23 March, Time: 6:00– 8:00PM (GMT), Online
At 6:15 PM Simon Mair , will talk to us about
‘UBI and Capitalism: Friend or Foe?’
Simon is an ecological economist and senior lecturer in circular economy at the University of Bradford. His research focuses on building narratives about what a desirable and sustainable society might look like and how to get there. You may want to read his blog ‘A Pragmatic Utopian – UBI: Has the time come?‘ and his article in Lancet Planetary Health ‘Marxist ecofeminist analysis of the link between planetary health and neoliberal economics‘
You can join our UBI Lab Leeds online meeting with Zoom
Time: March 23, 2021 18:00 GMT (6PM)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83484444269?pwd=R0QrQldsZnU4SW1QcTc1cS9WbGxqUT09
Other agenda items:
West Yorkshire Metro Mayor Election in May
We have not received a response from Labour candidate Tracy Brabin MP regarding her position on UBI trials in West Yorkshire. Her website: https://tracy4mayor.org.uk/
Please contact Tracy Brabin regarding UBI trials in West Yorkshire by email campaign@tracy4mayor.org.uk, Facebook, Twitter Climate
Emergency Community Action Programme (CECAP)
Find out more at https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub/climate-emergency-community-action-programme-cecap
If you have any other important issue that you want to discuss during our meeting, please send an email to r.huss@posteo.net or mention it at the beginning of our meeting.
Thank you, keep safe and best wishes reinhard (Organiser for UBI Lab Leeds)