A discussion about the need to revise the Constitution and what that might look like. It's both a thought experiment and a lecture hoping to spark a conversation that the country desperately needs. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support
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The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788.
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Humanity needs a new political system. This lecture series explores the alternative vision of extending democracy from the national to the global level, where it could actually work far better. It describes the rational way to balance the power of the global corporations, deal seriously with global crises, and turn nice aspirations like ‘human rights’ to reality. Hear about the history of this idea, answers to the doubts and misconceptions people have about it, and how it could come about. Y ...
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The pathways: to democratize the UN, set up new institutions and strengthen regional unions. But most exciting is the ‘Great Convergence’ of movements who realize it’s instrumental for their cause. Here’s how to get involved!Por Oded Gilad
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A parliament of humanity should be at the core of democratic global governance, the place where representatives of the world’s people can decide on global issues. Learn about the Campaign for a United Nations Parliament Assembly (UNPA), Citizens Assemblies, and global democracy.Por Oded Gilad
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When European empires fell the colonies seemed to get independence, but they actually became tied into a system of post-colonial domination. Real liberation will only come with global democracy.Por Oded Gilad
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What does it mean to be a global citizen? Imagine a world without borders, in which everyone has real human rights and a world passport, and there are democratic global elections and perhaps even a global welfare state.Por Oded Gilad
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Most people don’t think about the great divide between domestic politics and international politics, but we have to close it to bring about justice, democracy and peace.Por Oded Gilad
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Small-scale eco-communities can’t really solve the world’s problems. In our reality of shared global social and ecological systems, we also need a shared global democracy so we can really live in justice, equality and sustainability.Por Oded Gilad
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There are many doubts and misconceptions about the idea, that can be dispelled by a close observation. On the way, we take apart some of the great lies that the current world order is built on.Por Oded Gilad
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From the Montreux Congress to the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and beyond, learn about the ideas and campaigns of WFM, the leading international organisation working towards peace, justice and world unity.Por Oded Gilad
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Learn about this leading Japanese scientist’s work through the Pugwash Conferences and the World Federalist Movement to persuade countries to renounce war, as Japan had done in its Article 9 of the Constitution.Por Oded Gilad
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Hear how the first President of Ghana sought to unite Africa in a Pan-African Federation, while his colleague Komla Agbeli Gbedemah worked for world federation through the World Movement for Federal World Government and the nascent United Nations.Por Oded Gilad
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Learn how this Brazilian activist struggled to turn the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) into a global body that would end world hunger. And how, like his colleague John Boyd Orr, he realised that only a supra-national world government could achieve that.Por Oded Gilad
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Hear how India’s first Prime Minister sought to unite the post-colonial world into a democratic, socialist world federation, or ‘One World’, to bring about peace, equality and justice.Por Oded Gilad
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Einstein’s life story led him to the kind of cosmopolitanism that has no illusions about human nature. Especially today, as we cluelessly face global problems, it’s worth listening again to his clear call to establish a democratic federal government above the nation-states to really bring about peace and justice.…
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Hear how a leading women’s rights campaigner and peace activist came to realise that a democratic world government with a world parliament and world constitution are needed to really ensure the rights of all women, minorities and stateless people.Por Oded Gilad
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Borders can’t solve the root causes of immigration such as poverty and persecutions. All the international organizations, agencies and ‘compacts’ only make it look as if something is being done, but to truly deal with these root causes we need global democracy.Por Oded Gilad
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How can we really reduce the rates of poverty and inequality that have soared since the 1980s? While the international system allows the world’s elite and corporations to evade taxes, and all the charity industry and ‘development goals’ are but a distraction, what we really need to bring about justice and equality is a democratic world government.…
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What kind of ‘system change’ is needed to seriously cope with the climate crisis? To prevent the strong from polluting freely, we need nothing short of replacing the dysfunctional international system with a democratic federal framework for the world.Por Oded Gilad
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Why can't the Universal Declaration, the international treaties, the UN agencies and even the ICC provide us with real human rights? And what kind of democratic mechanism is needed to make them real?Por Oded Gilad
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Like the Apartheid of South Africa, the international system divides humanity to ‘Bantustans’ of the nation-states, while the global market allows the world’s elite to exploit the majority. The alternative is Global democracy.Por Oded Gilad
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Who governs the world, and how? Learn about international organisations like the United Nations, World Bank, G20. Find out about multi-stakeholder networks and how badly they dealt with COVID through COVAX. Grasp the problems of ISDS. See how undemocratic our world is!Por Oded Gilad
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While Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ is surely beautiful, the hard truth is that love and solidarity are really not sufficient for world peace. A Democratic government is a necessary condition for peace and justice, and it can and should be achieved globally.Por Oded Gilad
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The Anti-Globalisation Movement and the World Social Forum believed ‘another world is possible’ and wanted ‘globalization from below’. Right-wing populists want de-globalisation. Learn why democratic globalism is the best option.Por Oded Gilad
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Should a vision of global democracy be based on a model of a federation or a confederation? Learn about the great differences between the two, and why it’s world federalism that could better balance global diversity and unity.Por Dena Freeman
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Global Democracy Q&A: Why make democracy global if even nationally it fails? What about starting from below? And the UN? And how to prevent concentration of power?Por Oded Gilad
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Popular struggles in the 19th century led to national level democracies with more equality and justice. Imagine what a similar struggle on the global level could do in the 21st century.Por Oded Gilad
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In this episode, we discuss separating the Executive Branch into smaller pieces. Limiting and delineating their powers allows for more robust and healthy governance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support
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A break from our normal format seemed appropriate given the momentous election we just experienced. I spend a lot of time talking about my broad views on the Executive Branch, Representative Democracy and the Election. It's a little longer than normal and completely unscripted so I apologize for the slight rambling nature. Hopefully it sparks some …
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We discuss the final changes to the role of the legislature and take a little detour into Federalism and Economics. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support
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This episode explores the legislative powers and limitations of our restructured congress as well as giving the populace a powerful new tool to use when the legislature fails to work for them. We do touch briefly on the reconciliation process of our tricameral system. But don't let that stop you form listening to the rest! --- Support this podcast:…
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This episode discusses the powers (both existing and new) of the proposed tricameral system as well as the process by which laws get crafted. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support
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In this episode we discuss the relatively small changes needed for the senate and the much more monumental addition of a third legislative body. You thought we were getting rid of a bicameral legislature? Nope, we're going to double down on the idea of a divided legislature and make a tricameral body. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.sp…
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In this episode we discuss the value of political parties, the necessity of congressional leadership and the impact that all of our changes will have on the electoral college. As always, contact me at federalistreboot@gmail.com and thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support…
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In this episode, we talk about the legislature, the beating heart of a Republic and the thing that, in many ways, has been the most corrupted of our institutions. We talk about a potentially radical solution to the House of Representatives and solutions to dramatically reduce and potentially even eliminate both gerrymandering and the two party syst…
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Federalist 2.0 is a new podcast devoted to exploring the rough edges of the Constitution and creating a dialogue about how best to fix them. In this episode we discuss the need for one last amendment and the dramatic, radical changes that would result from that. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/federalist-20/support…
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The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788.
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December 12, 1787,Other Defects of the Present Confederation, Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeadiodvd.com
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December 11, 1787,The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union James Madison. oldtimeraidodvd.com
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December 8, 1787,The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,James Madison. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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December 7, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union,James Madison. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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December 5, 1787,The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Alexander Hamilton.oldtimeradiodvd.com
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December 4, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Alexander Hamilton.ldtimeradiodvd.com
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December 1, 1787,The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union ,Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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November 30, 1787,Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered,James Madison. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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November 28, 1787,Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government ,Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeradiodvd.
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November 27, 1787,The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue,Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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November 24, 1787,The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy,Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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November 22, 1787,The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection,James Madison oldtimeradiodvd.com
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November 21, 1787,The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection,Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeadiodvd.com
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November 20, 1787 The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States, Alexander Hamilton. oldtimeradiodvd.com
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Dedicated to all our fightign Men and Women of all our Armed Forces where ever they are defending our freedoms. May God watch over them and protect them and bring them home soon.
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