Here are the participants for our jubilee week: On 18th September 2017 we know of participants from 24 countries from 6 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America) who host events, attend events or have given interviews about projects in their country. The basic income community is as diverse as humanity. In some […]
The 10th International Basic Income Week is here and for this jubilee we are planning a special something: International Basic Income Week Videothon: Please take a short video of your event (in any format, videos taken on smart phones are fine too) and send it to bienoutreach@gmail.com to be stitched together with other videos around the world. […]
Governmental Basic Income Experiment 2017/2018, Finland [1] What we can learn from Finland: It’s not that difficult to organise a Basic Income pilot when you have an existing welfare system! Interview with Otto Lehto, member of BIEN Finland Compare the execution of the government Pilot with BIEN Finland’s[2] expectations before the election: It is pretty […]
Basic Income pilot and Startup: ReCivitas [1] Insignificant in many rich places, incredibly important to those in the most ignored, poorest places of the world Interview with Marcus Brancaglione, CEO ReCivita How is the Basic Income Startup different from the 2008-2014 pilot project? It is different in duration or, more precisely, in sustainability. The 2008-2014 […]
Everyone is currently talking about filter bubbles. The basic income activist’s filter bubble is the feeling that things are moving too slow. International Basic Income Week provides an opportunity to step back, take stock and compare our local situation not just to the world, but also to the world at another point in time. And […]
SADC BIG campaign – the Southern African Development Community Basic Income Grant Campaign – launched their socioeconomic rights project on 20th September 2016. SADC states are: South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho. Fact Sheet for the campaign: http://spii.org.za/sadcbigcampaign/index.php/sadc-big-campaign-fact-sheet/ by: Nkateko […]
As of 21th September 2016 we know of participants from 23 countries from 5 continents who have submitted their events to our calendar on the 9th International Basic Income Week! Austria – http://pro-grundeinkommen.at/WdGE2016/Programm/ Brazil – http://www.recivitas.org/ Bulgaria – https://twitter.com/ubi_bulgaria Canada – http://www.basicincomecanada.org/ Czech Republic – https://www.facebook.com/505222219639803/photos/a.508934829268542.1073741828.505222219639803/596908370471187/?type=3&theater Denmark – http://basisindkomst.dk/ Finland – http://perustulo.org/ France – […]
Fourteen stories on basic income told during the World Social Forum 2016, in Montreal. They are presented in five chapters. Chapter 1/5: A basic income… when life is merciless Chapter 2/5: A basic income… to find one’s place in life Chapter 3/5: A basic income… to fight extreme poverty Chapter 4/5: A basic income… for […]
A series of audio files devoted to interviewing the biggest names in the Basic Income movement, hosted by Jim Pugh and Owen Poindexter Amira Jehia of Mein Grundeinkommen Sandhya and Jim spoke to Amira Jehia of Mein Grundeinkommen, a German organization that crowdfunds and raffles yearlong basic incomes to raise awareness around the issue.e stellen. Rutger […]
Namibia still faces one of the highest income inequalities in the world. Many inhabitants still live in poverty with a bleak outlook on the future alongside a few who have accumulated extreme wealth. Despite the efforts and achievements after independence, food insecurity, malnutrition, overburdened and sometimes inefficient education and health systems, high unemployment rates […]
On the UBIE meeting, held 31th of januari in Maastricht, the present members decided to let go to have one unique slogan for the 9th BI week. Originally the German netwerk started the Basic Income Week happening the 3th week of september. In recent years UBIE and BIEN decided to jump on the wagon, so it is real […]
The Berlin Basic Income Activist and Hartz-IV rebel is prepared to hunger until death to move the German State to abolish the unconstitutional Sanction Practice in the German Social Security System „Hartz-IV“. ( It’s Ralph Boes’ 83rd Hunger day today. He has been at a table in front of Brandenburg Gate, inviting passers by to […]
Interview with Karl Matthys, member of establishment committee Basic Income New Zealand (BINZ) Do you remember your first encounter with Basic Income? My interest goes back to late 90s. I became a Humanist first, it was through a link on a Humanist website that I became aware of BIEN and the works of Philippe van […]
Interview with Enno Schmidt, co-initiator of the Swiss Citizens’ Initiative Can you remember your first encounter with Basic Income? My first was in Heidelberg in a discussion where a young architect demanded an unconditional income and my first reaction was: „hey, he just needs money, why doesn’t he ask for help for himself, instead of making some […]
Cheng Furui is teaching at Hebei University of Economics and Business in China now. She is launching a new research focused on basic income. Can you remember how you first heard about Basic Income? Ten years ago, when I was doing my PhD in Tsinghua University, my supervisor Cui Zhiyuan introduced basic income to me. […]
Interview with Taku Fundira, member of SPII senior economy researcher, research manager and advocate for SADC BIG campaign and speaking for the whole Southern African region. Can you remember you very first encounter with Basic Income? Oh yes, I do – it was 2 years ago – I had just changed jobs, previously I was in […]
The number of participating coutries is now: 29 (Upate sept. 16th 2015) Continents participating with live events (6) Europe Asia North America South America Africa Oceania Countries with live events (20) Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Denmark France Germany Hungary Ireland Malawi Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom USA Zimbabwe Countries participating […]
The new Basic Income organisation in New Zealand, BINZ, officially established 6 weeks ago, is hosting 2 presentations in Napier this September. Lowell Manning, spokesman and interim president of BINZ says : “The existing welfare system no longer provides an effective safety net over the short term, let alone for life. It has become so […]
Can you remember you very first encounter with Basic Income? I am not exactly sure, but it was as a child or teenager and must have had to do with the political discussion in Finland, which has been going for a long time, mostly led by the Green Party. I remember watching a prominent […]
Das weltweit steigende Interesse an der Forderung nach einem Bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen (BGE) [1] zeigt sich an der bisher stärksten Beteiligung in der 8-jährigen Geschichte der Internationalen Woche des Grundeinkommens. Internationale Beteiligung an Grundeinkommenswoche Menschen in 27 Ländern auf allen Kontinenten werden Veranstaltungen durchführen und das BGE auf der ganzen Welt zwischen 14. und 20. September […]
