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Welcome to the International Simultaneous Policy
Organisation (ISPO) Books and Resources page.
Here you will find information on books and articles about Simpol published by ISPO or written by its trustees or officers. Also you will find links to on-line interviews with ISPO trustees or officers as well as a list of links to a selection of other international organisations. |
In this section you will find information on the book which launched the Simpol campaign, The Simultaneous Policy – An Insider’s Guide to Saving Humanity and the Planet, and on the ISPO Making it Happen! book series.
Books presently included in the Making it Happen! series are:
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The Simultaneous Policy – An Insider’s Guide to Saving Humanity and
the Planet
by John Bunzl. Published by New European Publications, 2001.
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Summary
The principal barrier to implementation of any significant measure to improve
today's environmental, economic or social problems, be they in advanced, developing
or non-industrialised countries, is destructive competition. Global de-regulated
capital flows and corporations know no national boundaries and by their ability
or threat to move elsewhere, force nations to compete with one another for capital,
jobs (and therefore votes) and ever scarcer natural resources.
Read more...
ISPO Making it Happen! book series
The Making it Happen! series of books is published by ISPO. Each book looks at a specific reform proposal or subject area which may require the Simpol approach if its practical implementation is to occur. In each book an ISPO trustee or officer teams up with a well-known and respected expert or an advocate of a specific and important reform proposal. Alternatively, an ISPO trustee or officer is sole author.
1. Monetary Reform – Making it Happen!, by James Robertson and John Bunzl
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Summary
The first two chapters on monetary reform are by James Robertson. Although much
of the detail in them refers to Britain, the same outline applies broadly to
other countries too.
The historical perspective in Chapter 1 brings out some of the parallels between the aims of monetary reform in the 19th century and now, and some of the differences between that time and ours. It suggests that the historical evolution of the monetary system between then and now points to the Huber/Robertson proposal as the next step forward. Read more...
2. People-centred Global Governance - Making it Happen!, by John Bunzl
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Summary
As global problems such as global warming, global poverty, pollution, terrorism
and runaway corporate power increasingly outstrip the capacity of national and
international governance institutions to solve them, the issue of global governance
is rapidly moving up the international political agenda. In this book, Bunzl
draws on the work of a number of leading evolutionary thinkers to show that
both the process of globalisation itself, and the evolution of a binding system
of global governance, are natural parts of human evolution.
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Organisation, AQAL, and the Impact of Globalisation
John Bunzl uses Ken Wilber's Integral Theory to analyse organisations - public, private and third sector - and shows how globalisation is having a more dramatic impact on them than most people realise. The article appears in the March 2011 edition of Integral Leadership Review http://integralleadershipreview.com.
Solving Climate Change - Achieving a Noospheric Agreement
John Bunzl uses Ken Wilber's Integral Theory to deliver a powerful argument for Simpol as a vehicle for delivering democratic global governance, showing how Simpol constitutes what is, perhaps, the first and only form of global electoral politics. This article was published in the Journal of Integral Theory & Practice http://aqaljournal.integralinstitute.org in February 2010.
Keynote Speech at Kannur University, India - Globalisation, Development, Public Policy and Management: Emerging Issues
Diana Trimble delivers a powerful speech on Globalisation, outlining the need " to ensure that it develops in its most positive manifestation, so that what we have is interconnectedness and a world in which all nations may benefit from the shared commons"
Global Warming: More Inconvenient Truths
In response to Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, activist and campaigner,
Diana Trimble, responds with two further inconvenient truths that Gore and we
citizens, ourselves, must take on board if we are to solve global warming and
many other global problems.
Live 8 -- Making Poverty History? Or Entrenching Our Irresponsibility?
A few powerful men in suits cannot make poverty history, argues John Bunzl,
even if they want to. "Does the G-8 really, genuinely, have the power to
make poverty history? Does it really have that much power at all? Geldof and
Bono by all accounts certainly think so. But are they not, perhaps, simply in
thrall to the very attractive idea that some small group of people must have
massive power and could change the world if only we put enough pressure on them?"
Restoring Democracy to a Company World
This op-ed by ISPO Creative Director Syd Baumel appeared in the May/June 2004
issue of Union Farmer Monthly, the newsletter of Canada's National Farmer's
Union. Baumel introduces Simpol and argues that farmers and consumers can use it
as a political tool to globalize humane and sustainable agriculture.
"Evolutionary Biology and the Simultaneous Policy"
"Today, as humanity increasingly faces a critical point of crisis in terms
of our survival on planet Earth," writes ISPO Director John Bunzl, "it
is essential that light now be shed on how co-operation has worked in evolution,
and how it can be made to work now if we are to have a sustainable future."
Published in Network Review, 2004.
"Why Forgiving Ourselves and Each Other is the Path to Global Justice"
This essay by John Bunzl argues that we can best achieve global justice not
by blaming competing nations, corporations and leaders, but by using the Simultaneous
Policy to turn the world's vicious cycles of destructive competition into cooperation
for the good of all. A shorter version was published as a guest editorial at
oneworld.net in February 2004.
"Voting Your Global Conscience: The Simultaneous Policy
offers an ingenious scheme to
take back the world"
Published in the Washington Free Press (Jan/Feb, 2004), this article by Simpol adopter
Syd Baumel quotes supporters and adopters of Simpol and offers a brief introduction
to the subject. For a more detailed version,
click here.
"Reform the WTO! - But Where are the Ideas?" (2540 words)
"IMF/WB/WTO: Evil Dictators or Helpless Slaves?" (2650 words)
Both of the above articles attempt to show how the multilateral institutions
are, to a large extent, driven by the global competitive market rather than
driving it themselves as many believe. Article 1 is also available in French.
"The Global Economy, the Simultaneous Policy and Satyagraha" (1260 words)
This article appeared in "The Gandhi Way", the newsletter of the Gandhi
Foundation in the UK.
"Competition: Is it All it's Cracked Up to be?" (3000 words)
This article appeared in the AMED quarterly journal "Organisations &
People". Whilst politicians and business keep chanting the mantra of competitiveness
being synonymous with benefit for all, this article attempts to show the down-side
of competition and thus to expose the flawed mind-set of politicians and the
multi-lateral institutions.
"Beleaguered on the Shores of Lac Leman - The WTO Invites the Activists to Tea"
(3200 words)
This article is an analysis of the WTO's predicament which shows why it is incapable
of achieving its stated objective of producing equitable prosperity and development.
It explains how the WTO's mission is based on a false premise and illuminates
the wider implications for the global economy. It follows the WTO Symposium
on "Issues Confronting the World Trading System" held July 2001 at
which John Bunzl was invited to address.
"To Give In to the Protesters would be to Turn Democracy on its
Head" (1900 words)
The title quotes UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's response following the G-8 summit
in Genoa, July 2001. The article exposes so-called 'democracy' as pseudo-democracy
and explains growing global voter apathy.
Article for World Review (2500 words)
This article serves as an introduction to John Bunzl's book, The Simultaneous
Policy, and puts the Simpol proposal into the context of the current world predicament
of corporate globalisation.
"Le Pen is Chief Beneficiary of Corporate Globalisation" (2100 words)
This article appeared in Sand in the Wheels, the newsletter of the activist
group ATTAC, and explains the links between the rise of the Far-Right, anti-corporate
globalisation and voter apathy. Also available in French.
John Bunzl interviewed by Lucis Trust
As part of their "Conversation with Inspiring Servers" series, Lucis
Trust probes the spiritual basis of the global challenges addressed by the Simultaneous
Policy. Audio and transcript.
Co-op Radio
Show featuring Simpol recorded Vancouver, Canada, May 14th 2001.
This is available on CD. First half hour consists of an interview between presenter,
Diana Jewell, and ISPO founder, John Bunzl, concerning the Simpol concept. Second
half hour consists of live listener call-ins and John's responses.
Interview of John Bunzl by Jay Fenello in September 2001
For the "Aligning with Purpose" talk-radio show, USA. This can be
heard on-line at
www.aligningwithpurpose.com/radio.htm
but you will need RealPlayer software which can be downloaded free from
www.real.com.
Alternatively, a file in low-fidelity MP3 format which does not require RealPlayer
can be provided.
For any further information, please contact
Simpol Partners are organisations that support the democratic
aims and principles of the Simultaneous Policy (Simpol). Becoming an Simpol Partner
encourages an organisation's members and supporters to personally adopt Simpol and
invites other democratically minded organisations to become Simpol Partners too.
While ISPO offers reciprocal support to its partner organisations and believes
their policies and programs to be worthy of support or consideration, ISPO does
not officially endorse the specific policies or programs of other organisations.
Partner organisations listed below have an international scope. Those with only a national, rather than international, scope can apply to be listed as partners on the websites of the relevant national Simpol organisation(s). For more information, please go to Simpol in your country.
Ethical Markets
www.ethicalmarkets.com
GlobalVote
www.theglobalvote.org
The Human Union
www.humanunion.info
The Love Foundation
www.thelovefoundation.com
Building Global Democracy
www.buildingglobaldemocracy.org