{"id":6385,"date":"2017-10-23T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T09:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2017-11-05T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T11:16:57","slug":"matters-in-the-air-25th-oct-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/archives\/6385","title":{"rendered":"Matters in the Air: 25th Oct 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\u00a0Global\u00a0Table. A core meeting 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.\u00a0This weekly forum is a persistent focal point for many who cannot often get to\u00a0London\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!\u00a0\u00a0Contact the\u00a0Open Research Group \u2013\u00a0org@globaltable.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

P<\/a>aper prepared by Janos for meeting on 18th Oct 2017:\u00a0SocialChange-A4
\n<\/a><\/strong>Notes of Open Research Group meeting on 18th\u00a0Oct 2017:\u00a0OpenResearchGroup-171018<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>Notes of Open Research Group meeting on 25th Oct 2017:\u00a0OpenResearchGroup-171025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forthcoming Events:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.globaltable.org.uk\/wp\/forthcoming-events<\/a><\/p>\n

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

LAND SEMINAR<\/strong>\u00a0last Wednesday, October 18. Papers read at the seminar can be downloaded and read at: http:\/\/taxpayersagainstpoverty.org.uk\/news\/land-mps-urged-to-lobby-obrtreasury-to-calculatepublish-dead-weight-losses-<\/a> \u00a0\u2022 See also report by an attendee:\u00a0LandSeminar-171018<\/a><\/p>\n

Reimagining Education<\/strong> in 7 mins via Nic Askew and several eloquent voices http:\/\/nicaskew.com\/collection\/reimagining-education\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Coalition for Economic Justice: OPEN MEETING:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday 27th October: from\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>6:40pm\u00a0\u00a0<\/u>Fred Harrison:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Building an authentically humane society \u2013 policy and language:\u00a0\u00a0Land Value Taxation \/\u00a0Annual Ground Rent \/\u00a0Location Benefit Charge at\u00a0\u00a0School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place,\u00a0<\/strong>Marylebone, London W1U 3AJ, UK\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBritain is faced with an historic opportunity. The break-up of the formal relationship with the European Union obliges both the public and the politicians to consider what the future of the United Kingdom could and should look like.\u00a0That a new constitutional settlement is needed is driven home by the repetitive nature of the crises that confront all four nations of the UK. The inability of Parliament to once-and-for-all erase these crises emphasises that there is something fundamentally wrong with one or more pillars that prop up the social structure.\u00a0The major obstacle to change is buried deep in the collective consciousness. A prejudice steers us away from the ultimate source of the most socially significant crises that afflict Britain today. That source is the taxation system.\u00a0That structure will not be altered until we realign rights with responsibilities, especially as these relate to the administration of the public purse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping up with the Diggers<\/strong> on issues of land and the commons.\u00a0 Comments welcome\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#inbox\/15f3490b921b189c<\/a><\/p>\n

See also\u00a0\u00a0The 5 Traps Used to Shut Down and Limit Human Consciousness<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Oct 18, 2017\u00a0<\/em>Sigmund Fraud – The human condition is one of slavery, where bondage is psychological and spiritual rather than physical. The post The 5 Traps Used to Shut Down and Limit Human Consciousness…\u00a0Read in browser \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Young Achievers Engaging\u00a0with Parliamentarians<\/strong>\u00a0– Parliament Week Event\u00a0to be held at the following time, date and location:\u00a0Tuesday, 14 November 2017 from 18:00 to\u00a0 20:00 (GMT) – Committee Room 10, House of Commons,\u00a0Palace of Westminster\u00a0SW1A 0AA – Details\/Booking<\/a>.<\/div>\n

All species, the peoples and cultures have intrinsic worth.<\/em><\/p>\n

PRINCIPLES:\u00a0EARTH DEMOCRACY \u2013 Vandana Shiva\u00a0 & Thomas Berry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. The Earth community is a democracy of all life.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Diversity in nature and culture must be defended.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. All beings have a natural right to sustenance.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Earth Democracy is based on living economies and economic democracy.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Living economies are built on local economies.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Earth Democracy is a living democracy.<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Earth Democracy is based on living cultures.<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Living cultures are life-enhancing.<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Earth Democracy globalises peace, care and compassion.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    http:\/\/www.gaiafoundation.org\/what-we-do\/earth-jurisprudence\/earth-jurisprudence-library\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    CCMJ\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>..\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 was once called usury, and that through most of history almost 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: \u00a0CCMJ continues to take a lead on topics concerning the monetary system: \u00a0see our\u00a0post reporting on the\u00a0IPPR’s Commission on Economic Justice – Interim Report: \u00a0http:\/\/ccmj.org\/wp\/archives\/3920<\/a><\/p>\n

    FREE CRITICAL THINKING<\/strong>: meets on Tuesdays 7-9pm\u00a0at\u00a0The\u00a0London School of Mosaic in the Basement Studio (down ramp),\u00a073-96, Ludham,\u00a0Southampton\u00a0Rd, Lismore Circus, London, NW5 4SF\u00a0(Gospel Oak overground \/Belsize Park tube):\u00a0http:\/\/www.freecriticalthinking.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 Critical Thinking\u2019s scope:\u00a0http:\/\/freecriticalthinking.org\/9-general\/1518-hierarchy-and-the-political-economy<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0in pithy summary:\u00a0\u201cHierarchy<\/strong>, theft of the\u00a0Commons<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Usury<\/strong>\u00a0are the fundamental drivers of poverty, wars, environmental destruction and the enslavement of humanity.\u00a0Once we understand<\/a>\u00a0that, we\u2019re on the road to recovering humanity.\u201d \u00a0See Clive Menzies’ paper in the\u00a0Islamic Economics Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Reform Proposals in the Monetary System for Attaining Global Economic Stability:\u00a0http:\/\/iei.kau.edu.sa\/Files\/121\/Files\/153872_30-02-09-Clive-3.pdf<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong>See also\u00a0Daily Pickings:\u00a0<\/strong>Oct 2017: \u2022 Mon 16th:\u00a0Middle England reads its way to servitude<\/a> \u00a0\u2022 Tue 17th: Survival of Spaceship Earth according to the Structural Elite<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 Wed 18th: \u00a0Human Cattle Awakening<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Thu 19th: Origins of city states<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 Fri 20th: A modest proposal made fact<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 Sun 22nd: Comforting words, sinister motives<\/a> \u2022 See also:\u00a0Co-Creative Learning:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/cocreativelearning.org<\/a><\/p>\n

    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:\u00a0http:\/\/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\u00a0peterchallen@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 for latest developments and meeting venue.<\/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.\u00a0 The main website sets out theory and enables enquirers to connect with local groups: \u00a0http:\/\/www.letslinkuk.net\/uk-map.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    P2P FOUNDATION<\/strong>\u00a0in collaboration with the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at Cumbria University is running\u00a0a four-week online course on Money & Society \u2013 this will be repeated in February:\u00a0https:\/\/blog.p2pfoundation.net\/money-and-society-mooc-starts-again-august-20th-2017\/2017\/08\/15?<\/a><\/p>\n

    POSITIVE MONEY<\/strong>\u00a0has branches all over the UK to campaign for debt-free issuance of currency, which are often listed on our Events page. \u00a0They\u00a0campaign for a fairer, more democratic and more sustainable economy.They held a seminar in association with RSA on Monday 18th Sept 2017 – see report:\u00a0PositiveMoney-RSA-170918<\/a>\u00a0– see also\u00a0their latest video about the:\u00a0Bank of England<\/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>\u00a0\u2013 reviews always welcomed:<\/p>\n

    Mother Pelican<\/strong>\u00a0– a Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability: Oct. 2017: From Artificial Economic Growth to Natural Ecological Stability: feature article by Therese F. Hicks: Relating to All that is:\u00a0http:\/\/www.pelicanweb.org\/solisustv13n09page1.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    Renegade Inc:<\/strong> Mon 23rd October 2017: Michael Hudson on Junk Economics:\u00a0<\/a>Mainstream economists continue, in vain, to try and make the world fit into peculiar models that are based on junk ideas. But there is a cohort of economists who have steadfastly resisted this alternative reality. Their work focuses on re-building the flawed science to reflect the real world. Host Ross Ashcroft talks with economist Michael Hudson in New York, whose latest book \u2018J is for Junk Economics\u2019 calls out the Orwellian language and doublethink that mainstream economists have been hiding behind for decades:\u00a0https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35233485-j-is-for-junk-economics<\/a><\/p>\n

    THE SOCIAL ARTIST:\u00a0<\/strong>Note the invaluable resource of the Social Credit Secretariat – see\u00a0latest edition:\u00a0Sufficiency – Commons- Home – Rowbotham, Illich et al:\u00a0www.douglassocialcredit.com<\/a><\/p>\n

    The World’s Common Humanity and US Foreign Policy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 by Bernie Sanders\u00a0\u00a0‘A sensible and effective foreign policy recognizes that our safety and welfare is bound up with the safety and welfare of others around the world.’<\/em><\/p>\n

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    COLLABORATION:<\/strong>
    \nOver time our weekly forum has considered important aphorisms that help the development of dialogue and takes us into new understandings of the co-operative task. We revisit those guiding thoughts regularly and always value responses about their use, or about any other enduring wisdom relating to collaboration as they flow in around us. ” The humility of not knowing creates the space to discover much more”. “Human minds are designed for time travel”<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u201cTHE 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.”\u00a0Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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