KYOTO MARCH: Time to Stand up for the Environment

Economics Topics for the European Social Forum Agenda

Selling London Down the Thames

Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, Near Baker St. Tube. Cost: Donation of £3.50

Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd 01227 738207 or chb@ae-institute.com
Arthur Edwards 01993 891363 or mail@oxfordeconomicsforum.co.uk
Rudolf Steiner House 0207 723 4400
www.talkingeconomics.co.uk

FORUM FOR STABLE CURRENCIES at the House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1, Black Rod's entrance, Room G

Organiser: Sabine McNeill

EDM 1515 in 2002 called for using the public credit. EDM 854 in 2003 asks for an Inquiry into that the possible benefits of PUBLICLY-CREATED MONEY. EDM1515 with 24 and EDM 854 with 26 signatures have thus set signals for understanding the mechanisms of money creation and supply in a Parliamentary context. Interest on debt constitute some 22% of taxpayerâs money spent by Government - generally slightly more than the military budget . Who benefits? And how does the exponential growth of compounding interest effect the country's economy and government's budget? Public Services have been suffering noticeably and the Public Services Forum is an opportunity to draw the Union's attention to the devastating effects of our debt- and interest-based monetary system. John Courtneidge's article "New initiatives for Public Finance" has been published in "Voice of the Unions", and we will hear a report on the latest attempts of raising awareness among those who suffer most; the workers and employees - whether personally through health and education, or collectively through transport and pensions.

Dr John Courtneidge is a chemist, town councillor, Quaker, Co-operator and socialist. He co-founded the Campaign for Interest-Free Money in 1997 and has been an active supporter of monetary reform on many levels. Richard Murphy is the mastermind behind EDM854: an accomplished accountant and businessman. Richard Greaves worked as a solicitor for 15 years before becoming interested in economics and politics, including the power of banks in money creation.

The Forum for Stable Currencies has been hosting debates between analysts of monetary reform, victims of banks and institutions and promoters of LETS and Barter Companies since 1998. Programmes have been distributed to both Houses of Parliament in the hope that the topics debated become part of the political agenda, especially as the EURO challenges the sovereignty to issue a national currency.
The Forum operates from the following principles:
* The parliamentary process needs to make certain that the Money Supply ensures its value" Lord Caithness
* Money should be the servant not the master of humanity.
* Banksâ ability to create money out of nothing must be curtailed.
* Personal responsibility needs to be maximised.
When it is compounding interest upon interest, growth is exponential; for profits and for debts. Any exponential growth is unnatural and unsustainable. 97% of money in circulation is created as interest-bearing debt. Since 1967, notes and coin (M0), the share of the total money supply (M4) issued by governments free of interest has gone down from 31% to 3%, i.e. Virtually all money is created by banks with a near monopoly.
Organiser: Sabine McNeill, tel. 020 7328 3701, 21 Goldhurst Terrace London NW 6 3HB www.intraforum.net/money sabine@globalnet.co.uk

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Friday 14, Saturday 15, and Sunday 16 November 2003, 10am-4.30pm daily

Fee: £35 (Concession: £25) To register contact the Centre for Continuing Education - it is advisable to register early as demand for places is usually high. Places are allocated on a 'first come first served basis' and students are not registered on the course until they have completed a registration form and paid the fee. It is not possible to reserve places by telephone or e-mail.

Centre of Continuing Education, University of Wales, 10-11 Laura Place, Aberystwyth, SY23 2AU, Mid Wales - 01970-622-677 - bff@aber.ac.uk.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 6-9pm

FORUM FOR STABLE CURRENCIES, House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1, St Stephen's Gate Entrance - Committee room G

Organiser: Sabine McNeill

Loretta Napoleoni
Economist, political analyst and novelist, Loretta Napoleoni has spent several years interviewing former members of Italian armed groups. Thanks to her unique insight into the management of armed organisations, she has written a book on a new shocking phenomenon: the economics of terrorism.

Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks propels the reader into the nether world of illegal organisations. >From the Contras to Al Qaeda, Loretta Napoleoni maps out the arteries of an international economic system that feeds armed groups the world over with an endless supply of cash. Chasing terror money, she takes the reader from CIA headquarters to the smuggling routes of the Far East, from the back rooms of Wall Street to hawala exchanges in the Middle East.

The "Economy of Terror" that Napoleoni identifies is a 1.5 trillion-dollar fast-growing economic system. It is made up of an illegal businesses such as arms and narcotics trading, oil and diamonds smuggling, as well as charitable donations, profits from legal businesses and an intricate system of finance. Most importantly, Napoleoni reveals the interdependency between the economies run by armed groups and western economists. This ranges from consumption of narcotics to the production of arms, and from the recycling of illegal money to speculation on the stock markets, as occurred prior to 9/11.

Loretta Napoleoni is the first author to tackle the issues raised by September 11th 2001 from a specifically economic perspective. Presenting an astonishing array of evidence, taken from the extensive research and interviews, her book is a fascinating account of controversial issues of life at the heart of many of today's international problems. Revealing how the "new economy of terror" has evolved by proxy through various wars -- from the Cold War to Al Qaeda --Napoleoni argues that today's Islamic terror groups are driven by real economic forces in the Muslim world. They are the same forces that have been hindered in the last century by the economic interests of both the West and it allies, the oligarchic powers of the Middle East.

The Forum for Stable Currencies has been hosting debates between analysts of monetary reform, victims of banks and institutions and promoters of LETS and Barter Companies since 1998. Programmes have been distributed to both Houses of Parliament in the hope that the topics debated become part of the political agenda, especially as the EURO challenges the sovereignty to issue a national currency.
The Forum operates from the following principles:
* The parliamentary process needs to make certain that the Money Supply ensures its value" Lord Caithness
* Money should be the servant not the master of humanity.
* Banksâ ability to create money out of nothing must be curtailed.
* Personal responsibility needs to be maximised.
When it is compounding interest upon interest, growth is exponential; for profits and for debts. Any exponential growth is unnatural and unsustainable. 97% of money in circulation is created as interest-bearing debt. Since 1967, notes and coin (M0), the share of the total money supply (M4) issued by governments free of interest has gone down from 31% to 3%, i.e. Virtually all money is created by banks with a near monopoly.
Organiser: Sabine McNeill, tel. 020 7328 3701, 21 Goldhurst Terrace London NW 6 3HB www.intraforum.net/money sabine@globalnet.co.uk

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Contact:
peter@southwark.org.uk
view downloadable POSTER

We are inviting publishers and booksellers to display and sell books related to economic justice at an Open Day from 11am, with the CCMJ AGM to follow at 3.30pm. We will also LAUNCH a stirring new book brimming with anecdotal accounts of the deep effect of monetary injustice on our lives. Christchurch is the HQ of the South London Industrial Mission) and is close to both Blackfriars and Southwark

Rev Peter Challen writes
Dear Friend,
This week's Church Times (October 3rd 2003) has a Leader Commentary on 'Forgive us our debts' [in response to an article by Antonia Swinson in the same edition (p15)], and which includes the sentence 'Debt is the church's business, on pastoral grounds alone', and ends with the words 'A prophetic Church will focus on the victims of reality'. It is an interesting coincidence, as I was about to send you the invitation below. I hope that you might wish to take up the invitation or to pass it to specific persons who you think might like to attend this event.

The Christian Council for Monetary Justice asks you to consider this invitation. CCMJ is taking an initiative to advance the readership in economic justice, and the knowledge of incremental steps towards peace and inclusive justice, especially where there is Christian resonance in the writing. We are inviting publishers and booksellers to display and sell books/journals related to economic justice, and in particular to monetary justice.

We would like to promote such new books as : Jonathan Bartley's - Subversive Manifesto - lifting the Lid on God's political Agenda, BRF 2003, Antonia Swinson's Root of All Evil? - how to make spiritual values count - St Andrew's Press 2003, Kamran Mofid's - globalisation for the common good 2000, and older works like Peter Selby's - Grace and Mortgage: what it means to be in Christ today - Credit Action's - range of popular writings - David Jenkins' - Market Whys and Human Wherefores: thinking again about Markets, Politics and People -Cassell 2000, Keith Tondeur's What Jesus Said about Money and many more that may well appear in Christian Bookshops.

BUT we would also like to bring to you attention many books written by Christians in their professional capacities, whose significant work does not normally appear in Christian Bookshops such as :- James Robertson's Creating New Money, Michael Rowbotham's The Grip of Death, John Tomlinson's Honest Money, Rodney Shakespeare and Peter Challen's Seven Steps to Justice - NEP 2002, James Gibb Stuart's The Money Bomb, Michael Hudson's The Lost Tradition of Biblical Debt Cancellations, The Dundee report - Wealth;: a Christian View, Margrit Kennedy's 'Interest and Inflation-Free Money - Creating an exchange medium that works for everybody and protects the earth'

Burdens of debt at personal, corporate, national and international levels and the disregard of biblical teaching on usury are conspiring to create immense social disease. This is an initiative to tackle those issues among Christian readers. This Open Day might even raise up a commitment to hold, say, a Faith and Just Economics Week in Christian Bookshops, in 2004. I would be grateful to hear you response to this invitation and to answer any questions you may have. Yours sincerely, Canon Peter Challen, Chair, Christian Council for Monetary Justice

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Saturday 25th October 10am-5pm

Booking essential - prices below - via: Schumacher UK on 0117-903-1081
www.schumacher.org.uk
yolanda@schumacher.org.uk

Speakers: MICHAEL MEACHER MP, Minister of State for the Environment 97-03 - NATURAL GOVERNANCE
ANN PETTIFOR, Director at the New Economics Foundation - REAL WORLD ECONOMICS
PETER RUSSELL, Cosmologist and Author - THE SCIENCE OF UNDERSTANDING

Theme: In the last couple of years we have seen global conflict scale up to truly dangerous levels. It is as though the interests of a small group of countries and companies take priority over the concerns of the rest of humanity. Unprecedented military technology is being used to assert political and economic power. Whilst it is desirable for tyrants to be removed, there is growing concern about the legitimacy of preventative warfare. It is time that human scale development became incorporated into a new diverse world view. Drawing on the thought of E.F. Schumacher we are helping to develop positive solutions. This year's Bristol Schumacher Lectures coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the publication of Small is Beautiful and the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Schumacher UK. Our three speakers will echo some of Schumacher's thinking while presenting their own unique ideas and experience. We look forward to a stimulating and thought provoking day of Lectures and debate. Please join us for a very stimulating day.

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THE SPEAKERS

The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP - Minister of State for the Environment 97-03
Michael Meacher was Minister of State for the Environment from May 1997 until he was replaced in the cabinet reshuffle of June this year. Many people think it was because of his increasing concerns over genetically modified food. He became a Labour MP in 1970 and since then his varied political appointments have included Chief Opposition Spokesman on Health and Social Security (83-87, 89-92), on Employment (87-89, 95-96) on Overseas
Development (92-93), on Public Service and Citizen's Rights (93-94), on Transport (94-95) and on Environmental Protection (96-97). Currently he is a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. His many political interests
include environmental protection, sustainable development and the reform of the machinery of government. In 1992 his book Diffusing Power: The Key to Socialist Revival was published.

Ann Pettifor - Director at the New Economics Foundation
Ann Pettifor is editor of a new annual publication - Real World Economic Outlook (RWEO) - first published in Sept 2003 by Palgrave Macmillan. The mission of this radical survey of the global economy is to promote easy-to understand economics, and to give consumers a real understanding of the frightening legacy of globalisation: debt-deflation. RWEO will also give activists the confidence, the data, and the analyses needed to challenge the orthodoxies of their governments, the IMF, and mainstream economists. In 1996 Ms Pettifor co-founded the Jubilee 2000 movement for the cancellation of the debts of the poorest countries. In 1998 she led a protest of more than 70,000 in Birmingham, at the G8 Summit. Jubilee 2000 mobilized the first-ever global petition of 24 million signatures and persuaded G8 leaders to cancel $100bn of debt - $36bn of which is now written off.

Peter Russell - Cosmologist and Author
Peter Russell studied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Then, as he became increasingly fascinated by the nature of consciousness, he moved into experimental psychology. He then went to
India, studied meditation and Eastern philosophy, and on his return took up research into the psychophysiology of meditation at Bristol University. He was one of the first people to introduce human potential seminars into the corporate field, and for twenty years worked with major corporations on creativity, learning methods, stress management and personal development. His principal interest is the inner challenges of the times we are passing
through. He has written ten books in this area, including The Awakening Earth, The White Hole in Time, and most recently, From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness.

TICKET PRICES & SCHUMACHER UK MEMBERSHIP
Single (non member): £22, Concessionary (non member): £18, Schumacher UK Member: £12 (members are entitled to 1 discounted ticket, Family members two discounted tickets), plus Lunch: £7. Single Membership £25, Family Membership: £35, Concessionary £20.
For post and packing please add the following if you live: in the UK: £2.50; outside the UK in Europe: £5; outside Europe: £10

For FURTHER INFORMATION or to BOOK A TICKET please contact:
Yolanda Pot, Schumacher UK Administrator, CREATE Environment Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN, UK.
Tel/Fax: 0117 9031081, Email: yolanda@schumacher.org.uk, Website: www.Schumacher.org.uk

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Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, Near Baker St. Tube. Cost: Donation of £3.50

Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd 01227 738207 or chb@ae-institute.com
Arthur Edwards 01993 891363 or mail@oxfordeconomicsforum.co.uk
Rudolf Steiner House 0207 723 4400
www.talkingeconomics.co.uk

Robert Newman, Caroline Lucas, Zac Goldsmith, Peter Kilfoyle

Organised by
The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK

Register at www.cfsd.org.uk/events/tspd8

Sponsored by The Nordic Council of Ministers, Sweden, Swedish Business Development Agency (NUTEK), Sweden, Ministry of Environment, Sweden
Supported by World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Switzerland, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK, Sustainable Trade & Innovation Centre (STIC), The Netherlands
Benefits to delegates * Access to leading-edge research and practice * Over 60 high quality papers * 'Out of box' thinking opportunities * Networking with business, government and academia * Visit to Ice Bar
Invited speakers Leading experts from Europe and Japan will present at Sustainable Innovation 03: Dr Peter White, Procter & Gamble, UK, Katsuro Oda, University of Tokyo, Japan, Bas de Leeuw, United Nations Environment Programme, France, Nigel Roome, Erasmus University, Netherlands; Gunnel Wisen, ABB, Sweden; Anna Lise Mortensen, Hartmann, Denmark; Maarten Ten Houten, Philips Consumer Electronics, Netherlands; Andrew Baynes, Apple, France; Mike Barry, Marks & Spencer, UK Andreas Englund, MiNT, Sweden; Daleanne Bourjaily, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands; Per Eriksson, VINNOVA, Sweden; Sune Halvarsson, NUTEK, Sweden; Frieder Rubik, IOEW, Germany; Ritu Kumar, Sustainable Trade & Innovation Centre, UK; Arnold Tukker, TNO, Netherlands; Colin Beard, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

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Unique Features:
Creative Spaces: The Centre for Sustainable Design are working with five highly creative
individuals to add a unique 'out of the box' element to the conference. Creative Spaces will provide delegates with new perspectives and experiences, whilst providing a platform to generate high quality, innovative ideas.

(nobleandsilver) - Comedians and Video Producers - UK
* Will launch two short videos to highlight key sustainability challenges with a range of examples of
'sustainable solutions' * Will showcase their award-winning and highly entertaining mult-media experience

Niels Peter Flint - Concept Designer - Denmark
* Will direct two unique 'experiences' designed to enable delegate's to think differently about sustainability
* Processes used act as catalysts to stimulate new thinking and viewpoints

David Walker & Rob Holdway - Directors - Giraffe Innovation, UK
* Will direct five workshops aimed at creating innovative sustainable products and services concepts
* The workshops will focus on five areas and will be led by experienced industry practioners
- home - food - mobility - information and communications technologies - clothing
* Central to the session will be the use of Giraffe's unique Eco-Cubes process
* Awards will be given to winning ideas

Living Laboratory
Five innovative concepts will be presented:
* The Power Tile * PReco * Eco Mileage Card * Memo Board * Splendid Eco-Car

Contact
For more information on Sustainable Innovation 03 please contact:
Russ White, Conference Administrator, The Centre for Sustainable Design, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7DS, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 1252 892772, Fax: + 44 (0) 1252 892747, Email: rwhite@surrart.ac.uk Website: www.cfsd.org.uk

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Saturday 25th October 10am-5pm

Booking essential - prices below - via: Schumacher UK on 0117-903-1081
www.schumacher.org.uk
yolanda@schumacher.org.uk

Speakers: MICHAEL MEACHER MP, Minister of State for the Environment 97-03 - NATURAL GOVERNANCE
ANN PETTIFOR, Director at the New Economics Foundation - REAL WORLD ECONOMICS
PETER RUSSELL, Cosmologist and Author - THE SCIENCE OF UNDERSTANDING

Theme: In the last couple of years we have seen global conflict scale up to truly dangerous levels. It is as though the interests of a small group of countries and companies take priority over the concerns of the rest of humanity. Unprecedented military technology is being used to assert political and economic power. Whilst it is desirable for tyrants to be removed, there is growing concern about the legitimacy of preventative warfare. It is time that human scale development became incorporated into a new diverse world view. Drawing on the thought of E.F. Schumacher we are helping to develop positive solutions. This year's Bristol Schumacher Lectures coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the publication of Small is Beautiful and the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Schumacher UK. Our three speakers will echo some of Schumacher's thinking while presenting their own unique ideas and experience. We look forward to a stimulating and thought provoking day of Lectures and debate. Please join us for a very stimulating day.

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THE SPEAKERS

The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP - Minister of State for the Environment 97-03
Michael Meacher was Minister of State for the Environment from May 1997 until he was replaced in the cabinet reshuffle of June this year. Many people think it was because of his increasing concerns over genetically modified food. He became a Labour MP in 1970 and since then his varied political appointments have included Chief Opposition Spokesman on Health and Social Security (83-87, 89-92), on Employment (87-89, 95-96) on Overseas
Development (92-93), on Public Service and Citizen's Rights (93-94), on Transport (94-95) and on Environmental Protection (96-97). Currently he is a member of the Environmental Audit Committee. His many political interests
include environmental protection, sustainable development and the reform of the machinery of government. In 1992 his book Diffusing Power: The Key to Socialist Revival was published.

Ann Pettifor - Director at the New Economics Foundation
Ann Pettifor is editor of a new annual publication - Real World Economic Outlook (RWEO) - first published in Sept 2003 by Palgrave Macmillan. The mission of this radical survey of the global economy is to promote easy-to understand economics, and to give consumers a real understanding of the frightening legacy of globalisation: debt-deflation. RWEO will also give activists the confidence, the data, and the analyses needed to challenge the orthodoxies of their governments, the IMF, and mainstream economists. In 1996 Ms Pettifor co-founded the Jubilee 2000 movement for the cancellation of the debts of the poorest countries. In 1998 she led a protest of more than 70,000 in Birmingham, at the G8 Summit. Jubilee 2000 mobilized the first-ever global petition of 24 million signatures and persuaded G8 leaders to cancel $100bn of debt - $36bn of which is now written off.

Peter Russell - Cosmologist and Author
Peter Russell studied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Then, as he became increasingly fascinated by the nature of consciousness, he moved into experimental psychology. He then went to
India, studied meditation and Eastern philosophy, and on his return took up research into the psychophysiology of meditation at Bristol University. He was one of the first people to introduce human potential seminars into the corporate field, and for twenty years worked with major corporations on creativity, learning methods, stress management and personal development. His principal interest is the inner challenges of the times we are passing
through. He has written ten books in this area, including The Awakening Earth, The White Hole in Time, and most recently, From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness.

TICKET PRICES & SCHUMACHER UK MEMBERSHIP
Single (non member): £22, Concessionary (non member): £18, Schumacher UK Member: £12 (members are entitled to 1 discounted ticket, Family members two discounted tickets), plus Lunch: £7. Single Membership £25, Family Membership: £35, Concessionary £20.
For post and packing please add the following if you live: in the UK: £2.50; outside the UK in Europe: £5; outside Europe: £10

For FURTHER INFORMATION or to BOOK A TICKET please contact:
Yolanda Pot, Schumacher UK Administrator, CREATE Environment Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN, UK.
Tel/Fax: 0117 9031081, Email: yolanda@schumacher.org.uk, Website: www.Schumacher.org.uk

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Brady Arts Centre, Whitechapel - 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1 5HU (Tel: 020 7 364 7900) - MAP - a footpath links the East end of Hanbury Street to Vallance Road, and the Brady Arts Centre is therefore just two minutes walk from Whitechapel Tube Station (Metropolitan and District Lines). Buses: 25, 253, 106, D3.

Vinciane Rycroft
London 21 Sustainability Network, 5 Blackstock Road, London N4 2JF
020 7 359 8228
vinciane@london21.org

Booking is essential. The event is £5 for community groups and £12 for others, payable on the day, and includes a vegetarian lunch and refreshments. The AGM is free. To register, please send your name, organisation and contact details and the question you would like the Panel to address during Question Time

PROGRAMME
10am: Visit of the Spitalfields' City Farm -two forty-minutes guided tours of the Spitalfields City Farm project will take place: 10 am - for London 21 members and users attending the AGM
11am - for those who only wish to attend the Conference In addition to its urban farm, the project includes a multicultural horticultural project, a Young Farmerâs Club, Rubbish Revolution, and a training programme for the community. Spitalfields Farm is five minutes walk from the location of the Conference, and just to the right (East) of Shoreditch Station on the MAP

10.45 - Registration of London 21 members and users
11.00 - London 21's Fourth AGM
11.45 - Registration of non-members / Tea and coffee
12.00 - Question Time on Progress towards Community-based Sustainability in London - A Panel will answer questions submitted in writing and in advance.
--1.30 - Lunch and displays
--2.15 - Carrousel presenting each workshop topic and London Sustainability Week
--3.30 - Workshops: -
Environmental Justice, Sustainability & Local Strategic Partnerships, Mapping Community Action for Sustainability, Borough-wide Sustainability Networks
--4.45 - Plenary
--5.15 - Close and networking drinks

London 21 promotes, supports and networks community action for sustainability in Greater London

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Part of the WDM and Jubilee Debt Campaign national speaker tour on debt: www.wdm.org.uk
(0117) 909 3491 -
andy@inwebs.co.uk

The World Development Movement (WDM) campaigns to tackle the root causes of world poverty. With our partners around the world, we win positive change for the world's poorest people.

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www.braziers.org.uk
01491 680221
admin@braziers.org.uk

This year sees the launch of the Working for World Change course at Braziers Park. It follows on from a successful and productive 6 month INTERNS programme which ran here from October 02 to April 03. The internationally recognised Permaculture Design Course forms the core of the programme, set in the context of our latest thinking around: • thinking and multiple intelligences • learning styles, action learning approaches and learning communities • re-evaluation counselling, transition design and direct action • micro-democracies, leaderful and supportful societies, designing productive meetings and events, governance and decision making. There will be a feast of edge events including group Alexander Technique sessions, Spiral Dynamics explorations, singing and dancing, theatre in World Change, practical gardening and more.

Is this for you? The programme is designed principally with three groups of people in mind. We will provide an opportunity to refocus for anyone going through a period of transition or taking their first steps in to the world change movement. We also see the course as a valuable training in professional development for those who are already working in NGOs, local government and social enterprises. The internship may be more suitable for younger people seeking an apprenticeship or progression from conventional education.

Progression routes: Our approach is to provide people with a creative mix of practical knowledge and skills which can be developed without limits through true lifelong learning. Active progression routes are in place for Permaculture and for Re-Evaluation Counselling.

World Change philosophy: Our philosophy of world change assumes success through persistent and courageous application of thoughtful strategies arising from accurate observation of current realities (no quick fixes).

Staff: Principal tutor, Andy Langford MSc, DMS, DipPermDes, has been working for world change since 1977 using both academic and practical action learning pathways. He is a well known permaculture teacher and group facilitator. He will be supported by Jessie Marcham and other members of the Braziers community. There will also be a sparkling array of guest tutors in attendance.

Dates and Fees: Six residential 3 day weekends October 03 to April 04 and a full residential week in January 04 give us the time and space for a blend of relaxed intensity. First weekend, 23rd to 26th October is an introduction and a taster. Buy this for an introductory rate of £150 (normally £185). Full fees £1400 with flexible payment methods, day learner rates and work exchanges possible. One-off weekends also available. Please ask for details.

Internship option: For people with full time availability we are offering live-in internships for 6 months @ £800 including full attendance on course weekends. Board and lodging is exchanged for (per week) 4 days work in the College and grounds and 1 day spent on mutually inspired project work. Braziers is a living experiment in integrative social research and interns are invited to be active participants in this work.

Brochure: A brochure for the course can be found at www.braziers.org.uk. Paper copies are also available on request.

Contacts: For general information about Braziers Park, and to see the introductory brochure, visit www.braziers.org.uk
You can phone us on: 01491 680221 (office phone with answer machine) 01491 680481 (residents’ phone)
You can email us on: admin@braziers.org.uk or jessiemarcham@hotmail.com/ You can write to us at: Braziers Park, Ipsden, Wallingford, OX10 6AN. We look forward to hearing from you! Please forward this email, pin it on your notice boards and spread the word…

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FORUM FOR STABLE CURRENCIES at the House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1, Black Rod's entrance, Room G

Organiser: Sabine McNeill
www.reinventingmoney.com www.islamicfinance.com
www.islamic-banking.com

Today, the necessity of repaying interest-bearing debt has come to dominate the daily affairs of rich and poor societies alike. Many nations face a combination of debt and monetary crises from which, at best, only temporary respite is available. The emergence of Islamic banking and finance has therefore been heralded in some quarters as an exciting new means of competing with interest-based practices throughout the world. Its proponents insist that this nascent industry genuinely reflects both the Islamic prohibition upon usury (the practice of taking interest for lending money ) and the wider requirements of Islamic commercial law. Others see it as a dangerous force for compromise, one that will in due course lead to the abandonment of the usury prohibition in the Muslim world. Is Islamic banking and finance any different to conventional banking and finance ? And what does Islam have to offer the world of monetary reform ? At this session of the Forum for Stable Currencies, three speakers from a diverse range of Muslim opinions provide their answers on topics from money creation to Islamic mortgages.

Waheed Qaiser is an accomplished Islamic Banker and management professional. He is credited with providing Islamic mortgages to the Muslims and to other communities in the West. He has held responsible positions in CitiBank NA, Islamic Investment Banking Unit, USB AG and HSBC Republic. Mr Qaiser is currently supporting various other organisations to promote the cause for of Islamic Banking globally.

Tarek El Diwany currently runs his own company for business research and software development. After studying accounting and finance, he became a derivatives dealer and private financial market consultant, before he was Head of Islamic Finance at one of the largest international broking companies in the City.

Gohar Bilal is a structured finance professional with a focus on Islamic finance. She is the European representative of Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program and a Visiting Scholar of the Harvard Law Schoolâs Islamic Legal Studies Program. Her articles on Islamic Mortgages have appeared in Mortgage Finance Gazette.

The Forum for Stable Currencies has been hosting debates between analysts of monetary reform, victims of banks and institutions and promoters of LETS and Barter Companies since 1998. Programmes have been distributed to both Houses of Parliament in the hope that the topics debated become part of the political agenda, especially as the EURO challenges the sovereignty to issue a national currency.
The Forum operates from the following principles:
* The parliamentary process needs to make certain that the Money Supply ensures its value" Lord Caithness
* Money should be the servant not the master of humanity.
* Banksâ ability to create money out of nothing must be curtailed.
* Personal responsibility needs to be maximised.
When it is compounding interest upon interest, growth is exponential; for profits and for debts. Any exponential growth is unnatural and unsustainable. 97% of money in circulation is created as interest-bearing debt. Since 1967, notes and coin (M0), the share of the total money supply (M4) issued by governments free of interest has gone down from 31% to 3%, i.e. Virtually all money is created by banks with a near monopoly.
Organiser: Sabine McNeill, tel. 020 7328 3701, 21 Goldhurst Terrace London NW 6 3HB www.intraforum.net/money sabine@globalnet.co.uk

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For details contact Birmingham JDC on 0121 471 4175 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact Sheffield WDM on 0114 236 0361 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact East Cleveland WDM on 01947 840 708 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact Jubilee Debt Campaign on 020 7922 1111 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact South Lakeland WDM on 01539 720 255 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact Helen Fowell on 0800 328 2153 or email Helen@wdm.org.uk and also visit the website of the World Development Movement

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact Bristol WDM on 0117 924 3493 and also visit the website of the World Development Movement
(0117) 909 3491 - email contact
andy@inwebs.co.uk

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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For details contact WDM Scotland on 0131 557 0444 or visit the conference website

Glasgow, Bristol, London, Kendal, Manchester, Darlington, Sheffield and Birmingham. "When rich countries or the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say a country is getting debt relief, they don't tell you all the strings they attach. After decades in Africa, after all the failures, they are still pushing for the same policies, and they are discredited world-wide." Demba Dembele, Senegal. Dembele, director of the Forum for African Alternatives, Senegal, will expose the culprits behind the deadly economic conditions attached to debt relief. Hear the evidence, decide, take action.

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LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Clement House, D Building, Aldwych, London. Holborn or Temple tube.

LSE People and Planet su.soc.peopleandplanet@lse.ac.uk. www.peopleandplanet.org - www.risingtide.org.uk.
Register now to avoid disappointment by writing to info@risingtide.org.uk or call the Rising Tide Oxford office on 01865 241 097. There is no attendance fee and we are only asking for a small donation on the door to cover costs. Discussion List news-subscribe@risingtide.org.uk

NO NEW OIL - OIL, WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE: DISMANTLING THE OIL ECONOMY - LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS. SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER
Following the invasion of Iraq and an unprecedented heat wave in Europe, this gathering will expose the connections between oil, war, and climate change. It brings together experienced campaigners from across the environmental, peace and social justice movements to share strategies and develop proposals for new campaigns. The day will combine presentations, workshops, slides, slides and specially commissioned video.

MORNING PRESENTATIONS - A series of short presentations accompanied by specially commissioned videos.

THE MAIN PLAYERS AND THE NEW OIL FRONTIER
James Marriott and Greg Muttitt from Platform UK present a multi-media tour of the main companies, where they are operating and where they are expanding- and an overview of how this relates to conflict zones and countries with repressive regimes.

EXPOSING THE ROLE OF OIL IN THE WAR IN IRAQ
Steve Kretzmann of Sustainable Energy and Economy Network explores the links between oil companies, the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. He looks ahead at the frontier for new oil and the potential for new conflicts.

FINANCING NEW OIL
Nicholas Hildyard of The Corner House exposes the sources of private and public investment in new oil development, with a particular focus on export credit agencies and the multi-lateral finance institutions.

THE LINKS BETWEEN EXXON, RIGHT WING THINK TANKS, CLIMATE SKEPTICS AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
Cindy Baxter, coordinator of the Stop Esso Coalition, reveals a complex web of influence, patronage and corruption.

TEN YEARS OF RESISTANCE TO NEW OIL - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Andy Rowell, researcher, journalist and author, evaluates the ten years of oil campaigns since the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa; the successes and the lost opportunities.

CLIMATE CHANGE- THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
George Marshall from Rising Tide presents the case for regarding climate change as a new tool for oppression and examines the climate implications of exploiting the remaining undeveloped oil resources.

LUNCH BREAK AND OPEN FORUM
During the lunch break, the Open Forum is a chance to meet campaigners from environment, development and peace groups, and find out more about their work.

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AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS - People can attend two of the following workshops as all workshops will be repeated:

Dismantling the oil industry - looking at the web of oil industries from a UK perspective, discussing the social justice issues of dismantling the industry, and identifying campaign opportunities and targets.

Causes and impacts of climate change - author and journalist Mark Lynas personal experiences and slides of the impacts of climate change around the world.

Baku-Ceyhan Campaign - the BP pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey is a case study in the environmental and social impacts of large oil and gas projects. The resistance to public funding for the pipeline has encouraged one of the largest oil campaigns seen in the UK...and it needs your support.

Campaigning Against New Oil - A panel of campaigners draws together the strands of the last decade of campaigning on oil, climate change and fossil fuel frontiers. What lessons have we learnt? How can we take this forward?

Resistance and Solidarity - A presentation of case studies from around the world where oil has been a catalyst for conflict including Colombia, West Papua, Nigeria, Chad/Cameroon, Baku-Ceyhan and Tibet. The panel discussion asks how we can show solidarity and effectively support struggles from the UK?

FINAL PLENARY- PROPOSALS FOR NEW CAMPAIGNS
The final session brings together the discussions from the workshops, contains short presentations on campaigns and activities and invites people to support the growing movement against the expansion of oil and gas production.

BOOKING DETAILS
The gathering runs from 10.30 am-6pm at the London School of Economics, Clement
House, D Building, Aldwych, London. Nearest tubes: Holborn, Temple. The full agenda of speakers and workshops will be posted on the RIsing Tide website www.risingtide.org.uk.

We are expecting to fully fill the venue, so please register your name now to avoid disappointment by writing to info@risingtide.org.uk or call the Rising Tide Oxford office on 01865 241 097. There is no attendance fee and we are only asking for a small donation on the door to cover costs.

The conference is being organised by:
LSE People and Planet su.soc.peopleandplanet@lse.ac.uk. www.peopleandplanet.org

Rising Tide UK. A national network of small groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action on climate change and building a movement against climate change. Our short monthly news sheet carried information, events, and news from the UK climate change movement. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: news-subscribe@risingtide.org.uk Your details will never be passed to anyone else.

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Friends Meeting House, 126, Hampton Rd, Redland, Bristol

Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, Near Baker St. Tube. Cost: Donation of £3.50

Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd 01227 738207 or chb@ae-institute.com
Arthur Edwards 01993 891363 or mail@oxfordeconomicsforum.co.uk
Rudolf Steiner House 0207 723 4400
www.talkingeconomics.co.uk

The first LONDON SOCIAL FORUM:
Another London is possible...

info@londonsocialforum.org.uk * www.londonsocialforum.org.uk

London is a global city - a target for companies worldwide which seek to profit from public services, the home of banks and multinational companies which plunder the world,a refuge for people displaced by those attacks, and a centre of multi-cultural resistance against oppression. In a period when politicians have abandoned our lives to market forces and war, people are trying to find real solutions to our problems. Yet such efforts remain fragmented across issues, while strategic debate is often reducd to sloganising and cheerleading. To create a new world requires different ways of linking our needs and aspirations. There is a worldwide democratic ferment generating new organsiational forms - sometimes called 'social forums' based on solidarity, inclusion, horizontality, participation and conviviality. The First London Social Forum aims to provide a space for reflective debate on strategies for creating another London and another world. Themes include: Media; Transport; War, peace and civil liberties; London as a global city; Refugees and racism; Public services - fighting privatisation and developig alternatives.

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Free Admission (donations to cover costs) / Drinks provided. Please bring vegetarian food to share
Contact: 020-7624-1123 spiritmatters@hotmail.com
www.spiritmatters.info

A day of talks, group discussions, meditation, music, dance, networking and Qi Gong with Barbara Brown. Free admission (donations to cover costs) Bring vegetarian food to share.
LATEST INFORMATION:

Announcing The Second Spirit Matters Day: 21st Century Democracy
Is democracy failing us? Have we ever really had democracy - and are there opportunities now for creating it, or for taking it further? Can democracy tame the big global organizations which currently escape democratic control, like the multi-national companies and the International Monetary Fund? Can democracy go beyond the rule of political parties to become a democracy for citizens as a whole? How should democratic systems take account of the sustainability of our long-term future, and of other species?
Join us for a vibrant, intelligent, interesting and fulfilling day: Roy Madron, co-author (with John Jopling) of Gaian Democracies will talk with Victor Anderson about new approaches to local and global democracy, followed by small group discussions, music with David Lasserson, dance with Plaxy O'Keefe, meditation and Qi Gong with Barbara Brown. Our aim is that the event will lead to the creation of new alternative local groups through which we can infuse the political process with the values, goals and truths of the human spirit: joy, friendship, creativity, compassion and a sense of belonging.

Spirit Matters is a self-organising, independent network of men and women of a variety of ages, faiths, cultures and political orientations, who believe that the introduction of spiritual values to our personal and public lives is essential if we are to solve the problems of war, poverty, alienation, and environmental destruction that face us in the 21st century.
'Spirit Matters Days' are a new initiative to bring together people who want to connect with their own spirituality and to transform their own lives in order to rekindle creative political participation in shaping our society as active citizens. Through working together, whether in harmony and joy, supporting and nurturing one another, or in passionate but constructive conflict, challenging one another to live our highest values, the people involved in Spirit Matters hope to help one another to bring personal dreams of fulfilment and collective political dreams of sustainable living to fruition.

Spirit Matters Day: PROGRAMME

10:30 - Registration /Coffee/tea-
11:00- 11:20: Welcome/meet your neighbour/guided meditation
11:20 -12:15: Victor Anderson discusses Gaian Democracies with Roy Madron, followed by a Q and A
12:15 - 12:30 Music by David Lasserson
12:30- 1:30 Lunch. Please bring vegetarian food to share

1:30- 1:40 Welcome Back
1:40 - 2:00 - Qi Gong with Barbara Brown
2:00- 3:00 - Small group discussions on purpose and principles. What is the purpose of Spirit Matters and other similar groups and what are the principles that guide us?
3:00 - 3: 45 - Large group plenary, bringing the small group talks and conclusions back to the centre
3: 45 - 4:00 coffee/ tea break

4:00- 5:00 - Further small group discussions to consider ideas for new projects, founding new groups or networking within existing ones.
5:00 -5:30- Large group plenary, bringing the small group conclusions back to the centre
5:30 - 5:50 - Dances with Plaxy O'Keefe
5:50- 6:00 Group meditation/ final words

Further information from:
Spirit Matters, C/O 27 Lonsdale Road, London NW6 6RA,
Tel: 0207-624-1123 Fax: 0207-624-1124,
Email: spiritmatters@hotmail.com Website: www.spiritmatters.info

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Organised by The Global Reconcilation Network: www.collapsingworld.org
UK contact: Chris Macrae,
cbn007@easynet.co.uk
£10 per session, £25 per day (concs)

The aim of the event, an Australian initiative, is to bring together people thinking about and working towards local and global reconciliation in order to establish an ongoing framework that allows us to share experiences and to work together. The topics addressed will include: the concepts of 'reconciliation' and 'civil society'; political action, reconciliation and the roles of local and global politics; the problem of terrorism and cultural, political and religious responses to it; and issues of culture, citizenship and democracy. The format will include both lectures and interactive workshops, with ample opportunity for contributions from all the participants. An intended outcome of the meeting is a charter to facilitate ongoing co-operation among groups around the world working for reconciliation.

The conference will be opened by Mary Robinson (Former Irish President and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, now of the Global Ethics Initiative), and has a unique range of speakers from across disciplines, cultures and community organisations around the world. Individuals, community groups and organisations around the world with an interest in issues associated with reconciliation are participating. Join renowned academic thinkers, social activists and policy makers to identify the obstacles to reconciliation and share ways to build community.

Speakers will include:
Jakob Finci: Chair, National Coordinating Committee for the Establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Charles Villa-Vincencio: Executive Director Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa, Former National Research Director, South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Tanya Hosch, Director, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre.
Hans D'Orville: Director Strategic Policy, UNESCO, Paris.

Of particular interest: session on Sunday 21st "Democracy, Citizenship and Ethics"
Contributors: Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Politics and Social Theory, University of Westminster, UK; Mary Crewe and Christoff Heyn, Centre for Study of AIDS and Human Rights, Pretoria University, South Africa; Ian Campbell, International Health Consultant, Salvation Army & UNAIDS; Miri Weingarten, Physicians for Human Rights, Israel; Ganesh N. Devy, Director, Tribal Academy, Tejgadh & Professor of Humanities, DA-IICT University, India; Roy Madron, Producer & Author, Gaian Democracies Enterprise, UK; Jim Welsh, Coordinator, Medical Program, Amnesty International, UK; Daphna Golan, Director, Internship Programs, The Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University of , Israel; Clive Baldwin, Head of International Advocacy, The Minority Rights Group, London; representatives from community groups

The conference will also launch a Global Reconciliation Network to promote cooperation amongst community based groups around the world. A communiqué for the network will be released at a closing press conference on 21st September (International day of Peace).

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£30 - book via
Earth Emergency:
020-7372-1232

How the current financial system functions as debt, and why the Euro is already out of date; yesterday's solution to yesterday's problem. Why is joining the EURO deemed to be irreversible ? Why does the EURO gain such wholehearted support from the banks? Modern financial systems are based on almost entirely on debt and banking. The deficiency of this arrangement and the criticism it has attracted suggests that monetary reform is likely in the future. Countries within the EU locked into a single currency would be ill-placed to undertake such reforms, tied to an outmoded, centralist, power-based financial system.

The government is encouraging a public debate about genetically modified crops (GM), before they decide if GM is to be grown on a commercial basis in the UK. This is your chance to find out more about the implications of genetically modified crops and to put your view to the government.
SPEAKER FOR GM - Peter Lillford CBE ­ Prof. Public Awareness of Science, York University.
SPEAKER AGAINST GM - Claire Oxborrow - Head of Food Campaigns at Friends of the Earth·
The speakers will put forward their point of view after which the debate attendees will discuss their own views in small groups. The results will be recorded on feed back forms and sent to the UK Government as a true representation of the public view. Feedback from GM Debates across the country must be submitted by 18th July: the results will be evaluated by an independent market research

The role of the armed forces in environmental protection.

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Thursday 19th June 2003

Forum for Stable Currencies at the House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1

Richard Murphy is an economics graduate and chartered accountant. He trained with what is now KPMG before starting his own firm at the age of 26. This grew to have three partners and eight hundred clients before he and his partners sold it in 2000 to concentrate on other activities. He has also been chairman, chief executive or finance director of nine SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) over the last 15 years and continues his active involvement in the commercial economy at present. Richard has written on taxation and accounting matters for many years, both within the profession and now as a regular contributor to the Observer. He campaigned for Oxfam in the 1980s and has been involved in new economics in some way since the first TOES (The Other Economic Summit). He now campaigns on reform in three areas: international tax, pensions, and the money supply. He created the economic thinking behind the "People's Pensions" report published in 2003 and wrote most of the Briefing Document for Early Day Motion 854. He is currently undertaking work on the economics of extortionate lending for the New Economics Foundation, Church Action on Poverty and the Debt on the Doorstep Campaign.

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Dr. Vineeta Gupta is General Secretary of Insaaf International, a Punjab-based human rights group committed to social justice, where she works on efforts to disclose the harmful effects of World Bank user fees on health care. Dr. Gupta and members of the WBBoycott will discuss the social, economic and environmental impact of the WB and explore means of effective local resistance to its destructive economic policies. The Boycott is an international coalition of grassroots groups which seeks to increase financial and political pressure on the World Bank by discouraging local institutions from investing in its bonds, from which it raises 80% of its money. Since its launch in April 2000, over 75 institutional investors have joined the Boycott, including trade unions such as The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, religious groups such as Pax Christi (USA), banks such as the Co-operative Bank UK, and SRI firms such as the Calvert Group. For further information: - For further information

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