MIKHAÏL GORBACHEV - My Manifesto for the Earth
August 26, 2002
The Book
When Mikhail Gorbachev launched the policies of transparency (glasnost)
and reorganisation (perestroika) in the USSR, Soviet society entered
into effervescence and, five years later, the world map changed.
Today, he calls for a policy of transparency and reorganisation
in all that effects the development of our communal life on the
planet Earth. In evoking his childhood marked by the powerful
natural setting in the Caucasus, he retraces his personal journey,
which was deeply impacted by the devastating catastrophe of Chernobyl
and his new ecological awareness that led him to create the organization
known as Green Cross International. Confronted with the economic,
social and environmental crisis, he calls for a revision of values
and collective consciousness, an immense Perestroika for the 21st
century without which measures taken will be doomed to failure.
Putting unique experience and reflection at the disposal of all,
Mikhail Gorbachev proposes, for the first time in this essay, his
solutions so that the fundamental battle for the survival of the
planet is engaged.
In 1917, the poet Velimir Khlebnikov proclaimed all creators “presidents
of the globe,” thus rising up against war and the authority
of States over human beings. Mikhail Gorbachev today dreams
that each conscientious citizen of the Earth will become a planetary
president and shoulder a portion of responsibility for the future
of the world.
Mikhaïl Gorbachev, born March 2, 1931 in the province of Stavropol
(USSR), ex-President of the USSR, author of numerous essays including
Perestroika, J’ai lu; Pre-Mémoires, Odile Jacob; Mémoires
and Dialogues for Peace, Le Rocher.
Green Cross International founded in 1993 by Mikhail Gorbachev contributes
to a just, sustainable and secure future for all by cultivating
a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility
in humanity’s relationship with nature.
On September 5th, at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie
in Paris, Mikhail Gorbachev will deliver his analysis of the second
Earth Summit and will attest to his commitment to the cause of sustainable
development.
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Price : 10 euros. 160 pages. Format 150 x 190
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