by Toru Yamamori | Mar 14, 2015 | News
On 30th January 2015, Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) Women’s Campaign hosted ‘Feminist Fightback workshop on Anti-capitalist Feminism and Basic Income.’ Three women from ‘Feminist Fightback’ collective introduced history of the idea and current campaigns on basic income, and also their own anti-capitalist feminist struggle. Around 30 people turned up and had good discussions.
For CSUS Women’s Campaign, see:
https://www.womens.cusu.cam.ac.uk
For Feminist Fightback collective, see:
https://www.feministfightback.org.uk
from https://www.feministfightback.org.uk
by Toru Yamamori | Mar 8, 2015 | News
Yahoo Japan, a Japanese online news site features Basic Income. In the first article written by Toru Yamamori, he explains failure of the Japanese Social Security systems. The article also contains information on Guy Standing talk on Basic Income at the International Sociology Association in Yokohama.
Toru Yamamori, “Why Basic Income Now? Limitations of the Japanese Welfare State,” Yahoo Japan News, July 11, 2014.
by Toru Yamamori | Mar 6, 2015 | News
Professor Guy Standing, the author of Precariat Charter, and Doug Saunders Globe and Mail international affairs columnist will discuss BIG, the precariat, and a new form of progressive politics.
Time and date: 6pm 10th April 2015
Venue: 170 Bloor Street West, Suite 710
Toronto ON M5S 1T9
Canada
Contact: info@spurfestival.ca
Phone 416 531-1483
Fax 416 944-8915
Please see for the detail:
https://spurfestival.ca/toronto/events/precariot-charter-in-conversation-with-professor-guy-standing/
by Toru Yamamori | Feb 27, 2015 | Research
[Toru Yamamori]
Pete Higgins is an independent candidate for Stoke on Trent South, a UK parliament constituency where currently represented a Labour MP. He initiated an online petition for a basic income as well. In his post, he displays reasons for BIG such as a failure of the current welfare state, etc, which can be found elsewhere in BI literature. What is unique in his proposal is that he argues that only maximum two children in the same family could get ‘Child UBI.’ According to him this restriction should be made in order to “encourage people to make responsible financial decisions during family planning and help control unsustainable population growth.”
Pete Higgins, “Why Universal Basic Income is a Better Alternative to the Welfare State.” Pete Higgins – independent candidate for Stoke on Trent South, November 5th, 2014.
Pete Higgins
by Toru Yamamori | Feb 26, 2015 | News
Rodrik argues that ‘[t]he public venture funds’ share of profits from the commercialization of new technologies would be returned to ordinary citizens in the form of a “social innovation” dividend’.
Dani Rodrik, “From Welfare State to Innovation State,” 15 January 2015, Social Europe.
