Overview and Basic Elements of the WR

by Rajesh Kumar

 

Unitary Objective
Social Well-Being

 

4 World Order Values/Objectives
1. Peace
2. Social Justice
3. Economic Well-Being
4. Ecological Balance

 

Fundamental Elements/Characteristics
of the World Revolution

1. Ideology: Social Well-Being (Objectives/Agenda) - (a goal-oriented ideology)
2. Methodology: Developing a large scale, activist, social movement

 

Levels of Scale (for World Revolution Activity)
1. Local/Community
2. Regional/National
3. Global/International

 

Actors (targets) at Each Level
1. Local
a. Municipality/city/county government
b. Corporations/businesses
c. Institutions/schools
d. City newspapers
e. etc.

2. National/Regional
a. State/federal government
b. Laws
c. National organizations
d. Media (T.V.)
e. etc.

3. Global
a. Foreign policy departments of federal
governments
b. International organizations
c. United Nations
d. etc.

 

Arenas for Change
1. Political sector
2. Cultural sector
3. Economic sector
- corporate sector
- industrial sector
- agricultural sector
4. Educational sector
5. Religious sector
6. Civic sector
7. etc.

 

Levels/Kinds of Change
1. Reform
2. Reconstruction
3. Transformation

 

Approaches to Change
1. Gentle/mild
2. Moderate
3. Strong/radical

 

Activities
1. Uniting
2. Organizing
3. Values transformation
4. Government transformation
5. Policy change
6. Corporate changes
7. Conflict resolution
8. etc.

 

Sources/Actors/Targets/Domains for Change
1. Governments
2. Institutions
(media, corporate, educational, industrial, cultural)
3. Groups
(racial, ethnic, religious, territorial, economic)
4. People

 

 

SOCIAL WELL-BEING AGENDA
(A rudimentary outline)

World Order Values and Sub-Objectives
1. Peace
- military disarmament
- nuclear disarmament
- strengthen United Nations
- conflict resolution
- nonviolent civilian defense
- end wars
- end ethnic violence/strife
- Earth State
- United People's Organization

2. Social Justice
- gender/sexual justice
- racial/ethnic justice
- stop crime/violence
- stop domestic abuse
- stop drug abuse
- stop human rights violations
- stop racial/ethnic discrimination
- childrens welfare
- elderly welfare
- guaranteed social services/benefits
(education, health, etc.)
- just governance

3. Economic Well-Being
- stop overpopulation
- end poverty
- end hunger
- economic equality
- health & physical well-being
- basic needs
- development
(sustainable/appropriate)

4. Ecological balance
- stop pollution
- end overdevelopment/
overindustrialization
- end resource depletion
- stop ozone depletion
- stop global warming
- stop deforestation
- stop biodiversity loss

 

Domains/kinds of W.R. Activity for Change within Each Target Group
1. Government
- advocacy
- lobbying
- public opinion change
- politicians/legislators
- legal/courts
- civil disobedience
- petitions
- government accountability
- public pressure
- letter-writing
- government reform (structural)
- sactions/boycotts
- media
- Earth State
- United People's Organization
- voting

2. Institutions
- institutional accountability (tribunals)
- legal/courts
- advocacy
- boycotting/strikes
- public pressure
- government intervention/laws
- citizen intervention
- media

3. Groups
- advocacy
- education
- government intervention
- citizen intervention
- media
- citizen negotiations/conferences
- public pressure

4. People
- education
- media
- town-meetings
- flyers, publications
- symbolic activist acts
- person to person
- United People's Organization
- public programs
- speaking
- government intervention

 

World Revolution Sectors/Organizational Structure
1. Planning (Research/Study)
2. Recruitment
3. Financing
4. Communications (Network-Support Infrastructure)
5. Activism (Action/Projects/Programs/Activities)

 

Basic Organizational Structure/Unit
Project Groups

 

W. R. Meeting Agenda Possibilities
- discuss what World Revolution is all about
- explore what tasks need to be done
- explore possibilities for (areas of) activity
- discussions about ideas/specific issues
(simply educational/intellectual)
- explore possible specific, concrete
activism/projects
- discuss W.R. theory & heighten
interest/commitment
- discuss/explore possibilities for W.R. sector
development
- set up smaller meeting times/places
- set up "project groups"
- for each W.R. sector
- for specific tasks
- for specific activist
projects/programs/activities
- distribute literature
- break up into smaller groups
- select organizers for future meetings, specific
projects, etc.
- have some speakers
- set up "project group" meeting times/places

 

Initial Projects
- develop W. R. sectors
- work on/carry out specific activist
projects/programs
- research
- W. R. planning
- finances/grant-writing/soliciting
- communications/network/infrastructure set-
up/monitoring
- recruitment
- Social Well-Being Agenda development/research
- Social Well-Being Agenda promotion (mass
promotion)
- international W. R./social-well being development
- national W. R. development
- conference planning (for research/objectives
defining)
- methods development (strategy/social change
methods)
- principles/philosophy development/study/writing
- issues discussion/analysis
- media activism
- political advocacy of social well-being agenda
- objectives clarification
- (Earth-State/United People's Organization
development/planning/designing)
- project organizing/activist sector organizing
- networking with existing organizations
- journal publishing
- computer e-mail network setup
- communications group setup
- literature publishing/promotion
- lecture series/education planning