Re: Magna Charta of the World System

YES!!
Gunder is right. We need to continue building on the emerging
international POPULAR consensus that this war is madness.  It is the only
way that we can save ourselves from our respective governments.
--Peter

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, gernot kohler wrote:

> for whatever it is worth I second the mortion (proposals) by Professor
> Frank, entitled "Political Anti-NATO War Praxis & Program" (2 June 1999).
> There is an interesting historical precedent/parallel for this kind of
> resistance - the Magna Charta.
> 
> On 15 June 1215 the rebellious English barons, fed up with
> the arbitrary rule and military adventures of their king, pressured King
> John to accept a Magna Charta Libertatum (Great Bill of Rights). The
> autocratic and adventurous king is subjected to law and can be forced to
> obey it; foundation of a barons committee for the organization of
> resistance; numerous detailed provisions in order to abolish abuses by the
> king; beginning of English constitutionalism (from my history book). Another
> important idea which can be applied at the world-system level.
> 
> gk
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