Gordon Brown: Now Is the Time to Build Global Society
November 10th, 2008Via: Reuters:
The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.
In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, Brown — who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions — will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.
“The alliance between Britain and the U.S. — and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. — can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order,” an excerpt from the speech says.
Brown and other leaders meet in Washington next weekend to discuss longer term solutions for dealing with economic issues following a series of coordinated moves on interest rates and to recapitalize banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
“Uniquely in this global age, it is now in our power to come together so that 2008 is remembered not just for the failure of a financial crash that engulfed the world but for the resilience and optimism with which we faced the storm, endured it and prevailed,” Brown will say in his speech on Monday evening.
“…And if we learn from our experience of turning unity of purpose into unity of action, we can together seize this moment of change in our world to create a truly global society.”
According to a summary of the speech released by his office, Brown will set out five great challenges the world faces.
These are: terrorism and extremism and the need to reassert faith in democracy; the global economy; climate change; conflict and mechanisms for rebuilding states after conflict; and meeting goals on tackling poverty and disease.
Brown will also identify five stages for tackling the economy, starting with recapitalizing banks so they can resume lending to families and businesses, and better international co-ordination of fiscal and monetary policy.
He also wants immediate action to stop the spread of the financial crisis to middle-income countries, with a new facility for the International Monetary Fund, and agreement on a global trade deal, as well as reform of the global financial system.
“My message is that we must be: internationalist not protectionist; interventionist not neutral; progressive not reactive; and forward looking not frozen by events. We can seize the moment and in doing so build a truly global society.”
Kevin,
Did you make Gordon Brown’s eyes glow deep bloody red with evil,
or was that just the way the picture met the camera?
Yikes.
All Gordon Brown needs in this picture is a couple of long feral teeth. Kind of like a vampires.
Then he needs the white face paint.
A black cape. A white stand up collar shirt. Perhaps a jaunty tie. Black on white.
Oh my god.
Well I scare myself sometimes the images I can conjure up.
All I can say right now is hey, I think I finally “get” what’s going on over the pond, and HOLY CRAP. CENSOR,CENSOR, CENSOR. SELF. MY FAMILY MY LIFE.
Oh, I meant to say “HAIL BRITTANY!
Been there done that for a long time now.
HOW DYA LIKE IT?
That a lyric to a song repeated 13 or more so times in a refrain to a catchy black people tune.
HOW DYA LIKE IT?
I don’t know bout the rest of y’all but I feel like a big rock has been lifted off of my chest.
The Saturn Uranus opposition way supposed to be a really big deal in terms of human evolution.
Big hoops leaped through here over the POND. I KID YOU NOT.
Thank you for rejoicing for us.
You TWO, can overcome corporatism by leaps and bounds. It will NEVER HAPPEN AT ONCE.
Gotta go.
I didn’t create that video. Man, I LMAO when I saw that. I’ve been waiting for an excuse to post that video. hehe
I guess we know who the most recent scion of the Blackadder family line is now, don’t we? 😉