Fortress Of Freedom Board

Maurice Ali · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 7:57 am Post subject:

So far so good:

Maurice Ali · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 7:06 am Post subject:

I have to assume much of the world in the future will be a sort of shanty town existence with little say about their lives. I have to assume the large and fat NGOs will quickly whither away and die in this environment. That will not happen here as all corporations can survive off vapors! These new "super agile corporations" - that's what I called them 22 years ago, will continue to survive and thrive. They are still active and have survived the test of time:

Fortress of Freedom Inc. - 22 years old

IAIJ (Archiving) - 22 years old

IAIJ (Association) - 18 years old

More Vision Inc. - 18 years old

FOF Records Inc. - 15 years old

FOF Entertainment Inc. - 9 years old

FOFSTOCK - 3 years old

FOF Advocacy Inc. - 4 weeks old

Note how the not-for-profits came mostly after the conclusion of the experiment. The advocacy was so successful I had to diversify. Everyone says I'm really good at this and nobody tells me to give up and retire. Man, me in 2023 running around in the basement of the Secretariat Building sending packages to the Secretary General and Deputy using the guise of giving a speech at the United Nations - who else but me would do something like that (and the speech rocked)? And the options given to me, as in I can take this elevator to the Secretary General's office (I was in a secured area) and when the door opens a UN police man will take the packages and then they will x-ray it and so on, or option 2 which I took and probably the smart one to get the advocacy directly to them. But again - other than me - who does this!

That was 2023, in 2025 I changed advocacy tactics from written statements and speeches to direct advocacy and got me two quick face-to-face pitches to the Secretary General of the ITU during General Assembly and another in mid-December! You are even rubbing up against royalty and celebrities in semi-informal settings now. Even now, I have to remind myself that was just a few months ago! I'm very much in the thick of things and doing all sorts of other things to improve advocacy like FOF Advocacy Inc. for example.

Many wonder why I just didn't go for the bucks instead of advocacy that doesn't make my personal life richer? First of all, I love philosophy and the "man of the world" thing disseminating my concepts and provoking change for the better. I actually had fantasies about this as a kid and strangely I'm doing it now! Money is just a means to an end and not an end in itself.....

Why do this for a world that treated you like shit all your life? That one matters as I had decades of my life taken away from me. Common human rights of passage, community, belonging and having kids and a stake in your community and culture and country. All that is foreign to me. Instead I made my own culture with happiness as the goal and belonging at the global level embracing all of humanity for the first time with a new form of global governance and self-determination.

Emily back in the day!

I'm not doing this for my contemporaries and older, with several exceptions it was they that made my life hell. No, not for them and actually they probably don't want my type future world at their stage of life. No, I do it for the kids. Take for example Emily who joined us at 17 years old I believe. I actually came across her defending my organization and ideas to another - be still my beating heart! Years later her daughter used to call me "uncle mowis" and run over and give me a huge. That's one example of many. I do it for them, why - because they never did anything to me! It's as simple and stark as that! The moral imperative works well and has worked well for me.....

So right now we are on a roll and the guy that should be least likely to care about helping others - the world - is doing just that. Sounds like a movie but remember this is real life. Anything can happen and that works both ways. But for me my direction is clear.....

Goodnight.....

No AI

https://youtu.be/pizRRft3_8Y?si=jO8HXSQtR65yavds

https://youtu.be/9NdRjjfp3bY?si=HsVrHfKPrSlqpKuN

Maurice Ali · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 6:46 am Post subject:

Everyday problems are back.....

My Mustang!

My Mustang threw its first engine light ever! I was so surprised by this - but given the age of the car (coming up on nine years) this is suspicious. I think the emissions warrantee is for eight years so this is suspicious. I don't think it's a gas cap issue as I filled it up and such. The engine's nickname is "immortal" and it runs perfectly. I'll wait for the sun to come up and put my scanner in it. I hate doing this in the garage as you need that door wide open to do the hookup and all that. I actually have two scanners, but one is for tuning and the other is just a diagnostic but with better descriptions. We shall just have to see what happens. The brakes need pads but after eight years I think I got my money's worth out of those.....

In other news:

Guitar maker Fender has won a copyright case on its Stratocaster bodies making everyone else in the EU to stop making Stratocaster copies or pay Fender a license to do so. Fender previously tried to trademark the design of the body but never got anywhere. But then succeeded with a copyright. Leo Fender created the Stratocaster (Strat for short) and copyright laws should give Fender another 36 years or so of protection. Leo actually left Fender and started G&L after that, but they recently went bankrupt and Fender bought the company out including all intellectual property - and now we know why!

My Fender Player Plus Super Stratocaster!

I have two Fender Strats, one is a Player Plus Mexican made Super Strat with humbuckers in the bridge and two noiseless "single coils' on top. The other is an American made traditional SSS with a flame maple top - expensive but I got it cheap when Cosmo Music went out of business.

Fender American Pro 2 70th Anniversary Comet Burst

Fender wanted the trademark as they can go on forever but the copyright has some legs also. For those in the know the Fender headstock has always been protected but the body style is a new one and caught everyone in the industry by surprise.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 9:14 pm Post subject:

I may have the world record for starting an advocacy organization (that is truly grassroots and not some trick policy maneuver) and contributing to policy making at the United Nations and its specialized organizations - five weeks.

So this happened today;

Maurice Ali · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 12:50 am Post subject:

This happened on Friday:

Maurice Ali · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 8:37 am Post subject:

I took Saturday off and slept most of it off which was good as the change in times always messes with your sleep.

Shane Murphy - Trying to make Shane look less "bad boy" back in the day!

Michael Atkinson last year!

As a business guy I'm curious as to what happens to the record label going forward now that the brown guy is gone. As I said before, one man operations have no value when the man leaves or tries to sell because the company is the "man". This is more important to artists who hook up with a label because they are also brands and me as a brand is not the best thing in Canada and the USA for their brand. So I'm more than curious to see what happens with Shane at the wheel. Michael has some music coming out but let's see if we can attract some new talent to the label as well....

Michael Atkinson AI for Lucifari!

For Sunday I'll preen myself up a bit as I let my hair slide while doing all this business stuff. I'll also work on FOF Advocacy's written statements to the ITU and start of IAIJ and FOFSTOCK contributions. It's also snowing now so more
shoveling to do later on.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 5:58 am Post subject:

I spent Sunday with the folks but also sent the last bulk shipment to the second life book people. I ran out of cardboard boxes for the books, but substituted with this old piece of luggage I was going to throw out. When I finished leaving it at the back door, I thought I would nudge it a bit toward the door but the thing was so heavy it wouldn't move! Anyway the bulk of the books are gone to other homes and that's that!

Really, things begin on Monday just like all the other companies with applications for IAIJ, that tax return of FOF Entertainment Inc. And the written statement for FOF Advocacy Inc. And I'll apply to the ITU for registration of FOFSTOCK AND IAIJ at their big event in July.

That's it for now.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:18 am Post subject:

The weather has me running around shoveling two driveways.

Anyway, the only news is that FOF Advocacy has made its first written submission to the ITU / United Nations!

Also, IAIJ and FOFSTOCK have registered for the ITU Forum in July!

I had planned to talk about my package I sent to the Pope years ago - but that will wait for tomorrow.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:36 am Post subject:

The FOFSTOCK written submission has been sent to the WSIS Forum / ITU.

Same screen and same photo!

This submission focuses on the musician and artistic community as is its mandate. The next one is by IAIJ and that one will be far more provocative, focusing on everyone on earth having a say there because all of humanity is a NGO and as such have access and a reason to be there under the ITU Constitution and the Charter of the United Nations. Governance is by the Worldwide Vote and its Charter is the Positive Mandate for Humanity. I'll work on that today and send it off a day before the deadline on Friday just to be sure.

As promised, I actually did send a package for His Hollyness Pope Francis. A bunch of stuff and sent to his home address as he did not personally live at the Palace but at this ordinary apartment with ordinary people there. So I sent it there knowing it would be vetted by the Vatican and so on. Amazingly it did get there at his place and I had instructions for the UPS driver how to deliver there.

Yes, I made a video about that Pope package!

It makes you wonder as he was known to randomly pick up letters and read them and respond. I could just see him going through his vetted mail and seeing my package - what is this? Maybe even putting one of our DVDs in a disc player and then wondering: What is this? Anyway, that did happen and if my mother was still alive I she would see that as huge, as she was a Catholic and actually schooled by the Catholic Church back in the day. My advocacy knows no bounds and there was the mailings to Elon Musk pre Twitter era and Zuckerberg and all those guys looking for a platform for this new form of global interaction. The search goes on.....

Goodnight.....

https://youtu.be/lWEo78tZ6YM?si=Jh6hH4PenwxbhQao

Maurice Ali · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 8:05 am Post subject:

It's a long story but I have launched a website as a test mule for that "People's Assembly" as it was called back in the day:

https://humanityassembly.org

This:

https://people'sassembly.org

Can't be registered even though some say the punctuation can be used. No matter, it's confusing and bad for what you want as a worldwide portal. "Peoplesassembly" is all used up but I did get the non-.com peopleassembly.org just in case. I also got the humanitysassembly high level domains just in case. If you don't snag them at the start, some company (Goodaddy) will park the name and want 3,000 USD for peoplesassembly.com or peopleassembly.com. Anyway just humanityassembly is what we will go with for now.

This new layer of global interaction has the "Positive Mandate for Humanity" as its constitution and the "Worldwide Vote" as the tool for decision making and governance and together we get the new Global Social Contract!

It is a test mule but already has proven useful. For example, I did think about registering it as a not-for-profit but quickly tossed that idea out. That action puts it under national government rules which is counter to the spirit of its creation. Then you need a traditional management hierarchy that we want emancipation from. The tax reporting to a specific nation and all the rest. As just a web portal this works for now. As we try to flesh things out you see the issues and challenges you will face when you first try a serious petition for this third house at the UN.

So there is a point to all this. Right now entering the web portal gets you to that unused forum that we now have for news and happenings at the assembly. Hitting the globe icon takes you to FOF which ultimately will be its proxy for advocacy as it's structure is not recognized for consultative status at the United Nations for example. FOFSTOCK and IAIJ will also be proxies of the assembly. We want to do advocacy and can't do it as is.

This was a big day for me - turning to flesh that dream I had where everyone on earth had a vote and participation in global matters. Now it's "sort of" real with all the problems to sort out.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 6:47 pm Post subject:

Busy, busy, busy.....

The Humanity Assembly forums are getting there:

https://fortressoffreedom.com/phpBB3

What is really itching me in a good way is getting to craft the Humanity Assembly constitution - but not just of the Assembly - but also of FOF Advocacy! I had thought of crafting the assembly as a not for profit corporation, but that was not the best course for the test mule - but I could do it for a shadow org and FOF Advocacy is it!

The index pages are deliberately similar and if the test mule fails then FOF Advocacy becomes the global layer with the constitution and worldwide vote and the new Global Social Contract! The differences between the two will show me the viability of both forms as we push our strategy on the world stage. It if all fails - we will still have a version of that dream and it literally will have to become a "Fortress of Freedom". I'm keeping the globe icon that Pet made back in the day as part of it was a registered trademarked and I just put the "TM" on it and can defend that mark now.

All four advocacy groups (yes the assembly too) have been registered to the WSIS Forum in July and the assembly even got to contribute in the open call for that event - and that is now the first bit of advocacy for the Humanity Assembly!

I also have to take care of IAIJ memberships - it never ends. But - I get to make a constitution for the world. I always envied Douglas MacArther because he penned the Japanese constitution after the war - now it's my turn.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 6:50 am Post subject:

Wednesday was a fantastic day for me!

That is when I realized I could create this new global layer of interaction by myself. The plan was just to take the concepts to the UN and have it get woven into something that could exist there probably under ECOSOC. But all of a sudden - like an epiphany - I realized I could just go ahead and do it myself as others would quickly corrupt the whole thing. So base it on the UN charter that everyone there already believes in and set it up properly and make it harder to corrupt as it's all ready made! After that realization, things quickly fell into place.....

I picked "Humanity" because it means all of us. You can say "those people" and not mean yourself but "those humanity" is non-sensical. However, I am sensitive to those that tried before me and got "peopleassembly.org (and .net) and simply will link it to the main website as respect to those before me. I got humanityassembly as it ultimately made more technical sense over humanitysassembly which rolls off the tongue better but grammatically does not work as a practical web address - it is more confusing but I got the top level domains anyway to relieve any anxiety. I can flip it to the other instantly.

Constitution or Charter? I picked "constitution" because that is the supreme foundational system. A charter typically defines rights, but we have the Worldwide Vote for decision making and governance and that is the revolutionary part of this - so it will be a Constitution.

I am basing it on the Charter of the United Nations and not a nation constitution and we shall see how it goes. Right now it's over sixty pages. This should make this new layer of interaction easy to place over the Charter of the United Nations.

So in my own humble little way, I'm involved in a little bit of world building that I thought was beyond me. For a philosophy major in university this is huge, but who would you rather have working on humanity's constitution? Would it be me or some possibly corrupt group of individuals who still have allegiances to different nations? My path is clear.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2026 12:27 pm Post subject:

I sort of have the constitution made now. Most of it is from the Zero-Pact contribution to the UN. The reason for being is the in the Positive Mandate for Humanity. Governance and decision making is the Worldwide Vote and the whole assembly is there as a New Global Social Contract for all with each other. These essential tenets are the foundation for this place.

Everything else can be decided by a simple majority out of the pool of people that vote. Everything can be voted on but to change the core parts of the assembly or even the abandonment of the assembly itself will require a majority vote of 2/3 of the entirety of all of humanity. Anyway, you get the idea.....

All this should be done this weekend and the constitution is the same for the website and the FOF Advocacy Inc. not for profit.

You may ask yourself what is the hurry here. The reason is that even though I'm totally healthy now, at my age and beyond, stuff is going to happen to you and make you less effective than when you were as healthy as a young man.

Seeing my contemporaries and parents and family friends get sick and pass on, reinforces the idea that just out of the blue you could die or be taken out of the advocacy and have to hand it to someone else. So while I'm still 100 percent, I want to get this house in order!

That is basically what has been the rush lately.

Apart from all that is cleaning up after getting rid of all those books last week. The ones I'm keeping still have to be put back. And I have to get back to living a healthier lifestyle going forward.

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:43 am Post subject:

The first drafts of the Humanity Assembly are done:

https://www.fortressoffreedom.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=2081

A work in process but it has begun.

FOF Advocacy has been charged with doing everything the web based Humanity Assembly can not do due to legal and other reasons until it finds its final place (hopefully the United Nations).

So for the time being - legally - FOF Advocacy Inc. "is" a part of the Humanity Assembly. People will know who presently runs things and where it is and how it operates even though it is its own thing. Without this support it is not technically a legal entity - let's just say it's complicated. But FOF Advocacy Inc. is the best way to skirt around thorny issues while keeping the spirit of the Humanity Assembly alive.

This week was mostly good luck and now the bad luck comes to even things out. It's always like this.....

Fun times ahead.....

Goodnight.....

Maurice Ali · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2026 6:10 pm Post subject:

A bunch of things to wrap up the weekend.....

First is an article by one of our newest members of IAIJ from Switzerland:

https://iaij.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1157

Next is the closing of Steve's Music in Toronto.

I was there last year and took some photos. Today was the last day and normally I would not venture into downtown Toronto but on a Sunday it's possible by car so off I went. I parked three stories up in this parking lot I paid ten bucks for, and you do this so that nobody bashes into your car while parallel parking, or pissing on your car - possible as the bar like the horseshoe tavern are right across the street. But you go up a few levels because some vagrants will take a shit between parked cars and then walk out of the parking garage all nonchalant as if they drive a car!

All the guitars they had left!

Anyway, there is Steve's Music open before me when it usually is closed on a Sunday. The basement (was it keyboards and stuff) and second floor where they had the drums was all on the ground floor. They only had a few guitars left and not really at fire sale prices like at the Cosmo Music closing. I looked for something cheap to buy as a memento but it was all picked clean. The CBC and another network were there to cover the closing. I took some photos and left.

FOF Records and FOFSTOCK are all about music so we had to be there and frankly I wanted to be there as music stores are a dying thing these days. So goodbye to Steve's Music in Toronto. Steve's will still have a store front in Montreal probably where their warehouse is. But they are gone in Toronto.

Other Stuff?

Just dealing with the bad luck complementing the good luck I had last week. The New Global Social Contract and the Positive Mandate and the Worldwide Vote will carry on even if I drop dead today. That happened with the creation of FOF Advocacy Inc. And also with the launch of the Humanity Assembly website and test mule for this new layer of global human interaction.

The last few months had me pushing things at the limit sometimes but I can scale things back now and find efficiencies in this new reality we find ourselves in.

To the outside world I'm just some forgettable brown guy. But we now have the ability to curtail so much suffering that I now peg our chances of something taking hold (probably the global vote) at a realistic less than a one in ten chance. That's worth the sacrifice of one life. And it rights the wrongs visited in to me over my life.

Anyway, that's enough for now....

Goodnight.....