The 99% Organisation calls for Five Key Actions:
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99% members come from all parts of society; they are people like you who are determined to help.
Whatever your age, gender, race or party affiliation, we want you. Whether you are a busker, a barber, a banker or a billionaire, we want you. If you want to help end mass impoverishment, we want you. Whether you have a lot of time or a little, we want you. As long as you share our values, we want you.
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We work to make mass impoverishment a key issue for Government, and to drive serious policy change to protect the interests of the 99% (in the UK, if you earn less than £120k, that’s you).
We want to build a world in 2050, where rather than being poorer than their parents, most people are far better-off.
Our key projects include:
Most people in the UK are poorer today than they were in 2007, though the economy has grown. This is mass impoverishment.
If the economy is doing so well, how can most people not be doing well? If the pie is growing, why aren’t we all getting bigger slices? Why is our children’s generation set to be the first in living memory that is poorer than its predecessors?
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Truss has launched her so-called ‘plan for growth.’ This article shows that the likely impact of that plan is to redistribute wealth upwards at an increasing rate, impoverishing most of the UK population. The post-war period 1945-1980 was known as the Golden Age of Capitalism; the period from 1980-2015 was the age of Market Capitalism. […]
The UK Government has a Bill of Rights Bill which (at the time of writing) is in the Commons for its second reading. Many civil liberties commentators have expressed alarm about the Bill, suggesting that it risks watering down the rights of UK citizens. Are they right to be concerned about the Bill, […]
Since 2010, the UK economy has been shaped by three critical government decisions: Austerity, Brexit and COVID. We have previously argued that the government mishandled all three (see Austerity, Brexit, COVID – an ABC of Economic Mismanagement). Now even the former Chancellor and would-be Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has admitted that the UK faces a […]
This is a regular meeting of the NHS Project team. If you would like to get involved, please let Mark know.
Mark E Thomas will be talking to the National Association of Welfare Rights Activists on the topic Malice in Plunderland. The event is open to 99% members. Please contact Daphne Hall if you would like to attend.
This is a meeting for 99% members and interested guests. Originally for those in the North / West of the UK, it is now open to anyone from anywhere as we have gone virtual. The meetings are informal, informative and fun — do come along. This meeting will include an update on the Herefordshire 2030 […]
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