The countercultural revolution of the 1960ies and 1970ies in the U.S. raised a grass-root movement and group called The New Left, a group of intellectuals who engaged into the civil and human rights movement to fight against discrimination and poverty.
I want to hypothesize that the intellectual, theoretical and conceptual foundations of democracy are based on social and leftist movements, which at some stages were also radical, but also rejected old-style Marxist and communist ideology.
I further want to hypothesize that sustainability can only be achieved through constitutional and lived democracies.
While social and democracy knowledge is well developed and understood, I see a large need for intellectual efforts, research and with regards to reviewing, challenging and developing the “right sphere” of neo-classical, neo-liberal economies and capitalism.
The point I want to make is that while the (New) Left is well understood, it is time to develop a mainstream movement we can call The New Right, based on the principles of the three pillars and triple bottom line of sustainability.
With climate change and global warming taking dangerous dimensions on the planetary level, time is short and I am very eager and keen to learn and help, how The New Right will define and establish itself. And I am also aware, that The New Right will need time to its vision, mission, objectives and strategies.
In my opinion it is the Right, which needs strongly to be reformed. The Right has the time, the people, the political and financial power, to do so. I am very positive that reform can be achieved, and that the Right and Left meet in the Middle improving economic, social and environmental systems and livelihoods for all the people and nations on our planet.
Our civilization passes a crucial historical phase and we have to get on track of what we call a sustainable path to meet the needs of today’s vulnerable people, populations and the generations of the future. There is no time for rest. The next 10 to 20 years will be crucial.
Exhausting ourselves and spending all our energy and resources in, geo-political tactics, strategies and destructive confrontation is the wrong path in our future.
As U.S. President Barack Obama states: There is no time for class warfare … And it is time that everyone who puts his and her effort and energy into democracy and sustainability will get a fair share and that the share comes from all levels of societies, whether through time, effort and energy, whether through job creation, employment, and investing in today’s and future generations. And you have to speak out, if you consider that you are not treated fair enough. Open dialogue and communication is key. And you can build strength and give even more weight to your voice in networking, unionizing and in building a strong community around you in your corporate, public and private lives. Your voice and your community is very important to make good use of your rights and obligations.
The New Right has a strong ethical, moral and economical obligation to move away from the one-dimensional economic driven view of the world. Our world has become more complex, intertwined with different cultures knitted and linked together through the Internet, Facebook, Twitter. Yes the Left and the Right together have to strongly cooperate to come up with sustainable solutions, to be achieved through strong dialogue, transparency, interaction to build and secure a sustainable and strong Middle. We have to get rid of all walls and barriers which would prevent such cooperation, to engage with trust and open communication to build the path to sustainability together.
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