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 & Homage to Henry George –
c] The crowdsourced Worldwide Wave of Action begins on April 4th #WaveOfAction and #www memes. Here’s a small sampling of some early graphic and video contributions… #WaveOfAction Propaganda Roundup
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
a] A worrying graph from an LSE blog about inequality in land ownership http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/38973
b] Harry Reid Effectively Kills Obama’s TPP and TTIP International Trade Deals
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION – REPORTS FROM COLLABORATIVE
AGENCIES
a] POSITIVE MONEY Conference booking now – https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1430553286c3fcb9
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.com/news/leaders/21593454-shortage-housing-gathering-national-crisis-rev-up-bulldozers-englishmans-home?frsc=dg|b
d] RUNNYMEDE GAZETTE November’s Runnymede Gazette is packed with interesting articles covering the ruling elites, corporate lobbying, state surveillance and economics. |
e] CRITICAL THINKING – If you want to Comment on today’s Daily Pickings go to:http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/818-inequality-at-davos
f] TAXPAYERS AGAINST POVERTY- Paul Nicolson www.facebook.com/pages/Taxpayers-Against-Poverty/299911526728884
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/497-a-comment-on-a-financial-times-editorial-november-12-2013 PS: You may also be interested to see: Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value http://www.gcgi.info/blog/495-try-not-to-become-a-man-of-success-but-a-man-of-value-albert-einstein
k] MOTHER PELICAN – The February 2014 issue of Mother Pelican has been posted:
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?v=6pd-gBlKE8c&feature=youtu.be
k] REIMAGINE: A group of folks developing an alternative political platform for the UK. See attached http://reimagine.org.uk Claudius van Wyk
l] Common Cause newsletter: Common Weal The Edge Fund Are we becoming more narcissistic? Common Threads Common Sense https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/143fe5369dec0dd9
m] Article: Enough Is Enough: Banksters Are Not Our Only Option
| Ellen Brown is an attorney, president of the Public Banking Institute, and author of 12 books, including WEB OF DEBT and its newly-released sequel, THE PUBLIC BANK SOLUTION. Her websites are http://WebofDebt.com,http://PublicBankSolution.com, |
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THERE ARE BASIC PAPER S ON GLOBAL TABLE LINKS
– Initiatives with which we engage http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/?page_id=373
– Fundamentals of a sane economy http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/?page_id=376
……..Up-dates for entries are always welcome from the Table’s associates.
ASSOCIATES’ REPORTS AND LETTERS TO PRESS – ETC.
a]Calender 2014 – reporting some events with aspects of common concern
Feb 14 A study under ‘Chatham House’ rules on COLLABORATION
Mar 1 Positive Money Conference
Mar 8 and 9 CCMJ Appraisal 1.30-4.30
Mar 15 Pilgrimage Film at Friends House 1.30- 5.00
Mar 21 or 28 Inter-faith dialogue by GPC
April 4th WORLD WIDE WAVE – MLK anniversary – evolution not revolution
August 100 years after the Bradbury pound
Sept 21 WORLD BEYOND WAR – An international pledge to work for peace
Autumn? NATIONAL INITIATIVE around convergence on 3 key factors,supported by the 10 THESES
2105 800 years after Magna Carta – watch this space.
b] SolarCoin cryptocurrency pays you to go green http://newsle.com/article/0/121560758/
c] David Pidcock Letter to MP https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/1441ac8f47a7dac5
d] John Courtneidge, “Co-operative Socialism” Basic Income News In this blog, John Courtneidge outlines the Campaign for Co-operative Socialism for Occupy London Economics Working Group. According to …
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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.
