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All blue letters and pictures are links. Old Homepage Contents: A Long List of ACL Study Materials, scroll down right hand column. What They Say What We Say What Others Say How Anticommunitarianism Evolved The New World Order Conspiracy Exposing a Few Communitarian Secrets Raise the Hammer.org response
What they say: Amitai Etzioni on July 26, 2003 in an interview with Afghan Mania in Germany. ![]() "The world needs a new global architecture, additional layers of governance, to deal with issues that neither nations nor traditional forms of intergovernmental organizations can cope with." Amitai Etzioni at September 7th, 2004 conference at the Hague titled, "Europe, A Beautiful Idea" "I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on and involved, that gets the job done. We must bring in the generations, harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young.... I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good." The Inagural Address of President George Bush 1989. Yale Avalon Law Project. "Bush's inaugural address," said George Washington University professor Amitai Etzioni, a communitarian thinker, "was a communitarian text, full of words like 'civility,' 'responsibility' and 'community.' That's no accident. Bush's advisers consulted on the speech with Putnam." Washington Post Staff Writer Dana Milbank, February 01, 2001 "Needed: Catchword for Bush Ideology, 'Communitarianism' Finds Favor" "The President of the United States of America [Clinton] awards this National Humanities Medal to Robert N. Bellah for his efforts to illuminate the importance of community in American society. A distinguished sociologist and educator, he has raised our awareness of the values that are at the core of our democratic institutions and of the dangers of individualism unchecked by social responsibility." [emphasis added] A Biography of Robert Bellah.
"The First Amendment's disestablishment clause is not a foreign policy tool, but a peculiarly American conception. Just because the American government is banned from promoting religion within the United States does not mean that the State Department and the Pentagon cannot promote religion overseas in societies that are undergoing profound societal changes. This last point is crucial: Overseas we are participating as a key architect and builder of new institutions; we are in what social scientists call "the design business." This is quite distinct from what we do at home: shoring up a solid social structure designed two centuries ago, careful not to rock the foundations or undermine the pillars on which it stands. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other Third World countries, we participate in the ground-breaking, foundation-laying stage, one in which elements we can take for granted at home - such as a thriving religious life within civil society - must be provided." [emphasis added] Amitai Etzioni quoted on Publicradio.org. Communitarian Quotes List of founding endorsers of the Communitarian Platform Comprehensive Communitarian Bibliography Niki Raapana and Nordica Friedrich (Anti-Communitarian League) The ACL is a grassroots, opposition research project started by Niki and Nordica in March 1999. A brief introduction to our argument: (A) Capitalism versus (B) communism equals (Z) communitarianism.
Sometimes called a "progressive dialectic procedure," the left v. right debate is between Engels/Marx (communism) and Adam Smith (capitalism). We argue that Smith and Engels/Marx represented the same ultimate goal. Their final synthesis is world government. Almost every player in the world today calls for a strong global authority. Communitarianism is the philosophical foundation for global governance. We oppose the foundation for the international court. We oppose the foundation for international laws. We oppose the foundation for phony federal laws that supercede state law. We oppose the formation of "sides" that promote further dialectical conflicts. The left and right appear to have different ideas as to how global justice should be accomplished, but they never really disagree with the purpose or the ultimate goal, only with the methods and who should rule. Communitarian Law is the final system in the phony pre-arranged social evolution of mankind. The whole world already lives partially under their vague new system. It includes a mixture of philosophy, religion, theosophy, facilitated meetings, party politics, legal and social reforms, mysticism, propaganda, alchemy, and, most importantly, SOCIO-ECONOMICS. It's all about manipulating false conflicts, protecting free trade and controlling global markets for the new age, communitarian imperialists.
"It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is apt to be infected with a spirit of narrow and illiberal distrust. On the other hand, it will be equally forgotten that the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the contemplation of a sound and well-informed judgment, their interest can never be separated; and that a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government. History will teach us that the former has been found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism than the latter, and that of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants." The Federalist-General Introduction For the Independent Journal by ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
"Moral theologians urge more government guidance of the economy, but many insist on the accountability of the state to civil society. Aware of the historic weakness of Latin American governments, Comblin argues for building a lean but strong social-welfare state and a joint public-private industrial strategy.(n64) This, however, is the long-term goal. At the same time, Comblin and others recognize Latin America's impotence vis-a-vis the rich nations of the North. Miguel Manzanera of Bolivia writes that "The present international political structure ... contradicts the ethical principles of the universal destiny of goods and of democracy itself."(n65) Emilio Albistur of Argentina recalls how recent papal documents and CELAM's Medellin Conference treated growing asymmetrical relations among nations and that Pope John XXIII, recognizing the insufficiency of nation-states to ensure the universal common good, called for a "general public authority" as a moral necessity.(n66) Without such authority, regional cooperation is stunted and local governments cannot ensure the common good." MORAL THEOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA By: Brackley, Dean, Schubeck, Thomas L., Theological Studies, 00405639, Mar2002, Vol. 63, Issue 1
Database: Academic Search Elite How anti-communitarianism evolved:
It was very confusing when Seattle officials started taking invasive actions against owners and renters residing in our University neighborhood. Their plan was to abate properties with high-yield development potential. It targeted owners who rented (slumlords), and all their renters (transients with a significant negative impact on the neighborhood). We were renters in a targeted area. Even though we had made many lovely improvements to our rental home and yard, sustainable developers, COPS and concerned citizens called "transient" renters trash and pigs. |
A long list of ACL study materials: New Democrat? The Communitarian Network Book List includes: Clinton and the Promise of Communitarianism (1991) by William Galston. ![]() New Republican? President Bush is a communitarian too. ![]()
Communitarian books: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sources for dialectical thinking: ![]() ![]() ![]() Communitarian Studies: ![]() Institute for Communitarian Studies at George Washington University AALS: 2005 ETIS, Equipo de Trabajo e Investigación Social (Social Work and Research Equipment) European Society of Communitarian Scholars Communal Studies Past Awards Addressing Social Class and Classism in Vocational Theory and Practice Extending the Emancipatory Communitarian Approach The Two Main Variables in Political Philosophy POLITICAL SCIENCE 340- Political Philosophy Liberal Rights and Communitarian Theories ![]() ![]() ![]() American Institute for Anticommunitarian Research? American law schools teach Communitarian Law Anticommunitarian Law Schools? No. No. Communitarian law students? Yes, many thousands. American Communitarian Lawyers? Yes, all members of the ABA. Lawyers against communitarian law? Yes, a few. See our links page. |

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Other perspectives on this matter relate to globalization and various intellectual movements evolved from Marxist "internationalist" ideology, such as Social Democracy and Socialism, aiming to homogenize cultures and values by political normalization, as pointed out in the European Union's gradual "communitarian construction" scheme of a common economic and legal framework for all countries. Some political groups, such as the Club of Rome and the Socialist International (to which the French, British and German parliamentary Left-wing parties belong), openly advocate these goals. [emphasis added ~ed.] |
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11/24/2005-- Dear Avner De-Shalit,
I am the co-founder of the Anti-Communitarian League. I found the announcement for your lecture on Amitai Etzioni's commlaw elist. Do you have a detailed synopsis of the specific implications included in your lecture? Will there be published papers of this event? I appreciate your study into this very important arena and would be grateful for permission to access and reprint your published works. I regret not being able to attend the lecture personally, I'm sure it will be very interesting and contribute greatly to our understanding of the communitarian system.
Sincerely,
Niki Raapana
http://nord.twu.net/acl 11/25/2005 -- [Avner promptly responds to my email] "I gues you approached me by mistake. It is Amitai Etzioni who will be here and will talk about this issue. best wishes, Avner" |
(For the best overview of all the possible players and angles in the Zionism dialectic see Israpundit.com, an exit link from etzioni's blog.)
The ideology that requires us to rebuild the world into ONE giant, global community is communitarianism. Dialectical "thinking" is the foundation for our new global LAWS. Dr. Amitai Etzioni, the Communitarian Network founder, is the "guru" of globalization. Etzioni advises state governments and he is a prominent player in many Global legal sessions (sharing his more moral advice). He's been an adviser to several US Presidents and he is the most influential Israeli working in the White House today. Etzioni's recent attendence at the very exclusive World Political Forum in Turin (March 2005) shows his powerful role in planning for an international government. This "former" terrorist also co-founded the whole new "science" of SOCIO-ECONOMICS with "former" communist Mikhail Gorbachev.
| "WASHINGTON - After years of criticizing Israel's human rights record, America now finds itself tapping the Jewish state's experience in balancing the need to protect individual freedoms and the need to fight terrorism. And Jerusalem seems happy to help, as the issues of torture and the general treatment of detainees are garnering national attention in the United States." Americans Look to Israel as Role Model in Fight Against Terrorism By Ori Nir The Forward, November 11, 2005. |
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"Earlier this month, speaking before the National Endowment for Democracy, President Bush outlined the five principles on which our nation's strategy in the War on Terror is based. First, he said, "we're determined to prevent the attacks of terrorist networks before they occur." Second, "we're determined to deny weapons of mass destruction to outlaw regimes, and to their terrorist allies who would use them without hesitation." Third, "we're determined to deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of outlaw regimes." Fourth, the President stated that "we're determined to deny the militants control of any nation, which they would use as a home base and a launching pad for terror." There is little disagreement that America will be more secure if we continue successfully to fulfill these four principles. It is important to note that Israel will also benefit from our achievement of these aims. The President's fifth principle, however, has drawn criticism from some circles. The President declared that "we're determined to deny the militants future recruits by replacing hatred and resentment with democracy and hope across the broader Middle East." Some deride this "freedom agenda" as idealistic and na ve. Some argue that although well-intentioned, the short-term costs exceed any potential long-term benefits from democratization in the Middle East. The President respectfully disagrees. He believes the freedom agenda is critical for both the United States and Israel. So, this afternoon I would like to discuss why the effort to spread freedom throughout the Muslim world will leave both the United States, and Israel, safer and more secure." Remarks by Stephen Hadley to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee National Summit 2005 White House Press Release, October 31, 2005 |
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America's S.O.S to the IDF By Amir Oren, Haaretz.com, Last update - 15:41 12/11/2005 "Officially, Centcom (U.S. Central Command) is barred from talking directly to Israel - it is supposed to do so only through Eucom (European Command?) or Washington. The prohibition is usually maintained, but life-and-death issues override it. Centcom despaired of the bureaucracy, while soldiers are being killed every day, and three officers who are serving in Iraq came to Israel to learn from the IDF how to combat IEDs. There are also Israeli combatants in Iraq who were released from the IDF to enlist in the U.S. Army." "To prove the Americans are learning from the best and most experienced sources, Conway noted that the British had encountered the problem of explosive devices in Northern Ireland and the Israelis have coped with suicide bombers in Israel and Lebanon. "We've tried to study what their experiences were and learn from that." Dutton, the British general, added another piece of information which explains why it is vital to draw on the knowledge the IDF gleaned coping with Hezbollah devices: the materials and the technology used in making IEDs are entering Iraq from the same source - Iran." "A soldier who is not present is not hurt, and the original sin of the U.S. Army in Iraq, in its mission to protect the emerging regime in Baghdad, is its failure to develop "control without presence" - a swift action, sparing in manpower and focused, that achieves results without banking on large-scale presence that eventually becomes bankruptcy. The IDF learned how to do this, on an impressive albeit not absolute scale, in its activity against Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank. This is a decentralized combat doctrine, on which the copyright belongs, in part, to the former commander of the Israel Navy, Rear Admiral (res.) Yedidya Yaari, now the president of Rafael." |

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"As a scholar who dedicated the last 15 years to communitarian public philosophy, I have frequently argued that individual rights have been unduly expanded, often at the cost of the common good. I joined Harvard law professor Mary Glendon to point critically at the explosive growth of entitlements and the trivialization of rights. For example, some feminists claimed that they had a right to use the men's room even if there was no line at the women's room. And an employee of Macy's claimed that he has a right to play Santa Claus. I could not find such rights in the Constitution, or for that matter, any other place. In addition, I devoted a whole book to the limits of privacy, and I am among those who hold that Sept. 11, 2001, changed what constitutes a "reasonable" search. However, when we move to reset the balance between individual rights and the common good, we inevitably step on the slippery slope that we face whenever we reset legal doctrines, religious Do's and Don'ts and moral taboos. We hence need to be careful that we not open the floodgates to gross violations of individual rights-that we not end up on our backside on the lowest end of the slope. Some civil libertarians are so concerned about this danger that they would rather not set foot on the slope at all, and prefer to remain frozen in whatever position they find themselves. However, adjustments are often needed. The secret is to set clear markers for the new place on the slope beyond which we will not slide, a new definition of what is reasonable, a specific new point of balance between rights and the common good." [emphasis added] Amitai Etzioni, Communitarian Newsletter #4, received on the COMMLAW@hermes.gwu.edu elist, October 17, 2005. (also in The National Law Journal Online on September 19, 2005.) |
What does it mean to "reset legal doctrines?" Communitarian philosophers have been changing the meanings of words for over 200 years, which is why Etzioni uses the invalid slippery slope argument. Why do Americans need "a new definition of what is reasonable?" Doesn't the U.S. Constitution provide a clear, legal, and reasonable path for Etzioni's balancing and adjustments (called Amendments)? The only legal way to reset U.S. law is to go through the process. An Amendment that doesn't include a fully informed debate and 2/3 majority vote is treason.