Basic Income The Movie (eng subtitles)

"An income is like the wind beneath your wings" it says at the start of the film. Should this be an unconditional right for everyone? Is this at all possible - a financial human right?

The film is exiting, moving, motivating and focuses on a precise rational point of view. It places the relationship and the main task of money under a new light. As a theme it is of the utmost relevance to our time.

The video was used as a basis for discussion in numerous groups during the time the Swiss petition for a Basic Income to be included in the Constitution was under way.

The case for Universal Basic Income

Accelerating technological unemployment, with increasing numbers of people being displaced from the workforce by automation, is likely to cause growing social disruption and increased social inequality and alienation. These developments strengthen the case for a new social contract, with appropriate social, educational, and economic support for those who are left with no viable option of 'earning a living' due to unprecedented technological change.

This event examined a possible key element of what might become this new social contract: a universal basic income (UBI). UBI is defined as follows: an amount of money paid on a regular basis to each individual, unconditionally and universally, high enough to ensure a material existence and participation in society.
The speakers, Barb Jacobson and David Jenkins, shared analysis and perspective of Basic Income UK, and answered questions on the pros and cons of UBI.

The meeting was chaired by David Wood. The camera was operated by Kiran Manam.

For more details about the meeting, see http://www.meetup.com/London-Futurist....

For more details about Basic Income UK, see http://basicincome.org.uk/.

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Le Revenu de base – une impulsion culturelle

« Le Revenu de base – une impulsion culturelle » est un film-essai helvético-germanique qui explique, défend et argumente l’idée d’un revenu de base inconditionnel. Réalisé par Daniel Häni et Enno Schmidt, le film est sorti en 2008 en allemand et a depuis été sous-titré dans plus de 10 langues. Le film, diffusé principalement sur internet, avait été vu plus de 500 000 fois au printemps 2011 selon les réalisateurs (source wikipédia)
http://revenudebase.info/comprendre-le-revenu-de-base/film/

David Graeber on a Fair Future Economy

David Graeber is an anthropologist, a leading figure in the Occupy movement, and one of our most original and influential public thinkers.

He comes to the RSA to address our current age of ‘total bureaucratization’, in which public and private power has gradually fused into a single entity, rife with rules and regulations, whose ultimate purpose is the extraction of wealth in the form of profits.

David will consider what it would take, in terms of intellectual clarity, political will and imaginative power – to conceive and build a flourishing and fair future economy, which would maximise the scope for individual and collective creativity, and would be sustainable and just.

Listen to the full podcast here: https://www.thersa.org/discover/audio...

John Witterick BCG Conference 2015 get out of debt free

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How does the money system affect Inequality, Housing & Environment?

Many of the big social and economic problems that we’re facing today are due to the way that money is created. Most of us learn that only the government can create money but in reality more than 97% of money is created by private banks. This has led to inequality, indebtedness, unaffordable housing and high unemployment.

Positive Money’s Executive Director, Fran Boait, presenting on 12th June 2014 in Edinburgh.

Imperialism: Facts, Perspectives & Solutions (Exclusive Documentary)

"Imperialism: Facts, Perspectives & Solutions", is a feature documentary produced by Your World News Films, that focuses on the issue of imperialism and its impact on the vast majority of the globe. This important film features activists and scholars like: Abayomi Azikiwe, Eric Draiter, Margaret Kimberley, Stephen Lendman, Dahlia Wasfi, Ajamu Baraka and Michael Parenti. This educational documentary tackles the topic of imperialism, head on, and puts forth solutions for concerned citizens use as organizing tools. This is an absolute must watch documentary for anyone that envision an end to imperialism, war and a start of a brighter future.