On June 3, 1997 a group of self-described neo-conservatives, commonly referred to by now as "neo-cons," and some of their staunchest supporters have published online a "Statement of Principles" for their Project for the New American Century, also known as PNAC. In this statement they announced the following: "We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership. As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's preeminent power. Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge: Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades? Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favourable to American principles and interests?"

Such "American principles and interests" were first announced on February 24, 1948, i.e., at the outset of the Cold War, by George Kennan - who was at that time head of U.S. State Department Planning, and a diplomat who authored the doctrine of "containing" the Soviet Union that determined the U.S. policy throughout the Cold War. A key passage of George Kennan's announcement is the following one (with italics added for emphasis):

"We [Americans] have about 60 per cent of the world's wealth but only 6.3 per cent of its population. Our real task in the coming period (will be) to maintain this position of disparity. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford the luxury of altruism and world benefaction ...The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are hampered then by idealistic slogans the better."

In the intervening half-century, all the United States governments have been faithful to these "American principles and interests" by waging wars for economic and political supremacy, and by deposing via CIA subsidized coups legitimately elected leaders, under the pretext that they were bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to such countries as Guatemala and Iran in the 1950s, Congo in the 1960s, Chile in the 1970s, Nicaragua in the 1980s, and many others. However, as a rule these U.S. subsidized leaders turned out to be bloody dictators, who served well American multinational corporations, but brought only misery and suffering to their own nations.

The men who enunciated PNAC managed to install in the year 2000 their own candidate in the seat of presidential power by means of an election in which only about 50% of the American electorate voted, and of that 50% more than half voted for the opposition candidate. The neo-con candidate's brother was one of the signatories of the PNAC Statement of Principles. At the time of that election he was also the governor of the state of Florida, where thousands of voters who had voted for the opposition candidate were disenfranchised by means of the crudest methods imaginable, thus securing electoral victory for his brother.

By such means the neo-cons and their supporters assumed power in the United States of America at the beginning of the present century, and immediately started implementing the September 2000 PNAC blueprint entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy Forces and Resources for a New Century. As the first major test of this PNAC plan, they ignored in the year 2003 both their lack of a UN mandate as well as world public opinion by invading Iraq under the pretext of searching for weapons of mass destruction, despite the fact that UN weapon inspectors were regularly reporting great progress in that direction, and even such ultra-conservative public figures as the Pope opposed that military invasion.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, believe that the huge majority of the world's people are by now bitterly opposed to neo-con policies, which make a total mockery of the basic principles of freedom and democracy. We, therefore, propose a framework for true freedom and democracy, called The Project for the First People's Century, or PFPC, which advocates policies meant to benefit all peoples of this world, regardless of their race, creed, nationality, religion, or any other features that still divide humankind.

The hereby advocated principles of The Project for the First People's Century (PFPC) are as follows:

PFPC advocates the reform of the UN Security Council so that all its members should be elected by the General Assembly, and the right to veto should be abolished.

PFPC does not recognize any nation as being in a position of "global leadership," but deems all nations to be equal partners, in accordance with the principles of the UN charter.

PFPC advocates that all nations which possess weapons of mass destruction eliminate them under UN supervision, including the nation that first employed such weapons of mass destruction against helpless civilians in the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

PFPC condemns any form of terrorism - whether it be the state terrorism consisting of bombings of other nations and the murder of their civilian population, or the random terrorism of underground movements that destroy selected civilian targets; accordingly, PFPC advocates that international courts should deal with all those responsible for such inhumane acts, regardless of their military rank or political status, as terrorists who have committed crimes against humanity.

PFPC advocates that the fight against any form of terrorism be entrusted to special UN agencies, and that UN not allow any nation to appoint itself as an international policeman in order to advance its own political and economic agenda.

PFPC maintains that all women and men have the equal and inalienable right of enjoying in a sustainable way the natural wealth offered by the planet Earth, and of enjoying the material wealth generated by the toil of countless human generations, which have brought humankind to the present technologically advanced point in its historic development.

PFPC advocates a worldwide system of participatory democracy, in which all major political and economic decisions would be made at grass- root levels, thus dispensing with corrupt politicians and business executives, as well as with other exploiters of the labour of hardworking women and men.

PFPC advocates the maximum amount of freedom of the individual as long as the exercise of that freedom does not involve harming other members of society through physical violence, psychological coercion, economic exploitation, or environmental degradation.

PFPC anticipates a future in which all national and class distinctions shall vanish, and humankind will enjoy a better world in which every single child, youth, woman and man will be able to realize her or his potential as a human being to the fullest extent possible.

14^th May, 2003

Prof. Eduard Prugovecki/ Dr. Róbinson Rojas

Róbinson Rojas, PFPC Director, Co-editor of RRojas Databank and Puro Chile. The memory of the People.- UCL, University of London, U. K.

Stéphanie Saumon, Co-editor of RRojas Databank and Puro Chile. The memory of the people.- School of Oriental and African Studies, London, U.K.

Ernesto Carmona, Journalist, Editorial LA HUELLA, Santiago, Chile

Eduard Prugovecki, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada

Dale L. Johnson, Professor of Social Sciences, Institute of Central American Development Studies, San José, Costa Rica

Andre Gunder Frank, World History Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA., U.S.A.

David N. Gibbs, Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A.

Susan L. Robertson, EGSE, GENIE -Globalisation & Europeanisation Network in Education, University of Bristol, U. K.

Arno Tausch, Associate Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Jenneth Parker, Education for Sustainability Programme, London South Bank University, U. K.

W. Warren Wagar, Binghamton University, SUNY, New York, U.S.A.

Seyed Javad, University of Bristol, U. K.

Rolf Jucker, University of Wales, Swansea, U. K.

Glen Strachan, EFSP, London South Bank University, London, U. K.

David Woolcombe, Herts, U. K.

Ruth Mumby, EFSP, London South Bank University, U. K.

Chanzo Greenidge, Institute of International Relations, U. K.

Andy Parnell, MSc, Environmental Activist & Deep Ecologist, U. K.

José Acevedo, Educador deportivo y responsable de una asociación humanitaria hacia la América latina, Chatillon, France

Gernot Köhler, Ph.D., Sheridan College, Canada (ret.)

Jonathan De Vore, Miami University, Ohio, U.S.A.

Antonio Borja Gonzalez, Asesor financiero, Viña del Mar, Chile

Rodney B- Frazer, BA (Hons), M.Sc., London, U.K.

Natalia Contreras, Analista Politico y Documentalista, Santiago, Chile

Cástulo Martinez, Escritor-Investigador , Arica, Chile

Sergio R. Anacona, Translator , Barquisimeto, Rep. Bolivariana de Venezuela

Tom Cheesman, Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group , Swansea, UK

Ros Wade, Education for Sustainability Programme, London South Bank University, U. K.

Claudio Ferrufino, Escritor, Colorado, U.S.A.

Laura Saez Fernandez, traductora, Vigo, Galicia

Sari Varpama, MSc, Helsinki, Finland

Rosemin Rajmudin, Consultant: development, global &antiracism education, London, U. K.

Ian Parkin, Teacher, London, U. K.

Mario Novelli, Centre for Studies of Globalisation, Education and Societies, University of Bristol, England

Stephen Sterling, EFSP, LSBU, London, U.K.

Robley E. George, Center for the Study of Democratic Societies, California, U.S.A.

Alison Edgley, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.

Christian P. Scherrer, Professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) of Hiroshima City University, Japan

Guillermo Fuica Venegas, Técnico, Coronel, Chile

María Hidalgo Múgica, Coordinadora de Comités y Tiendas de Voluntariado, Sede de Madrid, España

Raúl Gutiérrez, Productor Artístico, Santiago, Chile

Abdul Malik, LSBU, London, U.K.

Anibal Quijano , Centro de Investigaciones Sociales (CIE), Lima, Peru

Hugh Atkinson, Principal Lecturer in Politics, LSBU, London, U.K.

Mercedes Zaldumbide Araya, London, U.K.

Miguel Ardiles, civil servant, London, U.K.

Marisol Rojas Zaldumbide, Customer Services Unit, London, U.K.

Paula Rubilar Cifuentes, estudiante, Coronel, Chile

Daniela Manske , Human Rights Activist, London, U.K.

Alejandra Rojas Zaldumbide , manageress, London, U.K.

Rachel Pantin , musician, London, U.K.

Mabel Conejero Valencia, Coronel, Chile

Joaquin Ardiles Rojas, Student, London, U.K.

Adolfo Ibáñez Justicia, Ingeniero de Montes, Valencia, España

Veronica Caro Garcia, Educadora Especializada, Chatillon, France

Enzo Acevedo, estudiante, Chatillon, France

Tim Jones, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

Mirella Suarez, Virginia, USA

Ricardo Gómez, Ingeniero Industrial, Madrid, España

Maite Rojas Zaldumbide, London, U.K.

Mauricio Venegas Astorga, músico-compositor, London, U.K.

Kathleen Tripp, teacher, London, U.K.

Nelson Delgado González, Técnico Universitario en Mecánica, Coronel, Chile

Manuel Venegas Astorga, Trabajador Independiente, Lota, Chile

Juana Venegas Victoriano, Coronel, Chile

Eliana Astorga Paz, Coronel, Chile

María Angélica Venegas Astorga, Coronel, Chile

Charlie Williams, student, Edinburgh, Scotland

Jorge Peña Cifuentes, estudiante, Coronel, Chile

Carlos Pinto Vidal, Ingeniero Mecánico, Trabajador Independiente, Santiago, Chile

Ozgur Tacer, MA Student, Sociology, METU, Ankara, Turkey

Julio Dávila, UCL, DPU, University of London, London, U.K.

Theodore Stickley, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.

Gloria Ximena Rojas Zaldumbide, Ibiza, España

María Rosa Suárez Fernández, Ibiza, España

Margaret Rachelle Loveys, retired CBC Talent Resource Manager, Toronto, Canada

Dianne Puddicombe, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Beverley Parker, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annie Seguin Aplanalp, enseignante, Bienne, Suisse

Isabelle Seguin, Paris, France

Jean-Louis Seguin, Agriculteur, Missery, France

Sabela Fernández Davila, Traductora, Vigo, Galicia

Roberto Ares Río, Músico, Vigo, Galicia

Consuelo Davila Lorenzo, Maestra, Vigo, Galicia.

Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Profesor Titular, Coordinador de Estudios Estratégicos Internacionales, Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, La Habana, Cuba

María Vázquez, socióloga, Sheffield, U.K.

Virginia Kennard, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Sean Hurl, Adult literacy worker, Paisley, Scotland.

Craig Ramsey, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Naomi Alflatt, London, U.K.

Marcelo Torres Arévalo, músico, Coronel, Chile

Emilio José Chaves, Ingeniero, investigador en economía, Pasto, Colombia

Kattie Jeison, Assistante Sociale, Paris, France

Julien Sigalas, Bruxelles, Belgique

Roberto Beltrán Quintana, empleado público, Santiago, Chile

Ilona Lapinsky, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii

Delmira Suazo, Coronel, VIII Región, Chile

Arthur G. Broadhurst, retired CEO of insurance company, Vero Beach, Florida, USA

Nora Belmar Vergara, ingeniero structural,Coronel, Chile

Thomas C. Rockriver, ironworker , USA

Pablo Ojeda Cárdenas, estudiante , Punta Arenas, Chile

Rev. Roberto Pineda, pastor luterano, Bloque Popular Social de El Salvador

Rebecca Hazell, teacher, Oxford, UK

Jenese James, educator, Nelson, New Zealand

Susan Taylor, pacifist and student of U.S. interventions, New Zealand

Manoj K. Jha, reader, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, India

Victor Jaque A., profesor de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, San Antonio, Chile

Christian Pose, rédacteur-en-chef de linked222.free.fr, Paris, France

Malin Carlberg, London, UK.

Geoffrey Holland, School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, UK

Adriana Evangelizt, poetesse et creatrice des site engagés, Paris, France

Ahmet Nail Elgun, economist, Istanbul, Turkey

Jean Ruhlmann, Redacteur pour Altermonde.levillage.org, France

Jerome Apvrille, student, France

Anyse Joslin, sensible American, California, USA

Catherine Fentress, postgraduate student, London, UK

The Reverend John H. Spruhan, The Rosebud Episcopal Mission, Sicangu Lakota/ Rosebud Reservation, Rosebud, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Walterio Barra Cabello, Profesor de Estado en Filosofía, Universidad de Chile, Magíster en Filosofía, Experto en Políticas de Formación Profesional. OIT. Santiago, Chile.

Vahab Sajadi, engineer, Iran.

Sally Hine, Luis Jorba, Sue Correa, David Correa, Manel Franquesa Voneschen, José Barrera, Colien Honneger, Núria Marin, Núria Cornet, Carmen Cornet, Marianne Liesenberg, Castelldefels, Prov. de Barcelona, España.

Yolanda Nazar, psicoterapeuta, Mexico

Rev. Susan Davis, First UMC, Endicott, NY, U.S.A.

Mary Catherine Barton, attorney at law, Indiana, Indianapolis, USA.

David Persichini, teamwork facilitator, USA.

Maria Mora, La Massana, Andorra.

Jenese James Belzer, New Zealand.

Chester Riese, Nebraska, USA.

Anjum Ahmad-Donovan, Canada.

Janice A. Henry, USA.

Lance R. Simcox, retired working man, Derby, United Kingdom.

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