{"id":5833,"date":"2017-06-06T06:48:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2017-11-17T23:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:00:32","slug":"matters-in-the-air-june-7th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/archives\/5833","title":{"rendered":"Matters in the Air: 7th June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

These notes, compiled by Rev Canon Peter Challen, are\u00a0posted\u00a0at\u00a0http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/<\/a>, to contribute background\u00a0information for associates of the Global Table. A core meeting continues on\u00a0Wednesdays from 12noon to 2 pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ \u2013\u00a0now\u00a0hosted by\u00a0the\u00a0Open Research Group. Meetings are open to all on\u00a0a 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 \u2013 usury \u2013 now exponentially rampant!<\/p>\n

Notes of ORG meeting on 31st May\u00a02017:\u00a0OpenResearchGroup-170531
\n<\/a><\/strong>Notes of ORG meeting on 7th\u00a0May\u00a02017:\u00a0OpenResearchGroup-170607<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forthcoming Events:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/forthcoming-events<\/a><\/p>\n

ASSOCIATES AT THEIR POINTS OF WITNESS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Religious scholars from all schools of thought on Saturday issued a fatwa (religious decree) that declared suicide attacks, armed insurgency against a state and use of force in the name of imposing Shariah as \u2018Haram\u2019 or forbidden in Islam.\u00a0<\/strong>The fatwa carrying signatures of 31 noted scholars was released at a seminar \u201c’Reconstruction of Pakistani society in the light of ‘Mithaq-e-Madina’ (Charter of Madina) and announcement of ‘Paigham-e-Pakistan’ (Message of Pakistan). The event was organised by the Islamic Research Institute of the International Islamic University Islamabad.<\/p>\n

St. Gregory the Great on Justice (6th Century) \u00a0with a thought related to what we vote for…..<\/strong>“When we administer any necessities to the poor, we give them their own; we do not bestow our goods upon them. We do not fulfil the works of mercy; we discharge the debt of justice . . . what is given to us by a common God is only rightly used when those who have received it use it in common.”<\/p>\n

POSITIVE MONEY<\/strong>: Main differences between the current dysfunctional debt-based monetary system and what we propose: \u2013 see also<\/em> \u00a0#sovereignmoney<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

CCMJ<\/strong> – is gatherng in responses to the \u00a02017 Annual Appraisal: this is a collaborative process:
\nsee http:\/\/ccmj.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CCMJ_APPRAISAL_2017.pdf<\/a>.\u00a0One very bold statement reminds us that …..”Usury is a word you don’t hear every day. You don’t hear it on the radio or television talk shows. You don’t hear it in political speeches or in the news. You do hear in all of those places how bad the economy is, and you do hear about all kinds of reasons for why things are so bad and about ways to fix it. But the real reason things are so bad is because of usury. And the reason things aren’t getting any better is because no one is talking about what’s really wrong. …… What we accept today as interest once was called usury, and that through most of history most everyone was against it. He explains in easy to understand terms how the Bible condemned usury thousands of years ago, and how the Church followed the Bible on this point until our Modern era. Mooney ends on a stirring note: Will you be part of the problem, or part of the solution?<\/p>\n

ICUK<\/strong>: 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\u00a0integrated political-economy. It concentrates on the Meta-Narrative within which the UK could shape all its independent but mutually accountable communities. An update is now evolving online.<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.icuk.life<\/a>\u00a0 Please contact peterchallen@gmail.com for latest developments.\u00a0 Curative change to the political-economy like \u201cpoetry happens in two stages, like sculpting; first the imagination, then the chisel.\u201d An ICUK forum \u00a0meets in central London every Wednesday [except the 2nd Wednesday] between 12 and 2pm for the ICUK forum and would invite you by your direct request for details.<\/p>\n

Free Critical Thinking<\/strong>: meetings are now on Tuesdays 7pm to 9pm in a new venue, St John\u2019s Church, 73 Waterloo Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8TY, opposite Waterloo: http:\/\/www.freecriticalthinking.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Conscious resistance<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>This is worthwhile listening. The Most Dangerous Philosophy: What The Oligarchs Don\u2019t Want You To Know<\/a>\u00a0(40 minute video)\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s important to remember that although we can disengage from the system, the system continues to deny us our birthright \u2013 the means to life. Consequently, non-hierarchical,\u00a0self-organisation<\/a>\u00a0must incorporate the three fundamental principles for political economy. \u00a0\u2022\u00a0No ruler, ie. no institutionalised hierarchy \u2022 Sharing the value of the commons\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Prohibition of usury (interest on money).\u00a0<\/strong>We can continue to play the\u00a0ideological game<\/a>\u00a0of electing \u201cleaders\u201d but they will never create the conditions for a free and fair society \u2013\u00a0only we can do that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LETSlink<\/strong>\u00a0 envisages national and regional hubs \u2013 LETSlink\u00a0 envisages national and regional hubs \u2013 dedicated training work is being done with individual LETS groups. \u00a0The main website sets out theory and enables enquirers to connect with local groups: \u00a0http:\/\/www.letslinkuk.net\/uk-map.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further Reports are invited from our associates in the quest for inclusive justice to stir our awareness and effect change through both palliative and curative means.<\/em>
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PUBLICATIONS & BLOGS<\/strong> \u2013 reviews always welcomed:<\/p>\n

Kate Raworth: Doughnut Economics \u2013 contact is being sought for a dialogue.<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/evonomics.com\/seven-ways-transform-21st-century-economics-economists<\/a>\/ \u00a0 \u00a0 Change the goal \u2013 develop a new people\u2019s political-economy for both local public policy within the global capacity for fruitful and thriving life.<\/p>\n

Richard Murphy : \u201c<\/strong>There is a need for a Macron moment, but he is too much like Blair for comfort. The need is for a politics of care. It\u2019s been absent for too long. I wish I knew where it might come from<\/em>: http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/04\/25\/the-need-is-for-a-politics-of-care\/<\/a>\u00a0 Who from our Global Table network will have a go at drafting a positive response to this challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pelican web:<\/strong>\u00a0June 2017 edition: http:\/\/www.pelicanweb.org\/solisustv13n06page1.html<\/a>
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\nCOLLABORATION:<\/strong>
\nOver 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. We revisited those guiding thoughts and now value responses about their use, or about any other enduring wisdom relating to collaboration flow in steadily. From ‘ Spiritual Defiance’ by Robin Meyers, “Resist Ego, Orthodoxy and\u00a0 Empire.” <\/em>All of which institutions are prone to foster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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