EWG meeting 21st December 2012 – minutes
Amir, John, Steve, Chris, Gbola, Janos, Dave, Eva, Vica, Tim, Andrea, Clive
1. Housing – somewhere to live. Beyond buildings. Phytoremediation – planting[...]

Capitalisation and Financialisation paper by Nelio
Dialectical process to understand the economy to change it. Trying to change the dynamic of the EWG – important to have a paper for[...]

1. Minutes from 3rd and 7th December meetings – approved but amplification would help
2. a) GIRO Post office no progress but strategic objective; b) the Map and Roadmap in[...]

1. Minutes – 26th November 2012 – approved
2. Topics for theme discussion: 7th December – strategy; 14th December – degradation of labour; 21st corpus, corporation and the company;
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1. EEEWG – planetary boundaries – we’re exceeding three of them: CO2 levels, bio-diversity loss, ocean acidification – over fishing; water, fracking, food supply agrochemical industry (oil based fertilisers); peak[...]

1. LBoI – 600 copies left c.£40 collected so far. Possibility of funds from Occupy? Finance – £1,000 left in the legal fund and £1,000 in the general fund.
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1. Accuracy of the 10th and 14th December minutes – approved
2. a) GIRO bank public meeting planned for the new year; venue and keynote speaker required; setting the agenda;[...]

1. International trade agreements: WTO, GATT, NAFTA – neo-liberalism agenda gets hardened into law. Trade in goods and services (including financial services). Liberalisation is the agenda, removing tariffs to open[...]

1. Putney debates:
1.1 Saturday economics session Inequality, Tax havens, citizens income and capitalism; good interaction in spite of low attendance due to lack of publicity; in future posters etc.[...]

1. Saturday and Monday events – establish a summary at the end of the debates. Opportunities to make comments online blogs etc. NB. Oasis is a good venue.
2. Saturday[...]