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Other organizations and individuals in the United States working for Citizen Policies

Note: Other terms for Citizen Policies are Basic Income, Basic Income Guarantee, and Citizen's Income.

THE U.S. BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE NETWORK (USBIG)

Formally founded in March, 2002, at City University of New York. Coordinators are Karl Widerquist and Michael Lewis.
http://www.usbig.net

THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIOECONOMIC STUDIES (ISES)

A private foundation that examines issues relating to economic development, poverty, health care reform, and the quality of life. ISES promotes a version of BIG known as the National Tax Rebate.
http://www.socioeconomic.org

THE ALASKA PERMANENT FUND

Pays a partial Basic Income Guarantee to all Alaska residents funded from oil revenue.
http://www.apfc.org/

THE BOSTON REVIEW

Included seventeen articles on the basic income guarantee by Philippe Van Parijs and others in its October-November 2000 issue. These articles have been jointly published as a book entitled, "What's Wrong with a Free Lunch?" The full text of the articles can be found on line at the site.
http://bostonreview.mit.edu/

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES (CSDS)

Has been talking about some form of BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) for 30 years.
http://www.centersds.com

THE GEONOMY SOCIETY

Promotes using land taxes to support a universal basic income guarantee.
http://www.progress.org/geonomy

SOCIAL AGENDA

Sponsors a Caregivers Tax Credit Campaign. Although it isn't a universal basic income guarantee, it will distribute income to anyone caring for (directly or indirectly) another human in need.
http://www.caregivercredit.org

THE HALF BAKERY

Specializes in informal discussions of political and social issues, including basic income guarantee.
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Basic_20income

CLAWS (CREATING LIVABLE ALTERNATIVES TO WAGE SLAVERY)

Actively promotes alternatives to the wage slavery mindset and what they call "The Cult of the Job" which equates a job with "making a living". The website includes essays, book excerpts and articles by Bob Black, Robert Anton Wilson, Bertrand Russell, Buckminster Fuller, Jean Liedloff and others who are critical of the cult of the job.
http://www.whywork.org/

JASPER'S BOX

Presents a plan for a basic income guarantee financed by a steady increase in the money supply, and a downloadable novel about the basic income guarantee.
http://www.jaspersbox.com/

Organizations and individuals in other countries

THE BASIC INCOME EUROPEAN NETWORK (BIEN)

Maintains a website, publishes a newsletter, and organizes conferences promoting basic income in Europe and around the world. The organization coordinator is Philippe Van Parijs and the conference coordinator is Guy Standing.
http://www.bien.be or
http://www.basicincome.org

BASIC INCOME/CANADA (BI/Canada)

Maintains a web site and an email discussion group. The Coordinator of the organization is Sally Lerner. The website (maintained by Tim Rourke)features essays and commentary on basic income in a Canadian context.
http://www.ourlives.ca/bitrunk.html

To be included on the BI/Canada email list to receive periodic newsletters.
email:lerner@watser1.uwaterloo.ca

FUTUREWORK

Also affiliated with BI/Canada, FUTUREWORK is an international e-mail forum for discussion of how to deal with the new realities created by economic globalization and technological change.
http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/Research/FW

THE CITIZENS' INCOME TRUST

Maintains a website with news on citizen's income from the United Kingdom and around the world:
http://www.citizensincome.org

OASIS (ORGANISATION ADVOCATING SUPPORT INCOME STUDIES IN AUSTRALIA)

This Australian group publishes an email newsletter and maintains a website with literature about activities in Australia and elsewhere.
http://www.satcom.net.au/supportincome

Anyone interested in receiving a copy of their newsletter should contact Allan McDonald at:
allanmcd@satcom.net.au

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME NEW ZEALAND (UBINZ)

Promotes these ideas in New Zealand. The coordinator of the organization is Ian Ritchie.
http://www.geocities.com/~ubinz/

THE SOUTH AFRICAN NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (SANE)

Promotes basic income in South Africa and Worldwide.
http://sane.org.za

VERENIGING BASINKOMEN

Based in the Netherlands. The coordinator is Emiel Schäfer.
http://www.basisinkomen.nl

GRUNDEINKOMMEN OSTERREICH

Promotes basic income in Austria. The coordinator is Michael Striebel.
http://www.vobs.at/asav/pax1.htm

ASSOCIATION POUR L'INSTAURATION D'UN REVENU D'EXISTENCE (AIRE)

Promotes basic income in France. The coordinator is Yoland Bresson.
email: Yoland.Bresson@wanadoo.fr

BIEN IRELAND

Promotes basic income in Ireland. The coordinator is John Baker.
email: John.Baker@ucd.ie

BIEN BRASIL (BASIC INCOME EARTH NETWORK)

Promotes the basic income guarantee in Brazil. The Coordinator, Eduardo Suplicy, is a member of the Brazilian Senate.
email: esuplicy@senador.senado.gov.br

THE SPANISH NETWORK ON THE BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE

Known by three names in three languages: Red Renta Básica (in Castilian), Xarxa Renda Bàsica (in Catalan) and Oinarrizko Errenta Sarea (in Basque). The The president is Daniel Raventós and the secretary is David Casassas. This link will take you to the English language site.
http://www.redrentabasica.org

SPANISH EMAIL LIST ON BASIC INCOME

Maintained by Rafael Pinilla Palleja. Go to the website to subscribe.
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/rentabasica.html

THE JOAN BARDINA STUDIES CENTER

Contains political and economic proposals against poverty and corruption, using a system called "basic revenue." The website contains articles and books in seven languages, including Catalan, Castilian Spanish, English, French, Italian, German and Esperanto.
http://bardina.org/

THE SWEDEN BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE NETWORK

Known as Folkrorelsen for medborgarlon in Swedish. Coordinated by Kicki Bobacka.
email: kicki.bobacka@mp.se

THE GERMAN BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE NETWORK

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Sozialhilfeinitiativen (BAG-SHI) in German. The contact is Wolfram Otto.
http://www.existenzgeld.de

VIVANT

A movement (mainly Belgian, but with some activity in France and Switzerland) that promotes Basic Income by participating in elections.
http://www.Vivant.org

MATS HOGLUND

Maintains two BIG web sites with information in English and Swedish.
http://www.petitiononline.com/qd4e/petition.html http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/basic_income_for_europe

MANFRED FUELLSACK

Maintains a BIG bibliography on line at:
http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~fuellsm9/bibliobi.html

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