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, go right/north along James Street straight into Mandeville Place – No. 11 is the building with pillars last on the left.
‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ which participants could choose to develop…..
“My sense of mission with The London Global Open Table is to provide an experience that we are and always have been inextricably connected. All of us, without exception. I suspect we don’t often manage this, but I do believe we raise at least the flicker of a notion that we are inextricably connected. And, that we are so much more than the events of our own lives.”
Welcome to any first timers or returners. Perhaps Peter Dominy, John Egan and ???
1. IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS
a] Further concentration on the impact of the book launched on Oct 28th, to get a clearer view of the stern and bluntly honest account of 500 years of mis-used, indeed insidiously socially disruptive, ‘economic rent’ in Fred Harrison’s ‘The Traumatised Society – How to Outlaw Cheating and Save Our Civilisation,’ which launch served as the climax of the ‘Quilligan and Allied Seminars’ of Oct 22-28th 2012. Alistair MacIntosh to speak at the first!
b] FURTHER REPORTS ON ‘OUTCOMES OF THE QS2 AND ALLIED SEMINARS’, Putney Debates and – Occupy and their Rolling Jubilee?.
c] (PMB).in Scotland £415 must be left free from arrestment. This amount is known as the ‘protected minimum balance’
d] Dates for training sessions with The Civil Society Forum www.civilsocietyforum.net
e] Update on Fin Lab. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/13b4c8452219803e
f] Charles Eisenstein in conversation with Satish Kumar – Friday 11th January at Gaia Foundation in Hampstead. The celebrated author and Sacred Economist, Charles Eisenstein will be joined by Satish Kumar in the first of two “In Conversation With” events, which we are delighted to be co-hosting with Resurgence & The Ecologist Magazine. Charles and Satish will be discussing the need for a new approach to ‘economic growth’ and the way in which we can learn from Nature and a ‘gift’ economy to carve a more just, equitable and happy future. To find out more and make a booking, visit the Gaia Foundation website: http://www.gaiafoundation.org/event/charles-eisenstein-in-conversation-with-satish-kumar
g] PETER S DOMINY’S BOOK IS OUT – a notable event in CCMJ’s 50th year celebration of the Dundee Report – see my foreward, other recommendations and the contents in the attachment – more details to follow
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
a] Report on the Book Launch of “The Wealth of the Commons — a World beyond Market and State” Friday, November 23, 2012 – http://www.meetup.com/School-of-Commoning-Events/events/90327962/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1
b] Letter in G last week re land tax http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/28/right-targets-eu-subidies
c] Last Wednesday the House of Lords forced the Government to rewrite a part of the Financial Services Bill to allow restrictions to be imposed on the interest rates charged for payday loans. More than 50,000 of you signed in just four days – I am amazed at the response. Even got some media coverage in The Guardian, Mail.co.uk, The Independent and The Huffington Post.
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION
a] Keep in touch with SIMPOL and help in their campaign of recruitment. The Simpol-UK blog was 2 years old last week 🙂 http://simpoluk.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/happy-birthday-dear-blo-og-2/ – Simpol – An Intro
www.youtube.com
b] Michel Bauwens on open value accounting networks, Category:P2P Accounting – P2P Foundation | @scoopit http://t.co/S5LWHK1P
c] Anyone heard of Bitcoin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYTqvYqXRbY – YouTube – Videos from this email
There’s an editorial about bitcoin in the latest New Scientist magazine, too!
4. YOUR INPUT ON THE ‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ YOU WISH TO SHARE
Name other interests you know
a] New Wilberforce Alliance – http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162939 – Paul Moore
b] Course in Mastery in Sustainability http://www.asp-online.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=220:mastery-in-sustainability
c] Major Course at Schumacher College May 2013 – http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/holistic-science-and-leadership-transforming-organisational-practice-in-an-age-of-uncertainty
Yours along the pilgrims’ costly way,
Peter
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Footnote:
Analysis shows that our interest based monetary system migrates money, wealth and power from the majority to the few that already have more than they need. It drives unsustainable exponential growth and is mathematically unstable. http://www.outersite.org/interest-and-inflation-free-money-extracts/
If we really want a fairer, sustainable world we need to address the two fundamental drivers of inequality: private land ownership and interest based money.
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DECODING MAMMON – FOREWORD AND CONTENTS.doc
Bitcoin & The End of State-Controlled Money: Q&A with Jerry Brito
