*A System Failure *Call to Brotherhood and Our True Human Potential *Joining the Parts to the Whole Catches the Resonant Thought of Planetization

"God grant, that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man, may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface, and say, This is my country." : Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 4 December 1789

"The Necessity for Becoming Truly Human and All That it Entails"
Author unknown
 

Millions of people everywhere are quickly waking up to the fact that our system is horribly amiss – and rapidly getting worse.  Even normally thick-headed “neo-conservative” luminaries in the US like William F. Buckley are rousing themelves from their arrogant somnambulant trance to gaze horrified into the abyss to which the Americans and their Israeli, Australian and British allies are dragging the rest of the world.  The New Zealand government, meanwhile, is till trying to ingratiate itself with the US administration, blissfully oblivious to the fact that the world has moved into an unprecedented, and most perilous situation created by an out-of-control proto-fascist administration intent on abrogating every basic principle of what constitutes mature civilization as well as the survival instinct itself.

The race is on, then, to determine if we will wake up in time to save our precious world, and indeed our very lives and those of our children and their children for generations to come, or whether it will all go up in smoke thanks to our suicidal indifference and terminal paralysis.

In the process, we are also becoming aware of the fact that the perverted madmen who are dragging the world to war, starvation, disease and total collapse are not merely a small number of the so-called elite.  This small “elite” are merely the drivers of an entire social and economic system they have at their disposal – hence the ensuing institutional “inability” to act in any positive, life-affirming way, even when its own self-preservation is at stake.

Are we born to be followers – or is this just some “hard wiring” the system seems to have installed in itself and all of us, as component parts, to insure its own self-destruction?  It is axiomatic that anything based on a lie is unsustainable over time, and the current system now stands revealed as based on the lie that “power” for its own sake, is a legitimate (in fact, the primary) goal to pursue.

Who is there who still cannot see that we have allowed our political masters to sell out in a few short years, what has taken hundreds of years of achingly slow and tedious progress to achieve our imperfect democracy?  Now our system where the little person has achieved at least a modicum of protection, where moral standards had to be considered as a legitimate part of domestic and international politics and affairs, and where human rights have been the underpinning to our pride in one’s nation, is going down.  Who is there who still cannot—or will not see in his/her complicity in this sell out, the seeds of their own suicide?

The reptilian drive for naked power, for deceit in place of decency, and vicious, territorial rapaciousness is rapidly taking over, riding high in the saddle of human fear and desperation.  War on terror?  War IS terror.

However, before despair overtakes us, it is important to realize that there is good news as well.  Alongside this macabre festival of total insanity, there is an emerging challenge to us all to awaken from the trance we’re in—this so-called “consensus reality”—that keeps us chained to our dysfunctions and neuroses, our careers and our “normality”.  And millions of people around the world are indeed becoming a movement that is producing unprecedented awakenings, a movement that holds in its heart that we either become truly human in all that it entails, or else we waste this precious chance to transcend our weaknesses and thus be forever remembered by whoever is left to pick up the pieces, as the abject failures of all time.”

The False "Opposition" of the Political Parties

"Behind all of this orchestrated hand-wringing, the Democrats’ climb-down on closing the tax loophole for the country’s wealthiest is merely one more confirmation that this party—no less than the Republicans—represents and defends the interests not of working people, but those of the ruling elite. Just as the Democrats in Congress have proven unwilling to carry out any action to end the war in Iraq, so too they will do nothing to ameliorate the unprecedented inequality that pervades every facet of American society."

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/hedg-o10.shtml

"The people of America are now at a crossroads that will determine whether the world continues hurtling down the highway to hell, or whether we change course in the direction of our true human potential, what Swami calls "humanifest destiny." I say the world because if the United States honors the intentions of our founders and accepts the evolutionary role of genuine self-governance, the entire world will cheer -- and breathe a sigh of relief. Under the guise of true moral authority, we will be able to isolate the sociopathogens in the world and deal with them as criminals instead of what we're doing now -- killing the people the criminal elements are holding hostage, and creating new converts for the criminals."

Article at:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17557.htm

US Army Contemplates Redrawing Middle East Map to Stave-off Looming Global Meltdown

By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
 

"Humanity is on the verge of a precipice, and either we'll all just drop off the edge, or we'll evolve. I'm not sure what that new human being might look like, but it will clearly have to involve a completely new set of ideas and values, a new way of looking at the world that respects life and nature."

Article at:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14810.htm

Hugo Chavez

On his address to the UN, Sept. 20, 2006 (http://www.counterpunch.com/chavez09202006.html)

By Michael D. Morrissey

Sept. 21, 2006

May be redistributed for non-profit purposes, provided copyright is acknowledged.  Original place of publication is www.mdmorrissey.info/chavez.

Your words bring solace to a damaged nation not yours, but mine, a limping giant wounded in its soul by its very leaders, the men you call imperialists and devils, assassins, torturers.  We know this too.  But we need to hear it from you because we know you are our friend.

You call us brothers, and we believe you.  You remind us of the well-documented crimes of the CIA against your country and many others, including our own.  You know Bushco, the devil, was behind 9/11 and all that has followed, and you aren't afraid to say so.  Chomsky doesn't go that far, but David Griffin does and he agrees with you about the devil.
 

So do we.

We the people sinking into fascism like the Germans yesterday, having learned nothing at all from history, struck deaf, dumb and blind not by 9/11 but by television and the New York Times who sold out to the devil years ago.

Now you come, Hugo Chavez, saying what the Times will not print, but our hearts burn to say before the UN General Assembly.

How can we thank you but in small ways, like this in the hope that someday small voices will rise into a chorus as they have in your country, and in Bolivia and we one day will have real elections again and elect people like you who will tell the truth and do what we want them to do instead of what they want, which is to enslave us, kill us, impoverish and exploit us, and worst of all, do all of this without us knowing, thinking we are free, the "greatest country in the world."

Has there ever been a more pitiable state in all of history?  "And they thought they were free!" will be our epitaph, signed by the Vice-President of Sneers, unless we rise, hermano, and smile your smile of brotherhood and justice.  Te saludo, Hugo, amigo americano.

"A Tide That is Running Toward Unity"
 

Relevant links: www.mujca.com and  http://www.mujca.com/meyerreview.htm

Edited for wider distribution

Dear Thomas Meyer,

Thank you for the kind words, as well as the inspiring book. I too have come to believe that 9/11 poses a profound spiritual challenge, and I was very impressed by your lucid approach to this difficult and critically important topic.

Taking up where your book leaves off...it seems to me that those who sow conflict to reap a harvest of power are fighting against a tide that is running toward unity. Jung's suggestion that 1950s UFOs were round, mandala-like symbols of humanity's longing for unity, in the teeth of the schisms of the Cold War and the World Wars that preceded it, may or may not be correct in its analysis of UFOs, but it accurately describes our spiritual-political predicament.

By attacking Islam, the traditional of primordial unity, these forces of schism and conflict have set themselves an impossible task. Nazism and Communism were ephemeral evils, while Islam is a perennial good. I do not believe that Disney's empire will ever succeed in turning Mecca into an "Islam World" theme park with Mickey Mouse ears atop the ka'aba.  .....

Again, thank you for writing, and I will make sure you get review copies of my book The Myth of 9/11 as well as the one I'm co-editing 9/11 and American Empire.

Best wishes

Kevin

Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth
http://mujca.com

"A Civil War of Humanity"

Introduction to the Political Discourse

Dr Lyndon Storey
http://www.humanunion.info/

We are all born as humans. Our human identity is our primary identity. Yet we repeatedly scorn our common humanity so that today we are engaged in a civil war of humanity.

In political life we adopt identities based on nationality, ethnicity, religion, corporate loyalty and other concepts and put these identities ahead of our human identity. When we use these secondary  identities to justify competing with, exploiting, conquering, and killing our fellow humans we are denying our and their humanity. When we kill someone on behalf of our country or religion we are putting our national and religious identities before our human identity. We are engaging in the civil war of humanity.

In fact it is our human identity which should come first, not our national or religious identities. We need to develop a human political system which respects our human identity before our national and religious identities if we are ever to go beyond today's civil war of humanity and put an end to global inequality, injustice and warfare.

It is time to bring an end to the civil war of humanity. It is time to stop denying our humanity and create a political system which puts our humanity first rather than our nationality, religion or ethnic identity.

The Human Union Movement is campaigning to bring an end to the civil war of humanity by building a political system which does indeed put our humanity first. We call it the Human Union.

A Human Union will be a political system with values and policies, such as democracy and respect for human rights, that transcend national and religious boundaries. A Human Union will still acknowledge that people's national and religious identities are important, just not important enough to justify killing their fellow human beings. The concept of a Human Union is explained at several places on this website (just follow the links) but for now the easiest explanation is to think of something similar to the European Union but available to humans to join, thus Human Union. The Human Union can start with as few as one Country making a "Human Union Declaration" declaring that it is willing to negotiate to form one, or by the European Union reclaiming its humanity by renaming itself the Human Union.

The Human Union will develop gradually and in an organic manner as the European Union has. It will bring an end to warfare between its members and an increase in respect for democracy, human rights, environmental protection and economic opportunities amongst its members just as the European Union has. It will come into existence soon despite its unprecedented nature just as the European Union did. All that is required is pressure from people, of goodwill who want to do something practical and start the process that will finally bring an end to the civil war of humanity.

The Human Union Movement is dedicated to making the Human Union happen sooner rather than later. We have twin goals:

1. To encourage everyone to acknowledge and reclaim their human identity. We are all born as humans and should be able to act as humans and give our primary loyalty and expression to our human identity.

2. To promote a political solution to the civil war of humanity based on respect for our common humanity: The Human Union. On this opening page we have mostly talked of warfare between humans but other areas of conflict between humans such as economic conflict and failure to cooperate to protect the environment are also insoluble without a move from national political systems to a human political system such as the Human Union.

We ask you to consider the issues, look around this website which contains much information,
explanation and arguments and is being constantly updated and make up your own mind. We hope you will decide to join us in putting our humanity first and striving to build the Human Union. There is no political issue today more important then moving from the system of nation states to a human political system, the Human Union. The site offers resources for those who wish to work with us and for those who have similar ideas but do not necessarily wish to work directly with us. It is also possible to affirm the primacy of your human identity by making Human Declaration that you wish to be considered a human being first and will not allow your human common humanity to be overridden by nationalism, religion, etc. People can make a Human declaration whether or not they wish to join the Human Union Movement and we will offer all the support we can to any maker of a Human Declaration who is resisting calls to military service on behalf of nation or religion.
 

"None of Us Are Free - If One of Us is Chained" : Solomon Burke
4 Minute Video - Flash presentation.


Chaplain Describes 'Horror' of Guantanamo Bay

A Muslim chaplain who visited Omar Deghayes in Guantanamo Bay has spoken of his horror at the conditions there.

http://snipurl.com/1v4qq

 

I Stand In Solidarity With The Prisoners Of Guantanamo

By Jim Bush

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Not because of their innocence or guilt, but because of their humanity

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Not because I agree with their causes, whatever they may be, but because of my humanity

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because I believe in the values and ethics my forebears passed down to me

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because of the long history of struggle, both political and religious, for basic human rights

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because the unjust and inhumane treatment of any man or woman, diminishes me

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because the unjust and inhumane treatment of any man or woman, diminishes my country

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because the incarceration of any human being without legal recourse is plain wrong

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because I was raised by my parents, teachers, and preachers, to know better

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because my heart aches for their and the suffering of their families

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because I fear for the effects their treatment will have on the future of Democracy

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Because I fear for the future of the rule of law and what this could mean to my descendents

I stand in solidarity with the prisoners of Guantanamo
Not because of their innocence or guilt, but because of their humanity

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13589.htm

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A Country Not of Borders
 –The Hymn That Diana, Princess of Wales, Loved

"I Vow to Thee My Country"

I vow to thee, my country, all

earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the

service of my love:

The love that asks no question, the

love that stands the test,

That lays upon the altar the

dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the

love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted the

final sacrifice.

And there's another country, I've

heard of long ago,

Most dear to them that love her,

most great to them that know;

We may not count her armies, we

may not see her King;

Her fortress is a faithful heart, her

pride is suffering;

And soul by soul and silently her

shining bounds increase,

And her ways are ways of gentleness

and all her paths are peace

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