London Global Table: Sep 22nd 2010
The Global Table meets Wednesdays 12noon-2pm THIS WEEK AT FRIENDS HOUSE [GROUND FLOOR CAFE] EUSTON RD.
MATTERS IN THE AIR …. Reminding each other of opportunities before us:
Welcome to those present. ROBERT CORFE wishes to present a Paper on responding to the Cuts. ROBIN SMITH also presents a paper some significant progress within the movement and seem to have discovered some “new territory”. This new ground is that whoever issues the money is actually the modern day landlord. Comment invited please? https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AZSHdsI4Ysi_ZGNoaGZudDlfOTk3ZnBzcGZuZmo&hl=en_GB Clearly this is attempting to identify the integral nature of land and money.
FOR YOUR CALENDER – DATES AHEAD – FROM JAMES ROBERTSON – to be viewed on www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm
1. THE FINANCE LAB Assembly of 150 people – OUTCOMES.
2. Douglas Carswell MP leads the way on monetary reform Douglas Carswell MP introduced his bill yesterday. If you get the opportunity to spread the word, please do. http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/2010/09/douglas-carswell-mp-introduces-bill-to-stop-fractional-reserve-banking/ Text of the bill not seen yet but it is believed it has been worked on by Jesus Huerta de Soto, who has a very solid understanding of fractional reserve banking, so expect it to be along the lines of the Bank of England Act, albeit it with less emphasis on the creation of money by the state, reflecting the Austrian-school leanings of the guys involved. POSITIVE MONEY will be pushing this as far as we can – more very soon.
3. FOURTEENTH BROMSGROVE CONFERENCE
4. CCMJ Annual Meeting Oct 23rd ‘How fares the World with usury? An invitation is extended to anyone who wishes to write 250 words in relation to the title.
5.CEJ reporting
6. Keep abreast of Call4Reform campaign now rebranding as ‘Positive Money’ Call4Reform
7. Book launch at the LSE on 4th October 6.30pm in The Old Theatre, Old Building – The book is “Crisis and Recovery: Ethics, Economics and Justice” written by Rowan Williams and Larry Elliott (Economics Editor of the Guardian). There is a debate “piggy backing” the book launch entitled “Can Capitalism ever be moral” and Jon Cruddas MP is on the panel.
8 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!
PERTINENT PICKINGS from the week
Basel 3 – Tightening the Noose – Ellen Brown http://tinyurl.com/33c9xy2
LET THE ENVIRONMENT GOVERN THE HUMAN MIND-SHIFT – Johan Rockstrom http://preview.tinyurl.com/2wxw8aa a vivid 18 minutes on danger and opportunity
www.fouryearsgo.org FOUR YEARS GO is a campaign to shift the current trends of humanity by 2014 so that we will be headed on a path toward an environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling future on this planet.
Janos Abel writes :Albus’s book should be required reading for all environmentally concerned activists. No measure aimed at saving our world from our folly can succeed unless the destructive economic practices are abandoned.- Preface and last chapter herewith
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.
Google ‘The Disraeli Room’ to keep abreast of ResPublica – see there ‘Benedict, Red Tory and Blue Labour’
ARTICLES
Now Comes a Topper: Obama’s Newest Giveaway to the Banks $50 Billion “Infrastructure” Gift to the Banks. By Michael Hudson URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21036
“Basel III: Tightening the Noose on Credit” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/basel-iii-tightening-the-_b_719536.html
Save the Banks and Kill the Economy Prof Rodrigue Tremblay www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21009 Global Research, September 12, 2010
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
