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Article excerpts from the monthly Forcing Change journal are posted blow. To read the complete texts of any of these articles, become a member and gain access to the full versions. For more information on becoming a member, click here. Bridging Politics and Religion for Global Unification There is a specific “independent religion” literally seeking to create a new world civilization, both spiritually and politically. It could even be said that world government is their spiritual mandate. To the casual outside observer looking in, this bold directive may appear preposterous. After all, this particular religion is not numerically large. Nor does it thrust itself on the public consciousness; especially when one compares it to the international political clout of Roman Catholicism, the massive media attention Islam receives in the world press, or the perceived role of evangelical Christianity in US national affairs. In fact, for all intent and purposes, this religion remains largely unknown to the general population of North America, and, arguably, much of the rest of the world. Yet as unfamiliar as this religion may be to the average person, its involvement in the realm of global governance is undeniable, with a track record at the United Nations going back to the UN’s birth. Even so, political commentators and researchers alike have routinely overlooked this body of believers. In fact, if it hadn’t been for my attendance at one particular UN event, I too would have completely overlooked this international player… … Emphasizing this global unification of politics and religion, Samimi-Moore restated this central theme by adding that the “Bahá’ís have gone about building these structures from a spiritual motivation…They believe these new structures will contribute to the unification of the planet.” The avowed goal of the Bahá’í faith, a spiritual mandate to create world government, amply demonstrates the reason why this little known religion is so willing to entrench itself within the international community. The implications are extraordinary. Think about it: a lavish international headquarters complex – including a Universal House of Justice – located at Mount Carmel, all with special ties to the United Nations, and a religiously ingrained interfaith agenda centered on global unification… — Ever wondered about the Bahá’í faith? Did you know that their stated religious aim is the creation of a genuine world political government, a single currency for the globe, and the establishment of a new world religion? Members of Forcing Change have access to the entire article. Click here for details. Article Details:Scope: Analyzing the enormous globalization agenda behind the Bahá’í religion, including their deep involvement at the United Nations. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 3, Volume 1
Length: 1700+ words Creating a “Faith Based” United Nations …The unification of religions, or the creation of some type of integrated “World Faith” system, is by no means a new concept. Back in 1893 this line of reasoning was embraced during the first World’s Parliament of Religions, and it has since become a central pillar in the modern interfaith movement. For example: On June 22, 2005, the United Nations hosted a groundbreaking one-day inter-religious event titled the Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace. Even though the conference was small by UN standards, it officially drew significant international players into the global interfaith agenda, including government reps from sixteen countries. Some of the participating leaders from the United Nations, World Bank, religious groups, and prominent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) included… …The purpose of this conference, which is visible in its title, was to propel the world peace/interfaith agenda to a more substantial level. By its nature this is a political move. As Jean Ping, President of the UN General Assembly explained, “If religions have contributed to the peace of the world, we have also to recognize that they have been used to create division and fuel hostilities. Fanaticism and adherence to exclusive ideologies, both religious and secular, have challenged religious communities, governments and international relations for centuries. It is important that in building our civilizations, we enhance interfaith cooperation among governments, civil society, and the United Nations system… The quest for peace and justice, and the need to overcome violence, binds religions, governments and the UN together.” Reporting on the event, the Bahá’í International Community hit the target in terms of the larger idea; “The key to interfaith harmony and co-operation is to focus on the essential oneness of all religions.” Why? Because the quest for “world peace” irrevocably links politics and religion into a new global framework. Towards this interfaith-political quest for global unity, Ambassador Munir Akram, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), told conference attendees, “Faith is also a powerful instrument for social – and political mobilization – to achieve collective goals.” Taking all of this in context, a disturbing picture comes into view: The creation of an international “Faith-based initiative,” á la United Nations’ style. This was further emphasized in the outcome of the Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace when it was announced that a new UN organization would be created: the Tripartite Forum on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace. …So is the creation of a UN styled “Faith-based initiative” a stretch? Not at all: already the United Nations and the larger world community have put in place a whole series of important inter-religious stepping stones leading the world down that path. Consider these developments… — Yes, politics and religion blends at the highest levels. To read more of this remarkable article, become a member today. Article Details: Scope: A deep examination of current United Nations religious programs and how global governance and world religious agendas intermix. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 5, Volume 1 Length: 3000+ words
Cult of Green: The United Nations “Christianity rescued the world from this lunacy. Today, Christian Churches may be in need of rescue.” - Robert A. Sirico. Environmentalism and religion are indelibly linked. At times this connection is subtle, such as when it’s clothed in the often-bureaucratic language of sustainable development. Other times this marriage is openly acknowledged. The late actor James Coburn, in an Earth Day interview with Caryl Matrisciana at Malibu Beach, enthusiastically proclaimed, “Mother Earth is the Mother. She’s the Mother Goddess. She’s the one we should be praising rather then raping. I mean, all of these people here today are here for one reason, because they are concerned about what’s happening to the Earth, what Mankind is doing to the Earth. I mean the negative emotion we carry around a lot of us is another contributor to it. It all feeds the Moon. What we have to do is be true to ourselves, if we are true to ourselves we’ll be true to Mother Earth. Mother Earth is going to be bountiful. She’ll give us everything we need. She has for a long time. We’ve lost our way. The pagans used to know how to do it. And the Indians, some of them still remember how to do it. The Earth is a living organism. We’re killing the one we love the most, and she loves us. We’ve got to praise our Mother Goddess!” At the world’s political gathering place, the United Nations, eco-spirituality has been embraced in a variety of forms. One example is the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a short document hardly amounting to twenty letter-sized pages. Taken at face value, the CBD appears spiritually benign, with little in the text that could be construed as religious-in-nature. Yet when the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) interpreted the CBD, resulting in an oversized 1100+page work titled the Global Biodiversity Assessment, eco-spirituality was included as a global asset. In fact, eco-spirituality was deemed so important that a second massive volume was published, aptly titled Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity: A Complementary Contribution to the Global Biodiversity Assessment (700+pages on oversized paper). So why would the CBD, a minuscule document with no real reference to religion foster such a huge interpretive response, including one text specifically on the spiritual aspects of biodiversity? UNEP published the answer… — Check out the rest of this article, which analysis United Nations programs that places nature above humanity, and calls for the destruction of Judeo-Christian/Western principles: A great resource to give to pastors and community leaders. Membership has its benefits! Click here for more information. Article Details: Scope: A panoramic sweep of UN environmental programs that counters Western principles and Judeo-Christian foundations: with particular emphasis on the UN Environmental Sabbath program. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 6, Volume 1 Length: 5100+ words (includes appendices)Earth Day: A Radical Religious Agenda “Earth Day, April 22, is the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a half billion people every year.” — EarthDayNetwork.[italics added]. “More than 6 million Canadians join 500 million people in over 180 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity.” — Earth Day Canada [italics added]. “Earth is more than just a spaceship. She is our Mother. She gave us life. There is nowhere else to go but to stay and love her.” — Reader’s comment regarding John Kerry’s Earth Day blog. It seems that everybody has embraced Earth Day. Corporate sponsorships pay for community Earth Day events, federal and state/provincial agencies spend tax dollars in promotion of April 22, and a myriad of “grassroots” organizations add energy to the planetary cause. It’s an event that captures the attention of local and national media outlets, politicians of every stripe, and fuels the imagination of school children everywhere. From Toyota to the City of Denver, from the United Nations to the National Council of Churches, from elementary schools to major university campuses – Earth Day is more than just a single annual event; it’s a platform for “global citizenship.” The idea for Earth Day goes back to 1962 and Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Convinced that environmental issues needed greater national exposure, Nelson suggested to President Kennedy that he embark on a “national conservation tour.” The following year Kennedy went on a five-day tour promoting natural conservation, but the event never generated the political interest Nelson was hoping for. However, according to the Senator, “it was the germ of the idea that ultimately flowered into Earth Day.” Six years later during the height of the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, Senator Nelson hit on the idea of creating a “national environmental teach-in” – styled after the protest movement. As Nelson explained in a brief article on the history of Earth Day, “At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment…The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and air – and they did so with exuberance. For the next four months, two members of my staff, Linda Billings and John Heritage, managed Earth Day affairs out of my Senate office.” Students and educators were recognized as a specific target group ideal for maintaining long-term momentum, and a national teach-in event was planned for April 22, 1970. Helping to make this first Earth Day a success, a special book was compiled through Friends of the Earth and distributed nation-wide to teachers and professors. Titled, The Environmental Handbook: Prepared for the First National Environmental Teach-In, April 22, 1970, this volume bared all in the quest for a new social and environmental contract. The book wasn’t written by a single author, rather, it was a compilation of essays and articles written by a number of environmental activists, and received its final editing under Garrett De Bell. When it was published, The Environmental Handbook was placed into thousands of young hands… — This entire article with complete documentation can be viewed in the Forcing Change membership section. Click here to sign up. Article Details: Scope: The Earth Day agenda, from 1970 until today. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 4, Volume 1.
Length: 2800+ words. Educating for Global Citizenship “Welcome…Global Citizens!”With these words Dr. Desmond Berghofer, author and Chairman of the International Foundation of Learning, officially opened the Global Citizenship 2000 Youth Congress. From April 4-6, 1997, at the one-thousandth day before the year 2000, the Vancouver Public Library in British Columbia, Canada, became the “visioneering” epicentre of the world. We had gathered to make global history. Friday evening, April 4th, educators, community leaders, and approximately 150 children congregated in the Library Concourse to celebrate Global Citizenship. This was no ordinary gathering. Philip Owen, Mayor of Vancouver – unable to attend – passed along his support to the Congress. The children, students from British Columbia’s lower mainland, marched in carrying banners with themes of Global Citizenship. Opening the event, Edith Wallace, a gifted Canadian performer, sang about the “fire within” and our planetary home. But it wasn’t a Canadian who stole the show. In the words of organizer Dr. Geraldine Schwartz, the man to inspire the Congress was a “planet elder,” Dr. Robert Muller… …On Saturday the children – some as young as six – along with educators and leaders, were given the task of visioneering for a new world. Each school constituted a visioneering team with the purpose of deciding what was necessary for Global Citizenship… …Muller related how the Earth was overpopulated, how our present lifestyles and values needed to change, and how it was up to the generation present at the Congress to force the world to embrace “Mother Earth”. On population, Muller boasted that the United Nations had, as a result of warnings to the world, “prevented the birth of 2 billion, 200 million people.” He also encouraged the Congress; “Try to convince your people to reduce the number of children. This is one of the biggest problems we have on this planet.” [Italics added] Next, Muller laid out a lengthy scenario of unimaginable environmental destruction. He did this in a unique way by holding a hypothetical dialogue between himself and Mother Earth. This emotional appeal had a staggering effect on the participants… … A young mother asked Muller what her family’s optimum size should be. Muller told her two, one to replace yourself, one to replace your partner. After this a visibly shaken middle-aged mother expressed her gratitude to Muller, “I have brought five children into this world [at this point she was fight tears] and I’m so moved by what you said. I’ve been asleep, my family’s been asleep.” Later that evening I had a chance to talk to a high school student who was obviously bored during the day. Her parents had dropped her off in the morning, and she didn’t want to be there. We had coffee in the Library Concourse where she explained her belief that the Congress was an exercise in “brainwashing”. Twenty minutes later her parents showed up and asked if she wanted to stay for the rest of the evening. Her response was telling, “I want to leave before they convince me not to have my five children.”… — This event was designed to shape the North American educational system towards embracing global governance, including direct world government and a new planetary religion. Drawing from personal attendance and private audio recordings of the event, the author demonstrates how education is being employed as a tool for global propaganda and total mind change. Read this important report in the membership section. Click here to find out more. Article Details: Scope: Global citizenship education, global mind change agendas, and the use of propaganda/mind-manipulation to advance world management. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 3, Volume 1 Length: 3900+ words
Global Governance 2002: I had come to Montreal to be part of a gathering of influential Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), government players, and representatives from the United Nations. And like other similar events, no expense was spared in catering to the global elite. Our task was complex yet focused: to provide the vision necessary to mold the world into a harmonized machine – to strive in making the United Nations a world management regime. Global Governance 2002 was just that; a meeting of shapers and policy makers dedicated to the overarching ideal of “global governance.” Most everyone agreed; the world is rapidly changing, and we need to make sure that it’s changing in a way that empowers the international community… …The opening session on Sunday, October 13, was a time of mingling, making acquaintances, and re-establishing contacts. Between flowery opening statements, appetizers, cocktails, and two very interesting and talented interpretive dance troupes, FIM organizers and active G02 participants greeted and networked with each another. On the surface this doesn’t seem important, but it must be remembered that it’s in these neutral settings where alliances are formed and new partnerships to push agendas are conceived. Furthermore, to the observant, it’s times like this where one can spot and watch particular men and women who obviously hold popular sway: the unspoken leaders within diverse global networking/peer groups. Of particular interest was… …Because a strategic part of the G02 was the “redefining of global democracy,” the idea of a world parliament was enthusiastically discussed in some of the working sessions and between key NGO representatives. But NGOs weren’t the only ones in favor of an “elected” world assembly. During a question and answer period with Bill Graham, the Canadian Government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (the equivalent to the US Department of State and Collin Powell), Mr. Graham announced that he favored the creation of a parliamentary system that would work in tandem with… — Read this “insiders” report by subscribing to Forcing Change today. FC members have access to every back-issues, and much more! Article Details: Scope: An intelligence report on the Global Governance 2002 conference, including main topics of interest. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 5, Volume 1 Length: 2000+ words
Manipulating the Masses: “The citizen should be molded to suit the form of government under which he lives.” – Aristotle, Politics, Book VIII. “Never before in human history have so many had such easy access to so much potential power for so many diverse purposes.” – In Athena’s Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age. “Psychological operations” is not a term typically found in the lexicon of the general public. Normally, it is a military phrase referring to an information operation specifically aimed at changing the behaviours and attitudes of a target group. In military affairs this has historically been enemy combatants and/or the general population of an enemy country. Today we live in an age where information is deemed central to the maintenance of political and economic power, placing the scope of psychological operations far beyond military-only applications. While this is not fundamentally new – information and its leverage has always been an instrument of power – an understanding of its manipulative importance and persuasiveness is sadly lacking by most people. Psychological operations in the broadest form are intimately tied to its information cousin: propaganda. Indeed, the distinction between the two is thin… …As Joseph W. Caddell, writing for the US Army War College, asserts “A comprehensive methodology for dealing with deception will never be written. It is a nebulous and ever changing field of virtually infinite proportions.” Nevertheless, Caddell, chiefly writing to a military audience, does offer some basic building blocks in the battle against deception. “The more that you know about your adversaries and about the events which are unfolding, the better prepared you will be to combat deception…Never rely on a limited number of sources of information or a limited number of collection methodologies. The more sources one knows, the harder it is for someone to manipulate information out of context. The more one knows, the more likely one will detect a fabrication…”… — Utilizing an array of military/government documents and other important sources, this essential report details the use of PSYOPS and propaganda as a global/national change agent. To read this important piece, become a subscriber today. Article Details: Scope: An overview of propaganda and PSYOPS aimed at the public level, including the “greening of PSYOPS.” Found: Forcing Change, Issue 2, Volume 1 Length: 3300+ words.
Paying for Global Governance: Another hand is attempting to enter your wallet. If successful, this hand will take from “world citizens” and directly transfer the gains to the international community. No, this is not a joke. Global taxation proposals are on the table, and have been for some time. Moreover, with each proposal brought forward, a new step is taken to solidify the idea: one that is especially intriguing to the United Nations. Presently the United Nations is chiefly funded through the contributions of member countries, which many UN advocates view as being restrictive to the growth of the world organization. In order to be freed from this monetary limitation, imposed by sovereign nations, it is believed that an alternative source of revenue is needed. Hoping to see a form of global taxation come into being, politicians from Canada, Belgium, France, England, Brazil, Uruguay, the United States and others, have been working on supranational tax schemes since Canada officially enshrined the idea back in 1999… …Looking for ways to UN financial independence, the United Nations Economic and Social Council examined a multitude of money raising ideas in the 1990’s, including the creation of a world lottery, a UN credit card program, and imposing “fines” for violating international law. One unique proposal being circulated within the international community is that of a UN Security Insurance Agency. This plan, if implemented, would allow small countries that lack significant military forces to pay insurance premiums to the United Nations. In turn, the UN would guarantee the security of the insured nation by mobilizing armed units against anyone who would threaten it. With this suggestion the UN is empowered in two different ways that elevate the world body far beyond its present-day stature … One of the panelists, a young lady from the US, rigorously pressed the need for a world management system equipped with the power to tax.
Article Details: Scope: Imposing global taxes and other funding options for the United Nations. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 8, Volume 1 Length: 2100+ words.
Sharpening Claws: For the first time since the 1992 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia resumed long-range strategic bomber flights into NATO and US controlled airspace. According to President Vladimir Putin, this new development reflects a permanent position, “I made a decision to restore flights of Russian strategic bombers on a permanent basis, and at 00:00 today, August 17, 14 strategic bombers, support aircraft and aerial tankers were deployed. Combat duty has begun, involving 20 aircraft… …Air patrol areas will include zones of commercial shipping and economic activity. As of today, combat patrolling will be on a permanent basis. It has a strategic character.” In another RIA Novosti news filing, Sergei Ivanov, the deputy prime minister overseeing the defense industry said, “This has nothing to do with ‘bloc mentality’ or confrontation, let alone a return to the Cold War.” This statement, while reassuring to the Western public, doesn’t fit with the ongoing tensions that have developed in the Central Asian region. Further reporting on this renewed Russian flight program, Reuters news services claimed that Russian bombers flew “near the Pacific island of Guam, where the U.S. military has a base, and ‘exchanged smiles’ with U.S. pilots scrambled to track them.” An over-flight also occurred in the North Atlantic, causing the British to launch Typhoon interceptors in a shadowing action alongside a Russian Tupolev-95 “Bear” aircraft.All of this appeared to be part-and-parcel of a larger joint Russian/Chinese military exercise, one that included political elements… — This article highlights the simmering tensions over Central Asian hegemony. Become a member today and access the entire piece, including endnotes and resource list. Article Details: Scope: A brief overview of the recently renewed Russian strategic bombing flights and its broader implications for Central Asian interests. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 8, Volume 1 Length: 1100+ words
To Conquer a Continent: …On the other side of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, the “security” side, the issue appears to be primarily focused on border concerns – including biometrics and enhanced passports, ideas that have been floating for a number of years already. However, there has been some deeper thinking. Over the last five years, the US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) has published reports and papers examining hemispheric and North American integration options, calling for “a comprehensive North American process.” Explaining the interlocking nature of this “new paradigm…multinational whole-of-government and whole-of-alliance/coalition approach,” one SSI contributor wrote,
This “exploited” interaction certainly fits within the economic side of regional unification. One SSI document, Building Regional Security Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, puts this linkage into perspective.
The same report also gives a number of “advanced recommendations” in engaging operations in the Western Hemisphere, two of which were particularly noteworthy. Remember, these are recommended areas of activity, not necessarily for US policy makers (although they would have to come on board) or for foreign nationals in their respected countries, but for the US military’s own involvement in developing regional security.
Two implications become obvious: First, it’s suggested that the US military meddle with foreign governments in order to secure its version of stability and good governance within the region. And secondly, the US military should involve itself in foreign national tensions, assisting the target government in controlling territorial opposition and unrest… … Essentially, if you want to understand why something is happening, follow the cash. It’s also been said that money makes the world go round, a truism regardless of who you are or what you do. And North American unification, at whatever levels it comes in at will be one of the most lucrative parties going, provided you’re holding a ticket to get into the club… …As A.W. Clausen, former President of the BankAmerica Corporation and the World Bank said in 1979, “The control of money and credit strikes at the very heart of national sovereignty.” And the year before, Trilateral Commission co-founder, Zbigniew Brzezinski, commented,
Indeed they are ahead of the political concepts, and have been for decades. Consider this timeline of banking and economic interests in regional unification: 1971 – As a result of major shifts in global economics, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston convened a meeting between American and Canadian bankers and economists. Andrew F. Brimmer, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, suggested reforms to the international monetary system with Canada taking an active part. And economist Robert A. Mundell forwarded a currency union idea in opposition to the US dollar… — This is a “smoking gun” report. North American integration runs much deeper than the recently discussed Security and Prosperity Partnership. Continental unification hinges on new military platforms, the control of banking and currencies, and multinational economic powers that pressure governments at all levels. This Forcing Change report contains over 80 endnotes, solidly documenting the continental unification agenda. Don’t miss this important and timely piece! Become an FC member and gain access! Article Details: Scope: A detailed examination of North American unification, including military agendas, central banking pressures towards a currency union, who the major players are and how they’re linked together. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 7, Volume 1
Length: 7300+ words Unveiling the Global Interfaith Agenda Religious pluralism isn’t a new concept, but it has made tremendous inroads during the past ten years. This development hasn’t been confined to churches only, but now tracks through international politics, economics, and major social structures. In past issues of Forcing Change various aspects of this movement have been expounded on, including environmental links. However, the following article, which is divided into two parts, offers a unique window into the growing clout of the interfaith agenda and its deeper meaning. Increasingly, this socio-religious pluralism will find its way into more local programs and actions, including community functions, civic politics, and economic “justice” agendas. All of this will impact churches, from local congregations to national boards, and will become increasingly visible in secular fields such as public education and the workplace. Already this is happening. As mentioned, this article is comprised of two parts: the front section, “An Inside Look,” details my observations while attending a 2001 interfaith event in St. Petersburg, Florida. A special emphasis is placed on what to watch for regarding the impact of the inter-religious agenda at the more local and discernable level. The second part of this article is a review of the 2004 Barcelona Parliament of the World’s Religions. While I didn’t attend this event, the information and intelligence that came out of this gathering gives us an interesting “big picture” sweep of the global interfaith program, including its linkages to issues of economic governance… — To read this entire article, which lists the organizations involved and key leaders in the movement, see Issue 8, Volume 1 of Forcing Change. Not a member yet? Sign up here. Article Details: Scope: An inside look at the interfaith agenda, including key players, major ambitions, and its greater impact on society. Found: Forcing Change, Issue 8, Volume 1 Length: 3900+ |
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