Two Action Convergence Assemblies



1- Basic income : from realist utopia to public policy



Wednesday 10th August: 4PM - 6PM



UQàM – Room A1824 (Pavilion Hubert-Aquin)



If the debate on basic income has been steadily progressing in terms of general principles, it deserves yet to be developed in terms of the political process which could lead to its implementation: the convergence for action topic is appropriate here and now.





The aim of this assembly is to gather activists from all horizons in order to carry out a reflection on the methods and actions concerning the transition of basic income from realist utopia to public policy implementation. The possibilities range from municipal policy to international politics, but also with experiments and synergies to create among the diverse actors of the civil society.





The 2016 World Social Forum is the perfect occasion to think and debate around the possibilities of action.





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2 - Income, a non-medical remedy?



Thursday 11th August: 4PM – 6PM



Venue: UQàM – Room A1824 (Pavilion Hubert-Aquin)



Assembly of health practitioners, poverty alleviation workers, advocates of basic income, as well as anyone interested in the link between income and health, with the purpose of finding points of convergence and means of collective action.





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Two workshops





1- Discussion on the equitable sharing of wealth



Thursday 11th August: 1PM – 3PM



Venu: UQàM – Room A1825 (Pavilion Hubert-Aquin)



Can a universal basic income be implemented without its corollary, namely a maximum wealth? Considering the explosion of inequality and the tax competition between states, the implementation of a « floor » and « ceiling » on income and individual capital is a promising idea that goes in the direction of greater social and economic justice.





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2- Ğeconomicus: a game on the creation of money



Wednesday 10th August: 1PM - 3PM



Friday 12th August: 1PM – 3PM



Venue: UQàM – Room A1825 (Pavilion Hubert-Aquin)



Ğeconomicus is an Economics simulation game enabling to discover the influence on monetary creation based on exchanges. The players buy and sell their economic values in order to create new ones. The time is an important factor of the game, at several levels, especially related to the cycle of life of human beings and values. The interest of the game is above all to compare different kinds of currencies, following the concept of free currency, as it is shown in the « Relative Theory of the Currency ».





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“Créathon”: Creation Marathon on Basic Income



Wednesday 10th August: 1PM - 6PM



Thursday 11th August: 9AM – 6PM



Friday 12th August: 9AM – 5AM



Venue: UQàM – Rooms A1824 and A1825 (Pavilion Hubert-Aquin)



Under the name "Create-A-Thon", the first hackathon style creative marathon on basic income was held in San Francisco in November 2015. Finland had a Basic Income Hack in March 2016, and Los Angeles held a second Create-A-Thon in April. MFRB and RBQ are organizing the same kind of event for WSF2016, using the same format. It too will be multilingual.



The Creathon will take place over two and a half days. It will gather creative people from different backgrounds - artists, activists, programmers, etc.- who have in common a focus on the basic income concept and who will work together to produce some products. For example, nine creations about BI were developed at the San Francisco’s event, among them videos, websites, a list of one hundred objections to BI and their answers, and a citizen’s proposal to the City of San Francisco.



By opening up such an event to other languages and countries at WSF2016, we will give it a scale that only a World Social Forum can provide, a scale commensurate with the global debate that is taking shape around basic income.