Livable Income for Everyone...

2006-10-26T07:44:00.000-06:00

Fall 2006 website update from Livable Income For Everyone (LIFE)
http://www.livableincome.org/

1) The Pictou Statement now available in French, Spanish and English
French: http://www.livableincome.org/apictoufrench.htm
Spanish: http://www.livableincome.org/apictouspanish.htm
and English: http://www.livableincome.org/apictouenglish.htm
When your group endorses it, send us an email (gli2020@shaw.ca) and let us know.

2) Article: Can Jobs at Starbucks End World Poverty?
"Stakeholders are not yet masses of enraged poor people storming the streets waving pointy stakes in their hands screaming something about 'no more hogging the wealth.' But what a crowd it would be. "
http://www.livableincome.org/acanstarbucks.htm

3) A Call to Action by Florence Richard:
"It makes no sense to keep plundering our natural resources, to make more widgets which nobody needs or wants and then spend more millions drumming up sales for said widgets. This is not only wasteful of our earthly treasures, it is unconscionably wasteful of human resources and human spirit. What is urgently required is a Guaranteed Livable Income."
http://www.livableincome.org/lflorencer.htm

4) Article: How Jobs Cause Poverty:
Note: This article might be upsetting to many. Others will dismiss it as being preposterous because it is almost universally accepted that jobs are the solution to poverty, not the cause of it.
http://www.livableincome.org/ajobscausepoverty.htm

5) Article: Guaranteed Livable Income and the Golden Rule:
"If people are not entirely sold on the idea of a Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI), then it must mean they are entirely sold on the idea that Full Employment is the only solution to world poverty."
http://www.livableincome.org/agoldenrule.htm

6) Letter from Women for Water in Pt. Alberni BC:
Earth's species VS. the corporations, their investors and their bankers
"RADICAL? What is radical is the death of 43 forest workers in 2005, no fall session in the face of this crisis, Fraser River lowest its been in 90 years of record keeping -- that is radical." http://www.livableincome.org/ljenfisherbradley.htm

7) Poetry: A Strong Nest - our first poem for our poetry section
http://www.livableincome.org/pstrongnest.htm

8) The Wall of Silence: "Looking at the websites of the groups listed below, it appears, for now, that there is an information whiteout on the topic of guaranteed income for these social policy groups in Canada."
http://www.livableincome.org/awallofsilence.htm

9) Article: Read All About It: Vancouver Sun now blames poverty on Victoria activist!
http://www.livableincome.org/areadall.htm

10) Book Review of SocioEconomic Democracy by Robley E. George
"The first two chapters explores richly detailed history and theory of "universal guaranteed personal income" and "maximum allowable personal wealth" followed by a detailed chapter on democracy and how to have quantitative democracy to determine levels for guaranteed income." http://www.livableincome.org/asocioeconreview.htm

11) Download our GLI-Labour Perspective Pamphlet (325 KM)
3-panel pamphlet (double-sided on letter-sized paper) contains quotes as to why a guaranteed income is needed from a labour point of view.
http://www.livableincome.org/GLI-Labour-Perspective.pdf

12) Archives: Statement on Guaranteed Livable Income from the Income group of the Assembly to End Poverty held in Victoria, BC in 2003.
http://www.livableincome.org/agliassembly.htm

13) Archives: Letter to Today's Unemployed written by Steve Brodie in 1996
"Workers must stop demanding the privilege of working and unite to obtain a fair standard of living as the right of a citizen."
http://www.livableincome.org/stevebrodie.htm
(Also quotes from interviews with Steve Brodie)

14) Update on the Community Education to Make Poverty History project
http://www.livableincome.org/mphproject.htm

15) Our most popular article: Top Ten Reasons to oppose a Guaranteed Livable Income http://www.livableincome.org/atop10reasons.htm

16) Our most popular webpage: http://www.livableincome.org/consumption.htm

17) For international news on guaranteed/basic subscribe to the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) NewsFlash, mailed electronically every two months to over 1000 subscribers throughout the world. Requests for free subscription are to be sent to bien@basicincome.org. From their most recent Newsflash: http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/BIEN/Index.html
The international congress on basic income in South Africa, November 2006 has "ten European countries represented and the countries with the most proposals sent in are Namibia, USA, Brazil and of course South Africa." In February 2007: Sixth Annual USBIG Congress will be held in New York City with deadline for submissions Oct 27, 2006. http://ww.usbig.net

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Livable Income For Everyone (LIFE)
Box 8484 Victoria BC, V8W 3S1
www.livableincome.org
Email: gli2020@shaw.ca

Do you think it is essential to promote the implementation of a universal guaranteed livable income to save the lives of people, other forms of life and the health of the planet? If you are not already a member of LIFE, find out how to become a member here: http://www.livableincome.org/lifesociety.htm

If you are in support of guaranteed livable income, send us memberships, letters, poems articles or ideas.

If you are not convinced about the need for guaranteed livable income then please let us know:

How is peace possible when people need to "make a living" in the war industry?
http://www.livableincome.org/peace.htm
How is saving the environment possible when people need to "make a living" doing activities that are harmful or wasteful of natural resources?
http://www.livableincome.org/environment.htm
How is social justice possible when all paid jobs rely on women's unpaid work?
http://www.livableincome.org/ahousework.htm
How is health possible when millions of jobs rely on unhealthy consumption?
http://www.livableincome.org/consumption.htm
How is health possible for people or communities when poverty destroys both?
http://www.livableincome.org/health.htm
How is technological innovation possible when millions of jobs depend on waste, economic gluts and planned obsolescence? http://www.livableincome.org/automation.htm
http://www.livableincome.org/glutofgoods.htm
How is happiness or democracy possible when people have no time to think, no time to share with their children, elders or community, no time to participate in politics, and are silenced due to fear of losing their ability to "make a living" and when everyone is pitted against each other in a competition for jobs?

Email: gli2020@shaw.ca

2006-10-19T20:55:00.000-06:00

Greetings!
I finally uploaded this picture I took at the Saskatoon Centennial Celebration on August 26th. Kind of hard too see the lanterns on the river, but it still looks pretty! If you want to see some of the lantern shades that were decorated by kids in Saskatoon, come by for coffee at our Ave V Office!

Upcoming Conference...

2006-10-14T12:46:00.000-06:00

Mark your Calendar NOW
for this exciting and important conference

Economic Security for All in Saskatchewan: Weaving an Unbreakable Social Fabric

Dates: June 6 – 8, 2007 (Weds. evening to Fri. afternoon)

Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
THEMES AND TOPICS:

Re-establishing a STRONG SOCIAL SAFETY NET (including improving and perhaps “re-inventing” programs such as unemployment insurance, social assistance, and old age pensions)
Re-committing to the principle of UNIVERSALITY in income support, health care, and access to education
Ensuring a LIVING WAGE for all working people
Moving toward GUARANTEED ANNUAL INCOME or “Basic Income” in Saskatchewan and Canada

For further information please contact:
Prof. Jim Mulvale, Dept. of Justice Studies, University of Regina
e-mail: jim.mulvale@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 585 4237 Fax: (306) 585 4815

CDSS Annual Conference

2006-10-14T12:05:00.000-06:00

Hi!

I just want to bring to your attention the upcoming Community Development Society Annual Conference - I think it is going to be a great time with keynote speaker Dr. Jay Kalra, President Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan who is going to speak on “Culture As An Integral part of Community Building”. Also we are going to have the Intercultural Grandmothers lead us in a fun, interactive workshop....be there or be square!!!

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CDSS Annual Conference

Communities Embracing Diversity

November 2nd and 3rd 2006, at the Delta Regina Hotel.

For more information please check out:

cdssociety.sk.ca

Sydney's C4C Blog

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