Global Peoples Assembly Motivation

Disclaimer: The concept of a "Global Peoples Assembly" comes from Richard Falk and Andrew Strauss. The version advocated here is not "official" (nor authoritative)

"The tremendous growth in the commitment to, and practice of, democracy in domestic settings juxtaposed against globalization's large-scale transfer of political decision-making to international institutions has made the almost complete lack of democracy at the international level the most glaring anomaly of the global system today." -- Andrew Strauss

"...the planet's six billion citizens are not directly involved in creating international law, and the international law order, likewise, does not directly command their compliance with their laws." -- Andrew Strauss

"With some recent qualification, if citizens wish to influence the creation of international law, they must petition their own government, which can, if it chooses, respond favorably to their appeal and work toward the creation of such law." -- Andrew Strauss

Although the world's economy has grown considerably over the past few decades, half of the world's population subsists on less than $2 (US) per day. Economic inequality is steadily rising: Nearly everywhere the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. At the same time, meaningful representation among the world's population is steadily degrading. This lack of representation results from -- and engenders -- increasing power and diminishing accountability of the world's corporate and governmental institutions.