Justice Across Borders: Building Global Democracy with Dr. Chuck Pennacchio | ECI Podcast
Dr. Chuck Pennacchio—founder of the Justice for All Network and longtime advocate for democratic systems change—joins Byron Belitsos to explore what it means to build justice across borders. A former U.S. Senate candidate, professor of history and politics, and member of the World Democracy Forum, Chuck brings decades of institutional experience to this urgent global conversation.
As national and international systems collapse under the weight of corruption, militarism, and inequality, Dr. Pennacchio offers a compelling vision: global cooperation through enforceable, democratic world law. Drawing from movements for healthcare justice, political reform, and international law, he makes the case for a World Parliament—not as utopia, but as strategic necessity.
Key Topics:
Why the UN system is obsolete
The fascist assault on human rights and democracy
Justice as a transnational organizing principle
The architecture of enforceable global law
Lessons from nonviolent movements and electoral organizing
Credits & Further Reading / CTA
Dr. Chuck Pennacchio is founder of the Justice for All Network, President of the One Payer States network, and a member of the World Democracy Forum.
He served as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate (PA, 2006), aide to four U.S. Senators and one U.S. House Member (1979–1988), and has taught for over 30 years as a professor of history and politics at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Delaware Valley University (PA), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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