Wednesday Thought 10-Internationalism

Hello Gentle Reader, 10 weeks in and still going strong. Welcome to part 10 of my Wednesday thought. This week in school we have been celebrating International Day. Classes have been taught on helping our pupils be more internationally minded, food from different countries has been tasted (I had horse meat, tastes like roast beef), songs have been sung and the 41 nationalities represented in our school mixed and got together in friendship and fun.

The picture below is important, it demonstrates Globalization rather than Internationalism and globalization is not truly internationalism but its sneaky second cousin. This is internationalism that has been branded by corporations, sold and consumed.

Mickey Mouse Globalization

Today's quotes are about internationalism and globalization....enjoy.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

George Orwell

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

Earl Warren

Internationalism is a community theory of society which is founded on economic, spiritual, and biological facts. It maintains that respect for a healthy development of human society and of world civilization requires that mankind be organized internationally.

Christian Lous Lange 

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.

Martin Jaques

Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.

Anna Lindh

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

Janez Drnovsek

 

 http://www.ideasforeurope.eu/paper/internationalism-vs-globalization-2/

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