[gha] Re: The Open Letter to GHA
- From: Norman Kurland <thirdway@xxxxxxxx>
- To: gha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:30:45 -0400
Peter,
Here's what I just sent out to Bruce Cook:
I support your comments.
I also regret that the global strategy advanced by GHA still omits the
importance of the concept of Economic Justice (see especially Article 17
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
<http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a17>) as an essential
twin pillar for achieving Global Harmonious Peace, Prosperity and
Freedom for all members of global Society.
Article 17 and the institutional means to achieve access to the rights
and power of property as a fundamental human right are missing from the
constitutions of every nation state, as well as the International
Monetary Fund, the Bank of International Settlements, the World Bank and
all UN bodies dealing with poverty and global economic development.
Instead, universal access to property rights is ignored. Even Jefferson
in authoring the U.S. Bills of Rights in 1776 left out the term
"property", in my view because of America's "original sin" -- human
slavery, which treated people as "things".
While America and the world today formally oppose human slavery, our
current economic systems have shackled most citizens into a more subtle
form of dehumanizing slavery -- wage slavery, welfare slavery, charity
slavery and debt slavery. Adoption of Article 17 at all levels of
global society would end all modern forms of human slavery by enabling
all humans to become liberated as owners of all wealth-producing capital
assets, such as the unlimited frontier of every-advancing technologies
and all forms of "energy slaves." Little wonder that global poverty
perpetuated by the global masters of money and finance and widespread
corruption among political leaders supporting economic plutocracies
within all countries are the main root sources of war, global terrorism,
unemployment and group conflict.
If the GHA is to succeed as an interfaith educational network advancing
Harmony within today's chaotic world, GHA cannot ignore Justice as a
universal and complementary goal for guiding the redesign of the moral
and legal architecture of the world. GHA to date does not address the
question, "Who should own the world?" World Citizen Garry Davis answered
that question <http://www.worldservice.org/whoowns.html> in a way that
should be read by all those who seek a more harmonious and just world.
A supporter of Garry and one of the great world design scientists R.
Buckminster Fuller offered these few pearls of wisdom to GHA members:
"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. . .
. [Our challenge is to] make the world work for 100% of humanity in
the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation and
without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."
I hope all those associated with GHA will heed the advice of global
visionaries like the 92-year-old Garry Davis and the late Bucky Fuller.
That will position GHA above all other groups advocating Peace by
supplementing its current vision with a practical with a bolder and more
complete vision for making the world work, from the bottom-up.
Members of GHA who read these two writings are invited to visit and
consider joining the website of the Coalition for Capital Homesteading
<http://www.capitalhomestead.org/>, an advocacy group advancing the Just
Third Way vision and comprehensive system reforms designed to achieve a
people-empowered, market oriented, property-based approach to economic
democracy at local, regional, national and global levels of the Global
Village. CESJ is a member of the Coalition. I hope GHA will also join
the Coalition.
In Harmonious Peace through Compassionate Justice,
Norm
--
Norman G. Kurland, J.D.
President
Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ)
P.O. Box 40711, Washington, DC 20016
(O) 703-243-5155, (F) 703-243-5935
(E)thirdway@xxxxxxxx
(Web)http://www.cesj.org
On 5/18/13 11:23 AM, Peter Hayes wrote:
I echo Bruce's comments.
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Bruce Cook <amplicraft@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:amplicraft@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Everyone,
I'd like to apologize for the GHA's inappropriate response to the
GHA failure to win the WIHW competition. I was consulted on this
matter and suggested that nothing should be said against the
competition, basically citing the well-known Serenity Prayer as a
comfort. However, in spite of my suggestion, the complaint was
sent out and Monica, who properly objected, was targeted with
strong words.
As President of GHA-USA, I join Kurt Johnson in apologizing to
Monica, Nina, and anyone else who felt hurt by the communication.
Let's do our best to work together in harmony in the future.
Blessings,
Bruce Cook
President, GHA-USA
--
Peter Hayes
Vice President
Service For Peace
Tel. 502-290-3611
Skype: sfp-ky
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