The international conspiracy to establish the One World Government.
A phrase first used by Mikhail Gorbachev on December 7, 1988 in an address to the United Nations. It originally meant a world no longer dominated by two great superpowers, in which world peace would be enforced through international efforts, a very positive idea indeed. The phrase was relatively unknown in popular culture until George Bush used it during a speech to Congress on September 11, 1990. Almost immediately, fundamentalists and conspiracy buffs latched onto the phrase, twisting its meaning to represent an evil worldwide conspiracy to form a single body that will govern the world through deception, an iron fist and possible Satanic influence. The phrase quickly replaced the "One-World Government", "New Order" and "International Jewish Banking Conspiracy" favored by conspiracy paranoiacs. Writings prior to 1990 that refer to a "New World Order" are rare indeed. The Latin phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum as seen on the dollar bill actually means "a new order of the ages," not "New World Order" as some paranoiacs would have people think.
A phrase associated with the postcolonial, post– Cold War configuration of world power, which remains dominated by the West, and particularly by the United States. Coined by former U.S. President George Bush, the phrase describes genuine shifts in the geopolitical order, but also covers up long-term continuities in the global power and capitalism (i.e., not everything is “new” in the New World Order).
often used ironically, a state of co-operation, peace and justice among all nations.
The New World Order (nWo) was a heel stable of wrestlers, originally in World Championship Wrestling and later in the then-World Wrestling Federation. It was first formed on July 7, 1996 at the Bash at the Beach PPV. The group was created when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, two wrestlers who had recently come over to WCW from the WWF and labeled as "The Outsiders," aligned themselves with longtime fan favorite Hulk Hogan, who turned heel to join the new group.
The term "new world order" has been used to refer to a new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power. The first usages of the term surrounded Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and call for a League of Nations following the devastation of World War I. The phrase was used sparingly at the end of the Second World War when describing the plans for the United Nations and Bretton Woods system, in part because of the negative association to the failed League of Nations the phrase would bring.
This article describes an alleged conspiracy to establish a unitary world government. For other uses by politicians and governments, see New world order. For other uses in general, see New World Order.
The phrase "New World Order" in the Bahá'à Faith refers to a system of teachings, enunciated by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'à Faith, that Bahá'Ãs believe embodies God's divinely appointed scheme for the unification of mankind in this age. Among the beliefs it includes is the eventual establishment of a world commonwealth based on principles of equity and justice, a commonwealth as vital spiritually as it would be materially. This vision of a world commonwealth is looked at by the Bahá'Ãs as having no particular partisan political agenda.