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BIEN Press Release – Responding to Disturbances: Why a Basic Income is Vital
The recent riots in English urban areas and in Northern Ireland were precipitated by racism, extremist nationalism and religious bigotry. That’s what everybody sees, and everyone is responding to. However, the unseen underlying cause of such attitudes and behaviour is...
Breaking: Oregon Rebate has qualified as Measure 118!
We have fantastic news to share: Oregon Rebate has qualified for the November 2024 ballot as Measure 118! Measure 118 will increase the minimum corporate tax rate after $25 million of in-state revenue by 3%. The proposed increase will raise at least $6 billion...
Working, but poor: The middle class in crisis
This week the European TV channel ARTE has put out a long documentary, shown around Europe, based on a three-hour interview they did with Guy Standing some months ago. They followed it up by talking to people in Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Sweden, letting them...
Basic income as an innovative social protection tool
As a tool that speaks to 7 out of the 17 SDGs, basic income pilots have shown transformative effects in communities. This blog post calls for a systematic consideration of this tool in social protection schemes across humanitarian, development and peacebuilding...
Video version of Scot Santens’ article on Altman pilot
Scott Santens has recorded a video version of his article. To view it on YouTube, click here.
EC 2024 Report
1. Chair and Vice-Chair Report 2. Treasurer Report 3. Secretary Report 4. Hubs Coordinator Report 5. Research Coordinator Report 6. Social Media, Features Editor, News Editor Reports 7. Affiliates Coordinator Report Table of Contents To read the full report, click...
1st Latin American Congress for Unconditional Universal Basic Income
“Thinking about basic income in a context of crisis and transformation in Latin America” was the general theme of the congress that brought together participants from ten countries in the region and six countries from other continents. Global unrest, women’s unpaid...
Final Report on Los Angeles Guaranteed Income Pilot
"In October 2021, former Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG:LEAP) program. Benefitting just over 3,200 households, the program provided $1,000 per month in unconditional cash payments for 12 months to...
15 th Online Open Forum: BIEN working group on Clarification of Basic Income Definition – 14 August 2024
Date: 14 th August2024Time: 1pm -3pm GMT (2pm-4pm BST)Please register via this form: https://forms.gle/DZjSRS7wDdRhK1nw6The information on Zoom link will be shown in the form. Télémaque Masson-RéciponWhy ‘high enough’ just ain’t good enough: the case against the...
Forbes article on UBI includes quotes from BIEN members
Guy Standing, Karl Widerquist and Evelyn Forget are quoted in this article dated July 17.