It's #BasicIncomeWeek! Each day we'll link to a piece explaining the pioneering, and feminist, idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Start with @natalieben on how this unconditional payment to every citizen would have transformed the impact of the pandemic
greenworld.org.uk/article/gettin…
Today's piece: why UBI empowers women in less than 2 minutes.
A short, accessible video by @PagetKagy👇🏽
@PagetKagy A stellar panel to watch or listen to today🎧💻
A @basicincome_uk cross-party and international event about how UBI would transform women's lives, featuring Green deputy leader @Amelia_Womack!🌱
Not to be missed👇🏽
"The wage system is wholly inadequate as a method for distributing income."
Today's #BasicIncome piece draws on the 1970s Wages For Housework movement, which advocated for a social wage paid to women for the uncompensated reproductive labour they perform.
opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-traf…
Women, particularly women of color, are more likely to live below the poverty line. A #UBI would benefit all those in poverty, particularly single mothers
A county in California is trialling UBI. Check out this interview with 2 single mums who took part👇🏽
msmagazine.com/2020/05/21/the…
Next, try this comic strip imagining a future Europe that has a #BasicIncome.
If you'd like to know more, check out @GreenEUJournal's brilliant selection of pieces on the why and the how of #UBI and analyses of the trials in Scotland, Amsterdam & Finland.
greeneuropeanjournal.eu/unconditional-…
Finish #BasicIncomeWeek with @natalieben in @GreenEUJournal on how women have historically been central to the struggle for Universal Basic Income and how it can be harnessed as a tool in the fight for women's rights.
Also available as an audio article🎧
greeneuropeanjournal.eu/basic-income-h…
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