‘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 – 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
• #6: The Art of Political Rip-offs
• #7 The Woman’s Lot
• #8: Just Prices and the Riches of Nature

 

2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES

a] Too much more evidence accrues daily to show and underline the fierce urgency of our actions now!!!

 B] 

International financial transformation for the economy of life.

As part of its own engagement with policy work on alternative economics, financial reconstruction and the economy of the churches, Ekklesia believes that the São Paulo Statement: International Financial Transformation for the Economy of Life, produced by the Global Ecumenical Conference on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture, remains of fundamental importance in a wider conversation that civil society organisations and think-tanks will also have an important role in contributing to over the next few years.  Full statement c] Inequality for all  – Michel Bauwens – click on square

 c]​ A worrying graph from an LSE blog about inequality in land ownership  http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/38973

 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|bd] 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

e] CRITICAL THINKING – If you want to Comment on today’s Daily Pickings go to: http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/732-red-is-not-always-progressive

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 – January report  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?v=6pd-gBlKE8c&feature=youtu.be

k] REIMAGINE: Agroup 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] Encouragement  in knowing of The New Economy Coalition is convening a gathering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA from June 6-8, 2014. You can get more information and signup here:http://neweconomy.net/content/june-6-8-2014-national-gathering-new-economy-movement?utm_source=New+Economics+Email+List&utm_campaign=2a4c2d8654-New+Economy+Newsletter+-+October+2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f7a9ab0ed-2a4c2d8654-18189817

b] Calender 2014 – reporting some events with aspects of common concern

 Feb 14 A study as under ‘Chatham House’ rules on COLLABORATION

Mar 1  Positive Money Conference

Mar 8 and 9 CCMJ Appraisal

Mar 15 Pilgrimage Film at Friends House 1.30- 5.00

Mar 21 or 28 Inter-faith dialogue by GPC

April 4^th  WORLD WIDE WAVE – MLK  anniversary – evolution not revolution

Sept 21 WORLD BEYOND WAR – An international pledge to work for peace

AUTUMN – ?? NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE  AROUND CONVERGENCE  on 3 KEY FACTORS and SUPPORTED by the 10 THESES

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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.