When Putin’s army first invaded Ukraine the
UN was powerless to stop it. It was an
official ‘war crime” as defined by the UN.
Soon after Putin’s murderous violation Zelensky said “Freedom must be
better armed than tyranny”. That is a
fundamental principle that every human should agree on. Unfortunately, resistance to arming Ukraine
is slipping due to the current ‘world order’ cemented into the UN Charter after
WW II. That effectively put the
protection of national sovereignty above the protection of human rights and the
environment. Thus, the UN’s ability to
protect people on the receiving end of Putin’s war crime only accelerates factors
of global polycrisis. And simple-minded people
believe national sovereignty, populist leaders, and political borders with
walls will save them from the accelerating chaos.
The future will not be safe or free for
anyone unless ‘we the people’ in most nations insist that our own governments
make purchasing human rights and environmental protection their greatest
priority. Neither charities nor indebted governments have the money, but
profit-rich businesses do. They must use their unprecedented global wealth to
assist in achieving the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, ASAP. Or
everyone suffers the consequences of allowing tyranny more freedom than people.
Not printed as of 9-30-23
Dear
editor, Washington Post, September 29, 2023.
Your editorial regarding the GOP debates imaginative talk
on foreign affairs would be comical if it weren’t so damaging to our nation’s
future. A free world without security
equals chaos. Freedom’s require responsibility
for actions if there is to be any maximizing of human freedom and security in
any nation.
Our international system of
chaos created with unenforceable international law simply can’t work. We
need the global rule of law that effectively protects existing national borders
and human rights for all. Holding leaders
accountable for war, genocide, starvation, or other policies guaranteed to
violate human rights will only allow things to get worse.
The “great moral question of the
century” is why we have failed several times to learn this fundamental fact of
life on a miracle planet.
Will we ever put the protection
of human rights in the environment above the protection of national sovereignty? Frances Moore Lappe insisted decades ago with
hand levels. That “we are up here” and they (the south) are down low. “We
can either bring them up to us, or they will drag us down to them!” The America 1st movement is going to drag us down.
Dear Time
Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs,
Below is the C-span
program 6-29-23: Interview: Bank of America Chair & CEO Brian Moynihan
discusses the state of the economy and the U.S. financial system during a
conversation hosted by the City Club of Cleveland. Program ID: 529044-1 https://www.c-span.org/video/?529044-1/bank-america-ceo-remarks-city-club-cleveland
If they want “sustainable capitalism”. It “requires a greater purpose than making
more profit”. And, achieving these will
require approximately “$6 trillion annually”.
“Governments are too debt burdened” to fund them and “Charity is
insufficient”. “Business leaders” “like
the oil companies” need to step up and prioritize a balancing of short-term
gains with long term interests globally.
Politics must be good for business and society.
The World Economic Forum’s latest Podcast interview
is with two brilliant and fast talking women [transcript available!] ‘sharing
insights’ regarding businesses adopted the SDGs based on long term values...now
essential in this era of “polycrisis”.
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/surprising-climate-progress-blindspot?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2811408_Prod-Si-WeeklyNewsletterV6&utm_term=&emailType=Strategic%20Intelligence%20Weekly&ske=MDAxMFgwMDAwNEt2cjNRUUFS 19 min
talk.... (one can follow the transcript word for word with the podcast as they
race through this vitally important interview).
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