Dear Reader,
Welcome to Mondial! Whether this is your first time or a familiar return to our publication, Mondial offers a forum for discourse and dialogue on principled and practical pathways to achieve a democratic world federation for people and the planet.
Some elements of this issue may look new, as may some of the names and faces behind it. We address you for the first time as the Editorial Board to situate Mondial both in the context of our movement and the global moment we meet today.
Mondiali was founded by the World Federalist Movement - Canada (WFM-Canada) and Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS), both Member Organizations of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP). This journal provides a forum for collaborative exploration and deliberation on solutions for a better future within the framework of democratic world federation, striving to build a shared global governance system predicated on peace, justice, democracy, rule of law and the common dignity and rights of humanity and the Earth itself.
The current issue’s publication coincides with two powerful milestones: the 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The significance of both resonates deeply not only as rhetorical proclamations but as hopeful accountability mechanisms to achieve their creators’ vision of a world free from the gravest crimes that shock the conscience of humanity. At a harrowing time for a global community gripped with compounded crises, constructive discourse can easily yield way to polemic or diatribe. Mondial seeks to offer an alternative space to address the most critical issues of the day and means to envision a better tomorrow.
We hope you engage actively with the concepts and opinions put forth in this issue. Beyond these pages, our organizations seek to animate the ideas and solutions proposed through concrete action in our advocacy campaigns, and educational programs. We invite you to learn more about how you can join and support these initiatives by visiting globalsolutions.org or by scanning the QR code at the back of the journal.
As we embark on a new chapter for Mondial, we recollect the Declaration of Purpose that catalyzed our movement more than 75 years ago:
Thank you for joining us.
In solidarity,
The Editorial Board