MATTERS IN THE AIR: February 24th 2016: in which all may share as our networking prospers the cause of inclusive justice… visit the website to view the evolving agenda for the next meeting: http://www.globaltable.org.uk. N.B. 10-12 informal ICUK considerations • 12-2 the Open Table
From Coalition for Economic Justice: Thoughts on taxation – DISCUSS
1. Short term :- Tax justice Network – TJN – Richard Murphy, Prem Sikka & John Christensen: http://www.taxjustice.net
2. Mid-term :- Coalition for Economic Justice – C4EJ – PC & JA on planning group: http://www.c4ej.com – see fine video article on TAXING LOCATION VALUE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYSsME_h7E. We have also received from Dave Wetzel a substantial 33-page report to the RMT Union on how Land Values can pay for new Underground lines, meet running costs and reduce fares: UndergroundTreasure DH 18 feb 2016
3. Long-term :- Independent Constitutionalists.uk – ICUK – http://www.constitutionalists.uk
FORTHCOMING EVENTS: See http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/forthcoming-events
Saturday 27 February 2016, London STOP TRIDENT March and Rally Join the Faith Block: Interfaith Service at 11.00am, Hinde Street Methodist Church Full detail here
http://paxchristi.org.uk/event/stop-trident-national-rally/?instance_id=492
Annual Justice & Peace Conference 15 – 17 July 2016: “Justice, Power and Responsibility: How Can Democracy Work for the Common Good?” Booking forms from NJPN, 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX 020 7901 4864 – admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk.
REPORTS: always invited our associates in the quest for inclusive justice. Then a discussion: Those who can’t join us on a Wednesday – send us your comments and reports of your action.
ELLEN BROWN at the RSA : report please
Return your house to the bank – desperation breeds daring http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2014/02/a-man-in-debt-demolishes-his-house-and-drops-it-in-front-of-the-bank.html
Compass: see events page for link to forthcoming conference on 5th March 2106: Also draft Strategy Paper: http://www.compassonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Compass-Draft-Strategy-Building-the-Alternative_final.pdf. A the end of this are listed some questions for us to respond to: 1. Is this shift from immediate concerns to more structural change right? 2. Are we proposing to do it in the right way? 3. Are we proposing to do it around the right issues? > Who else should we be working with? 4. What can you do to help?
Runnymede Gazette: a Journal of the Democratic Resistance, edited by FRANK TAYLOR, February 2016 edition now available: RUNNYMEDE_GAZETTE_1602
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WE CONTINUE REFLECTING on the value of these three perspectives in our quest for inclusive justice. Inevitably there is overlap between each mode of approach. Each and all add richness to our searching:
1. The Christian Council for Monetary Justice [CCMJ] – examining enduring wisdom and contemporary evidence about money and its effect on society – utilising resources of the enduring wisdom like current evidence, scriptures, histories, valued publications http://www.ccmj.org
2. London Global Open Table [LGOT] – providing an open forum for serving a wider network with a point of weekly reference. All are welcome to send items for ‘Matters in the Air’ to indicate where our dialogue and action might take in this particular week: http://www.globaltable.org.uk/wp
3. Trustees All: The Independent Constitutionalists UK – advocate and advance a targeted initiative by ‘principled pragmatism’ to take viable, if difficult, steps towards weaving politics and economics – governance and vital trading – into a People’s Political-Economy of Trusteeship in Harmony with Nature. Travel the new path via the 2020 [or earlier] General Election. The ICUK’s Manifesto and Charter provide an incremental, imperfect process of evolving a People’s Political-Economy of Trusteeship in Natrual Harmony : http://ww.constitutionalists.uk
Grant me ….
The serenity to accept things that cannot change
The courage to tackle the things that can
And the wisdom to know the difference
