Cap and Share in India (from Sharing for Survival)

Should the funds from Cap and Share be distributed equally to individuals or are there better ways of using them? Indians are even more in need of financial help than those suffering from austerity programmes in the west, but James Bruges explains why he believes it would be better to distribute to community organisations in India. He starts his chapter of Sharing for Survival with some comments on climate and also covers related economic issues.

Feasta AGM and Members’ Gathering

Saturday, November 17th 2012, at 11am, the Central Hotel (Mullen Room), Exchequer St, Dublin 2. The formal business will take about an hour, after which we will have a general discussion and also focus on current Feasta activities.

It isn’t too late…a plea to make a decision in favour of Site Value Tax

by Konrad. The Irish government has covered discussion of the proposed property tax in a blanket of silence.  We fear the worst.  The developers, speculators and banks are set for another bail-out by the ordinary citizen.  But it is not too late yet if we wake up and demand a Site Value Tax instead of a property tax that will exempt the 1%.