A New Plan for The Elimination of All Atomic Weapons : (A Referendum for Human Destiny)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The primary reasons why the world is in imminent danger from atomic warfare are that people everywhere have certain common unifying denominators - forgiveness, tolerance, mercifulness - whereas governments by virtue of their unquenchable thirst for power and fear of conquest have devisive common denominators - fear, suspicion, aggression. Governments know that a treaty, an agreement, a promise is only as good as the perceived integrity of the signers. The superpowers do not believe in each other's integrity. The referendum for human destiny seeks to provide an interface between the humanity of the people and the relative inhumanity of governments.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• What is a Referendum?
• A New Proposal-A World Referendum
• How Is This Referendum Unique?
• How Are the Votes to Be Acquired?
• What Are the Issues to Be Voted On?
• Reasons for a Referendum on Atomic Weapons
• What the Proposal Is Not
• Why Are We on This Path of Self-Annihilation?
• Why Not Solve the Problem by the Usual Political Channels?
• The Only Visible Hope
• Penalties for Noncompliance with the Mandate of the People
• What Is Needed
• How Can the Mandate Be Implemented?
• Who Are the Possible "Carrier Pigeons"?
• Peoples of the World Differ in Their Philosophy from Governments of the World
• Specific Benefits to Society Following Validation of the Referendum for Human Destiny
• After the Referendum-What?
• Collateral Issues
• Summary