The Thesis

 So, here is the Thesis:

A) we know from the book, 'The Spirit Level', that, as Income Inequality increases, human relationships break down, including Marriage Breakdowns,

B) that as Marriages break down, more children are not going to successfully pass through both Oedipal Phases (see the book, 'Families and How to Survive Them'),

C) as a consequence we end up with more Adults incompletely developed and, thus, subconciously angry.

D) it is propsed that Anger is the result of mistreatment and that anger results in a trapped cycle of violence (incuding self-harming) and depression (see the diagram in the book, 'Policies for a Just Society', its precursor, 'Ceremonies of Innocence' and my development of the cited-diagram.

E) the solution to breaking that trapped cycle of anger/violene/depression is, it is proposed, Befriending which, thus, leads to Constructive Activity (such Befriending occurs, for example, in the 'Andys Man Club' sessions.

G) the sustainable solution is, therefore, such Constructive Befriending *plus* political/social action to prevent Income Inequality from existing (or, at least, persisting at its present National and Global levels.

H) hence our plan and process called 'Co-operative Socialism': for which, see the CCPA Monitor Reader on Co-operative Socialism'as a free PDF at www.interestfreemoney.org/papers (noting that the email address there is no longer operational).

What it's all about, Alfie

Within each one of us is the struggle between God (generosity) and The Devil (Satan: our fearfulness).

For 15,000 years, Satan has had the upper hand (because of the invention of 'Mine' due to the invention of Agriculture and, this Private Property).

Until now.

The Process to Achieve Co-operative Socialism

 The Process to Achieve Co-operative Socialism

1) The election of MPs who will initiate a House of Commons Debate:

   'That This House shall adopt, implement and Annually-Audit, Review, Celebrate and, as necessary, Adjust by Social-Agreement, the plan for Co-operative Socialism (as given for example in the CCPA Reader at www.interestfreemoney.org/papers.'

2) Forthwith, by each Summer Recess, The House of Lords should make, Annually, a recommendation to the House of Commons as to two monetary-levels, a) the £-amount of the Living Income for Everyone (a 'LIFE' for all), and, b) the maximum £-amount and equivalents, above which no paid-work should be received.

Co-operative Socialism, #truesocialism, as briefly as I can!

 

Our plan for Co-operative Socialism, #truesocialism, as briefly as I can:

1) Convert all workplaces into appropriate Co-operatives (of which there are only four), 

2) Abolish Rent, Interest and Profits (and, so, a Money, Banking and Finance System that is interest-free and not-for-profit), 

3) A guaranteed, not-means-tested, Living Income for Everyone, a 'LIFE', and an Income Maximum, Socially-determined (so that no-one has too little and no-one has too much) with most human needs Community-provided and Free-at-the-point of use (ie, #truesocialism) Retaining money as a means to discretionary purchases for as long as Society considers necessary.

4) An end to Third-World Loans (ie an end to Global Warfare, Grants-as-requested instead).

Ie: All our sisters our brothers, and all our brothers our sisters: an end to Divide-And-Rule. A Global Co-operative Commonweal of Co-operative Care, composed of Democratic  Socialist Co-operative Commonwealths: 

   Peace, happiness, creativity, contribution, health, eco-love and lives lived well , for all, by all, to all, in All!

The Fair World Project: For The Common Good/Le Bien Commun

 Our Fair World Objective: To have each Sovereign House of Commons (or its equivalent) Adopt, Implement and Annually Audit, Celebrate and, as deemed Democratically needed, Adjust, as necessary, our Plan and Process called Co-operative Socialism.

Why? So that society determines, for the Health and Wellbeing of Everyone and Everything, the Fair Income Distribution. So, that, no-one receives too little and no-one takes too much: For The Common Good/Le bien Commune. The Fair World Project.

Why I'm Standing to be the Member of Parliament in Etham and Chislehurst

 Kindly see www.co-operativesocialism.org

A Call to all Christians

  From John Courtneidge

Discussion Proposal for a CCMJ Public Declaration: for debate on Monday 4th September 2023 at Victoria Station Wetherspoons 3-7pm.

STARTS

From The Christian Council for Monetary Justice (CCMJ, founded in 1960).

CCMJ recognises that Capitalism - and Marxism - are inconsistent with both The Spirit of Christ and all the Teachings of Jesus: since they, both, rely on Theft (of God's Creation) and Usury (of People, Planet, our co-inhabitants and of God's Love and Wisdom: provided by Him, for all).

Accordingly:

1) The Christian Council for Monetary Justice (CCMJ, www.ccmj.org) therefore calls all Christians to repudiate Capitalism, Marxism and all other forms of Authoritarian, Hierarchical forms of Satanism. 

2) CCMJ, also invites all Christians and Christian organisations, Churches, Religious Societies, etc, to promote an examination of the plan and democratic process called Co-operative Socialism (ie, #truesocialism) as already adopted by Labour Action for Peace, Occupy London, Bromley Peace Council, Bromley Trade Union Pensioners' Action Association and the Bromley Co-operative Party Branch.

3) With a view to Democratic Parliamentary Implementation and Annual Celebration Review of this process and plan.

So that none shall have too little, and none shall have too much.

In, and for, His Holy Name.

Web references:

www.interestfreemoney.org/papers (see the CCPA Reader on Co-operative Socialism)

www.co-operativesocialism.org (a work in progress)

www.sustainabilitynotcapitalism.blogspot.com (an archive of short essays)

Proposed: John Courtneidge 25 August 2023

Text to +44 07950996418

ENDS

A little history

 

Ash Carr kindly asked abour the 'Our' in 'Our Plan for Co-operative Socialism'.

I offered:

. The 'Our' aspect is in two parts: firstly, although I initiated the plan back in 1994/5, two other groups helped complete it: The Social Credit Party pointed out that I hadn't included the matter as to how money is created in the first place. Secondly, The Communist Party of Great Britain (in North London) pointed out that they wished to abolish money altogether. So that went in, also.

Secondly, the 'Our' refers to to people and organisations that have already adopted Our Plan for Co-operative Socialism. I'll ennumerate them in a separate message.

As to George Galloway, The Workers' Party etc, I'll also post separately soon.

Thanks again!

Co-operative Socialism Defined in Forty Words

Co-operative Socialism Defined in Forty Words:

A guaranteed Living Income for Everyone, a Socially-determined Upper Income level, and most human needs provided on a Community-provided, Free-at-the-point of use basis.

Global peace and Co-operative Care by all and their workplace Co-operatives. No poverty, no greed, no harm.

Work and Politics

 After about 13 years, both of my fitted bed sheerts have ripped. My flat flannelette top sheets likewise.

Human beings need lots of mainly two-dimensional material items: sheets, clothes, walls, roofs, writing, etc, paper. But Mother Natures mostly provides largely one-dimensional and three-dimensional materials (fibres, trees, etc for the former, rocks, including frozen water as examples of the latter.

Hence work by us, The Worked Class, the 88%. Parasiticed by the 2%, The Thieves of those Natural, God-containg, Resources, and their hired Assassins, the 10%.

The solution is our plan and process.

So, John, what's this Co-operative Socialism thing all about?

 So, John, what's this Co-operative Socialism thing all about?

I offered the following to our friend and comrade Harry: he had used the terms that I discuss below:

Here in the UK, supporters of a 'Mixed Economy' nowadays are Social Democrats: the right-wings of The (New Zionist) Labour Party and of The Co-operative Party, along with One-Nation Macmillanite Conservatives likewise. Fibs? One never knows from one side of lunch to the other. Nats? Always a mixture.

One hundred years' ago, The Social Democratic Federation of H M Hyndman were out-and-out Marxists so terms change/are changed over time.

Ps I'm not, nor ever was 'A Communist' and my form of #truesocialism is not that of the 'Nationalise Everything' #wokeMarxists like Morrison and Webb. Equally, I'm not an anarchist believing in the abolition of 'The State'.

Rather, my/our plan envisages each Nation State as being Internationalist (ie, Inter-Nationalist as in 'Between-Nations' not in the #InternationalMarxism 'sense') and each Nation State being the Servant/Facilitator of each Nation as a Co-operative Commonwealth (composed of local and national Co-operative Commonwealths). With every Co-operative Commonwealth creating, thereby, by their adherence to the Co-operative Definition, Values and Principles (see the ICA Statement as archived at www.interestfreemoney/papers), a global Co-operative Commonweal (ie the Wellness of all in The Wellness of All).

Hence Points 6 and 7 of our plan (as also on that web-page):

Co-operative Socialism Plan, Point 6: 'Grants not loans to other Countries, not interest-bearing loans to 'Third World Countries' in need: an end to money, banking and finance as globalised warfare.

Point 77: ' All our brothers our sisters, all our sisters our brothers: a Global, Peaceful, Harmonious Co-operative Commonweal'.

Ps I paraphrase, from memory, these two Plan Points. The actual texts as adopted by, say Labour Action for Peace, Occupy London, Bromley Peace Council, Bromley Trade Union Pensioners' Action Association, Bromley Co-operative Party, are at that web-page and in the free pdf CCPA Monitor Reader on Co-operative Socialism, there.

I hope that this helps!