12.00-14.00 at the SES, 11-13 Mandeville Pl, London W1U 3AJ
‘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] LAST CALL: CCMJ appraisal next Saturday at St James Piccadilly and next Sunday at St. Mary’s Bourne St. Nr Sloane Sq. Contact me for details if you are coming.
b] COLLABORATION – REPORT TO BE GIVEN – around the issues above – as this develops along-side the next item……………..
c] #9 THESIS NOW ON – #9: Induced Ignorance & Social Change #1-8 on www.sharetherents.org/theses
2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
NO OFFERINGS THIS WEEK
3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION – REPORTS FROM COLLABORATIVE AGENCIES
a] James Robertson Newsletter No. 45 – February 2014 viewed http://www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm.
b] POSITIVE MONEY Conference Report please from anyone able to attend info@positivemoney.org.uk
c] CEJ: “…
d] RUNNYMED GAZETTE Latest Runnymede Gazette is packed with interesting articles covering the ruling elites, corporate lobbying, state surveillance and economics.
e] CRITICAL THINKING – If you want to Comment on today’s Daily Pickings go to: http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/818-inequality-at-davos
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: start food.
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 – The February 2014 issue of Mother Pelican has been posted: http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv10n02page1.html
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
m] REIMAGINE: A group 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] Calender 2014 – reporting some events with aspects of common concern
Mar 8 and 9 – CCMJ Appraisal 1.30-4.30
Mar 15 – Pilgrimage Film at Friends House 1.30- 5.00
Mar 28 – Inter-faith dialogue by Pax Global Capital
April 4th – WORLD WIDE WAVE; MLK anniversary – evolution not revolution
May 2nd–5th – Breaking the Frame www.breakingtheframe.org.uk. – Luddites
August – 100 yrs after the Bradbury £ www.ukcolumn.org/bring-back-the-bradbury
Sept 21 – WORLD BEYOND WAR – An international pledge to work for peace http://worldbeyondwar.org Here are graphics you should feel free to use: http://worldbeyondwar.org/graphics
Autumn? – NATIONAL INITIATIVE around convergence on 3 key factors,supported by the 10 THESES
June 2105 – 800 years after Magna Carta – watch this space.
b] The Commons as a Template for Transformation http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv10n03page2.html
c] Mark Twain’s keen observation on forming our opinions http://www.paulgraham.com/cornpone.html
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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.
