World Poetry Cafe Proudly Welcomes Duncan Graham from Canada!

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The World Poetry Café, June 4, 2013 with hosts Vivian Davidson and Israel Mota welcomed a  special guest: Duncan Graham; a member of the Vancouver Branch of the World Federalist Movement Canada To hear this interesting show and hear the music: CLICK HERE

Biography

Born in Scotland; served two years in the Royal Air Force National Service. Taught Forestry at Aberdeen University. He moved to Canada in 1956 and taught Geography at Stanstead College, Quebec.  He designed a Global-focus curriculum for McGill University and jointed the World Federalists of Canada in 1960.  He founded the Global Citizens Association in 1975 to further advance the ideals of World Government and Global Citizenship and was editor of the newsletter The Purple Dawn, a highly respected and renowned publication in the fields of Global Studies for almost 30 years.  He was married for 50 years to his wonderful wife Maggie  and has four children.  He joined the Vancouver branch of the World Federalists in 1994 and has since been an important and active member of said organization and has spoken at several international conferences on topics involving World Government, Global citizenship and the need for a change in the social, political and economic ethos ‘Planetary Focus’ rather than a Nation-based one.  

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He spoke on what World Federalism is and the challenges and advantages of achieving such a system.  He advocates for the advancement of a World Government to solve global problems nation states are not equipped to solve in today’s intra-dependent and globalized world such as environmental crisis, global security threats and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to all 7 Billion people living on Planet Earth.  He will also address why reform of the UN is short-sighted and ineffective to deal with such problems and will speak of his vision of a Unified Planet made possible by the establishment of a World Parliamentary Government which will be represented by globally elected citizens who will democratically advocate for the needs of the planet.