Dear Chris,<br><br>thanks for posting this on the regular blog as well, see<br><br><a href="http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/profiles/blogs/launch-of-a-ows-currency-design-competition-at-occupy-wall-street">http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/profiles/blogs/launch-of-a-ows-currency-design-competition-at-occupy-wall-street</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Slater</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matslats@gmail.com">matslats@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:35 AM<br>
Subject: #OWS currency design competition<br>To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div><p>Many of Wall Street's occupiers understand that
austerity comes from a shortage of money, not resources, and that the
right to issue money is granted by the government to a banking cartel.</p>
<p>Most US citizens have no understanding of what money is and how it is
make artificially scarce to compel them to compete against one another
in converting natural resources into "economic growth."</p>
<p>Money need not be a destructive force which, through interest,
centralises wealth and power. The occupiers of Wall street intend to
issue their own 'complementary' currency to raise awareness of the role
of monetary design in the currency monetary crisis.</p>
<p>In order to ensure the new certificates will are as attractive and
relevant as possible, we are launching a design competition, for the
next seven days.</p>
<p><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/OWS_currency_competition" title="http://p2pfoundation.net/OWS_currency_competition" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/OWS_currency_competition</a><br>
We are thankful to the p2p foundation for hosting.</p>
<p>The competition will be followed by a series of 'money' workshops at
Liberty Plaza on Monday 24th October, and the currency launched soon
after.</p>
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