MATTERS IN THE AIR: March 23rd 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/WP.
THIS IS THE NORMAL TIMING which reverses each second Wednesday of the month
10am-12noon….. INFORMAL DIALOGUE ABOUT ICUK
12noon-2pm ……..OPEN TABLE ON INCLUSIVE JUSTICE
Are we near the end of economic growth?. Listen to this: ……..click here –
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.
Unlock Democracy Campaign: We had a presence (MF and SL) at the event “We The People with Graham Allen MP on Monday 21st March at 6.45pm – may report: see report: We the People-160321
Ex central banker Mervyn King has written a book on The End of Alchemy, that is, the present way of trying to make trusted money out of thin air. As an alternative he develops the model of the central bank as a ‘pawnbroker for all seasons’. This, however, remains as ambiguous as is the underlying model of banking.
For a critical review see http://www.sovereignmoney.eu/
http://www.sovereignmoney.eu/mervyn-
The latest international Georgist Journal – http://www.interunion.org.uk/geojourn%2090721.htm – see also – http://www.georgistjournal.org – has valuable articles on land, location value charging, money and basic income in their integral relationship. If wishing to study them, request copies of key articles via peterchallen@gmail.com
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? and DiEM25, the European Movement for Democracy with which we are seeking dialogue
NEW WEBSITE! Quantitative Easing for the People: http://www.qe4people.eu.
James Robertson’s March 2016 Newsletter: http://www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm
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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 us 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 the Harmony of Nature: 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
