Financial Transactions,” Private Members Business, Edited Hansard – Number 144, Wednesday, October 28, 1998, Canadian Federal Government House of Commons, p.1735.
[13] Ibid., p.1745.
[14] Ibid.
[15] The Tobin Tax website for the Center for Environmental Economic Development is http://ceedweb.org/iirp.
[16] Norman J. Padelford, “Financial Crisis and the Future of the United Nations,” The Strategy of World Order, p.768.
[17] This conference, sponsored by the World Federalist Association and the Center for Global Peace, was titled the “National Youth Conference on the Hague Appeal for Peace.” The dates were April 9-11, 1999, and took place in the Ward Building at the American University.
[18] I am not going to publish the name of this youth participant because of her age at the time of the meeting.
[19] From an interview between Michael Loyd Chadwick and A.W. Clausen; as published in the 1981 Freemen Digest issue on International Banking, p.21.
Forcing Change – Release Notes
Forcing Change Release Note
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Dear Friends of Forcing Change,
I wish I was making this up: You have the right to a democratically elected world government.
Alas, the idea that world management is a fundamental human right isn’t something I’ve conjured. Instead, it cropped up this fall in a series of United Nations Human Rights Council resolutions. Yes, you are entitled to a socialist world system – for that is how the resolution is couched.
Actually, a lot has happened during the past few months regarding world change, and this edition of Forcing Change tackles a host of interlocking issues:
- An examination of Mikhail Gorbachev’s recent speech calling for a “new world order” and an American perestroika. I’ve also pulled key excerpts from Gorby’s speeches during the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU, the launching pad for perestroika. After all, if America is to have its own “restructuring” as claimed by the ex-Soviet leader, then we need to some context. Shades of a dialectic… comrade.
- The Vatican’s recommendation for a “world political authority” and a global central bank, and how the principle of subsidiarity is being used to leverage world management.
- Two major interfaith developments; First, the Vatican’s 25th Assisi anniversary event. Second, the plan for a Saudi-funded interfaith project in Vienna that looks like an embryonic world congress of religions.
- The UN resolution for a democratically established “international order.” After all, it’s your right!
IMPORTANT: This edition of Forcing Change looks to put some perspective on the European crisis. How? By examining a big idea: one advocated for almost two hundred years by many people from many walks of life; philosophers, intellectuals, statesmen, international elites, bankers, corporate players, socialists, communists, fascists, free market capitalist, military brass, religious leaders, politicians and pundits.
What is it? Download you copy of Forcing Change today and turn to page 9 for a 76 point timeline spelling it out.
If you’re a member, go to www.forcingchange.org and log on today. If you’re not a member, consider joining! It’s not a club, it’s not an organization: It’s an information portal giving you access to the current edition of Forcing Change, almost 6 years of back issues, special reports, audio files, and more.
And your membership in Forcing Change is important. Not only does it give you access to cutting-edge research, but your membership helps finance the constant leg-work needed. Thank You!
November Update
November came and went in a blink. Here’s the update,
Professional
- Worked on the November issue of Forcing Change. Unfortunately, it wasn’t released until after the month end, but the information it contains is exceptional: Of particular note – an incredible time line on European integration. Want some perspective on the European crisis? Read the November issue of Forcing Change!
- Spent much of the month working on a writing/editing project for Hope For The World. This included reviewing articles from other authors, editing items to ensure flow and formatting, and contributing original content. Part of this project was the development of an international calendar of events for 2012, which will be modified for the December issue of Forcing Change. The amount of fact finding required to pull this calendar together was staggering.
- Was a guest on the radio talk show, Steel on Steel, regarding the European crisis, Italian-based technocracy, and other inter-relating aspects of this continental crisis.
- Reviewed background papers from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank. This was after doing the Steel on Steel show; his interview re-sparked interest in this area, and I re-visited these papers as a refresher. Some of this work ended up in the Forcing Change European integration time line, especially the interaction between the BIS and the European banking community.
- Spent a considerable amount of time comparing and contrasting Hitler’s worldview through readings in Mein Kampf, My New Order (one of the first collection of his speeches), Table Talks, and other material by and about Hitler. This was done for a long-term project I’m working on.
- Reviewed H.G. Wells’ writings from the late 1800′s until the mid-1940s. I was primarily interested in his views regarding world collectivism.
- Investigated the worldview of Chiang Kai-shek. Grappling with Chiang was like playing football with an oil covered watermelon; just when I thought I had a handle on him, whoosh, it all slipped through and I had to chase him from another angle. What a complex individual and convoluted history!
- Gave a presentation to the Neepawa Christian Fellowship.
Reading
- I did a lot of reading, but very little cover-to-cover was done. Two items that I actually finished:
1) The Future of Central Banking Cooperation (BIS, 2006). This very short document took a while to read as I found myself comparing the information with other material.
2) David W. Lowe, Deconstructing Lucifer: Reexamining the Ancient Origins of the Fallen Angel of Light (Seismos Publishing, 2011). This was an excellent read as it challenged my assumptions, made me think, and drove me to examining Scripture in a deeper way. In the past I have pubilished articles on the “Luciferian principle,” and discussed this in some of my lectures. However, after reading Mr. Lowe’s book, my position is in the process of being modified. This was an outstanding study.
Personal
- My Uncle Bert passed away, so I traveled to North Battleford, Saskatchewan with my father and an uncle to attend the funeral. It was good visiting family whom I hadn’t seen in years, but the circumstances surrounding the visit was difficult.
- Spent a few days with my in-laws in Virden, Manitoba. It was nice a break.
- Right before the ground froze in mid-November I went metal detecting for an hour in a small-town park: Found $7 dollars in change and a large bronze base-ball medallion.
