12.00 – 14.00 at the SES, 11-13 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ
‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’
We seek ways to communicate the significance of
- LAND: The economic rent of all nature provided resources to be the source of public revenue
- MONEY: The currency of society is to be issued on behalf of the people of that society interest free [given agreed costs].
- A BASIC MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD for all A welfare security provision in the form of a living income is to be sourced for every citizen as of right—unconditionally.
This replaces the current means-testing bureaucratic arm of the state.
1. IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS
a] COLLABORATION – the study continues on developing collaboration – around stolen Commons – ill conceived & distributed credit – the need for basic livelihood – REPORT TO BE GIVEN – as this develops along-side the next item……………..
b] Watch the 8th of the Ten Theses unfolding on the NEW WEBSITE www.sharetherents.org
Theses Index:
- #1: Dynamics of the Statecraft of Greed
- #2: The Cheating State
- #3: Divine Right & Betrayal of the Covenant
- #4: Mortal Taxes or a Life of Liberty
- #5: The Pathology of Money
(2013 December) Video: Fred Harrison Asks “Can We Really Scrap Taxes?”
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
a] Interesting video about an Israeli plan to introduce govt. issued interest-free money http://www.youtube.com/
b] Too much more evidence accrues daily to show and underline the fierce urgency of our actions now!!!
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION – REPORTS FROM COLLABORATIVE AGENCIES
a] POSITIVE MONEY Conference booking now – https://mail.google.com/
b] Note CCMJ APPRAISAL Choose March 8th or 9th – in central London. PLEASE REGISTER a s ap FOR ONE OR OTHER with me [ Peterchallen@gmail.com] so we can know numbers.
| c] CEJ : “… But the ideal solution would be a tax on the value of land.” http://www.economist. d] RUNNYMEDE GAZETTE November’s Runnymede Gazette is packed with interesting articles covering the ruling elites, corporate lobbying, state surveillance and economics. Runnymede Gazette January 2013
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e] CRITICAL THINKING – If you want to Comment on today’s Daily Pickings go to: http://freecriticalthinking.
f] TAXPAYERS AGAINST POVERTY- Paul Nicolson www.facebook.com/
g] SIMPOL -In this Huffington Post article, John Bunzl, offers Brand an answer. Looking back through my posts in this group and on the Simpol page, the powerful influence of destructive international competition is only too clear to see. What a shame then, that so few people are able or willing to see it… yet. Perhaps 2014 will be the year that starts to change…Mark Horler
h] ECCR JANUARY REPORT AVAILABLE NOW
i] Mario Molinari’s seminal work ‘START WITH FOOD’. To download: startfood.
j] FT – ‘A new economics: Teaching of discipline needs to rely less on abstract models’: http://www.gcgi.info/blog/
k] Mother Pelican – January report Mother Pelican Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability w: http://www.pelicanweb.org e: the.pelican.web@gmail.com
l] BASIC INCOME – This conversation with David Graeber and Barb Jacobson highlights many benefits which would accrue from universal basic income. David Graeber & Barbara Jacobson on: Unconditional Basic Income (50 minute podcast) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
THERE ARE BASIC PAPER S ON GLOBAL TABLE LINKS
– Initiatives with which we engage http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/?page_id=
– Fundamentals of a sane economy http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/?
……..Up-dates for entries are always welcome from the Table’s associates.
ASSOCIATES’ REPORTS AND LETTERS TO PRESS – ETC.
a] a] The Tasks Of The People-Powered Movement For 2014 The Year Everything Changed – the US experience http://www.
b] A declaration of peace! Please sign. All individuals and organizations, all over the world, are invited to sign a short statement in support of ending all war, and to join in the planning of a new movement to be launched on September 21, 2014. This is the whole statement:I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace. To sign this, and to get involved in many different ways, individuals should click here and organizations here./////////////////////////
| c] When Will Interest on US National Debt Exceed $1 Trillion? When Will the Fed Hike Rates? 12 Jan 2014 |
d] Just Money: How society can break the despotic power of finance The arrival of political economist Ann Pettifor’s latest book,Just Money: How society can break the despotic power of finance is an important publishing moment, says Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow. The book unmasks the false ideologies of austerity and neoliberalism, together with our illusions about the very nature of money itself. In that sense, it is an economic text with strong theological resonances. Full article
THE WRONG MOUNTAIN
There was a man,
who could have been
any of us and probably is,
who after a long arduous ascent
full of grit and sacrifice,
glanced back across the horizon,
only to realise that he had
climbed the wrong mountain.
