Habitat Symbol
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by Berit Kjos,
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Bicycles
instead of cars? Dense apartment clusters instead of single homes?
Community rituals instead of churches? “Human
rights” instead of religious freedom?The UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat
II), which met June 3-14 in Istanbul, painted an alarming picture of the 21st
century community. The American ways-free speech, individualism, travel, and
Christianity-are out. A new set of economic, environmental, and social guidelines
are in. Citizenship, democracy, and education have been redefined. Handpicked
civil leaders will implement UN “laws”, bypassing state and national representatives
to work directly with the UN. And politically correct “tolerance”-meaning “the
rejection of dogmatism and absolutism” as well as “appreciation” for the world’s
religions and lifestyles-is “not only a moral duty, it is also a political and
legal requirement.”[1]Hard to believe? Not for veteran UN observers
who faced boos and hisses for expressing concern in open UN assemblies. Nor
for pro-family members of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) who faced exclusion
from public dialogues for opposing feminist commander Bella Abzug and her radical
agenda. And not for those who watched the ecstatic welcome given Fidel Castro
and his anti-American diatribe.Yet, our president and our non-elected American
delegates, headed by U.S. Secretary Henry Cisneros, endorse this revolutionary
plan, and our U.S. Department of Education is already establishing the framework
for its local implementation. Why? What is happening?PRO-COMMUNIST IDEALS
“We are the world and the world does not yield
to masters nor to suicidal policies,” declared Castro, concluding his June 14
plenary remarks aimed at Western capitalist nations. “The world does not accept
that a minority of selfish, insane and irresponsible people lead it to annihilation.”“Fidel, Fidel…” shouted the audience. The
thunderous applause followed him all the way back to the Cuban section on the
other side of the hall, where fans lined up to shake his hand.Why are you so enthusiastic?” I asked some
of his fans after the session.“Because he stood up to America,” someone answered.
“Because he is a living myth,” explained another.
“He was a simple guerrilla, fighting for the oppressed against the rich and
powerful.”“Fighting for the oppressed…” The UN claims
that mission, but third-world women who have faced its abusive birth control
practices tell a different story. Like the Communist Manifesto, the alluring
UN promises designed to win support cloak an agenda that shows little compassion
once power has been won.In fact, Communist ideology permeated major
NGO (non-governmental organizations) workshops, official UN literature, and
the organizational guidelines for local communities. Entering the massive “Best
Practices” exhibition of model cities, visitors immediately faced wall-sized
pictures and elaborate models of Chinese housing projects and community plans.
Displays from the rest of the world
shared the strips along the outer perimeter of the cavernous hall.Behind the huge Chinese section, visitors watched
Turner Broadcasting videos. Featuring Jane Fonda who once brought anti-American
greetings to North Vietnam, each film taught a politically correct plan for
personal empowerment: A roomful of men learn to use Singer sewing machines.
Women are trained to run a collective construction company. A sad mother holding
a crying baby brings a politically correct message:“Baby Miguel’s life would
be different if his mother was educated and working.” A tough Jamaican supervisor
at a women’s collective shouts, “We don’t want to make babies, we want to make
money! We can become meaningful people to society without having children! WE
MUST PRODUCE, NOT REPRODUCE!”
[2]POPULATION CONTROL
The Turner-Fonda message matches the feminist
agenda. Former U.S. congresswoman Bella Abzug,[2]
who had led the onslaught on traditional values at the 1995 UN conference in
Beijing, now helped engineer an official partnership between UN leaders, national
delegates, and NGOs that support the UN gender agenda. Stationed around the
world, her feminist troops promise to serve as watchdogs, making sure “civil
society” implements their program for indoctrinating students with feminist
ideology. Inspired by the spirits of earthy goddesses such as Athena and Ishtar
whom they worshipped in Beijing, they have little tolerance for Christians and
others who oppose their agenda.“We want to change things,” declared Abzug.
“We’ll be on executive boards. We want the participation of NGO‘s on the security
council.”She serves the globalist purpose well. Mobilizing
worldwide rebellion against Christian values, pushing birth control and gender-role
equality for every family, demanding sex education for every student, and requiring
international surveillance to monitor compliance, her followers are speeding
the global revolution. Like countless other UN partners, they are winning by
propaganda, intimidation, and growing popular consent.Note that population control means controlling
people, not merely births. Regarded as international law, the Habitat Agenda
negotiated in Istanbul includes all the intrusive action plans outlined at former
UN world conferences. “We want to ensure that previously endorses language [from
former UN conferences] is upheld and incorporated into this document,” declared
Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) who led
the US delegation.[3]This “international law” would limit not only
the size of the world population but also housing, production, consumption,
parenting, communication, and religious expression.[4]
Its alarming resemblance to the USSR Constitution
[5]
implies far greater restrictions than those specifically stated in the Habitat
Agenda. Since many specifics were detailed at previous UN conferences, it cannot
be fully understood outside the context of the progressive plan for global governance
as outlined in all the documents.Training in global citizenship would begin
with the universal education system outlined at the 1990 UN World Conference
on Education for All. It matches Goals 2000, America’s version of the international
education system. Already molding minds around the world, the UN plan for “lifelong
learning” indoctrinates young and old with the socialist ideology and earth-centered
spirituality designed to create solidarity, an essential element to the envisioned
world of peace.Traditional beliefs simply don’t fit the
UN vision for 21st Century communities. To find more universal values, Habitat
leaders convened a day-long “Dialogue” on the meaning of Solidarity at the elegant Ciragan Palace in Istanbul. The official list of 21 panel members included former
Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, and Maurice
Strong [6] who led the 1992 UN conference on environment.“I have gathered leaders with tremendous wisdom
and prestige,” began Habitat Secretary-General Wally N’Dow. “They are bringing
the spiritual dimension – the only ingredient that can bind societies together.”
He had chosen an American moderator who would add credibility to the discussion:
Robert MacNeil (of MacNeil-Lehrer), “one of the spiritual lights of the media
industry today.”This hand-picked “interfaith group” left little
doubt that solidarity meant a universal shift to the new globalist-New Age paradigm
(or world-view). “Change your whole way of thinking, because the new order of
the spirit is confronting and challenging you,” said Millard Fuller, President
of Habitat for Humanity.“Citizenship for the next century is learning
to live together,” said Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO. “The
21st Century city will be a city of social solidarity…. We have to redefine
the words… [and write a new] social contract.”
“We should stop
bemoaning the growth of cities. It痴 going to happen and it痴
a good thing, because cities are the vectors of social change
and transformation. Let痴 just
make sure that social change
and transformation are going in the right direction.…
The media must act as part of the
education process that
counters individualism.“[5]The heart of lifelong education would be spiritual
training. “What’s needed is an interfaith center in every city of the globe,”
said James Morton, dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, who
organized the panel. “The new interfaith centers will honor the rituals of
every… faith tradition: Islam, Hinduism, Jain, Christian [a cross-less
version that blends with other beliefs]… and provide opportunity for
sacred expressions needed to bind the people of the planet into a viable,
meaningful, and sustainable solidarity.”SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The guiding principle of the new universal
education system is “sustainable development.” People everywhere must be taught
“facts” about environmental “risks” that are sensational enough to scare them
into compliance. They must be persuaded to accept unthinkable limits on consumption,
land use, transportation, and family size. Everyone must protect resources for
future generations, say UN leaders, but they agree that the real meaning of
sustainability is based on the E’s: Environment, Economy, and Equity, which
point to a redistribution of the world’s resources-money, energy, water, and
people-in order to create global equality.History has shown the emptiness of these promises.
Long ago the Communist Manifesto announced a proletarian revolution which would
empower the poor by redistributing wealth. Everyone would be equal. Men and
women alike would join the socialist workforce, and children would be trained
by the state.It happened! All but the leaders became equally
poor, and all the children were indoctrinated with an anti-Christian socialist
philosophy. Morally and economically, the masses sank to the level of the lowest
common denominator.The similarities between the Communist Manifesto
and the UN agenda (outlined in the Beijing Declaration and incorporated into
the Habitat Agenda) should be a call to action. Both revolutions–
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psychology and sociology to establish the victimhood, blame and anger needed
to fuel the revolution.- Use education to conform minds to the
new ideology.- Use synthesis (blending opposing views
into compromise beliefs that match new goals) to produce group consensus.- Promise economic equality to seduce the
masses.- Spread hatred toward “extremists” who
refuse to compromise.The Communist Manifesto led to religious, moral
and economic bankruptcy. Yet UN-led activists and their US partners are determined
to fulfill their utopian visions.IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN
The US Network for Habitat II is one of a myriad
of national and international UN organizations committed to carry out the UN
plan in local communities. “The Network is a forum for making sure people are
heard,” explained one of its leaders. “Its role is to tie together the messages
from all six UN conferences into practical action.”[7]“Partnerships will be increasingly important,”
he continued. “People in faith communities can help us. We use the African proverb:
“‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ … Collaboration links … government,
the private sector, and the civil sector.”Do you see the resemblance to the “People’s
Government” that characterized the local “soviets” in the former USSR? Lenin
knew he couldn’t win through representative democracy, so he organized local
assemblies called Soviets. Linked through a national federation of Soviets,
each local Soviet was ruled by the uneducated proletariat, the “raw material
to be molded by an audacious leader”[8] skilled in
the use of propaganda.Private merchants, landlords, and priests were excluded
from leadership. The chosen elites were supervised and disciplined by rulers
at a higher level. Few dared complain. As Andrei Vishinsky wrote in The Law
of the Soviet State, “There can be no place for freedom of speech, press, and
so on for the foes of socialism.”[9]The UN plan matches US
plans. The UN agenda fits well into the policy-making framework already being
established in US communities. Three official plans for transforming cities
show how UN tactics for change works hand-in-globe with US strategies.In 1995, school districts from coast to coast
were asked to use Education Secretary Riley’s Community Action Toolkit to change
public opinion and win support for Goals 2000. In 1996, two similar plans for
local transformation were introduced:
- The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide, the
Habitat II action plan based on Agenda 21, the environmental program negotiated
at the 1992 UN World Conference on Environment and Development.- Sustainable America: A New Consensus,
a report by The President’s Council for Sustainable Development.The striking similarity between the three plans
suggest an alarming cooperation between the UN and US authors. All three share
the following buzzwords or concepts: partnerships, consensus, lifelong learning,
baselines or benchmarks, monitoring, assessment, data gathering, systemic change,
system thinking, social development, etc. All stress the need to measure, assess,
and monitor progress.All are designed to bypass traditional government
and govern people through a form of “citizens” or “grassroots participation”
which the Encyclopedia Britannica refers to as “totalitarian democracy” and
Communist leaders have called “People’s Government.”In the US, this system
is already bypassing both state and national representative governments. As
in Lenin’s Soviets, neither UN forums nor the US community meetings on education
will acknowledge dissenting voices. Resisters are silenced by trained facilitators
who only record voices that echo the “right” ideology.[10]Notice below how the UN’s Local Agenda 21 and
President Clinton’s Sustainable America fit into the new bureaucratic framework
already being established through America’s official Community Action Toolkit.
Note also how they match Hitler’s strategies, which he learned from watching
the USSR. [They also match the tactics Obama learned
during his time as Community Organizer.]“STEP 1: IDENTIFY A LEADERSHIP TEAM”[11]
Community Action Toolkit:
“Concentrate on gaining the involvement of
the 15 percent of people typically open to new ideas
[not committed to America’s
traditional moral values]
— and ask them to help involve
the other 75 percent…. Try not to spend too much time responding to the…
unwelcome actions of the 10 percent [moral
conservatives] who may actively oppose your change efforts…”[12]
(Community Action Toolkit)Hitler’s Mein Kampf: “The most striking success
of a revolution will always have been achieved when the new philosophy of life
as far as possible has been taught to all men, and if necessary, later forced
upon them.”
[13] He tells his followers to ‘sift the
human material it wins into two large groups: supporters and members…. A supporter
of a movement is one who declares himself to be in agreement with its aims,
a member is one who fights for them…. and corresponds only to the minority
of men.'”[14]Local Agenda 21 (UN): “The proper selection
of participants for the Stakeholder Group and its Working Groups is perhaps
the most critical step in establishing a partnership planning process. The composition
of the participants will determine…consensus for action…. Include… representatives
of groups who are traditionally underrepresented” including “special groups
of people (women, youth and indigenous people)… media, environmentalists….”[15] Consider “the inclusion of individuals with credibility….” (p. 22)Sustainable America: “Steps should be taken
to ensure that historically under-represented groups are involved.” (p. 90)
“Building stronger links… can revitalize grassroots democracy….” (p. 89)“STEP 2: DEVELOP A COMMON VISION”
Community Action Toolkit:
“Two vision-building tools are discussed: holding
community meetings and conducting surveys.”[16]Local
Agenda 21 (UN): “The first task of such
a Stakeholder Group is to formulate a Community Vision which describes the community’s
ideal future and expresses a local consensus….” (p. 8)Sustainable America: “Through a series of meetings
and events, the community develops a vision for its future.” (p. 88) ‘n Portland,
Oregon, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Seattle, WA… citizens are participating
in community “visioning” exercises. Through these, they typically envision a
safe and healthy community….” (p. 76)Hitler: When a movement harbors the purpose
of tearing down a world and building another in its place, complete clarity
must reign in the ranks of its own leadership….”
[17]“STEP 3: DEVELOP A STRATEGY”
Community Action Toolkit:
“Specify Goals, Set Benchmarks, Describe Allies
and Opponents, Identify Change Agents, Develop Action Steps….”[18]
Sustainable America:
“Specific economic, environmental,
and social goals are determined…. Next, the community sets priorities for
its goals, identifies specific actions, and establishes indicators or benchmarks
to measure progress….” (p. 88)Local
Agenda 21 (UN): “Establish distinct Working
Group structures under the supervision of the Stakeholder Group… Working Groups
are given responsibility for … priority setting, issue analysis, visioning,
action planning, implementation….” (p. 15)“…it is vital that concrete targets be developed….
They also are used to measure progress….” (p. 103)“STEP 4: IMPLEMENT… AND EVALUATE….”
“Create a timeline, measure results, gather
data….” (Community Action Toolkit)Sustainable America: “National indicators of
public well-being will build on the information identified, gathered, and disseminated….”
(p. 67) “Education for sustainability is lifelong….Benefits… include an
understanding of… social and economic changes that will affect their lives.”
(p. 72)Local
Agenda 21 (UN): “The key to successful community-based
assessment process is to link the use of participant assessment exercises and
expert technical assessments…. The full assessment exercise can be used to
educate residents and stakeholders.” (p. 51)“Tools used for the presentation of information
can range from workshops to puppet theaters….” (p. 53)“GUIDE TO GETTING OUT YOUR MESSAGE”
Community Action Toolkit:
“Find information that lends credence to your
argument and creates a sense of urgency.” “One of the best ways to influence
public opinion is to influence the news and information that people rely upon
in making decisions.”[19]Hitler: “The first task of propaganda is to
win people for subsequent organization…. The second task of propaganda is
the disruption of the existing state of affairs and the permeation of this state
of affairs with the new doctrine….”[20]Sustainable America: “Community-based coalitions
can create educational media campaigns…, disseminate high-quality information
on community issues, and promote public discussions that identify solutions
to problems.” (p. 90)Local
Agenda 21 (UN): Use “neighborhood surveys, community
meetings, and public forums to directly engage the resident population in identifying
and analyzing issues….” (p. 45)FALSIFYING EVIDENCE TO WIN
SUPPORT“Accurate information” and “analyzing issues”
are two of many seductive euphemism that deceive the public. Truth and facts
matter little. What counts are stories and “scientific” arguments that evoke
the “right” response: a willingness to submit to unthinkable controls in order
to save the earth. For a glimpse at the twisted data used as evidence for environmental
risks, ponder the following comment by Dr. Frederick Seitz, past President of
the National Academy of Sciences:“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), a UN organization regarded by many as the best source of scientific
information about the human impact on the earth’s climate, released ‘The Science
of Climate Change 1995….’ I have never witnessed a more disturbing corruption
of the peer review process…. More than 15 sections… were changed or deleted
after the scientists charged with examining this question had accepted the supposedly
final text… The following passages are examples of those deleted:
- “None of the studies cited above has shown
clear evidence that we can attribute the observed climate changes to…
increases in greenhouse gases.”- “No study to date has positively attributed
all or part of the climate change to… man-made causes.”“IPCC reports are often called the “consensus”
view. If they lead to carbon taxes and restraints on economic growth, they will
have a major and almost certainly destructive impact on the economies of the
world…. Their effect is to deceive policy makers and the public into believing
that the scientific evidence shows human activities are causing global warming.
[21]“Without “proof” that humans cause global warming,
globalist lose their strongest argument for world governance. Therefore they
cannot let mere facts slow the spreading public persuasion that humanity’s future
rests in the hands of UN-US environmental ‘saviors.'”[21]BUT GOD STILL REIGNS
“Why do the nations rage, and the people plot
a vain thing?” asked the psalmist. “The kings of the earth set themselves, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and His Anointed, saying,
‘Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us.”The words King David wrote more than 2000 years
ago, fit our times. Then as now, the leaders joined together to plot the end
of God’s reign. They would destroy His influence, break free from His natural
order, and establish a new form of government based on their own imagination.
History shows the devastating results. But God continues to reign! No matter
how much people shun, mock or slander Him, He remains God. We, not He, become
the losers when we ignore Him and shun His truth.“The LORD brings the counsel of the nations
to nothing, He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect,”
wrote the author
of Psalm 33. “The counsel of the Lord stands forever.” To those who know His
wisdom, that’s good news!The bad news is that most of the world is following
false counsel. It’s time for Americans wake up, return to God, and stand together
against the oppressive forces that now surround and permeate America.Meanwhile there is no need for fear. Someone
has wisely said, “Christianity is designed to be lived in difficult places.”
No matter how hard it gets, He offers shelter to all who trust Him and follow
His wisdom.
典he Lord is my
light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid? …
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war should rise against me, in this I will be confident.One thing I have desired of the Lord,
that will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life…”Psalm
27:1-4
ENDNOTES:1 The Declaration
of Principles on Tolerance, adopted and signed by the Member States of the UNESCO
on 16 November, 1995.2 Bella Abzug founded
WEDO (Women’s Environmental and Development Organization), which has joined
with other feminist NGOs to form the Supercoalition.3 US Press briefing,
Istanbul, June 14, 1996.4 Habitat Agenda items:
54, 103, 16, 9,19, 97, 52 and others.5 Documented in a
report by Linda Liotta and Joan Veon.6 Maurice Strong failed
to come as scheduled.7 NGO press briefing,
Istanbul, June 13, 1996.8 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Chicago: William Benton, 1968), 19, p. 815.10 The Delphi Technique
for producing a semblance of consensus pervades community forums on education.
Brave New Schools (Harvest House Publishers) describes the process.11 Community Action
Toolkit (National Education Goals Panel, 1994), cog-5.13 Adolf Hitler, Mein
Kampf (Cambridge: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1943), 582.15 The Local Agenda
21 Planning Guide (Toronto: International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives,
1996), p. 20-21.16 Community Action
Toolkit, cog-8.18 Community Action
Toolkit, cog-33.21 Frederick Seitz,
“A Major Deception on Global Warming,” The Wall Street Journal, 12 June 1996.
