Claiming Our Future are holding a major public event on Saturday 26 May in Croke Park on democratic and political reform. The movment is about alternatives and has organised events in the past twelve months on income inequality and sustainable development and economics. This time the debates will centre on local government and the way power and decision […]
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Good Morning from Cork! Today I will be attempting to Liveblog from the Claiming Our Future event in the Millenium Hall in Cork City Hall. Today’s event is themed ‘An Economy for Society’. Claiming Our Future is a progressive movement for an equal, sustainable and thriving Ireland. There will be over 250 people present from […]
A guest Post from Niall Crowley from Claiming Our Future CLAIMING OUR FUTURE ‘IDEAS’ – TACKLING INCOME INEQUALITY The International Monetary Fund says that it is needed to sustain economic growth. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, authors of the Spirit Level, found that it leads to higher levels of life expectancy and educational attainment and […]
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Attention photographers and film-makers! Claiming our Future are running a competition seeking 1 minute videos or photographs which represent the theme of Income Equality- Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor. Closing date is May 9th. All entries will be acknowledged and the best selection will be shown on May 28th in Galway at the […]
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Some thoughts on Claiming Our Future. What happened yesterday in the RDS was something new for Ireland, 1000 people around 100 tables talking about Ireland and what the priorities for the future should be. Each table was mixed with representatives from various sectors and facilitators were trained to lead discussions and come to consensus on […]