The Simultaneous Policy, a new international campaign to counter the forces of corporate globalisation and international competition, has been launched in London. Based on the premise that all nations are subject to global competitive forces unleashed by the ability of capital and transnational corporations to cross national borders, no nation nor group of nations can control global capital nor can they implement vital economic, social or environmental policies that might incur market or corporate displeasure. To break the vicious circle of global competition, both between nations and between corporations, all nations need to act simultaneously by implementing the Simultaneous Policy (SP); a range of measures to re-regulate global markets and corporations in order to restore genuine democracy, environmental protection and peace around the world. Endorsed by Noam Chomsky, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Ed Mayo and many other leading ecologists, counter-economists, churchmen and journalists, SP recognises that party politics has become little more than a sham in which whatever party we elect, the policies delivered inevitably conform to market and corporate demands and to the dictatorship of competition. It calls upon peoples all over the world to come together to take policy out of the hands of politicians and, by force of their numbers and their votes, to compel political parties around the world to adopt SP. By transcending party-political differences and by offering a means that allows politicians and governments to adopt it without risking their respective ënational interestsí, SP claims to provide the long-awaited, coherent and practical solution to corporate globalisation and other world problems. Based on a new book, "The Simultaneous Policy ñ An Insiderís Guide to Saving Humanity and the Planet" by John Bunzl, the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO) has been established to campaign for the adoption of SP. Acclaimed as "the first writer on the ësustainable societyí to advance beyond rhetoric and grapple with the problem of how such a society might be achieved", the book crucially offers the blueprint for a secure and responsible transition from the existing paradigm of destructive, international economic competition to the new paradigm of global cooperation in which global economic, environmental and social problems can be solved. For further information on SP, e-mail ISPO at [email protected] or visit our website and join the SP campaign at http://www.simpol.orgList of book endorsements follows. Pre-publication copies available from ISPO - please ask for details:"I thought your proposal was an elegant idea of how change could occur. Itreflects the core ideas of how to create consensus around change. This isthe biggest challenge that we have"Ed MayoExecutive Director, New Economics Foundation"Is it a good idea? My answer is: Maybe it could prove to be."James RobertsonFormer cabinet policy maker and author of'Schumacher Briefing 1 - Transforming Economic Life'"It is a good idea. What we need is politicians who will give this issue ahigh priority."Polly ToynbeeThe Guardian"Your idea for a simultaneous policy is excellent. . Lets hope that peoplestart to listen to this important message."Helena Norberg-HodgeCo-founder of the International Forum on Globalisationand Director of the International Society for Ecology & Culture"It's ambitious and provocative. Can it work? Certainly worth a serious try."Noam Chomsky".the basic concept is excellent. . Let me know what develops!"Jakob von UexkullFounder and Chairman - Right Livelihood Award Foundation "The Simultaneous Policy is a creative proposal to accelerate progress toward a sustainable global economy. Many movements and grassroots globalists working for these goals can coalesce around such innovative initiatives."Hazel HendersonAuthor of 'Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy'".well argued and well thought out. It goes against our bias for the humanscale but may be necessary."Nicholas AlberyChairman - The Institute for Social Inventions".compelling and provocative. The structure and progression of the [book]fit your argument perfectly."Moises NaimEditor-in-Chief - Foreign Policy. USA"Your main theme is a crucial one and I hope it will be heeded. .yourapproach is unusual because most authors concentrate on 'what' first andleave 'how' as a secondary consideration - or duck it altogether."David GriffithsAuthor of 'All This and Unemployment Too'."...I believe [the Simultaneous Policy] offers a prophetic and practicalapproach to the global politico-economic problems of our generation...Certainly it is one which would appeal to Quakers."Stephen WhitingQuaker Peace and Service - London."Bunzl is, I feel, the first writer on the 'sustainable society' to advancebeyond rhetoric and grapple with the problem of how such a society might beachieved."Dr. Aidan Rankin'New European' (European Business Review) - UK."Working from an East-West perspective in which the interdependency ofBuddhism combines with the economics of E.F. Schumacher, Bunzl argues fora program of restoring social control over the blind destructiveness ofcorporate globalisation by simultaneous government policies across worldborders. The need for simultaneity of sovereign state action is animportant new dimension of a debate affecting all planetary life."John McMurtryAuthor of 'The Cancer Stage of Capitalism'"Your [book] eloquently describes the crucial problems facing the worldtoday. It explores the inadequacy of the nation state in dealing with theseproblems and the inability of the United Nations to move beyond its currentconstraints. Simultaneous Policy is an elegant theory which takes many ideasfrom different places. We must all work to bring these ideas from theoryinto practice."Simon BurallExecutive Director, One World Trust(in his personal capacity)."...the financial world order has become quite cancerous to both people andthe planet and what is needed are intelligent and creative solutionsappropriate to the situation. Your proposal to create a level playing fieldfor all that incorporates environmentally sustainable policies is just sucha creative solution."Richard St. GeorgeDirector, the Schumacher Society(in his personal capacity)"Simultaneous Policy is a most promising strategy for discovering andestablishing a more equitable, efficient and sustainable economic order."Shann TurnbullAuthor of 'Democratizing the Wealth of Nations' "The concept of Simultaneous Policy (SP) is a wonderful way of implementingcooperation which is the new law of human survival in the globalized world. With it goes moral education inducing a new system of values to satisfythe requirements of the New Age."Dr. Farhang Sefidvash Coordinator of the Research Centre for Global Governance"...we concur with your comprehensive and insightful analysis of the challengebefore us. We also agree that social and environmental programmes are beingsubordinated to the demands of the global economy and that, if there is ameaningful remedy to hand, yours is as constructive as any we've seen todate."Roger DoudnaInternational Programme Officer, Restore The Earth Project - Scotland." I must admit that the Simultaneous Policy is a very provocative document. When you start reading this document, it evokes sharp reactions within you because it challenges the alternative visions and ideas that are closer to your heart and mind. But, by the time you finish it, you realize that there are a host of alternatives to existing alternative visions and strategies for the betterment of our lives." Kavaljit Singh - Author of 'A Citizen's Guide to the Globalization of Finance' and 'Taming Global Financial Flows'"...the great merit of your [book] is its proposal for a plausible solution tothe many questions, whose urgency much of the left seems prepared to ignore."Dorothy FriedmannGreen Socialist Network - London."Wishing you God speed in your endeavours to progress our humankind with theSimultaneous Policy!"Godric BaderLife President - Scott Bader Commonwealth Ltd. ".....a very timely publication. I entirely agree with you that we should bring about aparadigm shift from competition to cooperation and from patronage to partnership."M S SwaminathanOffice of the UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology & Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation"...the best ideas are the simplest. With a system like this, there's no wayfor governments to wriggle out. All excuses evaporate. It's a system whichunmasks all those seeking to hide behind theoretical impossibilites. I can'twait to see what follows. Well done SP!"Jackie NavarroATTAC - QuÈbec, Canada.(Campaigning for the Tobin Tax)"Simultaneous Policy is the first book I have seen that offers any real hope of achieving the reforms necessary to overcome global threats to the environment and human welfare." Richard A. Stimson Author of 'Playing with the Numbers: How So-called Experts Mislead Us about the Economy'"In a time where so many urgent symptoms claim our attention, it seems thereis not enough courage nor time to address the fundamental roots of globalpresent problems and viable roads to face them. The Simultaneous Policy is asimple, peaceful, low-risk and clear invitation for humankind to jump - intwo steps - from a present spiral headed toward auto-destruction, intoanother one oriented toward life, cooperation and spiritual growth. To shareis to live."Emilio JosÈ Chaves".the SP proposal is a practical means of moving toward global governance.It should be an effective means of achieving cooperation where anyindividual government that behaves cooperatively will be disadvantaged untilall other governments also do so. .I wish you the best of luck with yourimportant work."John StewartAuthor of 'Evolution's Arrow: the Direction ofEvolution and the Future of Humanity.'"I am sure that The Simultaneous Policy is likely to be of great interest[as] a way of striving for an alternative whilst being integrated in thecurrent economic system..."Suzanne IsmailEconomic Issues Programme Co-ordinatorQuaker Peace & Service - London, UKA comment passed on to me:"Isn't John Bunzl's Simultaneous Policy good stuff?"Lucy StorrsWorld Voices UK".an essential contribution to the debate that is taking place at this timeof transition and rapid change in society."Dominic DibbleWorld Goodwill - London Pre-publication copies available. 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