The Global Table meets Wednesdays 12noon-2pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ. From Bond Street tube, turn left/west into Oxford Street, when you see GAP on the other side, cross over and go right/north along James Street straight into Mandeville Place – No. 11 is the building with pillars last on the left.
Present: Tarek, PC, Sophia, Jose, Robin Upton, Juan[S Korea] Robin Smith, Janos, Chris Cook, Michael, Jasper, Modou
COMMENT ALWAYS WELCOME from all our friends in the Table’s wide network
MATTERS IN THE AIR …. WELCOMING NEW COMERS – Reminding each other of opportunities before us:- new to the list Olcay Aniker-Lumley, Frances Hutchinson, Samarendra Das, Robin Upton [BitCoin]http://altruists.org/ae
http://UnwelcomeGuests.net
Reporting on current surge in action
– Malaysia and Indonesia on ‘RIBAFREE-ECON’ and the Kuala Lumpur Council for Monetary Justice’ Report and Proposal in Articles at www.globaljusticemovement.net Greco’s comment to be reported
-‘Independent Commission on Banking – Developments re the Table’s http://www.ccmj.org/members/pages.php?id=79 and NEF/Werner/Positive Money’s submissions http://tinyurl.com/3y- 92626
– CCMJ basic papers – ’14 considerations’ – Mouatt Papers
– Positive Money, www.postivemoney.org.uk or info@psitivemoney.org.uk f/u
– Coalition for Economic Justice,next steps
– The new Innovation Lab we are adding to the Fin Lab
– Faiths in London Economy, Common Wealth and Global Churches – three radical faith based statements. The full Common Wealth Christians for Economic and Social Justice statement can be read here (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/CommonWealthStatement) and downloaded from the networks’ website http://commonwealthnetwork2010.blogspot.com/).
Global Churches call for action in Climate Change http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/13590
– Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi’s breakthrough – evidence from AMI
– Gillian Swanson letters to the press
# Transition Towns – Lengthy, worth taking the time http://www.countercurrents.org/brownlee301110.htm
# Mervyn King must go – Danny Blanchflower http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/01/mervyn-king-bank-of-england
PERTINENT PICKINGS from the week
#Cap and Share campaigners hope that you’ll enjoy this clever and playful 5-minute video. If so, please pass it along! If you can’t get the video link above to work, click here instead:http://www.youtube.com/v/rSUuFjAOZUo?fs=1&hl=en_GB. You can find out more about Cap and Share at the capandshare.org website.
# SERIOUSLY OVERDRAWN – a highly pertinent Advent Sermon 2010
by Rev Hugh Valentine http://tinyurl.com/2vwtvmw
#”Is QE2 the Road to Zimbabwe-style Hyperinflation? Not Likely”
http://www.opednews.com/articles/IS-QE2-THE-ROAD-TO-ZIMBABW-by-Ellen-Brown-101202-236.html
# While the US pumps out trillions of dollars in unreported
bailouts to banks (domestic and foreign), media outlets
and select corporations…China is doing the following: 1. Encouraging its citizens to buy gold 2. Increasing its gold imports 400% 3. Developing US-dollar-free trade arrangements with countries like Russia and Brazil. What’s the plan? This might be it… Video: http://www.realecontv.com/page/566.html
# International development s moral crisis
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blogs/talking_politics/international-developments-moral-crisis-p150920.html Oxfam’s great dilemma
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 on www.ccmj.org/members/news.php
Let Peter know if you have anything to add or ask.
ARTICLES and RESOURCE sites
21st Century Enlightenment – Marvellous animation! Matthew Taylor of the RSA before marvellous animation! http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/2010/08/23/rsa-animate-21st-century-enlightenment/ Full 1.14.00 lecture http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/matthew-taylor-21st-century-enlightenment
