A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.
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Why I March for Basic Income
Below is the a copyedited version of the speech I delivered at the Basic Income March, New York, October 26, 2019 in the Bronx, New York, October 26, 2019. Pierre Madden ranscribed and copyedited it, in Montreal, Quebec, September 2020. Then I copyedited it again, at...
2020 Korea Basic Income Fair International Conference
The original plan was for an international conference in Korea in February 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic caused the event to be postponed. An international conference has now been held online, and a wide range of speakers and discussants from around the world...
A new European Citizens’ Initiative begins to collect signatures
On 25 September, the collection of statements of support for the European Citizens' Initiative will begin, with the ultimate aim of establishingUnconditional Basic Incomes throughout the European Union, in all 27 member states. In particular, the initiative calls on...
Dmitry Medvedev calls for a Basic Income debate in Russia
The online journal russland.capital has reported that the Chair of the United Russia Party, Dmitry Medvedev, has initiated a discussion about Basic Income. Dmitry Medvedev, vice-chairman of the Security Council and chairman of the United Russia Party, proposed a...
Basic Income at the Bristol Festival of Ideas
On Tuesday 13th October, a debate on 'Is it time for Universal Basic Income' will take place as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas. At this conference, organised by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath and Bristol Festival of Ideas, leading...
International Basic Income Week 2020
International Basic Income Week starts on the 14th September this year. The motto is ‘Freedom to Choose’. To read a longer article about International Basic Income Week 2020, click here Plan your events for 2020. Click here. The calendar of events can be found here....
The Basic Income March will take place in at least 40 cities worldwide
March for Universal Basic Income in at least 40 cities worldwide, Saturday 19 Sep. 2020, from the upper left of a world map: Edmonton, Canada CalgaryKawartha Lakes, ONT Montreal Seattle, USA Tacoma Portland OaklandLos Angeles Los Vegas Phoenix Salt Lake City Dallas...
Basic income march goes ‘virtual’
Basic Income March organizers are partnering with an application to allow activists to march for basic income around the world and possibly set a record in the process.
Basic Income Grant in Namibia relaunch
From 2008 to 2009 Namibia hosted a globally significant Basic Income pilot project. The coalition behind the project relaunched today to ask for a Basic Income for Namibia. For details of the launch event click here. Speakers at the event included Uhuru Dempers (Desk...
Philippe Van Parijs is voted number 8 in the Prospect magazine Top Thinkers 2020 poll
Philippe Van Parijs, 'Godfather of the UBI movement' as Prospect magazine has called him, has been voted number 8 in the magazine's poll. Dreams of “incomes for all” trace way back—Thomas Paine proposed one scheme. But even before the government picked up the wage...
David Graeber’s death: I am shocked – what more can I say?
I can't claim to be a friend of David Graeber. I can say I am his fan and that his work has influenced the way I see the world. I met him twice though. I met him first two years ago for dinner at Barb Jacobson's place where he arrived in a long coat accompanied by a...
For David Graeber
Since I heard from a mutual friend at lunchtime today: ‘David is gone’, the shock I felt then seems to have reverberated around the world. One of the most curious of minds, finest of writers, kindest of hearts, most courageous and consistent callers of bull shit ever....