These notes compiled by Rev Canon Peter Challen are posted at http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/, to contribute background information for the Global Table, which continues on Wednesdays from 12noon to 2pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ – now hosted by the Open Research Group – meetings are open to all on a drop-in basis. This weekly forum is a persistent focal point for many who cannot often get to London, but are encouraged in bold initiatives by association and collaboration. We all continue to foster the public sense of the search for inclusive justice. We are trying to sense the richness of our networking without overburdening with detail. We collaborate in order that action may flow BOTH in specified targeted initiatives AND in acknowledgement of our shared commitment to ending exploitation – usury – now exponentially rampant !
Notes of last ORG meeting – OpenResearchGroup-170201
Forthcoming Events: http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/forthcoming-events
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ASSOCIATES AT THEIR POINTS OF WITNESS:
Restating the case for fundamental money reform : via Steve Keen – https://rwer.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/the-origins-of-mmt/
Comment on the RSA’s Citizens Economy Council [CEC] Project: Listening sensitively at local level is such a worthwhile project. It would be in the interest of us all to know if comments are made simply in their local context; or whether any speak while conscious of a mega-narrative, which is the global political-economy serving people and planet. Maintaining a critical and creative tension between local and global is vital to resolving the crisis we all face.
Invitation: D.I.Y. ECONOMICS WORKSHOP: Wednesday 22nd February 2017: 18:00 – 20.00 at the Benjamin Franklin Room, RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ Followed by a networking drinks reception Register here. Introducing the RSA/Economy DIY Economics toolkit
Four New Year Wishes for Voters Angry About the Economy Voters are angry. The economy seems to be going down the drain. Could these four strategies from around the world create economic fairness? Read more >>
Critical Thinking posts daily blogs on a wide range of topics, and runs a regular discussion group on Wednesday evenings: http://www.freecriticalthinking.org.Douglas Social Credit: The Winter 2016 issue of The Social Artist (incorporating The Social Crediter) in two pdf formats, one for reading on screen, the other for printing out as a booklet – available on www.douglassocialcredit.com
ICUK: recognises the necessity of dealing with BOTH the need for many urgent palliatives within a dying system AND a systemic curative re-design by the participative representative democratic application of an integrated political-economy. It concentrates on the Mega-Narrative within which the UK could shape all its independent but mutually accountable communities. An update is in its formation: www.icuk.info/wp. Please contact peterchallen@gmail.com for latest developments. Curative change to the political-economy like “Poetry happens in two stages, like sculpting; first the imagination, then the chisel.”
LETSlink envisages national and regional hubs – http://www.letslinkuk.net/practice/central-hub.htm – in order to enhance participation in different regions of the UK: existing local groups are linked here: http://www.letslinkuk.net/regions/uk-map.htm and work continues with putting individual groups online, recently Sheffield LETS: www.sheffieldlets.org.uk. But with many gaps in provision, there is an urgent need to bring enquirers together to form new groups – watch this space.
Occupy’s ‘Economics Working Group’ continues to meet Mondays and Fridays 5-7pm at Friends House Euston, welcomes new visitors who drop by, and contributes papers to our network: http://occupylondon.org.uk/occupy-economics-working-group/
Further Reports are invited from our associates in the quest for inclusive justice to stir our awareness.
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PUBLICATIONS & BLOGS – reviews always welcomed:
8 Min video on Independence http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/2091-unconsciousness
Campaign for Free Parliament CFP an 8 minute video of explanation: http://www.southdevonwatch.org.uk/independence-group/independence-in-democracy-martyn-greene-the-campaign-for-a-free-parliament/
The Simpol Solution – Solving global problems may be easier than we think – by John Bunzl & Nick Duffell . To be published in February 2017: Summary: Humanity is failing to tackle urgent global problems like climate change, tax havens, mass migration and wealth inequality. Meanwhile, voters are rebelling in the form of Brexit, Trump and the rise of the Far-Right. The SIMPOL SOLUTION reasons that there is just one barrier that prevents all governments from taking action: the fear that it would make their national economies uncompetitive. No nation can move first for fear of losing jobs and investment to others. http://www.simpol.org/index.php?id=545Videos: An associate suggests ….Please watch this brilliant 5 min video clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaEQEmt5ls&feature=youtu.bemomondo – The DNA Journey
How land is valued for fiscal purposes – at the cutting edge – with a government agency, the Valuer General of NSW, in Oz that does it on a daily basis http://www.valuergeneral.nsw.gov.au/land_values/valuation_method
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COLLABORATION: Over time our weekly forum has considered important aphorisms that help the development of dialogue that takes us into new understandings of the co-operative task. Having revisited those guiding thoughts over the last 12 weeks, I now invite for responses about their use, or about any other enduring wisdom relating to collaboration.
