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Well-known intellectuals from over ten countries, citing the failure of nation-states and international institutions to halt the destructive trends of environmental destruction and corporate-driven globalization, have initiated a 'Manifesto for Global Democracy' which calls for the development of a supranational institution of governance capable of adequately and rapidly addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
The document, signed by twenty-seven original signatories under the banner of Democracia Global, is being publicly unveiled on Wednesday in London with other international events to be held later in Rome, New York, Brussels, Buenos Aires and New Delhi.
Making the case that the institutional politics at the national and international level have proved unable to adequately regulate or challenge the power of multi-national corporations which operate across borders and without national loyalties, the manifesto argues that the "economy has been globalized but political institutions and democracy have not kept pace."
"The globalization of finance, production chains and communication systems, and the planetary power reached by destructive technologies, require the globalization of the political institutions responsible for their regulation and control, and the global crises require coherent and effective global solutions."
Signed by Noam Chomsky, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Richard Falk, Susan George and other familiar academics and experts, the statement says that "global problems demand global solutions" and calls on "political, intellectual and civil-society leaders of the world" to join in their advocacy of its creation and actively participate in its constitution.
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The full text of the signed statement follows:
MANIFESTO FOR A GLOBAL DEMOCRACY
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Well-known intellectuals from over ten countries, citing the failure of nation-states and international institutions to halt the destructive trends of environmental destruction and corporate-driven globalization, have initiated a 'Manifesto for Global Democracy' which calls for the development of a supranational institution of governance capable of adequately and rapidly addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
The document, signed by twenty-seven original signatories under the banner of Democracia Global, is being publicly unveiled on Wednesday in London with other international events to be held later in Rome, New York, Brussels, Buenos Aires and New Delhi.
Making the case that the institutional politics at the national and international level have proved unable to adequately regulate or challenge the power of multi-national corporations which operate across borders and without national loyalties, the manifesto argues that the "economy has been globalized but political institutions and democracy have not kept pace."
"The globalization of finance, production chains and communication systems, and the planetary power reached by destructive technologies, require the globalization of the political institutions responsible for their regulation and control, and the global crises require coherent and effective global solutions."
Signed by Noam Chomsky, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Richard Falk, Susan George and other familiar academics and experts, the statement says that "global problems demand global solutions" and calls on "political, intellectual and civil-society leaders of the world" to join in their advocacy of its creation and actively participate in its constitution.
* * *
The full text of the signed statement follows:
MANIFESTO FOR A GLOBAL DEMOCRACY
Well-known intellectuals from over ten countries, citing the failure of nation-states and international institutions to halt the destructive trends of environmental destruction and corporate-driven globalization, have initiated a 'Manifesto for Global Democracy' which calls for the development of a supranational institution of governance capable of adequately and rapidly addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
The document, signed by twenty-seven original signatories under the banner of Democracia Global, is being publicly unveiled on Wednesday in London with other international events to be held later in Rome, New York, Brussels, Buenos Aires and New Delhi.
Making the case that the institutional politics at the national and international level have proved unable to adequately regulate or challenge the power of multi-national corporations which operate across borders and without national loyalties, the manifesto argues that the "economy has been globalized but political institutions and democracy have not kept pace."
"The globalization of finance, production chains and communication systems, and the planetary power reached by destructive technologies, require the globalization of the political institutions responsible for their regulation and control, and the global crises require coherent and effective global solutions."
Signed by Noam Chomsky, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Richard Falk, Susan George and other familiar academics and experts, the statement says that "global problems demand global solutions" and calls on "political, intellectual and civil-society leaders of the world" to join in their advocacy of its creation and actively participate in its constitution.
* * *
The full text of the signed statement follows:
MANIFESTO FOR A GLOBAL DEMOCRACY