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…..
Welcome to any first timers or returners. John Egan
1. IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS
a] FURTHER REPORTS ON ‘QS2 AND ALLIED SEMINARS’
b]. Reporting the Putney Debates now running – Occupy http://www.facebook.com/OccupyLawUk
c} Bernadettee Meadon’s review of Fred Harrison’s book on the Ekklesia website http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17330.
d] Prem Sikka _ Bankers must be made to bear the cost of their reckless risk-taking” and the sub heading reads “Separating retail and investment banking is not enough. Speculative banking needs to have unlimited liability”. It is available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/04/bankers-bear-cost-risk-taking
e] Occupy NY and the Rolling Jubilee. A brilliant initiative.
f] The US needs a Main Street Economist who advocates for public banks on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Who better to be this person than Ellen Brown, an associate of our London the Global Table and, Chair of the Public Banking Institute and author of Web of Debt? We only have to make this happen — make a difference by adding your name to this! Please sign the petition.
g] Celebrate World Kindness Day-13 November: http://gcgi.info/news/312-celebrate-world-kindness-day-13-november
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
a] 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] MOTHER PELICAN -rich source – monthly news http://pelicanweb.org/.
c] Iceland recovering well after bankers jailed. http://current.com/blog/93947176_icelands-economy-recovering-well-after-bankers-jailed.htm?xid=342
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION
a] Dec 8th in Bristol – Developing a ‘critical mass’ capable of moving the political economy significantly – charting ‘a matrix of critical mass’ – a follow on from the Quilligan seminar of Oct 16th
b] The latest edition of TJN’s quarterly newsletter, Tax Justice Focus, is available for download here: http://taxjustice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/tax-justice-focus-transfer-pricing.html.
c] 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/
d] Name other interests you know
4. YOUR INPUT ON THE ‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ YOU WISH TO SHARE
a] New Wilberforce Alliance – http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162939 – Paul Moore
b] Mark Boyle: I’m just dropping you a quick note to let you know that my new book, The Moneyless Manifesto, is out today! There are a number of ways you can read it
(I hope you enjoy it!): Get a paperback copy: http://amzn.to/SFRP6R>http://amzn.to/SFRP6R>http://amzn.to/SFRP6R.
Read online for free: http://www.moneylessmanifesto.org/why-free/
Other sources from which to order it: http://www.moneylessmanifesto.org/get-a-copy
For more info and/or to get involved: www.moneylessmanifesto.org. Share on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMoneylessManifesto
c] Seeking the vocabulary for human integrity – try some broken text…………..
WHENCE DO WE COME?
Where do you come from,
we ask each other
in our multi-cultural world?
Well, straight from my job,
back from my hols, just off the bus!!
But really, where do you come from?
Home I suppose, and thence,
say,
here on my mother’s side,
there by my father’s lineage;
but then from more distant places,
even far galactic origins,
and back, back until the past
is lit by star dust and
I’m descended from Big Bang.
Growing older I can see that
all before is part of me;
I bring my drop of star dust
to the now, and so to all
that still is yet to be.
Yours along the pilgrims’ costly way,
