convergence among global (leftist) visions (utopias)?

The recent posts re: global democratic socialism, communism and Salif Keita
are very interesting. For one, I learned that my three proposed models
(anarchist, dictatorial, human-rights) are still a bit "cross-eyed",
insofar as the notion of "model", as I used it, could mean two very
different things -- namely, (a) model = (in the meaning of) a type of
utopia (describing dreams/hopes/visions), or (b) model = (in the meaning
of) a type of really (presently or historically) existing
socio-political-economic-etc. regime.
    For example, when we talk about Christianity, we could do that in terms
of its utopia (kingdom of god, return of Christ, universal love a la
Francis of Assissi, etc.); or, alternatively, in terms of the really
existing Christianity of the past 2000 years, with its saints and martyrs
(eaten by Roman lions), scoundrels, criminals, crusades, inquisition,
intra-Christian massacres, persecution of non-Christians, as well as Mother
Theresa and the liberation theology movement.
    Looking at the utopia/dream/hope/vision side of what the discussants
said, I find, to my own surprise, a certain amount of convergence of vision
for the future of the world (nota bene: convergence re vision/utopia; i do
not mean agreement re past situations). There is the theme of participatory
democracy (syndicalism; ecological communalism, as in an offline post;
"radical democratic" future; and a very nice, "user-friendly" description
of intra-party democracy). A "radical democratic" form of a "human rights
world" does not seem all that different from a sophisticated "syndicalist"
world. The vision of a global union of socialist republics does not seem
all that different from that of a global democratic commonwealth with
strong citizen's participation. The vision of (Christian) liberation
theology does not seem all that different from the hopes of a socialist
indigenous rights movement. The theme of tribal solidarity in an African
setting has some similarity with the theme of solidarity among the workers
of a factory or an industry. (Nota bene: this is with reference to
hopes/dreams/utopias [literary/theological analysis] and not with reference
to really existing regimes [empirical/sociological/historical analysis].)
      Could it be said, then, that leftists around the world [or, more
humbly, leftist wsn participants] have a certain amount of convergence of
visions for the world? (I am referring to the utopia level of
consciousness, not to the transition-strategy level of praxeology.) The
pessimist in me says that this cannot be true. However, the thought is too
appealing to let go of it...

      If visions are similar, there could be some agreement on practical
goals. What do you think about the following catalogue of goals/demands?


13 DEMANDS OF GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM (proposal)

(1) full employment, local and global
(2) social security, local and global
(3) improved income distribution, local and global
(4) equal pay for work of equal value, local and global
(5) freedom from oppression and persecution, local and global
(6) rejection of racism, local and global
(7) safeguarding of women's rights, local and global
(8) meaningful citizen's participation in public decision-making, local and
global
(9) rejection of global-central dictatorship and global-centralist corporatism
(10) protection of the ecosystem, local and global
(11) rejection of genocide
(12) rejection of wars of aggression
(13) protection of the "rights of the other" (Rosa Luxemburg, Benito
Juarez, John Stuart Mill)

Now, what's wrong with that?

Yours truly,
Gernot Kohler
Oakville, Canada