Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) George Washington Woodbey, Pioneering Black Socialist. Secular humanists claim it to be the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature. Thus, this view holds that man himself is the ultimate standard by which all life is measured and judged. Values, law, justice, good, beauty, and right and wrong can be judged only by man-made rules with no authority from either God or the Bible.
It is a philosophy that (a) regards human rationality as the highest value, (b) considers the individual to be the ultimate source of value, and (c) is dedicated to fostering the individual's creative and moral potential without reference to a Deity or any other "Higher Authority. " While the humanists start and end with man, the Bible starts and ends with God. It was God who was in the beginning (Genesis 1:1, John 1:1-3), not an impersonal, "self-creating" nature, from which man gradually evolved.
The Bible consistently teaches that it is upon the infinite God that this finite world depends for its existence. Venona project. The Venona project was a counter-intelligence program initiated by the United States Army Signal Intelligence Service (a forerunner of the National Security Agency) that lasted from 1943 to 1980.[1] The program attempted to decrypt messages sent by Soviet Union intelligence agencies, including its foreign intelligence service and military intelligence services.[2] During the program's four decades, approximately 3,000 messages were at least partially decrypted and translated.[3] The project produced some of the most important breakthroughs for western counter-intelligence in this period, including the discovery of the Cambridge spy ring[4] and the exposure of Soviet espionage targeting the Manhattan Project.[5] The project was one of the most sensitive secrets of United States intelligence.
It remained secret for over a decade after it ended and was not officially declassified until 1995. Background[edit] Most decipherable messages were transmitted and intercepted between 1942 and 1945. New Deal. Top left: The Tennessee Valley Authority, part of the New Deal, being signed into law in 1933.Top right: President Roosevelt was responsible for initiatives and programs of the New Deal.Bottom: A public mural from one of the artists employed by the New Deal. The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933-37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.[1] Many historians distinguish between a "First New Deal" (1933–34) and a "Second New Deal" (1935–38), with the second one more liberal and more controversial.
Origins[edit] Christian Hartsock: ‘Wisconsin Labor Protests and International Socialism’ Fabian strategy. The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy through skirmishes to cause attrition, disrupt supply and affect morale. Employment of this strategy implies that the side adopting this strategy believes time is on its side, but it may also be adopted when no feasible alternative strategy can be devised.
History[edit] This strategy derives its name from Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, the dictator of the Roman Republic given the task of defeating the great Carthaginian general Hannibal in southern Italy during the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). At the start of the war, Hannibal boldly crossed the Alps in wintertime and invaded Italy. Hannibal suffered from two particular weaknesses. Political opposition[edit] Later usage[edit] Fabian Socialism[edit] See also[edit] Fabian Window. The founders of the Fabian Society are depicted in the famous stained-glass Fabian Window[1] designed by George Bernard Shaw. The window was stolen in 1978 and reappeared at Sotheby's in 2005. It was restored to display in the Shaw Library at the London School of Economics in 2006 at a ceremony which Tony Blair, PM at the time presided over, emphasising on New Labour's intellectual debt to the Fabians.[2] Design and construction[edit] The stained glass window was designed by George Bernard Shaw in 1910 as a commemoration of the Fabian Society, and shows fellow Society members Sidney Webb and Edward R.
Pease, among others, helping to build 'the new world'. Four Fabians, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw founded the London School of Economics with the money left to the Fabian Society by Henry Hutchinson. Supposedly the decision was made at a breakfast party on 4 August 1894. For whatever reason, Shaw never collected the window from her workshop. [edit] Universal health care. Universal health care, sometimes referred to as universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care. usually refers to a health care system which provides health care and financial protection to all its citizens. It is organized around providing a specified package of benefits to all members of a society with the end goal of providing financial risk protection, improved access to health services, and improved health outcomes.[1] Universal health care is not a one-size-fits-all concept and does not imply coverage for all people for everything.
Universal health care can be determined by three critical dimensions: who is covered, what services are covered, and how much of the cost is covered.[1] History[edit] Funding models[edit] Universal health care in most countries has been achieved by a mixed model of funding. A distinction is also made between municipal and national healthcare funding. Universal health care systems are modestly redistributive. Compulsory insurance[edit] Social justice. Social justice is the ability people have to realize their potential in the society where they live.[1] Classically, "justice" (especially corrective justice or distributive justice) referred to ensuring that individuals both fulfilled their societal roles,[2] and received what was due from society. "Social justice" is generally used to refer to a set of institutions which will enable people to lead a fulfilling life and be active contributors to their community.[3] The goal of social justice is generally the same as human development, and the relevant institutions are usually taken to include education, health care, social security, labour rights, as well as a broader system of public services, progressive taxation and regulation of markets, to ensure fair distribution of wealth, equality of opportunity, and no gross inequality of outcome.
History[edit] The different concepts of justice, as discussed in ancient Western philosophy, were typically centered upon the community. Islam[edit] Fabian Society. Originally, the Fabian society was committed to the establishment of a socialist economy, alongside a commitment to British imperialism as a progressive and modernizing force.[3] Organisational history[edit] Establishment[edit] Blue plaque at 17 Osnaburgh St, where the Society was founded in 1884.
Fabian Society was named after "Fabius the Delayer" at the suggestion of Frank Podmore, above. Tortoise is the symbol of Fabian Society, representing its goal of gradual expansion of socialism.[1] The Fabian Society, which favoured gradual change rather than revolutionary change, was named – at the suggestion of Frank Podmore – in honour of the Roman general Fabius Maximus (nicknamed "Cunctator", meaning "the Delayer"). An explanatory note appearing on the title page of the group's first pamphlet declared: Organizational growth[edit] Immediately upon its inception, the Fabian Society began attracting many prominent contemporary figures drawn to its socialist cause, including George Bernard Shaw, H. George Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. He was also an essayist, novelist and short story writer. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems with a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. Issues which engaged Shaw's attention included education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. He was most angered by what he perceived as the exploitation of the working class. An ardent socialist, Shaw wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. In 1898, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a fellow Fabian, whom he survived. Life[edit] Early years and family[edit] Education[edit] Personal life[edit] Political activism[edit] Notes.
Loudon: Collusion! How Socialist Harold Meyerson Kickstarted the Obama Propaganda Machine. Loudon: Socialist International Works on ‘Global Governance’ agenda, Obama allies in attendance. Socialists in Congress and Americans for Democratic Action. Obama wants to create new ‘super-left’ party? Evidence reveals role Barack played in transforming Dems into socialists. Socialisms downfall. Socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried, and it will continue to do so despite the best efforts of the die-hard true believers in the Obama administration and the rest of the world. The most recent example of this failure: Euro-Socialism is presently bankrupting the countries that embraced it in Europe. This will result not only in more social and economic upheaval, but also the ultimate demise of the ill-conceived European Union.
The original and current proponents of socialism fail to take into account one very basic but immutable factor: the fundamental nature of the human race. The most dominant trait mankind has, as do all living creatures, is an innate desire to survive and prosper. While some may willingly choose to pursue subsistence on their own terms, to the vast majority of the human race, the path of least resistance is the most desired.
The mid-19th century saw the Industrial Revolution and the rise in living standards and education for the populace in Europe. New Feudalism. Exactly which side of the political spectrum is dragging us toward the past? Recently Bill Maher said on his show, "Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th... " This is the type of rhetoric we hear from liberals all the time, ‘the old ways of capitalism and individual responsibility are over and it is time to move into a more collective and social era.' Hence the name MoveOn.org or the term progressive, coined to signify progression into a new era and away from individual responsibility and greed.
The left should study history and the rhetoric of a distance political system called Feudalism. After the era of Viking, Magyar, and Muslim raids gradually subsided, Europe began to reorganize itself into a Feudal society. The ruling class, which consisted of the clergy and lords, did everything they could to spread feudalist propaganda in order to keep the serfs in line. 1.) » As Greece Suffers More Strikes Liberals Should Watch Closely - » L’Etat C’est Moi: The Rise Of Dependency In America - Big Gove.
About | USSF 2010. What is the US Social Forum? The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and changes history.
We must declare what we want our world to look like and we must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world. What Happens at the US Social Forum? Goals What are the goals of the USSF? The following goals build upon discussions at the previous two U.S. What We Believe Why a Third U.S. The current moment A global movement is rising. World Social Forum. The World Social Forum first met in 2001. Leading members of the global movement for social and economic justice organized the Forum, in response to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
In 2001, and the following two years, the World Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The organizers of the World Social Forum make a point of convening the meeting in the global South, underscoring their view that this region should take leadership in the movement for progressive global social and economic policy. Analysis The World Social Forum: From Defense to Offense (February 1, 2007) This Agence Global piece describes how the World Social Forum has progressed since its inaugural meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2001. From Words To Action (February 2007) Critics often charge that the annual World Social Forum conferences do not yield practical solutions to the negative effects of neoliberal social and economic policies. NGOs Long On Vision, Short On Detail? "What is WSF? Globalizing the Resistance: U.S. Social Forum 2010, June 22-26 i.
Free Mumia Movement a Project of Van Jones’ Ella Baker Center « » Study: Normal, Healthy Children Outgrow Socialism - Big Govern. Loudon: Socialist labor leader slams Arizona, calls Obama “frien. Socialism's not in the Bible. Dangers of Socialism. American Thinker: Churchill's Bad Idea. "We must recreate the European family ... a United States of Europe. " That's the way former Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it in September 1946, at the University of Zurich. He had just recently been ousted by an election in Britain. War-weary and broke, the English people -- including millions of British "Tommies," voting from their far-flung battlefields -- had trounced Churchill's Conservative Party.
In on a flood tide came Labour -- then unapologetically socialist. Churchill in late 1946 was still wincing from the bad press he had received for his "Iron Curtain" March speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. So he gave a "Big Idea" speech on the Continent. American policy has tended to pay lip service to European unity for sixty years.
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the rise of a reunified Germany, the European Union has moved more and more aggressively to extinguish the national identities of its member states. There are possibilities for Europe's future. SOCIALISTS UNITE. Workers World Party & Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST) statement Published Jun 23, 2010 9:00 PM The following statement is being distributed at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. Something important happened last November that did not seem to elicit the widespread interest that it should have. In a speech to a large gathering in Caracas, Venezuela, of communist, socialist and left parties, and social movements from around the region and the world, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made a call for a new Fifth International of socialists and communists. Chávez said the Fifth International must be “an instrument for the unification and articulation of the struggle of the peoples to save this planet.”
Set aside for the moment a discussion of what became of the earlier internationals, or what will come out of this new call for unity amongst revolutionaries. Socialists across the world need to unite. The capitalist system has reached a historical tipping point. Fourth International. Loudon: The Cloward-Piven Strategy. Eyewitness account of its un. Venezuela Owes US Company Millions, Nationalizes Oil Rigs Owned. LabourStart’s 2010 Global Solidarity Conference. Socialists Are Looking for Socialists ‘Bowling Alone’