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Friday, November 13th 2009
The UsuryFree Network presents...
~The Launch of the 5th Annual UsuryFree Week~
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Conspiracy Culture
Usury
u-su-ry [yoo-zhuh-ree] - noun, plural -ries.
1. the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
2. an exorbitant amount or rate of interest, esp. in excess of the legal rate.
3. Obsolete. interest paid for the use of money.
The Keynote Speaker: The UsuryFree Network is once again honoured that Peter Jon Simpson ('Avoid Bank Holidays' & 'Life Without Usury') from Atwater, Minnesota will be the guest keynote speaker. Peter Jon Simpson will be introduced by Tom J. Kennedy, founder of The UsuryFree Network.
Peter Jon Simpson has been enlightening audiences relative to economic truth, personal sovereignty and related matters for over 38 years. We are very pleased that Peter has generously agreed to assist us in re-educational and specific usuryfree community currency initiatives here in Ontario, Canada.
Peter Jon Simpson will be addressing the current economic crisis and the various implications of Usury/Interest when he speaks on November 13th, to launch this Fifth Annual UsuryFree Week.
For more background information on this Fifth Annual UsuryFree Day/Week, please read the article below which is authored by Tom J. Kennedy.
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The Fifth Annual UsuryFree Day/Week
By Tom J. Kennedy
From November 13th - 19th, usuryfree creatives from all walks of life will gather in meetings - at kitchen tables, in living rooms, in restaurants, in small boardrooms, in community halls, in church basements, in retail storefronts, etc. They will either watch DVDs or videos in front of computer monitors or TV screens or listen to guest speakers and have follow up discussions about topics related to (a) our orthodox economic system of usury-based, debt money and/or (b) the usuryfree community currency movement. Anyone and everyone is invited to participate and help us to celebrate this Fifth Annual UsuryFree Day and Week.
These gatherings commonly begin with a brief history about the birth and evolution of UsuryFree Day (November 13th, 2005) and UsuryFree Week since its initial launch five years ago.
The concept was born in a small town, Tamworth, Ontario, Canada. Tamworth is situated in the rural, eastern and economically deprived area of the province. The initial idea was to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the launch of the usuryfree time currency called, 'Tamworth Hours' which commenced on November 13th, 2004.
Since its launch in Tamworth, UsuryFree Day and Week has evolved to its present state in 2009 where there will be a multitude of meetings/gatherings in local communities anywhere and everywhere on planet earth. The purpose of these get-togethers is to re-educate those people who are ready and willing to be re-educated about (a) the many problems associated with the design flaw of usury and (b) the optimal solutions as offered by the innovative models of usuryfree community currency that are being perfected with the intent of re-building local community so that everyone can experience the reality of usuryfree living.
At many of these gatherings the pioneering usuryfree creatives will assume leadership roles as they share their information and resources with those who choose to participate. Since the early 1980's, when the UsuryFree LETS (Local Employment Trading System) software was created by Michael Linton, numerous usuryfree creatives have held the vision for usuryfree living and they have blazed (and continue to blaze) the trail for others to follow.
Part seminar, part interactive workshop, part re-education, part brainstorming... the events of UsuryFree Day and Week always attract prospective usuryfree creatives to the usuryfree community currency movement. It has been said that the activities of UsuryFree Day and Week offer an opportunity for people to communicate and interact with usuryfree thinkers and charge or recharge their economic batteries whether 'alternative' or 'complementary'.
This year, we expect the largest ever number of participants to celebrate as it is now nearly impossible to be ignorant of what's been happening in our orthodox economic system of usury-based, debt money. It's our hope that a heightened awareness of the many problems associated either directly and/or indirectly with the design flaw of usury as exacted by greedy creditors, will motivate the formerly subservient debtors to individual and collective action.
Rather than withdrawing and throwing in the towel and portraying a defeatist attitude, usuryfree creatives implore debtors everywhere to attend (or create) an event in your local area to commemorate UsuryFree Day, Friday, November 13th, 2009. Otherwise, an event can be planned for any time during this Fifth Annual UsuryFree Week - scheduled from November 13th - 19th.
The optimal path to follow is to assume the role of a 'becoming' usuryfree creative and lead the way in your respective local community. Do your own research and then take an active role in helping to launch a usuryfree community currency with a goal to re-build the local economy. Eventually, you will choose to become an active usuryfree creative and commit yourself to doing whatever you can do to help shift the individual and global consciousness towards creating a usuryfree lifestyle for everyone on this planet.
Usuryfree creatives advocate shopping locally. A new word, 'locavores' has been created to describe those consumers who choose to shop locally. The obvious, supporting catalyst that encourages consumers to shop locally is the networking of family, friends, neighbours, working colleagues, small to medium-sized retail businesses and home-based enterprises so that a database of products, services, talents, etc., can be listed for inter-trading. All who choose to participate will be re-educated about how they can create and spend their own usuryfree community currency. Armed with their re-education, they will be motivated to action with the spirit of re-building their respective local community.
This sort of activity is being likened to launching your own economic lifeboats and thereby being ready to abandon the usury-based, Titanic of orthodox, debt money when their faltering, economic system goes down.
Our collective hope is that by the end of the week, we will have more usuryfree creatives talking not about the doom and gloom of usury-based, orthodox economics, but rather about the possibility of joy and love, peace and prosperity for everyone on this planet as we shift our collective consciousness and move ahead to a world of usuryfree living.
For more specific information about the Fifth Annual UsuryFree Day & Week, you are invited to read the following articles which are posted at The UsuryFree Eye Opener:
http://usuryfree.blogspot.com/2009/08/fifth-annual-usuryfree-dayweek-nov-13th.html
http://usuryfree.blogspot.com/2009/08/invitation-to-participate-and-celebrate.html
http://usuryfree.blogspot.com/2009/09/winged-lion-awards.html
http://usuryfree.blogspot.com/2009/10/fifth-annual-usuryfree-day-week-looking.html
And do check The UsuryFree Eye Opener for any updated details that may be posted between now and November 13th 2009. http://usuryfree.blogspot.com
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What's the Cost of Admission?
Attendees are invited to pay-what-they-think-it-is-worth to be present and learn from those who are making the presentations. Cash, cheques, money orders and any usuryfree community currency accepted.
The expenses to be covered are:
a) gifts or donations for the guest speaker to help cover his travel expenses and his time investment for any preparation and the presentation
b) advertising and promotional materials
c) a gift to Conspiracy Culture for offering to share the space for the meeting
Obviously, the advertising costs and the travel costs of the speaker will require federal cash. Attendees are encouraged to be generous with 'gifts' or 'donations' so that this workshop model can be copied or duplicated in any community in Ontario or elsewhere.
Remember, seats are limited and RSVP's are required for this Special Workshop in honour of our Fifth Annual UsuryFree Day. Please request your seat for this event by calling Conspiracy Culture: 416.916.1696
The event will start at 7pm sharp and will end at roughly 9pm. The event location is Conspiracy Culture: 1696 Queen Street West. Toronto, ON. Canada M6R 1B3 (There are limited spaces available so RSVP sooner than later as the event is sure to fill up).
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Noteworthy Quotes:
"Interest never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation; it never visits nor travels; it takes no pleasure; it is never laid off work nor discharged from employment; it never works on reduced hours; it never has short crops nor droughts; it never pays taxes; it buys no food; it wears no clothes; it is un-housed and without home and so has no repairs, no replacements, no shingling, plumbing, painting, or whitewashing; it has neither wife, children, father, mother, nor kinfolk to watch over and care for; it has no expense of living; it has neither weddings nor births nor deaths; it has no love, no sympathy; it is as hard and soulless as a granite cliff. Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you."
- J. Reuben Clark’s classic statement on interest -- April, 1938.
Please do not show up to the event unless you have received confirmation from
Conspiracy Culture that you do infact have a seat reserved. Thanks.
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