GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNICATION CALL FOR HUMAN UNITY CONGRESS

Dear friends,

We have received notification from the Madrid city council indicating that this year they cannot take on more (preparation of) activities, so we could talk about it next year. However, we hope that Barcelona city council will accept the proposal to hold the Unity Congress shortly and we can begin with its organization for celebrating it in the autumn of 2020.

We have started this week to send sponsorship proposals to various companies thanks to the great work of our Fundraising Manager, as well as we appreciate the progress of our Communication Group, volunteers from IE University. I invite you to follow their work on Instagramm, now @humanunityhum. They are also preparing a video promoting inclusive decision making, human unity.

CLIMATE CHANGE

The next two weeks will be dedicated to climate change, as we proposed an open workshop on “Strategies for control or mitigation of the effects of climate change and common decision-making possibilities” at IE University. Depending on the participation, the workshop could be divided into several groups that would segment the analysis to finally share conclusions and generate recommendations. We will have it in mind as a model for the Union Congress. We would also like to participate in the climate summit, have sent application, we understand that HUM’s proposal for inclusive decision making is the key factor for the summit to be successful.

Regarding climate change, our individual experience is limited to little more than, usually it is hotter in summer here in Madrid than in winter, but accumulated data as well as other scientific certainties well reported and popularized, have identified a process of global warming, largely or entirely caused by the human action which will lead to big damages we must prevent and avoid, or at least mitigate.

It is, therefore, a matter of common human security and this climate change summit should find measures agreed as wider as possible with this objective of prevention. The weight that each country gives to this matter is different and, for instance, it has been informed that the US refuses to any commitment about assuming measures agreed upon by that multilateral framework.

Even if global warming is a fact and its negative effects for the planet and humanity are highly probable, the priorities of the countries are diverse and it is difficult to reach effective agreements. The fact that the state´s approach to it is necessarily strategic can generate suspicion as about the possible benefit of some and detriment of others. For example, some countries may take advantage of those measures to establishing standards for homologating products and services worldwide as part of the fight against climate change resulting in increased exports of their own and undermining the sales/exports of other countries dependent on the first countries technologies. It does not mean that these countries are not rightly claiming their leadership on this innovation and accordingly reward as usual and proper in such cases, just it shows different interests. But, this is only one case to quote some of those possible suspicions or interest differences between countries, apart from the unequal impact of warming in different areas, etc.

And beyond that fact, although very committed voices have been raised for human action in the against climate change, it is shocking that there are no voices so committed in the struggle for human dignity crying out against abuse, oppression and war. What expectation can these voices have against climate change about unanimous response from humanity? It will necessarily be a political one, this is a particular yield, because while common measures are required to tackle the (potential) damage that climate change can cause to mankind, the damage that many people now (actually) suffer is not considered and, therefore, humanity (solidarity) seems not to include them or to discriminate them as part of humanity. That could be the case of Extinction Rebellion, we have addressed to cooperate, and have not replied. I could be that, in addition to fight against climate change, it does not go without a political gain (or political management).

COMMUNICATION AND DECISION MAKING

Ecological awareness, the fight against climate change, fauna and flora diversity preservation and many other issues that concern humanity have very different readings in very different countries, despite being obviously matters of common human interest, for it makes an inclusive decision-making system increasingly urgent.

The enormous disagreement between ideologies, countries, etc. on information can make us doubt about the possibility of global governance, but communication is really no different from decision making. The clear awareness of this is what leads us to request Communication companies to be both a Working Group of the Union Congress and the Co-organizers of it. Actually, it is enough that our communication pretend to be inclusive, so that the decision-making process is also inclusive.

The current communications system is based on confrontation and war and, therefore, the objective of communication is the expansion of the domain of the publisher (actually the one who finances the publication) over the others. Any interpretation / communication about the facts, needless to say, is intended to claim a right (a past right is the fundament for present right) and also the assessment of those facts or data that manifest a trajectory, as is the case of warming, for each one will imply different effects in a way that each one will expose them or emphasize something to be used to imply something that favors their particularity; a right, a privilege, a primacy, etc.

In this context, it is surprising that we, those who are for inclusiveness –are you in?, are being able to go little by little spreading the proposal of human unity. This would be impossible without the existence of common sense because in the state of violence we live in as absence of common sense makes the medium equal to the message and there does not seem to be an actual message. This is assumed by politics (not cosmopolitan politics). I explain it:

Information in China, for example, is controlled by the state and the communist countries in the past, or some populisms simply seek to control information or propaganda, as they assume it is its real name, as a means to achieve their political goals. And, on the other hand, according to Chomsky, the media in the capitalist countries, particularly in the United States, are under the big companies control which “manufacture consensus” according to their interests, since they have a monopoly on information.

As some Chinese friends told me, in Hong Kong Western social networks, which are not allowed in mainland China but have deep roots in Hong Kong, do not allow to propagate arguments in favor of mainland China. If this would be the case, on the other hand, the many (human) resources of the Chinese state would occupy quickly those media by publishing massive arguments in favor of the interests of the People’s Republic, so that these media only admit information in favor of the protests. The situation reaches the absurd that since YouTube does not allow such content, some of these videos exposing arguments in favor of mainland China case are loaded in PornTube since it does not censure them, which, perhaps, also look beyond their actual message pointing out to that censorship in those Western supported media… Regarding the information some countries media give about others countries, I just very much wish this could be the last word on the subject.

INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING

Mozi said: “Criticizing without alternative is like trying to put out a fire with fire or stop a flood with water. Therefore, Mozi always said: Partiality must be replaced by universality. ” Communications have to be transparent, this means that they have to make their purpose explicit. The purpose includes the definition of what is intended and the benefits it shall provide as well as the means available for achieving it and the effort it requires. At this point, it is not even about our will to be inclusive, but just the transparent exposition of the purpose reveals its suitability for all of humanity and, therefore, in that way amounts to inclusive, joint decision-making, whose realization is common cooperation. Such are all advances in medicine, food, transport, etc. They are for everyone’s benefit without discrimination.

Each of the working groups of the Union Congress, as experts in their sector and knowledgeable about their resources, proposes the development objectives that best meet human needs and desires, assign tasks and cooperate for their achievement. The reorganization for cooperation that replaces the competing motivation for the monopoly (of innovation) is generated by replacing the imposition and violent submission by deprivation by rational and voluntary cooperation. The shared transparent purpose creates community.

PALESTINE

We would like to organize as soon as possible a visit to Israel and Palestine, Gaza, and we are trying to raise funds to cover expenses for it in order to draw attention to the situation of the people there, particularly in the Gaza Strip, a place where there is no other interest than humanitarian and where, therefore, we precisely want to express and spread our proposal for human unity, as well as beginning our mediation work in Western Asia (Middle East) that leads to the truce prior to the Universal Congress.

HUMAN UNIT MOVEMENT’ COMMUNIQUE

Dear friends,

ON THE DATE AND PLACE OF THE WORLD UNION CONGRESS

The celebration of the Human Unity Congress obtained the support and, to some extent, the commitment of the Madrid city council under Manuela Carmena team. However, despite the efforts of its head of International Action and Global Citizenship, Antonio Zurita Contreras, for the city to host the event as such and not as a partisan initiative, that approach seems not to be having continuity on the part of the new government of Madrid which has not contacted us yet.

The Call to the World Union Congress, however, is already made, it is published and what we try to agree with the city council is its date and venue to be able to issue preliminary invitations to the participants who are the most relevant people and companies in the following Groups of Work: Education / Humanities, Development, Technologies (divided into Food, Health, Mobility, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure), Security, Women and Communication. The Congress will be broadcast live and open to everyone and the plan is for its financing to be borne by the participating and sponsoring companies.

THE END OF VIOLENCE

The Call to the Congress cannot be delayed because it is the means of spreading human unity proposal and also the means of the ceasefire, necessary for the celebration of the event. Truce has to take place as the Congress is gaining support because the Congress purpose is inclusive decision making and this is the end of partiality or sovereignty so that in this way violence stop making sense since violence inevitably claims for exclusion or sovereignty

Furthermore, the World Unity Congress cannot be carried out if there is no previous inclusive will, that is; if violence has not ceased. It would be contradictory to a united world or to a universal congress if there are parties (of course, of it) destroying each other so that stopping violence would constitute the greatest urgency and this would consist in setting the limits of the sovereignty of each party, again, the opposite of the purpose of the Congress.

THE LAW

The human condition of partiality or sovereignty in History gives rise to Law as a means of conflict resolution, but law cannot be the means for peace. The latter because its implementation always and only corresponds to the strongest, which does not mean that the result is the fairest but that according to the strongest interests, and the worst thing is that it only adds evil to evil because its operation is punishment after evil is accomplished.

But the Law is not human, it presupposes innocence (it is idealistic) refuses to see what eyes see: the bad intention or the strategy of the agents, that is, that all their movements tend to subdue, put the other at mercy (needless to say and vice versa) to manipulate and exploit it, does not see or judge about the production and distribution of weapons, whose purpose is damage, destruction, and homicide, etc.

However, the time of the Law has passed because today we can all live together, make inclusive and join decisions and we no longer need to put a blindfold on our eyes, self-deceive ourselves, deceive others, remain silent, lie and mystify youth when globalization allows and invites us to unity, to joint decision-making, which causes the purpose of harm to be absurd (or not inclusive) and transparency – the form for mutual and universal responsibility.

CATALONIA

Are we, perhaps, incapable of it? That is a pointless question for those of us who call the Congress. In the meantime that the city council of Madrid does not answer we have made the proposal to the city council of Barcelona and we propose to the Catalans that they cease their claim to sovereignty and also to the Spanish state to release the independence prisoners expressing both their support for human unity or inclusive decision making and so their support to the World Unity Congress.

The Spanish state (the armed unit) cannot cancel its sovereignty, since this is a question or decision about itself as a subject – doing so would be equivalent to ceasing to be that subject and therefore would not even be a valid decision. But, the truth is that the Catalans assume that the constitution of sovereignty is a matter of popular will and, therefore, could not say that they are not in a position to propose human unity or human sovereignty.

Likewise, Spain, by accepting hosting the Congress shows its disposition towards the inclusiveness that would end up with sovereignty, all sovereignties, because, of course, it is a proposal to humanity that is only put in practice with the unanimous agreement of all (in the assumption that the Congress fails, it proves inclusive decision making unfeasible, prisoners would return to jail and the Catalans could continue to claim for their independence …)

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Since the greatest implementation of HUM is in Spain, as Spaniards we have a limited right to request the release of prisoners, but Human Unity Movement is an NGO and does not discriminate against the nationality of those who support human unity.

In this sense, it is not the case that we ask the Spanish state for the release of prisoners because the cosmopolitans are not subjected to any partiality, we are not a ‘people’ in that sense of one who asks their leaders to do something (as protesters or climate change fighters, etc. do putting pressure on governments, asking them to enforce something), but we are free and equal human beings who assume personal sovereignty and we decide according to our own judgment and we make it public and we count for it not more just with only force, but with rationality and common sense.

Only in this way can we reject, mediate and dissolve violence in Western Asia (Middle East), where we want to move as soon as possible once we fix the data of Congress, in Latin America, in Hong Kong or where the violence is occurring, while as a ‘people’ (submitted to a state) we can only take part in favor of one side and against another.

Only if we assume personal sovereignty first can we then act from our institutional, political, business or personal positions to achieve the necessary truce for the celebration of the congress as well as later in the Congress to accept and act accordingly with human sovereignty.

HUMAN SOVEREIGNTY

In fact, the people who support the Congress cannot do it otherwise than from each one autonomy or personal will, assuming so our own will for peace or inclusive decision making, first becoming sovereign ourselves instead of submitting to an entity that only rules against another partiality under the absurdity of whatever (it might allies us with Russia, with China, with Turkey, with Iran, with Israel, with the EU, with the US, with India… ..) so these are our options, ever constrained or limited to whom (which armed unit or coalition) to attack, to defend from, whom to repress, etc. all that kind of possibilities, but peace.

Let us be cautious, but do not be afraid, truce could even be unilateral but peace cannot. Peace only occurs with agreement and cooperation of all, because we are all involved, so that partiality, which was a necessity a human condition, is now a mistake, the success right now is humanity striving to become a subject.