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The Peoples Revolution of the New Age and Evolution

The Peoples Revolution of the New Age has started to make casualties in the U.S. It is not that Peoples around the world dislike the American Way of Life. In fact, many countries, including Canada, have embraced the same Way of Life. But it has brought Life to a critical point of extinction. It threatens the global life-support systems of the planet. It is purely a simple survival reaction of the human species that has caused the September 11 events in the U.S. What we see being created now is the New Age Civilization: all Peoples together, the Human Family, the Earth Community, Global Governance, Earth Environmental Governance, and the Earth Government.

Life is the most precious gift ever given by God to the Universe. Life allows Souls to be conscious of God in as many different ways as possible. Life is the building block through which Souls can have a meaningful relationship with God. Today our species is evolving to rid itself of the old thoughts and old ways that are threatening its future and survival. This is a survival reaction and is very real. Our species will accomplish the evolutionary leap within a generation. The next step is the creation of new thoughts, thousands of them. Healthy thoughts! The kind that will sustain Earth. The Will of God is for our species to reach Him in the best possible ways.

The New Age Revolution is here and is growing. We see today the seeds of the Revolution. They include all social, political and religious aspects of our lives. All of our ways and values are changing and evolving. Unless the Peoples Revolution is given the proper guidance, it will be more deadly than all we have seen in our past history put together. Actions by government and business leaders that lead to revolution and war must be curtailed. Power based on greed is not in the best interest of humanity as it leads to the violation of human rights and destruction.

This time people will revolt against the business leaders and the establishment of business. They are the new leading body of the world. Businesses have taken the role of government and now hold largely the responsibility of wrongdoings. They are now held accountable for anything from the pollution of the planet, poverty, human rights violation, resources depletion, conflicts and wars, and disasters such as flooding and climate changes.

The world we see today aims at "making a profit" the most important aspect of our lives. The European Union uses an economic model based entirely on improving its economic edge in the world. Asia is following in the same step. Now the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would also use a similar way of dealing with the other trade blocks of the planet.

Globalization and trade blocks are at the roots of the New Age Revolution. They are causing it. Our species evolutionary leap for survival is caused by the New Age Revolution.

Earth Community believes all citizens have the right to share the wealth in the world. Foreign investment and the trade agreement must protect and improve social and environmental rights, not just the economy. A sustainable development in the world would mean finding a sound balance among the interactions designed to create a healthy economic growth, preserve environmental quality, make a wise use of our resources, and enhance social benefits. Free trade cannot proceed at the expense of the environment, labour rights, human rights and the sovereignty of a nation. Free Trade leads to an increase in poverty by giving investor rights priority over government decision-making. Employers will be looking for more concessions from workers. Small businesses will find it more difficult to grow and compete against large corporations.

Free Trade encourages countries to change their economic infrastructures to be in line with the free trade policies of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Many member countries have already prioritised economic growth over social aspects and human rights.

The World Trade Organization, foreign corporations and world business leaders claim that Free Trade brings sweeping democracy to all. They claim trade globalization is a forerunner of democracy in nations where it is non-existent. The Earth Community Organization does not believe that democracy will automatically succeed in a global free market. In fact, Free Trade is itself a flagrant abuse of democracy.

Free Trade entrenches corporate power at the expense of democratically elected officials from local communities, municipal governments, provincial governments, national governments and states. It is a form of "world anti-government" (such as the European Union block) as citizens lose the ability to act in their best interests and find sound solutions to their own problems. Citizens become disconnected with the decision-making process. Their lives are then driven by the desire of making profits. Fear is used to force people to behave with the dollar sign as their god. In such scenario, democratic principles lose meaning and no longer prevail. All that we have worked for over the past decades to build sustainable communities is gone with Free Trade. People were never asked to discuss and were never invited in its development. The principles of a sustainable development are let go and replaced by the desire of the world business leaders to make larger profits.

People are concerned about the lack of public consultation in free trade negotiations. Civil society groups were left outside the gates during the past Free Trade conferences. The decisions by trade bodies must not be allowed to take away the rights and responsibilities of local communities. A local community will find it impossible to make decisions about planning, public health, local control over water, waste, zoning, or environmental issues because the rights of corporations to profits would be deemed to take precedence.

In consequence of globalization, the new economic and political distribution of power around the world has become very different then we were used to. It has become very intangible, in constant motion and affected by global markets. Giant new markets are forming all over the world. Competition is hardening. National economies can no longer insure or guarantee rights of possession on any property. National borders no longer mean protection, security, cultural boundaries, resources ownership, political and economic control.

Globalization and the trade blocks intensify all aspects of human life and are at the roots of the Peoples Revolution of the New Age . Globalization is a process interaction which involves growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide with implications and impacts on social, cultural, political, environmental and familial aspects and rights. Geographical and political limits become less and less significant.

Economic globalization is seen by the growing interaction and interdependence of the world's different nations and corporations. Interactions include capital flows, flows of material goods, and labour. Markets, technologies and consumption patterns gradually let go their national or local character and become international and global. Economic globalization leads to globally more standardized sets of products.

Political globalization facilitates the spread of individualism and thus Western consumer society.

Cultural globalization is concerned with a change of the different sets of values that are connected to tradition, religion and different political systems. Cultural globalization is fed by information passing geographical boundaries through communication systems and media, like TV, Internet, advertisement etc. Cultural globalization homogenizes the sets of value systems of different cultures via constantly evolving.

The globalization of consumption can be observed. Market analyses can prove the existence and the demand of certain products worldwide and the presence of corporations in different countries of the world. A globalization of consumption is actually taking place because we observe that certain products are sold with success all over the world. Globalization of consumption represents an environmental danger. The consumer society is blamed for causing the largest part of environmental problems through resource depletion, emissions and wastes.

 

Western civilization clashes with Islamic civilization

We will not use rhetoric here to show that the Western civilization clashes with the Islamic civilization. This was observed over the past decades and again today. The conflicts and wars in the Middle East are plenty of examples. To get a historical perspective, read Reply Letter to President Saddam Hussein. At the moment there is only one civilized solution to the problems both our civilizations have in dealing with one another. And it is for the wealthy West to reach out and help the Muslem communities, and it includes helping the People of Afghanistan, Iran, Irak and the Palestinians.

Instead of shooting bullets at them, bombing their villages and destroying everything and everyone, it is better to show compassion, to include them as an important part of the Earth Community, the Human Family, and give them bread and butter, clothing, plenty of medical supplies and freshwater to last a century. They are people in needs. They have been in needs for too long. I know that is what Jesus would have done. And please do not sell more weapons, war products and equipment to the people of Pakistan or to any other Peoples. When is the war industry ever going to quit spreading evil all over the world? You are responsible and accountable to humanity and to God for anything happening to your products after you sold them. Even here in Ontario, Canada, we manufacture weapons and war products. Workers go home happy after a good day of work. They have to paid for their mortgages and made car payments and others. They are mostly Christians. When they go to work, they leave their religious beliefs at home. Ethical and moral values no longer touch them. They dont think that are actually responsible and accountable for spreading evil all around the world. They think they are "good people", good citizens. Every single bullet you manufacture you are responsible and accountable for it, all of you from the President of the company to the employee on the industrial line. Our Society holds responsibility and accountability as well.

Most countries in the NATO alliance and others such as Russia have sold weapons, war products and equipment to countries of the Middle East and are still doing it today. Our Way of Life says this is business. We manufacture products, and we sell them. This is all legal we say. What about ehtical values and moral responsibility? What are we? Split personalities? Jekyll and Hyde? Are we believers only when we are in a Church? Is God only existing in the Church? Is Jesus not in your heart? Not the heart in your mind but the heart that radiates love to humanity. The heart that says "I love you" without limitations, the heart that gives without expecting anything in return, the heart that unifies with love. Dont you think it is time to improve upon our Way of Life? Dont you think it is time we take evil out of our Way of Life and out of our legal system as well? Dont you think it is time to add ethical values and moral responsiblity and accountabilty to our Way of Life? Dont you think we all should say me-aculpa for the September 11 events in the USA ? Are we responsible adults or are we going to hide behind hate and revenge like irresponsible children? When are we going to look within ourselves and examine our Way of Life, our values, and start to take some responsibility of the September 11 events? All of us.

It is the same idea for any consumer product. You manufacture, produce, farm or create a product, you become responsible and accountable of your product from beginning to end (to the point where it actually becomes a waste; you are also responsible for the proper disposable of the waste).

For instance, if you manufacture chemicals that destroy the Ozone layer around the planet you are endangering humanity and all Life and, yes, you are responsible and accountable for your product. You have endangered the lives of the billions of children to come. Why? To make a better fridge?! To cool the air in your room?! To use in warships and planes as coolant (NATO countries and other countries all over the world are still using massively the deadly chemicals as coolant)?! Could you not use something else and avoid using the coolant (our armed forces want to save tax dollars)? You can find more about the Ozone layer in Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 04, November 1999 (http://globalcommunitywebnet.com/global2000/Index1.html), read Ozone Layer Depletion and its Adverse Effects, by Md. Hasibur Rahman, Executive Director, Environment and Agricultural Development Studies Centre, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Ozone Depleting Substances: a Sustainable Development Issue, by Germain Dufour, Physicist. This is one of the reasons why environmentalists (such as myself) hate wars and want peace. Our objection to wars is a survival reaction of the human species. So now we know wars are killing not only the enemies but are also causing the Ozone layer to be damaged to a critical point where our entire species will die. So wars are not a sound solution to the problem at hand. I believe the human species has reached a point in its evolution where it knows its survival is being challenged. The human species knows through the Souls and now that human Souls have merged and formed the Soul of Humanity, we will find it easier to fight for our own survival. The Soul of Humanity does not make decisions for us. It can only help us understand and guide us on the way. In the past, human beings have had some kind of symbiotical relationship (which is something common in Nature between lifeforms in an ecosystem) with the Souls, and now with the Soul of Humanity. We work together for both our survival and well-being.

It is the Way of Life of the West that is threatening the survival of our species. The destruction of the Ozone layer is certainly one of the most serious examples. Global warming is another one. Over the past decades, the USA has dropped out from the rest of world in fighting against global warming. The US position on global warming was made very clear just before the September 11 events. They have decided to opt-out of the discussion. If we were to say what is the most important cause which brought about global warming and the near destruction of the Ozone layer we would have to say that it is trade. Trade is about the manufacturing and exchanging of consumer products all over the world. We have already explained here why Free Trade and the creation of planetary trading blocks (see Article A) are threatening the extinction of life on Earth. So it is ironic that the New York City Trading Towers and the US Pentagon were the targets of the terrorists. We may have found circumstancial evidences and accused Osama bin Laden or he may have understood the problem humanity is facing today and decided to act upon it. If he does not have a clue about the problem humanity is facing today then why would he have so carefully chosen the Towers and the Pentagon? If he is guilty he may have chosen those targets for totally different reasons. Certainly not trade because trade is practically non-existent in Afghanistan. So what are we doing in Afghanistan? Think of the Afghans as a new breed of children who have survived the worst conditions ever. In biological terms, we could compare what they have survived to the survival of the worst diseases we have in our society. We actually have a lot to learn from them. From a genetic point of view, we would be wise to mix their population with our population. One thing is certain another war will not even affect them that much since most of them are already out of there. To this new breed of human beings we are living in a world of illusions. They are for real and we are not. We are paper tigers. We live a life by surrounding ourselves with illusions. Even our religious beliefs are illusions as we leave them in the Church when we go to work. The Self in us is almost non-existent, but theirs is a survivor and is well developed. They will learn our ways because they have to in order to survive but they will leave out the illusions.

People in our society often argue that their manufacturing products and the trading principles or rules that regulate their actions are all legal! But what about ethical values and moral principles?! Before you throw a stone at the Afghans we are better looking in our own ways of life. We might find that our ways are a million times more deadly and destructive than the terrorist acts of September 11. We will not close our eyes on what is the most important to the survival of Life on Earth. War sucks! And so does terrorism! We can resolve the global problem of terrorism without declaring war to another Middle East country and to the entire Islamic Civilization. Let us not forget what is truly important for humanity. The Earth Community Organization has made every person on Earth a responsible person, and you will be rendered accountable of all your actions to humanity, the Soul of Humanity and to God.

In the Middle East, we must help the people to build schools, hospitals, and create sustainable communities. In exchange, we in Canada, will give the People of the United States of America the freshwater you will very soon need in large quantities to survive. When that day happen, you will have wished that the problem we have now with terrorism has been dealt with once and for all in a civilized manner. Do not create more hate in the hearts of those people in the Middle East or anywhere else. Be compassionate! Love them instead. What goes around comes around. We can fight terrorism without creating more hate in the world and spreading evil (weapons, war products and equipment).

The West is dominating over the Islamic world because it has applied science in all aspects of life. Science came from the Islamic world originally and therefore Islamic science is really responsible for the West's possession of science and the West's domination of the Islamic world itself. The West adopted Islamic science, the way of thinking as a scientist, the philosophy of science. As a scientist, when I look in the eyes of a Muslim, I see my long distant past, I see my origins, I see my philosophy, I see a great and a wonderful civilization, and I see Allah, God.

Today there is a major crisis in the world due to the very application of science, modern technology, that is the environmental crisis. This crisis is global. We are Peoples living in a world of increasing interdependence and our Faith (ethical values, our moral principles)) is intrinsically related to the preservation of the global life-support systems and to the survival of all forms of life. Science, technology and engineering are major forces of socio-economic change. They cause humanity and its social and natural environment to evolve rapidly and, therefore, they carry serious responsibility and accountability. The Earth Community is asking all scientists, technologists and technicians, engineers and professionals from all fields to create and apply stringent ethical values no matter what may happen. We are asking you to accept moral responsibility locally and globally at all times and as a Way of Life. We are also asking you to learn about and respect all religions. All religions have included ehtics and moral responsibility as fundamental principles, and that is what we are all talking about here. One religion should not try to absorb another one.

The global crisis touches every human being on Earth, over 6.1 billions of us, and the whole of Nature. Everyone is responsible locally and globally. Strong legal and moral safeguards must be implemented to discourage unethical practices and the wrongly use of science, technology and engineering for the development and manufacturing of mass destruction weapons, of consumer products impinging on the rights of other human beings and the environment, and for actions which do not respect the dignity of human persons and of other lifeforms. We must protect the life-support systems of the planet. We need to educate every person on Earth in the proper management of our planet. Let us focus on what is very important for humanity and unite as one global community working together. The New Age Civilization is about all Peoples together, the Human Family, the Earth Community, Global Governance, Earth Environmental Governance, and the Earth Government.

Wars must be shelved forever. No more of them! There is one war we must win for sure, and it is the protection of the global life-support systems. It is a war that requires to better ourselves and our ways of life. The Earth Community must unite and focus on one goal, the protection of Life of all forms and of its propagation throughout the Universe.

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Leadership for the Human Family: Reflective Human Action for a Culture of Peace, by Professor Sue McGregor

Professor Sue L.T. McGregor, Minister of Family and Human Development of the Earth Community Organization, has an announcement to make.

Announcing:
Leadership for the Human Family: Reflective Human Action for a Culture of Peace
(http://www.kon.org/peace.html)
This monograph strives to illustrate how pre-service and in-service professional socialization can be augmented with a peace perspective such that leaders are socialized to see themselves as global citizens prepared to shape the future of humanity via RHA leadership strategies. Kappa Omicron Nu is honored to feature the scholarship and research of KON Research Fellow, Sue McGregor.

 

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Reform the WTO! - But where are the Ideas?

 

Beleaguered on the Shores of Lac Léman: the WTO Invites the Activists to Tea

 

Islam and environmental conservation

 

Wetland and water pollution management in Bangladesh

 

God's Plan for Humanity

It was necessary for our species

 

Freshwater and clean air as human rights

Freshwater is needed and is a human right.

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Energy matters for the people

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