November 21, 2009
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Millennium 'Manifesto' Calls for Shift Toward Global Governance

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Acknowledging that conservative politicians may balk at the idea of lessened national sovereignty, Kurtz nevertheless endorses an end to the veto power of U.N. Security Council members, a global environmental monitoring agency 'with teeth,' and a strengthened World Court.

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Whether the manifesto will resonate with ordinary people is left to be seen. Jim Haught signed it and edits the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia. He said he has espoused a similar worldview in his editorials for years -? without much obvious success.

Readers of his 52,000-circulation paper more likely embrace the rhetoric of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, he said, but he isn't dissuaded.

'I'm the crazy misfit in the Bible Belt,' said Haught. 'Humanity has got to save itself. You're not going to get any help from heaven and angels.'

Contact: Paul Kurtz, president, International Academy of Humanism, Amherst, N.Y., 716-636-7571. Jim Haught, editor, the Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W. Va., 304-348-5140.

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