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The People's Constitutional Convention

The idea of a People's Constitutional Convention is not new. The original , from May 25th, 1787 to September 17th, 1787 when the Constitution was signed and sent to the states for ratification. Over the years, many individuals and organizations have advocated such an event for a variety of causes. However since the adoption of the Constitution, no such Convention has actually been held.

There are many common misconceptions about the nature and scope of the rights of the people and how those rights apply to our ability to control the actions of government. This is unfortunate, but not by accident. The powerful elites of this country continue to maintain their power hold by manipulating not only the Congress and Courts, but also by manipulating the knowledge base that the general public is exposed to. In order for any class system to survive, whether it is the beaurocracy of this country or the wealthy elite, it must limit access to knowledge of certain matters, and manipulate perceptions of rights and liberties held by the people or class they wish to control. The concept is simple, and has been practiced by most governments. Research done by the Nazi's brought this sort of social manipulation to new levels, which the US government wasted no time in utilizing since then.

Our country is built upon the foundation of a written constitution and popular sovereignty. Regardless of the rest of our history and the perceived power of legal precedence, this is an established fact. In order to fully understand the ramifications of this, refer to the landmark decision of Marbury v. Madison given by the US Supreme Court in 1803, during a time when the revolution was still fresh and the idea of citizen sovereignty was well understood by all. This is a lengthy decision, but imperative to understanding the true nature of sovereignty in this country.

And regardless of the legal cases that have arisen since then, the document in question, the American Constitution, still belongs to the people. This has forever been written as being fact in our original founding document, that being the . Take a moment to re-read the opening of that document. Regardless of what the courts or Congress has said about the Rights of the People, or the extent of the people's authority over government, this document is clear.

It clearly indicates

"...that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles, & organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness."

And further on it reads

"...it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, & to provide new guards for their future security."

Not much ambiguity here.

Now obviously, just telling the government to shape up, of course accomplishes nothing. We can say we have these rights over and over until we are blue in the face, and quite possibly in prison, or dead. But if you have a grass roots movement united on a single front, that front being the People's Constitutional Convention, you might just end up with a majority of the population speaking loudly and clearly enough, that compliance on the part of the government becomes mandatory by default. And even better, you might just end up with a stronger Constitution that will be the foundation for real change in this country.

Here's how it might work:

First thing is to organize at the local level on the idea of a People's Constitutional Convention, with proposed Constitutional Amendments. Once this catches on across the country, then move to the next step.

Delegates are elected at the local level to attend regional Conventions. These Delegates will poll their constituencies to get an accurate report on what the people want strengthened in the Constitution and what they want changed about government. This report will be the message of the Delegate at the regional Convention. The job of the regional Convention is to debate and vote, so as to combine all the Delegates polls into one coherent Amendment package.

These Delegates then go to the State Conventions, repeating the process. The Amendment package that has thus been debated and voted upon, then moves on to the National Convention.

The final Amendment package coming out of the National Convention is a directive to Congress, to the Executive, and to the courts. According to the Declaration of Independence, this people's directive will supersede all existing law. All that's left after the Congress does their job, by implementing the Amendment package, is for the states to ratify the Amendments. Once ratified by the states, the newly amended People's Constitution becomes the law of the land.

Now, if we don't really have this Right, this Original Authority, then we the people have been lied to. Everything taught to us about our country and the founding fathers is a lie. Everything taught to our children in schools about our government is a lie. The Declaration of Independence is just a piece of paper.

I don't think so.

I suspect that the government, given the political choice, would capitulate in favor of the people, rather than risk an all-out revolution. After all, we are talking about America here, aren't we?

Here's more on the issue that is excerpted from an article I previously wrote, and that addressed several concerns.

All the peace and social justice activists that I have talked to want the same things. They want what most people want, that is, equal rights and justice for all people everywhere, affordable education and health care, opportunity and quality of life, and a clean and healthy planet to live on.

Regardless of the particular issue, there are common threads interwoven into most, if not all, of the issues. These threads include, but are not limited to, government corruption, excessive corporate power, and an unfair class-driven election process that keeps high level political office out of the reach of the average working class individual. There are other fundamental issues as well, but these particular three go a long way toward fostering the crisis that we the people currently face in this country.

Think about it.

Nearly every issue that we are fighting in our many different causes can be traced back to a common thread, a fundamental flaw in our society. It seems logical that any long-term solution should address these flaws. Otherwise it's like trying to get rid of a noxious weed by picking off its leaves. The problem is going to come back. So how do we get at the root?

Well you start by taking stock in the tools you have available. Our most powerful tool that we collectively share is the fact that we the people are popular sovereigns. This is the authority that we the people declared in the Declaration of Independence. If you can get the majority of people in this country to realize the truth, then you have your sovereignty 'muscle'. Then you flex that popular sovereignty muscle by calling a Constitutional Convention and amending the Constitution.

Most left-leaning progressives tend to shudder whenever you mention the Constitution as something that we should all embrace as activists working for change. I've heard it all, from "the Constitution is no longer relevant", and "that authority no longer exists", and "Constitutionalism is the refuge of right wing extremists and gun nuts", to "the Constitution was written by rich white men".

I also get told by some that what I propose is unrealistic, that I should just select a smaller issue, and join the ranks of those "picking away at the problem"; or that what I propose is dangerous, not only to ourselves, but to the Constitution as well. Some say it will "put the Constitution up for grabs" because the Convention Delegations would be filled with existing legislators who would dominate the process.

I understand what people are saying regarding some of the potential risks, however, I disagree with them on many of the variables.

For instance, I believe that in a normal political environment, Article V of the Constitution does indeed govern the process of Conventions. However, in a political environment that has created a legitimate threat to the future integrity of the rule of Constitutional law, such as exists in this country right now, then I believe the provisions in the Declaration of Independence are quite clear:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles, & organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness."

The people's election of new delegates, not existing legislators, is our right under the authority inferred in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, as well as being enumerated in the signing statement by George Washington and William Jackson that appears just after the signature portion of the Constitution. It reads the following:

"Resolved, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the People thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification; and that each Convention assenting to and ratifying the same, should give notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled."

...be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each state by the People thereof...

The requirement of being "under the recommendation of it's Legislature" goes out the window when you have a legitimate Constitutional crisis. The authority that is inherent to the people under the Declaration of Independence is absolute over the government, when We the People need it to be, in order to preserve and defend the Constitution.

It is not just my opinion. Numerous law professors from such venerable institutions as Yale and Harvard, as well as past Supreme Courts, have written in Court decisions and opinion papers that our rights are absolute and are not subject to alteration by the government, technically that is. The at WTPNet.org has many of these documents available for download.

These same documents also assert that we the people are popular sovereigns over our government. We the people have all the rights, the government exists on privilege. The people's rights are inherent and natural rights, and therefore absolute and not subject to alteration. The government is only granted the privilege of acting on our behalf. We the people have only delegated our authority, we have not given it away.

The Constitution of the State of California, the state in which I reside, backs up this statement from the Declaration with it's provision in Article II, Section 1:

"All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it, when the public good may require."

One of the biggest misconceptions in our country, is that the Constitution is the authority that governs we the people. Not true. The Constitution is a framework for the operation of government, nothing more. We the people created the Constitution in order to keep our newly created government from recreating King George. Our authority as popular sovereigns is declared to King George and the rest of the world in the Declaration of Independence, our true founding document, and that which ultimately governs the actions of we the people.

The Congress, courts, and political pundits can say all they want about that only being "original authority", however the mere fact that the Declaration of Independence sits under glass at the National Archives attests to it's venerated place in our national persona. It is this very fact that makes it so that it does not matter who wrote it, or for what reason.

I say it again. It doesn't matter why it exists. What matters, is that it does exist. All we have to do is have the courage to pick it up.

If a united movement of the people in this country framed its campaign as one in which we are defending not just the Constitution, but the very essence of what it means to be American, I know it would ignite a firestorm of support. We would be declaring our sovereignty and independence to the new King George.

For all intents and purposes, George W. Bush has already smashed the glass at the National Archives and is holding our future in one hand, and a blazing torch in the other. If you read through the full Declaration of Independence, George W. Bush has already mirrored, if not exceeded, the egregious complaints contained therein.

Do we wait until after he really burns the document in an attempt at rewriting history?

Do we wait until after he has declared martial law? I think not.

As far as the risks involved, try to look at it this way.

If we don't act, our government completes the transition to military fascism. Very bad. In that case, we have failed our children.

Even if that does not occur, say the politicians finally pull their head out as well as pulling the troops out, we are still left with a country that is ruled by corporate power, has a government full of corruption, and whose fastest growing industry is the prison system.

Just a different type of very bad.

Again I say we will have failed our children because right now we have in this country the one thing that has not been present in the history of struggle in the US. And that is, overwhelming public dissatisfaction with the status quo, coupled with the realization among activists from all walks, that tactics previously successful are no longer so.

We the people are on the brink of absolute despotism. The political climate has never been more ripe then it is now, desperately crying for fundamental change in a new direction. A People's Constitutional Convention can bring us that change in a manner that guides revolutionist energy on a positive path.

On the issue of risk to the existing document, people are correct. In that case it becomes logical to keep the Convention tightly focused on the Amendment package, and to actively educate on why the document should remain as intact as possible.

But we have to be willing to take risk, including to the Constitution, when it comes to the fixing of obvious errors in judgment associated with the original. It's like living in an historical building that has fallen victim to its own structural shortcomings, and not wanting to repair the damage out of concern for having to use modern materials in it's reconstruction.

Considering our current situation with how much the Constitution has already been trashed, as well as the fascistic direction that we are currently heading, we the people have very little to lose and everything to gain from reestablishing our popular sovereignty over our government.

New Orleans resident and long-time activist Curtis Muhammed said recently that he has not seen a true movement in this country, since the true movement of the civil rights struggle. I would agree with him, and add that we the people need to be willing to take more risks, the same risks the pro democracy movements in Burma anf Tibet are willing to take. We have to be willing to risk our comfortable lifestyles and stop playing it safe, myself included.

I know I have given you a lot to consider, so I will end this on a good thought. To steal an overused cliche from Hollywood, which is nonetheless true, "All men die, but not all men truly live!"


Peace and Solidarity,
Paul Fisher
We the People Network

American Popular Sovereignty

Reclaiming our Sovereignty
and our Futures

I do not advocate for the use of weapons or violence, at all.
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as well as for the pasty-faced goons sitting in some NSA cubicle somewhere,
I do not own or possess any guns, firearms,
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I use only methods of in pursuit of my ideology.
I advocate for the

The People's Freedom Campaign is a bold project that hopes to educate and empower We the People to take action as popular sovereigns for the preservation of our collective futures.
The goal of the Campaign is to restore freedom to all people, everywhere, not just Americans.
We will not bow to government pressure or oppression.
We are committed to our children's futures and the future of our planet and towards that end, We the People mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

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What is Popular Sovereignty?

"I, ( ), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
The Sworn Oath of Office for Government Officials

The concept of popular sovereignty as an inherent right of the people dates back to , followed later by the in 1215.

For those of us not familiar with this document, the Magna Carta, or the Great Charter of English Liberty, was the declaration by King John of Runnymede to the subjects of England establishing fundamental rights and protections for the people. It was based partly on the previous Charters of Freedom and mostly on improving the King's relationship with the the nobles of the land.

What the Magna Carta did was to essentially establish that the King's authority was no longer absolute. This is important to us because our entire system of laws is based upon this document. The protection to persons through Habeas Corpus petitions arose out of this document.

Habeas Corpus is the legal principle that says people have a right to challenge their detention. It essentially prevents the government from "disappearing" people. Habeas corpus essentially instructs the government to produce the body of the detained for the court to witness.

The Magna Carta paved the way for all the freedoms that we enjoy, or rather that we are supposed to be enjoying, such as the rights of petition, assembly, free speech and the right to a fair trial.

When this country was formed, it was on the premise that what we were doing was going to be different. Our new government would be a blend of styles based upon our previous experience and firmly rooted in the concept of popular sovereignty, or the right of the people to govern themselves, that is, to decide their own futures.

When we the people came together as We the People, We exercised our unalienable rights, We flexed our popular sovereignty muscles, and We the People decided on what type of government we were going to have to serve the needs of the people. We created the government to serve the will of the people.

A common misconception is that the and exist to define the relationship between the people at large and a government with inherent authority to mold government at will. We are even taught that the only way to change government policy is to either vote in somebody you pray will finally hear the plight of the common person, or worse, you are told to write a letter to your government official and they tell you that they'll get right on it. This is tragically incorrect and will never solve the crisis that we the people face together.
We the People created the Constitution in order to define and control government, not the other way around. The Constitution exists under the people, because we created it , just as we created government.

The was an addendum to the that gave a "Thou shall not touch" list to the government that we had delegated authority to.
A list that was just in case they forgot.

Now, just because a particular right isn't spelled out in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights does NOT mean that the right is not ours to claim anytime We the People feel we need to. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments are proof enough for that. They basically say that whatever we the people have not specifically delegated authority on to the government, we reserve for ourselves. In other words, the government cannot assume any more power than we choose to allow them.

The unalienable right of the people to peaceably assemble is one of the least understood and underutilized rights that We the People possess as human beings living in a Constitutional republic. Typical interpretation of this right by law enforcement, the courts, government and even the general public is that the Right to Assembly is being exercised when the people are "allowed" to hold rallies, marches and other gatherings in public places.

This is only partially true, and the exercise of it is almost always repressed by law enforcement and the courts. The aforementioned activities are actually combined expressions of the right to freedom of speech being exercised with the right to assemble. The right of the people to peaceably assemble has dual meaning depending on whether you are referring to the people's right to assemble or We the People's right of Assembly.

The people are free to assemble peaceably for the purpose of discussion and debate on the issue of the future security and happiness of the people, or protest, hold signs, march, rally, whatever, as long as it is peaceable and they have the right to do it without fear of oppression or retaliation from the government, theoretically that is, according to the Constitution.

Whereas, We the People's right of Assembly extends to our authority and ability to Assemble in Convention, just like the First Constitutional Convention, for the purpose of voting on and implementing whatever sweeping changes that We the People feel we need to do, in order to secure our future happiness and security. This We the People are authorized to do without any permission or cooperation from government, law enforcement, or the courts. We just do it.

Our government. Our country. Our futures.

You see, these three groups I just mentioned, the government, law enforcement and the courts are creations of We the People, created to serve the will of the people. Read the first part of the Declaration of Independence again, where it says:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles, and organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses usurpations pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, to provide new guards for their future security."

Now look again at the sworn Oath of Office:

"I, ( ), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.
So help me God."

There's really no misinterpreting the intention of the people when they made the Oath a requirement of government service. The individuals in government are required to adhere to it. So is law enforcement and every other public servant.

Read the Supreme Court decision of to discover for yourselves the truth of our popular sovereignty and of the government's requirement to adhere to the sworn Oath of Office. Skim ahead in the document to the last three pages that begin with the statement below and read to the end of the document:

"The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but, happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest.
It seems only necessary to recognise certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established, to decide it..."

The implications of this to those individuals in office who don't feel particularly obligated to keep their sworn word is astounding, IF you have an aware and empowered populace willing to wield this authority that is rightly ours. Always has been. But it won't always be if we the people continue to believe those people that try to tell us that we have to take what the government gives us.

The vote is not our only option, especially in the legitimate emergency of Constitutional proportions that We the People now find ourselves in. We must claim and exercise our right as We the People to Assemble in Convention and we must do it now.

We do this by organizing support for and electing delegates to attend regional Conventions. The consensus arising out of these initial Assemblies goes on with the delegates to the State Conventions where they vote on the position of the people that will be carried by the delegates to the National Convention. The decision that comes out of the National Convention has the force of Constitutional law, which is the Supreme law of the land.

Even Congressman Dennis Kucinich supports the idea. Prior to the election, he had been promoting his New Constitutional Convention Initiative. We should pay close attention to and support this effort by Kucinich. His move might help soften people to the idea of Convention as a viable tool for real change.

In the short term, we begin to exercise our popular sovereignty when dealing with government officials, so that they realize that the days of doing business as usual, are over. It takes a bit of courage, but if you have a well-organized populace behind you, then it becomes significantly less daunting.

One of the tools of the sovereign person is the right to withhold those monies, i.e. taxes, that would normally be turned over to the government, when that government is behaving in an illegal manner and refuses to honor the will of the people. You're not refusing to pay, you are simply withholding the amount of money that you have voluntarily agreed to pay until Constitutional order has been restored in government.

Now you won't find this right to withhold specified in the Bill of Rights. The authority stems from the people's declaration of authority that was stated in the Declaration of Independence where it was said:

"that they (the people) are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government , laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."

There are many ethical and moral justifications for withholding money from the government, not the least of which is that violence is wrong, plain and simple. And paying for war and violence, is the same as supporting war and violence, which is the same as committing war and violence, period.

The people in this country that are claiming Jesus Christ as their guiding light and that support the war, or any war for that matter, are hypocritical fools who will have a very surprised look on their face when they are denied their expected eternal glory. Think about it people, regardless of what the Old Testament says, the leader of the Christian Church would never in a million years pick up a weapon or harm another human being. The same goes for other religions that profess enlightenment, yet continue to support policies, politics and governments that are intent on using violence in the name of righteousness.

Some disillusioned people might suggest that the incident of Jesus casting the moneychangers out of the temple is proof of his willingness to use, and his endorsement of, violence. Folks, that wasn't violence, that was direct action!

I believe that if we are to be judged by anyone after this life, it will be the manner in which we have lived our life and our actions in all things that will decide our next existence. It is my personal belief that I cannot support most of the current policies of the federal government, as well as many of the policies of state and local governmental agencies without jeopardizing my soul and my spiritual future.

I personally believe that my refusal to support must extend beyond any approval/disapproval into the realm of material. Therefore I cannot knowingly pay for and/or participate in any activity which I believe will cause my damnation, even if that payment or activity is required by the laws of men. If you would like to know more about my own beliefs on spirituality, and how it has effected my personal activism, read my proposal on the New Millennium Movement, page and link pending.

Outside of the obvious moral, ethical and spiritual reasons, there are additional justifications for withholding the federal budget. There are several laws on the books that make it illegal to give money to anyone who has been designated a terrorist.

Specifically, our federal anti-terrorism law in Title 18, Section 2339 which makes it a capital crime to engage in the material support of a terrorist organization. The Bush Administration and their accomplices in both Congress and the Courts have committed war crimes and are internationally recognized as war criminals and terrorists. Therefore in my opinion, it becomes a violation of the federal law to provide the current Administration with any funding, as they are known to use that money for acts of terrorism and other war crimes.

The rest of the federal government is not innocent however, and nor is our history. Our government, even before 9/11 and Bush's perpetual war, has been engaged in illegal, often covert and secret, military incursions into sovereign nations around the world. Whether you want to hear it or not, our government is essentially the largest terrorist organization on the planet. They are even willing to commit acts of terrorism on our own interests and blame it on another group or country in order to justify to an unaware American public their right to invade another country militarily.

Don't believe me? Read this that lays out the plan by our government during the Kennedy Administration to invade Cuba by initiating a terrorist attack and blaming it on Cuba.

The people's authority to make sweeping changes to government is absolute and clearly spelled out in the The state of California has backed it up in their Constitution with the following in Article II, Section 1:

"All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it, when the public good may require."

Of course you're not going to hear this taught to children in schools or talked about by the talking heads on mainstream TV. If anything, this authority is dismissed as something that we gave up when we created the government. That somehow we gave up our sovereignty to the government. I say to re-read the

The individuals in power have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. We don't get taught the truth because the truth is a threat to the elaborate corruption schemes being participated in by many individuals in government.

We the People have an obligation to our ancestors, ourselves and our children that says otherwise. Are you ready to act? Then start organizing in your area for the as well as asserting your popular sovereignty!

Peace,

Paul Fisher
WTPNet.org






The Case For a Modern Day Bastille Liberation

First and foremost, I do not advocate for the use of weapons or violence, at all.
We The People Network does not advocate for the use of weapons or violence. Period.

The failure of this country to realize the promises of the Declaration of Independence, and how that failure has manifested itself throughout our history, is the number one problem in our society. As more and more oppressive legislation gets passed by our elected officials at the state and federal level, more and more people are getting their freedoms taken away. They are getting locked up in concrete and steel mega structures, warehoused and kept down, with any real effort at rehabilitation stifled, and a parole system designed to keep you a ward of the state, forever.

The US has more people in prison, per capita, than any other country in the world. The prison system has also largely become privatized, as large corporations step into the fastest growing industry in the US. The prisons are being used for free labor at the expense of society, and for the benefit and profit of these corporations. Most of the people who are in prison, are there for nonviolent crimes, mostly drug offenses. If our country was still operating under the shield of the Constitution, most of these people would not be in prison. There are numerous people serving life sentences, some with death sentences, for crimes the state knows they did not commit. Many of these people remain in prison due to technicalities in the law, that prevents new evidence from being introduced to the court.

We the people need to take control of the situation by demanding the supervised release of all nonviolent offenders. We the people need to demand that the accused and incarcerated not be subject to the current system of appeals that will keep an innocent person imprisoned on a technicality. There can be no statute of limitations imposed upon the truth!

We need to have a movement that will deliver from bondage the wrongly imprisoned similar in spirit to the historical liberation of the French Bastille in 1789.

The People's Constitutional Convention can provide the starting point to reaffirm our Constitutional government and to begin the process of reversing the prison industrial complex. By bringing a well thought out People's Amendment package to a We the People initiated Convention, we can create for ourselves the fundamental changes we the people need to see ourselves and our planet to the future.

Peace and Solidarity,

Paul Fisher
We the People Network

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About the We The People Network

The We the People Network is devoted to the education and empowerment of everyday people, who feel like they have been taken out of the loop when it comes to deciding their own futures, the future of our country as well as the future of this planet. We hope to empower everyday people, like you and me, to take our futures into our own hands, for ourselves, our children, and our children's children. Toward this end, we will make every effort to:

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--Emphasize nonpartisan, cross-cultural collaboration, community involvement, citizen empowerment through the exercise of popular sovereignty, as well as the use of only nonviolent methods in the pursuit of any discussion or ideology.

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--Provide education into the history and practical application of nonviolent action as a realistic and effective tool for social, environmental and political change.

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These are the "Core Values" of the We the People Network and it's webmaster Paul Fisher. These are not only the basic assumptions that serve to guide our conduct and mission, but also to dispel any notions about perceived agendas.

We advocate for the people of this country to hold a new People's Constitutional Convention, in order to bring desperately needed Amendments to the Constitution, in order to strengthen and to preserve the document.

These Amendments should include:
* Amending the Preamble to include important elements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
* Providing a solid mechanism for the people to enforce the Sworn Oath of Office on all government officials and their agents. This mechanism must be under the control of the people and not subject to governmental approval. It must provide for the sanctioning and/or removal of offenders. It should be limited to specific offenses and mediated by a special assembly that would convene for this purpose alone. Assembly members could be comprised of citizens based on whether the defendant was local, state or federally affiliated, and they could be selected randomly by lottery.
* Eliminating corporate personhood in the business environment. Rights of persons and other living things should only be enjoyed by persons and other living things. This would make all business interests accountable to violations of the public trust and allow for the revocation of charters, as well as the seizure and re-distribution of assets.
* Providing for free, open elections by banning all political contributions across the board. Reform of media and FCC rules and regulations to provide for free and equal time for all political candidates for the purpose of campaigning. Reform election rules so that all elections are by popular vote.
* Reform of media and FCC rules and regulations in order to break up monopolies, and to return control of airwaves, etc., to communities.
*Repeal of laws relating to the prohibition of Marijuana and it's classification as a controlled substance.
We advocate for the establishment of stringent international standards for the environment, human rights, labor, free elections, healthcare, education, and the regulation of financial markets, all of which would be administered through a strengthened United Nations. This would seek to place all people everywhere on the same level, and would help to assure fundamental human rights across the globe. Assuming that everyone adheres to the aforementioned international standards, this could be a truly fair and equitable free market system.

We advocate for the de-centralization of government in the United States and elsewhere, and the re-establishment of local control over a region's resources and decision making to the people of the region, in compliance with international standards. Non-routine decision making that affects the people of a region should be made by the people of the region in open townhall style meetings. Local governments comprised of local citizenry would handle all other concerns of the local people. This would help ensure the preservation of regional cultures and traditions while recognizing that we are all one people on one Earth, and that what any one person does, affects all.

We advocate for an open border policy that supports natural migrations, be they people or wildlife. We are pro-people. Free people. Boundaries are sometimes created to protect people from outside hostilities, but the majority of the time they are created to contain the people or to control the land and it's resources. The distinctions between regions should be from the culture, traditions, and languages of it's people. Some consideration should still be given to border control measures inasmuch as it is desirable to prevent the unrestricted entry of those people that seek to cause harm, or that may carry a life-threatening communicable disease that can be transmitted via airborne means.

We do not support the concept or implementation of agreements like NAFTA, NAU, SPP, or any other trade agreement that has been proposed by business or government officials. We believe instead that there should be strict international standards that set the basis for all trade. This is the only way to ensure equitable rights for all. This has nothing to do with one world government. It is about mutual respect.We believe it is possible to have an equitable market economy, however it cannot be based on any current corporate model of economy. Corporations must not be allowed to act with more power than a single flesh and blood citizen.

We advocate for the de-militarization of our society and our world. We support our soldiers for everything they have sacrificed in the name of freedom, and we will see that they recieve all the assistance and support they require, but we do not believe the military-industrial complex is deserving of any further support. It is time to bring our soldiers home. It is time to rethink what it means to be in service to our country and to our fellow human beings.

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