Dear Friends

Just to let you know / remind there will be a Global UBI meeting today at 19.30 UTC at the following following link https://meet.jit.si/IdealisticMonstersRhymeCorrectly

For today's meeting we really want to connect with individuals living in the global south / non - West so we can know how they see the issue of UBI. Therefore please consider attending if you can help with this

[Background Info: some of us have been meeting recently about a renewed global campaign network. We ended up focused on Unconditional Basic Income and the need for a regular payment to every single person on the planet. You can read about some of what has been discussed so far in the framework text below.]

If you can't make the meeting please take a moment to comment / suggest any contacts worth reaching out to.

Many thanks

Mark

Two thousand years ago, a Roman Senator suggested that all slaves
wear white armbands to better identify them.
"No," said a wiser Senator.
"If they see how many of them there are, they may revolt."

Framing the approach to the UBI that we want to develop

Goal:
To elaborate collaboratively a common idea with non-western countries of what the UBI should be and how it should be implemented, so that it fits local needs in a global world
To identify ways of working together globally for UBI

Exploring the meaning of a grassroot approach to UBI

UBI implies another way to distribute wealth, but does not necessarily provide a framework to build a better world. UBI may reduce poverty but there are other aspects that should be emphasised as liberating at the grassroots level.

UBI is independent from ideology and religion. It focuses on people, who as humans being have the right to have good living conditions, access to knowledge, health, the right to follow their own cultures, etc.
UBI empowers the individual to learn from his/her freedom
UBI makes visible and supports all kinds of unrecognised work needed to sustain and transform society. It ends the idea of social status by reference only to paidemployment and ability to do commerce.
UBI means paying for what is normally stolen in Global South countries, mainly in the form of raw materials.
UBI means recovering the idea of 'Commons' for all human kind, learning from indigenous communities (in the sense or original/local) still practising the commons as a way of life
UBI means correcting a historic wrong. Capturing and redistributing wealth from Commons resources (land, sea, air, fuel, technology etc), and on which commercial operators presently have free reign.
UBI should open a perspective to collaboration, sharing instead of competition taking as one model what is being carried out in free software/creative commons/p2p communities
UBI implies decentralizacion giving power to local communities and self-organisation through networks
UBI should enable people to take part in decisions that are part of their everyday life, making possible a change from being a passive person (and consumer) to an active person (and producer / creator of culture).

UBI can set the basis for a society that is inclusive, non-violent, respectful, sovereign, aware of injustice and ready to act skillfully in response to it. Unity will be a key point, while also recognizing the greatest diversity. A grassroot UBI should not rely on political representatives and existing economic powers but facilitate an independent, organic movement based on people's needs, and the development of human capacities, responsibilities and a new freedom.