Blessed is he who visited this world in its fateful moments – Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873)
Modern world citizen action has been a response to important challenges faced by the world community. Individuals who saw the dangers of traditional ways of thinking have acted together to promote loyalty to the human family and negotiated responses to violent conflicts.
The Association of World Citizens in its current form as a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the UN was created in 1975 in San Francisco; during the 40th anniversary celebration of the drafting of the UN Charter. Thus; the Association of World Citizens builds upon the efforts of a long line of creative thinkers and active world citizens.
H.G. Wells and Human Rights.
Featured Image: Portrait of Herbert George Wells by George Charles Beresford. Black and white glossy print. 150 mm x 108 mm (1920). By George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia…
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese: Common Cause.
Featured Image: Giuseppe Antonio Borgese. Public Domain. By https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Antonio_Borgese#/media/File:G._A._Borgese.jpg “The era of humanity has not begun, but the age of nations has ended. It ended in 1914 when the world…
Maurice Béjart: Starting Off the Year with a Dance
Featured Image: Maurice Béjart. By Huster at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons. January 1st is the birth anniversary of Maurice Béjart, an innovative master of modern…
Jacques Maritain: World Citizen Philosopher.
Featured Image: Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and writer. By Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. By René Wadlow. Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882 -23 April 1973); was a…
Vaclav Havel: Resistance and Vision.
Vaclav Havel on Wenceslas Square on November 17, 2009. By Ben Skála, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons. “He rejects the ritual and breaks the rules of the game. …
Leo Tolstoy: The Law of Love.
Featured Image: Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887). By Ilya Repin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “We possess a single infallible guide, the Universal Spirit that lives in men as a…
Edward Carpenter and the Healing of Nations.
Featured Image: Edward Carpenter (1844–1929), by Fred Holland Day (1864–1933). By F. Holland Day, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) whose birth anniversary we note on 29 August,…
Carl G. Jung: The Integration of Opposites.
Carl.G. Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was born in Kesswil on the Lake of Constance; where the three countries that most influenced him met: Switzerland, Austria, and…
Garry Davis: “And Now the People Have The Floor”.
Featured Image: Garry Davis by Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Garry Davis; who died 24 July 2013, in Burlington, Vermont; was often called “World Citizen N°1”….
Frantz Fanon: The New Humanism.
Featured Image: Frantz Fanon represent the FLN (National Liberation Front) and Algeria in the war of independence at the Pan African conference at the Palais de la Culture in Léopoldville,…