November-December 2018 Issue: Director’s Letter:

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ISSUES & SOLUTIONS

 

Institute for Positive Global Solutions - Bibliotheque: World Wide Society

 

November 1, 2018

 

Shadow-Banned, Deplatformed, Censored:

This is How the Journal remains Censorship-Free

and Answerable Only to Readers, Contributors and Members

 

by John Pellam, President & Director

The Bibliotheque: World Wide Society and the Institute for Positive Global Solutions

 

We are currently living in an era of “big media” internet censorship, shadow-banning and deplatforming of those whose ideas and opinions are deemed ‘unorthodox’ and those whose thinking is not ‘correct’. Since its founding in September 2001 the Journal has been free of censorship, it has always been and will remain a place where the ‘unorthodox’ are welcomed.

 

The Journal has never and will never accept advertising of any kind, nor is there any charge or any fee for access or print-outs of the published papers. The Journal has no ‘paywall’ to block readership from editorial content – the Journal is and will remain fully open-access to all.

 

Moreover, the Journal does not accept funds from Foundations, NGOs or other organizations that could hold sway over publishing decisions and editorial selections.

 

The Journal is editorially independent, meaning that members set the agenda. The Journal is free from commercial bias and not influenced by billionaire owners, donors, politicians or shareholders. No one edits the Journal’s Editor. No one steers the Journal’s opinion. And absolutely no one interferes with the Journal’s dedication to Free Speech: the Journal stands proud to be free of censorship, free of bias and free of political influence. Even papers with which the Editorial Director may not agree with (or even oppose) will still be published – the overriding factor in determining whether or not to accept any particular paper is: “Is this paper publication-worthy? Does it provoke thought and inspire as it informs? Is it out of the ordinary in content and concept?

 

This editorial policy is critical because it enables the Journal to give a voice to those who may be denied a voice elsewhere, it allows authors to challenge political bias found elsewhere and to put forth ideas that other publications would deem ‘politically incorrect’.  This is what makes the Journal different to so many publications at a time when challenging and innovative new ideas are vital to a world starved by the famine called ‘Censorship’ and held static by the intellectual straight-jacket called ‘Political Correctness’.

 

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With this being said, I’m pleased to introduce the November-December 2018 issue of the Journal of Global Issues & Solutions:

This issue begins with our Page One Feature Paper in the subject area of
Freedom of Faith, specifically on the topic of Christianity in Spain and in the United States:Why is Christianity Under Such Fierce Attack?” by Professor Julio A. Gonzalo of Madrid, Spain.

 

Following, in the subject area of Globalization: Exploitation versus Ethics, Dr. Francis C.L. Rakotsoane (UNESWA) of the University of eSwatini in Manzini, eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) presents “Ethical Symbioticism: An Ethical Framework with a Potential to Rid Globalization of Its Exploitative Nature”.

 

In our next paper, Professor S.A. Paipetis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics at the University of Patras in Patras, Greece and Ms. O. Georgiadou of the Department for Civil Protection of Greece in Athens, Greece present their paper-essay focused on Human Society: “The Role of Opposites in Nature and in Human Society”.

 

The November-December issue concludes with an in-depth paper by Professor Dr. Nadeem Malik, Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at Pakistan’s University of Balochistan titled “Toward Good Governance in South Asia”.

 

I’m looking forward to your receiving your comments, observations and remarks regarding this issue’s presentations,

With best wishes,

John Pellam
President & Director
Bibliotheque: World Wide International Publishers
The Bibliotheque: World Wide Society
Email: president@bwwsociety.org
Website: www.bwwsociety.org

About the Journal:


The Journal of Global Issues & Solutions, the official publication of the BWW Society and the Institute for Positive Global Solutions, reviews various aspects relating to Globalization (economic, political, cultural, environmental, technological, scientific, et al), as well the arts, humanities, literature, science, medicine, education and other issues. The Journal’s contributors include professors, researchers, and other scholars and academics who are members of the BWW Society and the Institute. The Journal features articles, special reports, proposals, and academic reviews as well as editorials, commentaries, views and opinions of the Society's Members.