Agenda 21 is a voluntary, non-binding UN action plan which is allegedly focused solely on sustainable development. Adopted by 178 countries in 1992, the plan is based upon a program to abolish poverty and protect “fragile environments” by “properly” managing cities. Some charge the program wants to push all citizens into cities.Congressional approval was not required to become a signatory since the plan is non-binding. In America alone, more than 500 large and moderate-sized cities are members of an international sustainability organization that reportedly supports the implementation of Agenda 21.
Agenda 21 is losing public support due to an increase in grassroots efforts to curtail the United Nations program, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) report entitled, “Agenda 21: The U.N., Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory” was recently released to the public. The SPLC contends that support and action on the initiative has slowed down across the country because grassroots activists have embarked on a campaign to thwart Agenda 21 nationwide.
An excerpt from the SPLC Agenda 21 report:
“At least three states — Arizona, Missouri and Oklahoma — have considered laws, each of which passed one chamber of their legislatures, to halt the purportedly noxious effects of Agenda 21; Alabama went all the way, passing a 2012 law that was signed by Gov. Robert Bentley,” the report states. “Major political battles have broken out over it in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, Ohio and Texas. Even the Republican National Committee, in January 2012, denounced Agenda 21 as a destructive and insidious scheme to impose a socialist/communist redistribution of wealth.”
Oklahoma is fighting back against the United Nations Agenda 21 program. Last month the Oklahoma House of Representatives members voted overwhelmingly in support of a measure designed to protect the unalienable rights of property owners and due process procedures earlier this month in order to curtail Agenda 21 plans in the state. The Oklahoma Community Protection Act would nullify any Agenda 21 or related assaults on individual property rights in the state. The HB 2807 bill has now moved onto the Oklahoma Senate for review.
Over the course of the past several years other state-led initiatives to secure property rights also received passage by a significant margin. Last year a similar bill to protect citizens from Agenda 21 actions was stalled in committee.Then Oklahoma State Senator Cliff Branan opposed the bill. Branan is now a candidate for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Oklahoma State Representative Mike Rtze had this to say about Agenda 21 legislation:
“It is very important for states to re-assert their sovereignty and protect the rights of citizens from intrusive and oppressive measures coming down from the federal government and even international organizations like the UN. The states operated for two centuries quite well on their own, so what we are doing now is taking back our rightful powers and ensuring that Oklahomans can continue to live in freedom under constitutionally limited government without outside unconstitutional intervention.”
If the Oklahoma Community Protection Act ultimately passes it will land on the desk of Republican Governor Mary Fallin. The law establishes strict penalties for the violation of residents’ property rights by government officials. The mandate would also nullify as unconstitutional any infringements by an international or federal government agency on due process and property rights. Representative Lewis Moore said, “The bill protects your private property from being acquired by eminent domain without a public voter or public hearing.”
Rosa Koire is likely one of the most outspoken opponents of Agenda 21. She first became aware and concerned about the “communitarianism” or regionalist movement while working as a real estate appraiser. Koire retired at a fairly young age at least in part, to tour the country and educate others about what she wholeheartedly seems to view as a dangerous and liberty infringing movement which surpasses partisan politics. “It is assumed that people are not good stewards of their land and the government will do a better job if they are in control. Individual rights in general are to give way to the needs of communities as determined by the governing body. The plan is to restrict your choices, limit your funds, narrow your freedoms and take away your voice,” Koire said.
Author Stanley Kurtz wrote Spreading The Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities. Kurtz believes that President Obama has plans to abolish the suburbs and “Manhattanize” America. While Agenda 21 is reportedly a sustainable communities initiative, some on both sides of the issue also view the plan as a race equity or social justice matter. Stanley Kurtz’s investigation into the Agenda 21 type push for biodiversity led to the discovery of connections between President Obama and key regionalist movement advocates. President Barack Obama was reportedly mentored by “pioneers” in the regionalist movement. The author claims that the president’s past associates in the regionalist movement are pushing him to put conditions on future federal aid projects that adhere to regional planning commission’s recommendations based upon the dictates of the Sustainable Communities Initiative.
During the Obama administration, the White House has allegedly “lent its prestige and facilities” to Building One America. The group is headed by Mike Kruglik. He was reportedly one of the “bosses” of then community organizer Obama. Greg Galluzzo and Jerry Kellman, the other two supervisors of Barack Obama during that era, are also touted high-profile regionalists. The three men are credited with establishing the Gamaliel Foundation, which has been deemed the most influential voice behind the regionalist equity movement. When Kruglik was at the White House for the Building One America conference, he reportedly met with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and senior Obama adviser Peter Rouse. Valerie Jarrett was also supposedly slated to attend but was pulled away for debt ceiling discussions. The Building One America conference was convened by the invitation of the White House, according to Kurtz. President Obama and Mike Kruglik were photographed together later inside the Oval Office.
A detailed map of America created by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity shows exactly what the country would look like if the United Nations Agenda 21 plan takes hold in the United States. The Bundy ranch and Tommy Henderson Texas ranch battles with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have caused some to grow more concerned about the amount of land already owned by the federal government and a perceived push to utilize environmental laws to pressure residents away from rural growing and grazing areas.
Eminent domain seizures appear to be running rampant in the United States, in many cases based upon environmental concerns. The stated motivation behind some government eminent domain seizures have sparked even more worries about Agenda 21 tactics at work. Many recent property rights lawsuits illustrate just how quickly land you thought you owned can suddenly be ripped away – likely for far less than real market value. Two sisters are currently fighting to keep the land their father left them and prevent it from being turned into a stretch of bike path. Another couple may lose their property simply because they use the ATVs which were included in the purchase to reach their cabin. In Ohio, another family is in danger of losing their land for yet again – another bike path. The public use clause related to eminent domain protections noted in the Fifth Amendment seems to be applied for more liberally than intended during the past several years.
