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Julie Wark and Daniel Raventos, who are associated with our sister organisation in Spain, have just posted a short article on the Open Democracy website explaining how basic income fits into the republican tradition of political thought. As we in Ireland think of how to develop a new, democratic republic, the ideas here are well worth considering.
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According to the Namibian, Magdalena Sepulveda, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, has called on the Namibian government “to put aside prejudices against the poor and implement the Basic Income Grant (BIG) as soon as possible.” A rapporteur is “a person appointed by an organization to report on the proceedings of its meetings.” The Namibian reports that Sepulveda arrived in Namibia on October 1, and toured several regions where she met with government officials, civil society organizations and communities living in poverty.
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