Talk by John Bunzl on "Simultaneous Policy & Civil Society" - 29 March 07

[Kathyayini Chamaraj]

> CIVIC Bangalore
> (Citizens' Voluntary Initiative for the City)
>
> has great pleasure in inviting you to a talk on
>
> "Simultaneous Policy & Civil Society"
> by
> John Bunzl
> Founder & Director
> International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO) *
>
> Prof. D. Jeevan Kumar
> Professor of Political Science
> Bangalore University
>
> will respond
>
> on 29th March 2007
> at Ashirwad
> Off St. Mark's Road
> (Opposite State Bank of India)
> Bangalore 560001
>
> 4.30 PM to 7.00 PM
>
> All are welcome
>
> Kathyayini Chamaraj
> Exec. Trustee, CIVIC
> #6, 2nd Floor, Kasturi Apts.
> 35/11, Langford Road Cross
> Shanthinagar
> Bangalore 560025
> Tel: 2211 0584 / 22711001
> civic...@gmail.com / www.civicspace.in
>
> *The Simultaneous Policy - Voting for Global Peace & Justice
>
> The Simultaneous Policy is a peaceful political strategy to
> democratically drive all the world's nations to apply global solutions
> to global problems, including combatting global warming and
> environmental destruction, regulating economic globalization for the
> good of all, and delivering social justice, peace and security, and
> sustainable prosperity.
>
> Global Problems
> –- Global warming, ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect and
> catastrophic climate change.
> – Pollution
> – Depletion of nonrenewable resources
> – Loss of biodiversity.
> – Corporate drive to impose genetically modified organisms (GMOs) of
> uncertain safety on people and the environment.
> – Power without accountability in global institutions such as the
> World Bank, the WTO (World Trade Organization), and the IMF
> (International Monetary Fund).
> -"Corporatocracy": undue power and influence in the hands of private
> vested interests such as multinational (transnational) corporations
> and private banks and investors.
> - Weapons of mass destruction (WMD), tyranny, terrorism, and war
> - A United Nations that is neither representative, democratic,
> legitimate, nor effective.
> – Billions of people living in poverty.
> – Billions chronically hungry; millions starving annually.
> – Millions dying annually for lack of adequate sanitation and healthcare.
>
> Global Solutions
> – Legislation and education for a healthy and sustainable global
> economy in harmony with nature.
> – Mandating responsible and sustainable environmental stewardship.
> – Worldwide adoption of the precautionary principle for all new
> technologies, including drugs, industrial chemicals and GMOs.
> – Reform of existing global institutions.
> – Creation of new, truly democratic and representative institutions of
> global governance.
> -- International legislation to ensure that the interests of people
> and planet come first.
> – The banning of all WMD, enforced by a new intelligence and security
> branch of the United Nations
> – The banning of war itself as an obsolete means of conflict resolution.
> – Ratification by all countries of the International Criminal Court
> (ICC) where terrorists and tyrants alike can be brought to justice.
> – Review of the United Nations Charter.
> – Democratization of the General Assembly and Security Council.
> – Creation of a permanent United Nations standing army.
> – A Tobin-type tax on currency speculation to raise billions of
> dollars annually for wealth redistribution.
> – An international relief fund based on taxing international arm sales.
>
> There is no shortage of sensible solutions to our global problems.
> What the world lacks is an effective means to cooperatively implement
> them everywhere, simultaneously. Individual nations cannot tackle the
> challenge of global problems alone or even in limited alliances or
> unions. Other nations, alliances or unions would still be free to
> ignore or exploit problems like global warming, cheap labour, and
> corporate tax shelters to gain a competitive advantage in the global
> marketplace.
>
> Enter the Simultaneous Policy (SP) – a peaceful, yet revolutionary
> political tool that empowers voters everywhere to compel their
> politicians – at the point of a ballot box! – to commit their nations
> to implement global solutions simultaneously. With SP, no nation,
> alliance, or corporation need go it alone; no one loses out, and
> everyone wins. The International Simultaneous Policy Organisation
> (ISPO) is one of the top 25 who are changing the world of internet and
> politics
>
> "It's ambitious and provocative. Can it work? Certainly worth a serious
> try."
> -Noam Chomsky
> Professor (MIT), political activist, author
>
> in...@simpol.org www.simpol.org
>
> Programme Schedule
> >
> > 4.30 PM - 5.00 PM Tea
> >
> > 5.00 PM to 5.05 Welcome
> >
> > 5.05 to 5.10 PM Introduction of the speaker by
> > Prof. Shankaranarayana, Acharya
> Institute of
> Management Studies &
> National Coordinator -
> India, Simultaneous Policy
> > 5.10 PM to 5.50 PM "Simultaneous Policy (SP) & Civil Society"
> Talk by John Bunzl, Founder&
> Director
> International Simultaneous
> Policy Organisation
> >
> > 5.50 PM to 6.10 PM Response by Prof. D. Jeevan Kumar
> >>
> > 6.10 PM to 6.55 PM Open discussion
> >
> > 6.55 PM to 7.00 PM Vote of thanks
> >
>