Leeds Summat, a summary(ish)
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We’re living through extraordinary times, with seismic upheavals and change: economic, political, cultural, social, media, environmental,…
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Tax Justice, presented by Christian Aid
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Christian Aid - fighting for a world free of poverty and injustice TaxAccounting for change: My word is my bond (2011) On 15 October 2011, the Occupy London Stock Exchange (LSX) movement established a protes…
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“After much deliberation on what session to attend I’ve gone for the one on tax injustice and how to address it. #ukuncut #summat #Leeds
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“#summat liked our first task - to choose if we pay tax on our ‘pay day’ earnings through secret envelopes. What would you do? #summat
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“#summat a Christian Aid report has found that none of the major diamond mining companies in Sierra Leone report a profit = paying no tax.
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“#summat what’s the biggest problem with #taxdodging? Secrecy. The ability to hide records allows companies to use tax havens #ukuncut
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Christian Aid | Campaigns Blog | Financial Secrecy Index 2011
By Alasdair Roxburgh | 4 October 2011 As supporters of Christian Aid’s tax campaign will know, tax havens play a key role in allowing som… -
“#summat did you know Delaware is a tax haven? Not just random islands or Switzerland!! #ukuncut #ukuncut
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“#summat the global focus on tax which includes #ukuncut and Action Aid is bringing tax as an issue to the forefront
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“#summat what can we do? Putting pressure on 4 huge UK FTSE companies to back the pro-tax campaign.
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Christian Aid - fighting for a world free of poverty and injustice Campaigns Blog - FTSE firms
The latest on our FTSE Four tax campaign. 18 Aug- Billionaire Warren Buffett this week made waves by saying that the US tax system favour… -
“#summat Christian Aid are currently focusing on Unilever to ask them to support the campaign to back pro-tax policies they’ve #Leeds factory
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“@luluartist What did you have in mind? Is there something already up and running?
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“@bangthebore not that I know of but I thought it was worth raising. We are not powerless here in #Leeds! @Occupy_Leeds #summat #ukuncut
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“@luluartist I don’t understand why it is the companies being targeted rather than the gov’t to close down loopholes.
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“#summat @fearfulpenguin it’s a good question. companies are the knew that pay tax and can set example/lead the way in the FTSE #ukuncut
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Leeds Fabians and Lord Maurice Glasman talk about renewing politics and ‘Blue Labour’
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“Now in a session on renewing politics and ‘Blue Labour’. Party politics from Maurice Glassman #summat
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Blue Labour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Labour is an influential[1] political tendency in the British Labour Party that was “effective…
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“Capital, if not challenged, will seek to gain the maximum from it’s investment. Democracy should check the domination of money. #summat
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“I think Glassman is saying that nationalisation is not good as turns voters into clients/customers #summat
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“@mauriceglasman talking at Leeds #Summat about how “PPE class” became technocrat rulers of workers in nationalised industries after 1945
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“The hollowing out of trade unions, cooperatives, credit unions leaves the power of the state is unchecked. See Thatcher. #summat
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“#summat we have to work towards a relational politics where we are working towards a common agenda with people we don’t agree with #Glassman
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“#summat @mauriceglasman claims the bail out as being the biggest transfer of money from poor to rich since the Norman Conquest.
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“#summat @mauriceglasman talking a lot about the regions and the lack of investment or even any attention shown to us
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“Maurice Glasman: between 97-07 of the £1.4tn invested in uk economy 80% was housing. It was state sponsored capitalism.. #summat
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“#summat @mauriceglasman ‘politics happens in places. Globalisation claims place doesn’t matter anymore’
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“#summat what is the importance of ‘educate, agitate, organise’? A lost maxim? @mauriceglasman talking at #Leeds #summat
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“Maurice Glasman: ‘educate, agitate, organise’ -our oldest city has capital at it’s heart, London Corp should declare it’s assets.. #summat
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“#summat @mauriceglasman says the most important international agenda should be solidarity with workers. A genuine internationalism.
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“#summat ‘we have to support free and democratic trade unions and environmental movements across the world’ @mauriceglasman
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“#summat question from the floor re:China. Is unionising China just for US benefit as labour so cheap? (me: aggghhhh!!!)
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“#summat I am assuming the man who asked that question has little concern for the fact that Chinese workers die daily? @mauriceglasman talk
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“#summat I wonder if he has seen the amazing ‘Revolution is Love’ video from #occupy #ows? Can anyone link me up to that Vimeo? #occupylsx
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“#summat @mauriceglasman calls for 5% of the bail out to be used to set up local banks. A #Leeds City Bank? Regional banking important.
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“@luluartist @mauriceglasman Not against local Banks but we need to publicly control the state owned Banks and the Bank of England
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Time to leave
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“Had an amazing day @LeedsSummat. Fabulous #yoga session this morning and rounded off with a free massage! Time for me to reflect now #summat
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“#summat thank you to all the lovely people who got up early to come to my #druyoga session @LeedsSummat it was a joy to teach you
