Paulo Rodrigues discusses the merits of a basic income for small business owners.
EU-wide basic income crowdfunding campaign gathers €15,000 in less than 48 hours
With 15,000 Euros in the bank (and counting!) we are now fully financed for the final push before the deadline on January 14th, 2014.
What Brand for the Revolution?
A follow on from Russell Brand’s much publicized Newsnight interview and the reasons why he should get behind a UBI and support the ECI: basicincome2013.eu
Why Reciprocity Might be Bullshit
Sometimes it is better not to reciprocate the efforts of others and do something else instead.
Referendum to be held in Switzerland on $2800/month BI!
A federal initiative for basic income in Switzerland has achieved to collect more than 125,000 signautres, hence opening the doors to a referendum in the coming years.
Green Party proposes basic income model in Pre-Budget submission
The Irish Green Party has included a basic income into its pre-budget submission!
The dangers and potentials of shared ground: A plea for caution
In this article Ben and Bert of Manchester Plan C discuss the potential dangers of the shared ground surrounding possible defences of a basic income. They argue that we should be careful to keep the more transformative potentials of basic income firmly in view. The concept of a ‘universal basic income’ (UBI) – a regular […]
Basic Income is a human right! A report on the Demo in Berlin
On September 14th, Barb Jacobson attended this year’s Basic Income March in Berlin. The following is her take on what happened. When I saw the poster I was (slightly) afraid I might end up being an extra on a remake of ‘Gone with the Wind’: Liberty as Rhett Butler and Justice as Scarlett O’Hara. Liberty […]
UBI: A Necessary Part of Progress
Traditional left-wing politics cannot afford to ignore the radical transformative potential of an unconditional basic income.
Stuart White: “A movement is not just a network of people sharing ideas”
An interview with prominent political theorist Stuart White in which he outlines the case for basic income.
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