Report on Sheffield Meetup No 1
25 October, 2011Report from Ian Marder: On Monday 17th October, between twenty and thirty people met in Sheffield for one of the increasingly regular Positive Money regional conferences. The crowd was diverse, with both older and younger faces, and it included those who had hardly come across the campaign before, or been involved in anything of this nature. To [...]
Hand Out Flyers to Occupiers
18 October, 2011The protest against the extremes of global capitalism in London's financial district that started on Saturday 15th Oct continues. The demonstration is part of a global movement, urging politicians to listen to people and not to bankers. It was inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations in New York, which started four weeks ago. Around 2,000 [...]
Conference 'It's Our Money!'
14 October, 2011While those in power focus on patching up the banks and letting them get back to business as usual, ordinary people are being made to pay for the crisis - through job losses, bank bailouts, higher taxes, cuts in public services, and interest on a mountain of debt that can never be repaid.As members of the public and [...]
Last Seats at the Conference & News
14 October, 2011Update 14th October 2011 Hi friends, It’s really exciting time now, people around the globe seem to start waking up and we can feel an increased interest about the “money issue” since the “Occupy Wall Street” movement started. It seems that time for money reform is getting closer… In this newsletter: 1) Conference 29th Oct [...]
Launch of Positive Money New Zealand
14 October, 2011On Monday 17th October a Positive Money campaign will be launched in New Zealand. Positive Money New Zealand is a campaign to move New Zealand from a debt-based economy to one that operates with a full reserve in which money has been issued debt-free and interest-free. This will free the nation and its people from the [...]
Bank Transfer Day 5th November
13 October, 2011In an effort to send a message to big banks, some organizers, who are supported by the protestors of the Occupy Wall Street movement, have organized an event to remove all funds from banks and into credit unions. Organizers are calling the event "Bank Transfer Day" and are encouraging people in US to participate on 5th November. [...]
The World vs Wall Street
10 October, 2011Thousands of Americans have non-violently occupied Wall St -- an epicentre of global financial power and corruption. The "Occupy" movement is growing rapidly with thousands joining every day all over the world calling for real democracy, social justice and anti-corruption.You may want to sign up to the Avaaz petition to support those occupying Wall Street and [...]
Bank Pumps £75bn More into Quantitative Easing
6 October, 2011According to Guardian today The Bank of England has decided to pump another £75bn into the banking system. Faced with growing warnings of a double-dip recession and a eurozone crisis, the Bank is setting aside fears about high inflation to increase its programme of quantitative easing (QE). Well, we comment with the Albert Einstein's definition of insanity: "Doing the [...]
Update 4th Oct – News from Chicago & Launch of a Guide to Money
3 October, 2011It's been a busy week here at the office of Positive Money. Lots going on to tell you about... Ben Dyson at Conference in Chicago Launch of the book "Where does Money come from?" at the Conference on Banking in Winchester Lots of meetups in next 4 weeks Latest from the blog 1. Ben Dyson at [...]