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] CCMJ – reflecting on Saturday and Sunday’s Appraisal.
b] COLLABORATION – REPORTING – around the issues above – as this develops along-side the next item…………….. + FYI a couple of articles with some pertinence to ‘re-design’ All Give and No Take 10 Mar 2014 Do those negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have any interest in democracy? Here’s a test. + any points of value in the US scene….Are Progressives Ready for ‘Political Revolution’ ? ?http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/10
c] #9 THESIS NOW ON – #9: Induced Ignorance & Social Change #1-8 on www.sharetherents.org/thesis
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
NO OFFERINGS THIS WEEK
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION – REPORTS FROM COLLABORATIVE AGENCIES
a] James Robertson Newsletter No. 45 – February 2014 viewed www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm.
b] POSITIVE MONEY Conference Report please from anyone able to attend <info@positivemoney.org.uk>
| c] CEJ: we need a new rep from CCMJ on the Coalition for Economic Justice“…
d] RUNNYMED GAZETTE Latest 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 MONTHLY REPORTS AVAILABLE
i] Mario Molinari’s seminal work ‘START WITH FOOD’. To download: startfood.
j] MOTHER PELICAN – The February 2014 issue of Mother Pelican has been posted:
k] 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
l] REIMAGINE: A group of folks developing an alternative political platform for the UK. See attached http://reimagine.org.uk Claudius van Wyk
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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
Mar 15 Pilgrimage Film at Friends House 1.30- 5.00
Mar 28 Inter-faith dialogue by Pax Global Capital
April 4th WORLD WIDE WAVE; MLK anniversary – evolution not revolution
May 2nd – 5th. Breaking the Frame www.breakingtheframe.org.uk. – Luddites
August 100 yrs after the Bradbury £ www.ukcolumn.org/bring-back-the-bradbury
Sept 21 WORLD BEYOND WAR – An international pledge to work for peace http://worldbeyondwar.org Here are graphics you should feel free to use: http://worldbeyondwar.org/graphics
Autumn? NATIONAL INITIATIVE around convergence on 3 key factors,supported by the 10 THESES
June 2105 800 years after Magna Carta – watch this space.
b] The POD solution for local Food/Energy/Water abundance is a technical innovation that is focused on these FEW life support essentials. The POD is a small space within which the synergy of the 5 kingdoms of life (bacteria, algae, fungi, plants & animals) are enhanced by our human capacity to imagine and create the closed, controlled systems that sustain an ideal environment and integrated ecosystem. This POD is built as a “living structure” – infused with life and running on sunshine with the SolaRoof envelope (or skin) constructed for dynamic efficiency. The POD is an example of “livingry”: “It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. It is a mater of converting the high technology from weaponry to livingry” – R. Buckminster Fuller
c] Mark Twain’s keen observation on forming our opinions http://www.paulgraham.com/cornpone.html
