{"id":6088,"date":"2017-08-28T08:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T08:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2017-11-18T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T21:54:10","slug":"matters-in-the-air-30th-aug-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/archives\/6088","title":{"rendered":"Matters in the Air: 30th Aug 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These notes, compiled by Rev Canon Peter Challen, are\u00a0posted\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp<\/a>, to contribute background\u00a0information for associates of the\u00a0Global Table. A core group continues to host meetings on\u00a0Wednesdays from 12noon to 2 pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ. Meetings are open to all on\u00a0a drop-in basis \u2013 contact the\u00a0Open Research Group \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:org@globaltable.org.uk\">org@globaltable.org.uk<\/a>. This weekly forum is a persistent focal point for many who cannot often get to\u00a0 London \u00a0but 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<p><strong>Notes of Open\u00a0Research Group\u00a0meeting on 23rd Aug\u00a02017:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/OpenResearchGroup-170823.pdf\">OpenResearchGroup-170823<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><strong>Notes of Open\u00a0Research Group\u00a0meeting on 30th\u00a0Aug\u00a02017:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/OpenResearchGroup-170830.pdf\">OpenResearchGroup-170830<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forthcoming Events:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/forthcoming-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/forthcoming-events<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM ASSOCIATES AT THEIR POINTS OF WITNESS: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>The Long Read<\/strong> in each Saturday&#8217;s Guardian is often of pertinent \u00a0to our cause. Your comments on them \u00a0&#8211; or on any other such valuable reflection will always be valuede.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An Associate asks:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>How, in your neck of the woods, \u00a0is the case being made for \u00a0\u201cNO USURY \u2013 \u00a0RESTORATION OF THE COMMONS \u2013 CELLULAR NOT HIERARCHICAL TASK SOLVING\u201d as the \u00a03 basic \u2018stipulations\u2019 of the quest for systemic inclusive justice?<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Quality of Life Partnership<\/strong>, Biomedical Research Building, Campus for Ageing &amp; Vitality,\u00a0NE4 5PL \u00a0Websites:<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcph.co.uk\/power\">http:\/\/www.gcph.co.uk\/power<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Feel free to share this with your networks.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualityoflife.org.uk\/\">www.qualityoflife.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Reports on relevance to our dealing with \u2018Power\u2019 welcomed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Join our Autumn Series\u00a0 at\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&amp;id=81a976f376&amp;e=07806d5fc9\">Co-operative College<\/a>\u00a0in Manchester!\u00a0<strong>Saturday 30th September 2017\u00a0 10am \u2013 4pm \u00a0<\/strong>Join co-op advisor Kate Whittle of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&amp;id=a038891db3&amp;e=07806d5fc9\">Cooperantics<\/a>\u00a0for a one-day workshop to find out about Multi-Stakeholder Co-operatives and if they would could work for your organisation or business.\u00a0<strong>The Workshop\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 A good understanding of what a multi-stakeholder co-operative is, the advantages offered by this model and some of the complexity \u2014 Awareness of some examples of multi-stakeholder co-ops, their successes and complexities \u2014 Practical experience of thinking about the design of a multi-stakeholder co-operative . Join financial activist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stirtoaction.us13.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&amp;id=4b0f042fbe&amp;e=07806d5fc9\">Brett Scott<\/a>, and author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&amp;id=0857c6e431&amp;e=07806d5fc9\">The Heretic\u2019s Guide to Global Finance<\/a>, for a one-day workshop exploring the history of money and how we can change its future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Cosmological Wisdom and Planetary Madness<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0by \u00a0Sean Kelly via Tikkun\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikkun.org\/nextgen\/cosmological-wisdom-planetary-madness\">www.tikkun.org\/nextgen\/cosmological-wisdom-planetary-madness<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikkun.org\/nextgen\/cosmological-wisdom-planetary-madness\">http:\/\/www.tikkun.org\/nextgen\/cosmological-wisdom-planetary-madness<\/a>\u00a0]\u00a0*Editor\u2019s Note:** *Sean Kelly presents a brief overview of the evolution of the consciousness of the universe and its current crisis as humanity continues to destroy the life-support system of Earth. It is a deep and profound article worthy of reading carefully to the end. \u2013Rabbi Michael Lerner<\/p>\n<p>Ben Zephaniah has strong things to say &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/aug\/25\/benjamin-zephaniah-revolutionary-minds\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/aug\/25\/benjamin-zephaniah-revolutionary-minds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CCMJ<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 ..\u201dthe real reason things are so bad is because of usury. And the reason things aren\u2019t getting any better is because no one is talking about what\u2019s really wrong. \u2026\u2026 What we accept today as interest once was called usury, and that through most of history most everyone was against it.\u201d All the great faith traditions forbade usury for thousands of years. The Christian Church emphasised it until \u2018Interest\u2019 was watered down to \u2018Excessive Interest\u2019 and usury became exponentially disproportionate as a source in undermining justice throughout the human community. Reports on tackling this \u00a0prime issue are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONALISTS UK (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 participative representative democratic application of an\u00a0integrated political-economy of trusteeship. It concentrates on the Meta-Narrative within which the UK could shape all its independent but mutually accountable communities.\u00a0Curative change to the political-economy like \u201cpoetry happens in two stages, like sculpting; first the imagination, then the chisel.\u201d\u00a0An update of its website is now evolving:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icuk.life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.icuk.life<\/a>.\u00a0 An informal Strategy Forum meets in central\u00a0London every Wednesday between 12 and 2pm \u2013 you are invited to contact Peter Challen \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:peterchallen@gmail.com\">peterchallen@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 for latest developments and meeting venue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Critical Thinking<\/strong>: meetings are now on Tuesdays 7pm to 9pm in St John\u2019s Church, 73 Waterloo Rd, Lambeth,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">London<\/span>\u00a0SE1 8TY, opposite Waterloo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecriticalthinking.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.freecriticalthinking.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 A view of Critical Thinking\u2019s scope\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freecriticalthinking.org\/9-general\/1518-hierarchy-and-the-political-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/freecriticalthinking.org\/9-general\/1518-hierarchy-and-the-political-economy<\/a>\u00a0and in pithy summary :\u00a0<strong>CT \u2013 \u201cHierarchy<\/strong>, theft of the\u00a0<strong>Commons<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Usury<\/strong>\u00a0are the fundamental drivers of poverty, wars, environmental destruction and the enslavement of humanity.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freecriticalthinking.org\/daily-pickings\/2240-illusion-of-knowledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Once we understand<\/a>\u00a0that, we\u2019re on the road to recovering humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.\u00a0 The main website sets out theory and enables enquirers to connect with local groups: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/letslinkuk.net\/regions\/uk-map.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.letslinkuk.net\/uk-map.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commons Rising:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commonsrising.uk\/\">http:\/\/commonsrising.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 held a day conference on 29th August on the topic of Health Creation and Food Commoning: \u00a0Updated Report:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/HealthCreation__FoodCommons_Report.pdf\">HealthCreation_&amp;_FoodCommons_Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Breaking the Frame:<\/strong>\u00a0exposes and challenges the politics of technology: see details of next event on Wednesday 6th September 2017 7.15pm:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/breakingtheframe.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/breakingtheframe.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Low Impact:<\/strong>\u00a0has a wide range of information on sustainability:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowimpact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.lowimpact.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>P2P Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0in collaboration with the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at Cumbria University is running a four-week online course on Money &amp; Society, starting imminently \u2013 this will be repeated in February and we hope to carry a review on this page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.p2pfoundation.net\/money-and-society-mooc-starts-again-august-20th-2017\/2017\/08\/15?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blog.p2pfoundation.net\/money-and-society-mooc-starts-again-august-20th-2017\/2017\/08\/15?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>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><br \/>\n\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS &amp; BLOGS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 reviews always welcomed:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin Upton \u2018s<\/strong>\u00a0presentation on:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robinupton.com\/research\/publications\/WS1%20-%20Exploring_The_Deep_State.pdf\">Exploring the Deep State<\/a>\u00a0on 30th August 2017 featured\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikispooks.com\/\">http:\/\/www.wikispooks.com<\/a>\u00a0a shared blog founded by Peter Presland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natali Koslorova<\/strong>\u00a0&lt;<a href=\"mailto:natali.koslorova%40gmail.com\">natali.koslorova@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0asks us to share this guide: about Online Privacy for Journalists:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpnmentor.com\/blog\/online-privacy-journalists\/\">https:\/\/www.vpnmentor.com\/blog\/online-privacy-journalists\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br \/>\n<strong>COLLABORATION:<\/strong><br \/>\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\u00a0<strong>Resurgence &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c<strong>TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER \u2013 heroes for nature and inspiration\u201d<\/strong>. The issue advances the necessity of \u201cBecoming indigenous \u2013 finding our way home. What does it mean to be fully alive and human \u2013 at home on planet Earth at this historical moment of great change?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE WILL BE A COSMIC RELIGION<\/strong>.\u00a0It will have to transcend a personal god and avoid dogma and theology.\u00a0Encompassing both the natural and the spiritual, it will have to be based on a sense of intelligence arising from the spirit of all things, natural and spiritual, considered as a meaningful unity.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These notes, compiled by Rev Canon Peter Challen, are\u00a0posted\u00a0at\u00a0http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp, to contribute background\u00a0information for associates of the\u00a0Global Table. 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