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The Campaign for Interest Free Money is one of the organisational hats
that is contributing to our individual efforts: John Courtneidge is the most avid campaigner, both on- and off-line. He also attends regularly the meetings at the Global Café, one of the earliest Internet Cafés in Central London. CAMPAIGN
for INTEREST-FREE MONEY To Advocate Financial Tools for
Exchange Global Café
Why Interest-Free? Because
interest-based economics Our
Mission The Campaign
for Interest-Free Money was set up
in 1997 to ¨
raise awareness
of the problems and the opportunities ¨
provide educational materials for people at any level ¨
promote practical methods
for positive We know that it is possible to live on this planet in ways
that are ¨
economically equitable
between rich and poor ¨
ecologically sustainable
for the resources of our earth ¨
ethically justifiable
before our conscience ¨
morally acceptable
by future generations. The mechanism we
advocate through a public
service banking system - Such financial tools for exchange are being
supplied
Our
Philosophy On the brink
of a new millennium, we owe it to future generations to combine the best of the
human spirit and intelligence towards conscious efforts for change. We can shift
our focus away from problems to emphasise solutions. Problems are inherited from
the past while new opportunities can create turning points in history. With the trend
of globalisation and thanks to the Internet, efforts can now be made across
national and other boundaries. International banking practices can be changed
such that crashes due to phenomenal debts can be avoided. Stabilising Globalisation
– as a natural step after sustainable development – is our strategy for
debt- and interest-free money – to move from unregulated capitalism to Global
Equalism. In this spirit,
we have put together a Programme of
Activities, Access to Educational Resources and Campaigning Materials: Our
Programme Considering
the increasing human and environmental crises, we see the year 2000 as a
critical turning point. Hence the Campaign iis working on certain key events as
landmarks: 1.
Monetary Education ·
Public Meetings
at the Houses of Parliament and other venues in the country 2.
Political Campaigning ·
Democratic Potential for EURO - Petition No.
1299/97 to the European Parliament to implement EURO with
legislative parliamentary powers and the right for citizens to petition ·
Debt-Free Money Supply - a letter to MPs and MEPs for people in their own
constituency about an alternative to money shortage and inflation ·
Constituency membership - an invitation to people to develop relationships with their
politicians to discuss the issues in each of the 650 constituencies 3.
Alliance Building ·
Third Sector Support - a networking initiative among like-minded groups, individuals and
organisations ·
Imagine Money Fairness - a postcard campaign ·
Barter membership - a real initiative to practice 4.
Monetary Research ·
Public Service Banking - a questionnaire for banks and bankers to express their level of
understanding of the problems and their commitment to change and new
opportunities Information
and Resources Freedom
from Usury - Time to Stop Lending Money at Interest Critical
and Interesting Essays on Globally Sustainable Capitalism 1.
Interest- and Inflation-Free Money - Margrit Kennedy 2.
Essays in Persuasion
- John Maynard Keynes 3.
In Restraint of Usury - Sir
Harry Page 4.
Alternatives to Global Capitalism - Ulrich Duchrow 5.
Christian Mission to the Capitalist World - 5.
Abolish Usury - John Courtneidge For a free copy of this pack,. phone John on 01992 501 854 or email
courtjXglobalnet.co.uk
The debt ® interest ® inflation system hurts everyone: In
the UK, §
the national
debt at £400 billion amounts to £7729 per person ·
annual
interest payments are £24.6 billion - £11.6 bn more than spent on education
and employment. Do
you know that the Government could wipe out its debt Our
Campaigning Materials Poems and
Sample Letters on Money Supply to Email Addresses Sabine
McNeill: sabineXglobalnet.co.uk
[X instead of @ to prevent spam] Your Response To
become a Campaign Supporter, please
contact us Canon Peter Challen (0207) 207
0509 Your Support We
invite families or individuals to support the Campaign in any way, perhaps by
direct debit (say £1 per week or per month) A
Canadian journalist estimated that only one
in a thousand Join us in changing that percentage!
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