London Global Table: Oct.20th 2010
COMMENT WELCOME -Politics of Alternative Finance – OpenSpace Research Centre – Open University www8.open.ac.uk Funded jointly by OpenSpace and CRESC, Politics of Alternative Finance brings together new thinking on the financial crisis, and new ideas for reforming the financial sector. This ongoing project provides space for dialogue in the form of a series of video and podcasts as well as links to organisations
MATTERS IN THE AIR ….
OECD favours Land Tax http://www.the-free-lunch.blogspot.com/
1. Preparations for CCMJ annual Meeting Oct 23 and for Bromsgrove Oct 29-31
2. Positive Money developments – Ben Dyson
3. THE FINANCE LAB Reporting a proposal for a new Lab on ‘Faith and Philosophy influencing finance – for good and ill’
4.Campaign for Economic Justice [CEJ] reporting
5.Keep in touch with the Forum for Stable Currency’ present activities http://sabinemcneill.blog.com/forum-for-stable-currencies/ where Sabine is making the link between the parts of the ‘pincer movement’ with Compensator of Last Resort on Victims Unite!
6. THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER, NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY GROUP PUBLIC MEETING THE COALITION SPENDING REVIEW AND LABOUR’S ALTERNATIVE Speakers: Jon Cruddas, Frances O’Grady, Polly Toynbee, Larry Elliott, Aditya Chakrabortty (chair) 7-9pm, House of Commons, Committee Room 14, St Stephen’s entrance (please arrive half an hour before start) Places are limited. Please register by emailing newpolecon@googlemail.com
PERTINENT PICKINGS from the week
The 19th November 2010 will see the second reading of the Financial Services (Regulation of Deposits and Lending) Bill.
Predatory Finance: The New Mode of Global Warfare – Michael Hudson www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21415 Global Research, October 12, 2010
Ellen H Brown’s latest article, posted on CommonDreams.org — ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-big-to-fail Banks? http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/10/15-9
” Shock Therapy for Wall Street: JPMorgan Suspends 56,000 Foreclosures; GMAC and BOA Many More”Ellen Brown http://www.truth-out.org/shock-therapy-wall-street-jpmorgan-suspends-56000-foreclosures-gmac-and-boa-many-more63803 www.webofdebt.com
Mary Mellor for the Real World Economic Review : Could the money system be the basis of a sufficiency economy?http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue54/Mellor54.pdf
Powerful critique from Michael Hudson: The Neoliberal Experiment and Europe’s anti-Austerity Strikes: Governments must Lower Wages or Suffer Financial Blackmail. By Michael Hudson www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21263
Three events in the London region. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12b541f55398f470&mt=application/msword&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Db2967a
A SIGNIFICANT SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL CHANGE PUT TO INDIAN PM – MUKTAR ALAM https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1n7bhdBASpff0lBzTzDdTHM_gPsdhNN2q1dlnIKrk938&hl=en
CHANGING THE MODEL OF THE NORTH – MichAel Hudson – http://www.counterpunch.org/hudson09202010.html
LET THE ENVIRONMENT GOVERN THE HUMAN MIND-SHIFT – Johan Rockstrom http://preview.tinyurl.com/2wxw8aa a vivid 18 minutes on danger and opportunity
Note that ‘Matters in the Air’ for the following Wednesday fall into place as matters arise and can be seen at each stage onwww.ccmj.org/members/news.php Let Peter know if you have anything to add or ask.
Google ‘The Disraeli Room’ to keep abreast of ResPublica – see there ‘Benedict, Red Tory and Blue Labour’
ARTICLES
Britain’s Shock Doctrine 18 Oct 2010 The economic crisis is the disaster the Conservatives have been praying for. Now they can reshape the economy on corporate lines. Monbiot http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/10/18/britains-shock-doctrine/
Ann Pettifer _ end of banking era http://tinyurl.com/37n9ke5
Banking is a form of bloodless warfare. Unless, of course, things really fall apart. Then the gun thugs are sent into to “restore order” or “bring democracy to the region.” Things haven’t gotten to this point in Europe, but this fascinating story about Swedish banks, the IMF and Latvian mortgage payers, reveals the dark underbelly of the international financial system. Woe to the naive. It’s a jungle out there. Video: http://www.realecontv.com/page/571.html
Christian and Buddhists statement on Greed http://tiny.cc/c4wac
“Manufacturing Dissent”: the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites. The People’s Movement has been Hijacked. Michel Chossudovsky www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21110
Crash Course In Resilience http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-resilient-community/crash-course-in-resilience by Sarah van Gelder Sep 17, 2010 “To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.” -Wendell Berry “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” -Victor Frankl
“Basel III: Tightening the Noose on Credit” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/basel-iii-tightening-the-_b_719536.html
SARKOZY – http://tarpley.net/2010/09/22/at-un-french-president-sarkozy-demands-financial-transaction-tax-on-banks-tobin-genie-now-out-of-the-bottle-worldwide-time-to-mobilize-against-finance-capital-on-this-issue/
Ellen Brown latest A Solution to the Federal Debt Crisis? Time for Helicopter Ben to Drop Some Money on Mainstream http://tinyurl.com/37y58k2
Global Collapse of the Fiat Money System: Too Big To Fail Global Banks Will Collapse Between Now and First Quarter 2011 When Quantitative Easing Has Run Its Course and Fails – Matthias Chang www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20853 from Global Research, August 31, 2010
THE OTHER DEBT CRISIS http://blogs.worldwatch.org/greeneconomy/the-other-debt-crisis
We continue to wrestle with the following question: is it possible to build economies that provide ample jobs, without stoking the fires of consumption? What will provide job creation if people are not spending as much on personal consumption? Below, we offer some basic principles and […] http://blogs.worldwatch.org/greeneconomy/jobs-and-environment-discussion-series-principles-for-threading-the-needle/
Islamic thought – Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s new website – www.hizb.org .uk
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