Citizens for Global Solutions

The organization's lineage can be traced back to its precursor, the World Federalists, established in 1941. This group subsequently merged with other organizations in 1943 to create the Federal World Government, Inc. which evolved into the World Federalists, USA in 1945, and in 1947, it transformed into the United World Federalists (UWF).

On February 23, 1947,{{Cite web |title=United World Federalists mss., 1928-1988 (bulk 1946-1986) |url=https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAB8237 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu}} five world federalist organizations – Americans United for World Government (AUWG), World Federalists, USA (World Federalists of America), Student Federalists, Georgia World Citizens Committee (GWCC), and the Massachusetts Committee for World Federation (MCWF) – merged to form the United World Federalists, Inc. (UWF).{{Cite web |title=World Federalist Association {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100062107 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821211227/https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100062107 |archive-date=2023-08-21 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=uia.org}}{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Cord |url=http://archive.org/details/facingrealityfro00meye |title=Facing reality : from world federalism to the CIA |date=1980 |publisher=New York : Harper & Row |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-06-013032-9 |pages=42–56}} By 1948, the organization had more than 34,000 members, including 7,000 students. This number grew to more than 50,000 members in the early 1950s.{{Cite web |date=2007-02-05 |title=Citizens for Global Solutions |url=http://www.globalsolutions.org/who/our_story.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205074738/http://www.globalsolutions.org/who/our_story.html |archive-date=2007-02-05 }}

Cord Meyer IV was the first president of the organization, with Grenville Clark, Thomas K. Finletter, Wallace Trevor Holliday serving as vice-presidents.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49 |title=LIFE |date=1948-06-21 |publisher=Time Inc |edition=25 |volume=24 |pages=49–56 |language=en}}

In 1948, Cord Meyer was invited to attend a meeting of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) where he met Albert Einstein,{{Cite web |date=2016-02-29 |title=Albert Einstein and World Federalist Cord Meyer in conversation, Princeton, NJ |url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/albert-einstein-and-world-federalist-cord-meyer-in-conversation-princeton-nj |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=International Center of Photography |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=These candid photographs capture the daily life of Albert Einstein, 1930s-1950s - Rare Historical Photos |url=https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/albert-einstein-old-photos/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Rare Historical Photos |language=en-US}} Leo Szilard and many of the other leading nuclear physicists. It was then Albert Einstein joined UWF as a member of the Advisory Board{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |pages=405}} and showed his support. Einstein and ECAS assisted UEF in fundraising on numerous occasions and also provided supporting material.{{Citation |title=Meares, L.M., August 9, 1947. |url=https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/21071 |access-date=2023-08-24}}{{Citation |title=Kirstein, William A., July 11, 1947. |url=https://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/27971 |access-date=2023-08-24}}

In June, 1951, in his letter to Harrison Brown, Einstein described the United World Federalists as: "the group nearest to our aspirations".{{Cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=Albert |url=http://archive.org/details/einsteinonpeace00eins |title=Einstein on peace |last2=Nathan |first2=Otto |last3=Norden |first3=Heinz |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Schocken Books |others=Internet Archive |pages=557-558}}

The photo of Cord Meyer meeting with Albert Einstein in 1948 has been widely circulated on the internet and social media, with the false claims of Einstein being with his therapist.{{Cite web |date=2015-08-25 |title=This is NOT Albert Einstein With His Therapist |url=https://gizmodo.com/this-is-not-albert-einstein-with-his-therapist-1726430986 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=says |first=QuietBlogster |date=2017-04-02 |title=Einstein with his therapist? |url=https://hoaxeye.com/2017/04/02/einstein-with-his-therapist/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402223431/https://hoaxeye.com/2017/04/02/einstein-with-his-therapist/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 2, 2017 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=HoaxEye |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-12-26 |title=7 (More) Fun Facts That Are Total Lies |url=https://gizmodo.com/7-more-fun-fact-photos-that-are-total-lies-1480737089 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}

In 1949, Cord Meyer resigned and was succeeded by Alan Cranston. That same year, Thane Read joined the UWF and would later initiate a worldwide call in 1958 and garner support for the World Constitutional Convention{{Cite web |title=Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961 |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B149-F04-022.1.1 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind |via=afb.org}}{{Cite web |title=Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961 |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B149-F04-022.1.6 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind |via=afb.org}} ultimately leading to the development of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.{{Cite web |title=Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B154-F05-028.1.9 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Global Strategies & Solutions : Preparing earth constitution |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |access-date=2023-07-15 |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of World Problems |publisher=Union of International Associations |via=uia.org}}

Later UWF was renamed as World Federalists USA.

In 1975, the organization turned its focus to educational activities as the World Federalist Association (WFA), while members who wanted to continue political action efforts formed the Campaign for UN Reform (CUNR). The two groups merged as Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://cnpsweb.org/project/citizens-for-global-solutions/|title=Citizens for Global Solutions {{!}} Center for Nonprofit Strategies|last=|first=|date=|website=cnpsweb.org|language=en-US|access-date=August 1, 2018}}{{Cite web |title=Citizens for Global Solutions {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100050286 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325023330/https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100050286 |archive-date=2023-03-25 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=uia.org}}

• Cord Meyer (1947-1949)
• Alan Cranston (1949-1952)
• Norman Cousins (1952-1954){{cite web |last=Read-Brown |first=Ken |title=Cousins, Norman (1915-1990) |url=http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/norman-cousins-2/ |access-date=July 20, 2017 |website=Harvard Square Library |publisher=Unitarian Universalist biographies, history, books, and media}}
• C. Maxwell Stanley (1954-1956){{Cite web |title=Details Page - The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa - The University of Iowa Libraries |url=http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=358 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=uipress.lib.uiowa.edu}}
• Donald Harrington (1956-1959)
• Charles C. Price III (1959-1961){{cite book |last1=Baratta |first1=Joseph Preston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ymc-HHltNMC&pg=PA511 |title=The politics of world federation |date=2004 |publisher=Praeger |isbn=9780275980689 |edition=1. publ. |location=Westport, Conn. |page=511 |access-date=25 January 2018}}{{cite news |date=November 3, 1959 |title=Latest survival forum speaker |page=9 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88133453/ |access-date=25 January 2018}}
• Paul W. Walter (1961-1964)
• C. Maxwell Stanley (1964-1966)
• Arnold S. Zander (1966-1967){{cite news |last1=Seaberry |first1=Jane |date=July 20, 1975 |title=Arnold Zander, founder of union, dies |newspaper=Washington Post}}
• Neal Potter (1967-1968)
• James G. Patton (1968-1969)
• Joseph S. Clark (1969-1971){{Cite web |title=Bioguide Search |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000444 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}
• Luther H. Evans (1971-1976)
• Norman Cousins (1976-1990)
• Charles C. Price III (1990-1992)
• John B. Anderson (1992-2003) {{Cite web |title=World Federalist John B. Anderson Dies|url=https://peaceeconomyproject.org/wordpress/word-federalist-john-b-anderson-dies/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Peace Economy Project}}

In 2006, CGS launched a campaign to prevent the confirmation of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the UN. Bolton, who had been serving in the role as a recess appointment, withdrew from consideration that December.{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-130937205.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155145/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-130937205.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 1, 2018|title=Politics, as Usual|date=March 28, 2005|work=The Washington Times}}

• Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS)
• Political views of Albert Einstein
• Thane Read
• World government
• World Constitutional Convention call
• World Constitutional Convention
• Constitution for the Federation of Earth

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• [http://globalsolutions.org/ Citizens for Global Solutions]

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