2010 AMI Conf. Panel on Viral Media Strategy & Nonpartisan Monetary Reform Organizing

Описание: This panel (featuring Greg Coleridge, Ben Dyson, Peter Young, Joseph Bongiovanni, Warren Chamberlain, Geraldine Perry, Carol Brouillet, and Mark Pash) focuses on practical, grassroots movement-building for monetary reform—especially how to make it nonpartisan and widely shareable. Peter and Joseph describe “Coffee with Joe” (economicstability.org) as a low-cost internet strategy using Skype-recorded conversations to spread the monetary reform “paradigm shift,” discuss history (Greenbacks, Chicago Plan), and engage other schools of thought (Austrians/libertarians, chartalists/MMT) on common ground like monetary sovereignty and ending fractional-reserve banking. Ben Dyson gives a quick preview of the UK’s Positive Money campaign, emphasizing cross-ideological coalition-building with MPs, think tanks, and labor/progressive groups to remove partisan resistance. Other speakers stress “become the media,” building directories of participants, decentralized teaching via trainer programs, and use “teachable moments” (like introducing the American Monetary Act) to recruit supporters, capture emails, and sustain outreach. The discussion connects monetary reform to local budget crises, union/community organizing, and complementary reforms like land value taxation (Henry George), arguing these combined approaches can stabilize communities and reduce boom-bust dynamics.