THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume IX, Issue # 89, May 17, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
DAWN OF THE ERA OF COMMON-ISM
By Tom DeWeese
THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER: WORLD GOVERNMENT & INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM -- TRANSFORMING THE UNITED
NATIONS INTO A GLOBAL GOVERNMENT, WITH AMPLE POWER & AUTHORITY TO KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER TIGHT
CONTROL & DIRECTION -- GIVING THE NEW WORLD GOVERNMENT CONTROL & DIRECTION OF COMMUNICATIONS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, & MILITARY DEFENSE & SECURITY -- INTERNATIONAL
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH & POLITICAL POWER -- THE DEMISE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, RULE OF LAW,
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, PRIVATE PROPERTY, MARKET ECONOMIES, & FREE EXPRESSION OF VIEWS & OPINIONS
FULL STORY:
The lines used to be so clear. On one side were free markets, free societies and openly elected representative governments,
normally defined as constitutional democracy. On the other side, was the force of totalitarianism choking off individual
initiative, private ownership of property, cynically providing a ballot box with but one choice, normally defined as
Communism. In the end, the "Evil Empire" disintegrated under the weight of its own ignorance of human nature. Or did it?
Conservatives hailed the victory, dispatching Communism to the "ash-heap of history." Many Conservative leaders have
put forth the idea that we are living in a "Conservative era," using as proof the Republican takeover of Congress and the
worldwide movement toward constitutional democracy and free trade. The demise of Communism, some say, now allows a
spirit of cooperation among nations that will bring on the benefits of worldwide prosperity and a universal increase in the
standard of living.
Yet, many Americans are concerned that the same leaders who proclaim American ideals are spreading across the globe
have failed to protect constitutionally guaranteed liberties here at home. The assaults on property rights and personal
privacy, the transformation of local schools under federal programs, and, above all, the seeming lack of concern for national
sovereignty and protection of the nation's borders are the obvious contradictions to the proposition that Conservative
ideas now reign supreme.
Other goals seem to be taking center stage. The rule of law in our Republic, designed to insure individual rights from
intrusive government, is being replaced by a new ideology -- one that tends to allow the concerns of interest groups to
supersede the inherent rights of the individual. Further, the interests of the United States of America now seem to take a
back seat to something called the "Global Commons." National identities and individual religions appear to be morphing
into non-descript and indistinguishable arrangements to some unidentified whole. Science has been reduced to little more
than a convenient political tool to promote agendas. Self-determination is being replaced with group-think.
What is happening to our way of life and to our nation, as it once was? Communism is dead. Capitalism is fading. We have
begun a new era called Common-ism.
A NEW THREAT FOR A NEW CENTURY
When the walls of Soviet Communism fell over a decade ago, the world changed. Once-proud nations, that had been
swallowed up by the Soviet empire, emerged as a new "democracy movement." Western forces were expected to rush
forward and promote their ideology and bring Communism's formerly oppressed victims into the fold of free markets and
freely elected representative government. But it didn't happen.
Instead, international Communists refused to hang their heads in defeat and leave the world stage. In fact, with the "death"
of Communism, they were now freed from its negative baggage. They could begin a new movement, one able to reach
across national boundaries -- even into the West. As long as the title "Communist" was not hung around their neck to
raise Western fears, the ideas of International Socialism could move forward unhindered. The world has responded in
almost thunderous support. Thus, Common-ism was born.
The distinctive feature of Common-ism is its intention to transform private intellectual property and nationally controlled
natural resources into common property in the name of the "common heritage of mankind." The ideology of Common-ism is
based on the political concepts and spiritual values of Internationalism and Global Socialism, concepts and values such as
world government, global commons, global village, global spirituality, equalitarianism, democratism, disarmament,
environmentalism, interdependence, interconnectedness, and participation in world peace enforced by the United Nations,
UN agencies, and other international organizations.
Commonism is a political ideology containing both a doctrine and a device for its expansion. Commonism advances on the
idea that problems cross national and local boundaries. In that way, natural and political boundaries of nation-states are
conveniently traversed through treaties, legislation and policy statements, all under the excuse that it is necessary for
improvement of the common good.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, while in office, boldly announced a new initiative to "reinvent government." That
reinvention was Common-ism. Under Clinton's direction, the U.S. national government began implementing Common-ism
policy. The promise of the reinvention was that "certain tools, approaches, and strategies...could result in more
environmental protection, less economic cost, and ... greater opportunity for the poor and disadvantaged." The core
program of the reinvention, publicly presented as a way to protect the environment, also mysteriously involved itself in
racial, economic, and equality issues.
This is no accident. It is a tactic of Common-ism to meld together a seemingly unconnected array of issues into one cause.
It allows the formation of partnerships among a long list of interested parties.
The Clinton administration explained how these partnerships were to be a first step.
"Learning to use new approaches to achieve interrelated goals
simultaneously will be an evolutionary process. It needs to
build on the strengths and overcome the limitations of current
economic and regulatory systems and recognize the
interrelationships between economic and environmental
policies."
In describing "Intergovernmental Partnerships," the Clinton administration explained:
"Federal, state, and tribal governments need to work together in
partnership with local communities to develop place-based
strategies that integrate economic development, environmental
quality, and social policymaking with broad public involvement."
In other words, local or state elected officials were no longer considered to be capable of making development decisions
for the community. It was now necessary to expand the process through common consensus of an endless number of
private organizations with their own political agendas. In this way, the boundaries of government are blurred along with
the clear definition of the rule of law.
That, then, was the new invention of government. Top-down control in partnership with private advocacy groups and
international corporations.
The doctrine of Common-ism is promoted through a restructured education system, where old ideas of schools as centers
of academic learning are replaced with systems designed to moderate behavior that will accept the various aspects of the
new Common-ism. The very meaning of Outcome-based Education (OBE) is that students will leave school fully
indoctrinated with, and sensitive to, the Common-ism agenda.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Throughout the doctrine of Commonism, one rarely hears use of the words "freedom" or "liberty," as they would pertain
to individuals. Instead, one hears much about the need for "justice." "Economic justice." "Environmental justice."
"Racial justice." "Social justice." "Rights," too, are important. The "rights of the child." The "rights of women." The
"rights of indigenous populations." All of these "rights" and calls for "justice" serve a very important purpose --
justifying and fulfilling the need for more laws, more rules, and more regulations -- more laws, rules, and regulations to
enforce the "rights" and impose the "justice"defined by the doctrine of Common-ism. Since these urgent needs to protect
"rights" and promote "justice" cross international borders, there must be some sort of international authority -- a powerful
international agency with the ability to keep it all under well-ordered control.
The United Nations' Millennium Summit held in New York City in September, 2000, saw the official transformation of the
UN from what many perceived as an international organization of sovereign nations to that of a global goverment. In the
spirit of Commonism, UN power would be transferred to an "Assembly of the People" populated by selected NGOs, giving
international scope and power to partnerships in local communities. The UN Millennium Assembly was the culmination of
efforts started in 1974 by a band of International Socialists that sought to stress Common-ism, rather than revolutionary
Communism.
They called the process "social and economic democracy." "Democracy" is a positive term in the West. However,
understanding the use of this word by International Socialists is the key to understanding Common-ism and today's
changed world. To Conservatives, democracy means civil and political decisions made within the framework of a free
society and a free market. It means moving from closed elections (or none at all) to free and competitive elections among
multiple parties. In the United States, democracy particularly means that defense of individual rights and property is
paramount to and takes precedence over government dictate.
To the Socialist or Communist, democracy primarily means economic or social equality, with or without parliamentary means.
To the Socialist, if property, wealth, choice or communication need to be taken from one group in order to create "equality"
for another, that is social democracy. In Socialist philosophy, law becomes an instrument to advocate the redistribution of
and intrusion into rights, riches, privacy and property, under the excuse of economic equality in order to "enforce" a new
international economic order.
COMMISIONING COMMON-ISM
During the early and middle part of the Twentieth Century, International Socialist David Multrany pioneered the path to
Commonism, using the common cause approach to find global "common security" and a global "common future." His ideas
were fully entrenched in international policy through a series of four UN-sponsored international commissions in the early
1980s.
The four international commissions were led by prominent European International Socialists and dealt with the
interconnection, integration, and "democratization" of economic development, disarmament, environment, and
communications.
In 1980, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt chaired the Commission on International Development. The Commission
report, entitled North-South: A program for Survival, said:
"World development is not merely an economic process ...
[it also] involves a profound transformation of the entire
economic and social structure ... not only the idea of
economic betterment, but also of greater human dignity,
security, justice and equality.... The Commission realizes
that mankind has to develop a concept of a 'single
community' to develop global order."
Also in 1980, Sean MacBride, a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize, headed up a Commission on International
Communications, which issued a report entitled, Many Voices, One World: Towards A New, More Just And More
Efficient World Information And Communication Order. The Commission, which included the head of the Soviet news
agency, TASS, believed that a "New World Information Order" was prerequisite to a new world economic order. The report
was a blueprint for controlling the media, even suggesting that international journalists be licensed.
In 1982, Olof Palme, the man who single-handedly returned Socialism to Sweden, served as Chairman of the Independent
Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues. His report, entitled Common Security: A Blueprint for Survival,
said: "All States have the duty to promote the achievement of general and complete disarmament under effective international
control...." The report went on to call for money that is saved because of disarmament to be used to pay for social programs.
The Commission proposed a strategic shift from "collective security," such as the alliances like NATO, to one of "common
security" through the United Nations.
Finally, in 1987, came the granddaddy commission of them all, the Brundtland Commission on Environment and Development.
Headed by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Vice President of the World Socialist Party, the Commission introduced the concept of
"Sustainable Development." For the first time, the environment was tied to the tried and true Socialist goals of international
redistribution of wealth. Said the report:
"Poverty is a major cause and effect of global environmental
problems. It is therefore futile to attempt to deal with
environmental problems without a broader perspective that
encompasses the factors underlying world poverty and
international inequality."
These four commissions laid the groundwork for the Common-ism agenda. A controlled media would dictate the flow of
information and ideas and prevent dissent. Control of international development manages and redistributes wealth. Full
disarmament puts the power structure into the hands of those with armaments. And tying environmentalism to poverty and
economic development brings the entire Socialist agenda to the level of an international emergency.
One world, one media, one authority for development, one source of wealth. One international army. The construction of a
"just society" with political and social equality, rather than a free society with the individual as the sole possessor of rights.
It's all wrapped up in nothing more that Orwellian single-think and double-talk. Exclusive and universal power in the newly
reformed United Nations. Welcome to the world of Common-ism.
A NEW AMERICA IN THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER
In the wake of the euphoria following the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall, Socialists wasted little time
implementing their plans. The former Soviet empire gave birth to a hoard of Socialist democracies. Western Europe fell in line,
discarding once-proud sovereign nations, and forming the European Union with its common regulations, common currency,
and common Socialist agenda.
Today, in the United States, the agenda is moving forward faster than any Socialist could ever have hoped. Of course, the
effort was greatly advanced under President Clinton's executive order pen, as he began the full implementation of
Common-ism as official U.S. policy. That brought the United States into much closer compliance with the UN's Agenda 21
agreement, first signed by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Republicans too, have embraced the agenda, all the while proclaiming the Common-ism brand of free trade as the vision of our
founding fathers. Even after the Republicans gained control of the Congress, Speaker-to-be Newt Gingrich agreed that the
lame-duck 103rd. Democratic Party-controlled Congress should reconvene to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).
Many freedom-loving Libertarians have argued that NAFTA is about free enterprise and universal global liberty. Yet, a
comparitive analysis of the NAFTA document shows it to be literally indistinguishable from the agenda outlined in the Brandt
and Bruntland Commission reports from the 1980's. Meanwhile, most Republicans continue to dismiss the United Nations and
its policies of global governance and Commonism as no threat to U.S. sovereignty.
It seems the soothing positive-sounding double speak of Common-ism lulls them to a peaceful sleep. Only a radical, they say,
could oppose worldwide democracy and free trade.
However, the noose continues to tighten, as three elements are now being promoted for an American union similar to the
European Union. First are efforts to harmonize diplomatic relations in the North American countries of Canada, Mexico, and
the United States. Second are steps to homogenize economic relations into a North American trade agreement. Third is a
strategy to dilute traditional concepts of the rule of law, which protect individuals and property. A new system would
"humanize" or democratize the Americas, in which such things as property and liberty are not automatically protected, but,
rather, decided by a majority.
The effort to create a North American Union took a huge step forward in March, 2005, when President George W. Bush,
Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin signed an agreement to create common policies
concerning various economic and security areas among the three nations. The agreement, called the Security and Prosperity
Partnership (SPP), authorized the creation of twenty tri-national working groups to establish policies leading to a
European-style Union.
The blueprint being used to formulate the Union in undeniably a book written by Robert Pastor entitled Building a North
American Community. Dr. Pastor, one of the architects of the Panama Canal Giveaway in the 1970's, has argued that
"Countries are benefited when they changed these (national sovereignty) polices, and evidence suggests that North
Americans are ready for a new relationship that renders this old definition of sovereignty obsolete."
Once such a union is established and has the full faith and credit backing of the U.S. government and commercial banks, the
United States will certainly be less free or independent to act according to its national interests. As the United States
forfeits its national sovereignty to the Union, Mexico and Canada will grow more determined to ensure the redistribution of
wealth and power between the three nation-states, and more within the commonwealth of North America.
The Socialists' dream of a "Global Commons" is quickly nearing completion. Yet, Americans, about to lose their national
sovereignty, remain surprisingly ignorant to that fact. The policies are being implemented all around them, by every
department of the U.S. national government, by every state government, county commission, and city council in the nation.
Yet, no alarms are sounding. Politicians never mention it on the campaign trail. Certainly, no vote has been taken by the
American people.
How is it being done? Step by step, town by town across the country, through the policies of community development,
historic preservation, environmental protection, and school restructuring. The roots of such policies are not locally created;
rather, they come from a central plan; a blueprint from an international agreement called Agenda 21. It works under many
names, including Commonism, the Third Way, and, the most widely used -- Sustainable Development.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
The United Nations, Its Agencies, U.S. National Interests
Political Culture, Patriotism, & American National Identity
The U.S. Constitution & the American Economic Order:
Civil Liberties -- Private Property Rights
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Political Environmentalism Versus Human Progress & Prosperity:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
International Politics & World Disorder:
War & Peace in the Real World
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American Foreign & National Security Policy:
U.S. National Security Strategy
American Foreign Policy -- Constitutional Democracy:
U.S. Promotion of Constitutional Democracy in Foreign Countries
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & OTHER POLITICAL REGIMES
Modern Constitutional Democracy:
Fundamental Character & Essential Ingredients
Constitutionalism: The First Essential Ingredient
of Modern Constitutional Democracy
Dictatorship: The Opposite of Constitutionalism
Representative Democracy: The Second Essential Ingredient
of Modern Constitutional Democracy
Direct Democracy & Representative Democracy
Political Culture & Modern Constitutional Democracy
Modern Constitutional Democracy:
Summary & Conclusion
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THE AMERICAN POLITICAL REGIME -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM:
ORIGINS, FOUNDATIONS, & PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS
American Government -- Constitutional System
The Constitution of the United States of America
The American Political System -- Politics &
Government in the U.S.A.: Political Science Course
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
English Antecedents
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
Colonial & Early American Antecedents
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
The Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
The U.S. Constitution -- Ratification & Adoption
The American Constitutional System -- Origins:
The U.S. Constitution -- The Scheme of National Government
The American Constitutional System -- Principal Characteristics:
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, Separation of Powers,
Checks & Balances, Legislative Bicameralism,
& Balanced Government
The American Constitutional System -- Principal Characteristics:
Federalism -- Fedural Union of States
The U.S. Constitution -- Underlying Political Theory:
The Federalist -- Selected Essays
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Tom DeWeese is the Publisher and Editor of The DeWeese Report and President of the American Policy Center, a
grassroots activist think tank headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia. The Center maintains an Internet website at
www.americanpolicy.org.
Copyright 2007 Tom DeWeese
Published with Permission of Tom DeWeese
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