[Campaignforrealdemocracy] [politicsandspiritnetwork] +Rowan: The Archbishop of Canterbury Endorses Tax on Bankers

[Robin Smith]

Anti Robin Hood tax comments here

http://gco2e.blogspot.com/2011/11/robin-hood-tax-is-another-cruel.html
On 2 Nov 2011 15:42, "Mark Barrett" <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:

> What is movement's position on Rowan Williams statement/Robin Hood:
> the idea of an international taxation regime to help tackle global
> poverty while interesting has not been discussed or endorsed by the
> General Assemblies and therefore cannot be said to be a demand of the
> global movement. While many activists from the movement argue for it,
> others point out - aside from the practical difficulty of its
> enforcement and the linked question of tax havens - that the idea
> raises profound political questions about sovereignty and
> representation at the global level. To bring in a global tax you would
> presumably need a global state, which is anathema to many in the
> global movement. We are still to develop a position on the British
> state and its relationship to the cause of real Democracy and assembly
> sovereignty, let alone a European or global one!
>
>
> On 02/11/2011, j <sitavana at googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > November 2, 2011
> > Archbishop of Canterbury Endorses Tax on Bankers
> > By RAVI SOMAIYA and ALAN COWELL
> > LONDON — A day after St. Paul’s Cathedral suspended legal action to evict
> > hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters camped outside its doors, the Most
> > Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual
> leader
> > of the world’s Anglicans, was quoted on Wednesday as expressing sympathy
> for
> > their cause.
> >
> > “There is still a powerful sense around — fair or not — of a whole
> society
> > paying for the errors and irresponsibility of bankers; of messages not
> > getting through; of impatience with a return to ‘business as usual’ —
> > represented by still soaring bonuses and little visible change in banking
> > practices,” he said in an article published in The Financial Times.
> >
> > With the Church of England’s leadership in a crisis over its handling of
> the
> > protesters, the archbishop’s remarks seemed to offer a belated attempt to
> > lay out an agenda.
> >
> > Dr. Williams supported a Vatican statement last week endorsing the idea
> of a
> > “Robin Hood” tax on financial transaction and for a separation of the
> retail
> > and investment operations banks that have relied on bailouts from public
> > funds.
> >
> > “These ideas — ideas that have been advanced from other quarters,
> religious
> > and secular, in recent years — do not amount to a simplistic call for the
> > end of capitalism, but they are far more than a general expression of
> > discontent,” he said.
> >
> > “If we want to take seriously the moral agenda of the protesters at St
> > Paul’s, these are some of the ways in which we should be taking it
> forward,”
> > the article said, but it urged the protesters to be “a bit more
> specific,”
> > arguing the three proposals made by the Vatican should become a
> springboard
> > for debate.
> >
> > “If religious leaders and commentators in the U.K. and elsewhere could
> agree
> > on these three proposals, not as a fixed agenda but as a common ground on
> > which to start serious discussion, the struggles and questionings alike
> of
> > protesters and clergy at St Paul’s will not have been wasted.”
> >
> > The article appeared hours after the authorities at St. Paul’s Cathedral
> > said they “unanimously agreed” to abandon plans to forcibly evict the
> > protesters after the intervention of Richard Chartres, bishop of London,
> the
> > most senior Anglican figure in the city.
> >
> > The decision followed days of turmoil within the church over the camp — a
> > mass of hundreds of tents that is part of the Occupy protest movement.
> Two
> > of the leaders at the historic church, Canon Giles Fraser and the dean,
> > Graeme Knowles, resigned in recent days.
> >
> > The City of London Corporation, a civic body that oversees the financial
> > district, meanwhile, said it had “paused” legal action to remove the
> > protesters while officials meet for more talks, The Associated Press
> > reported.
> >
> > Ravi Somaiya reported from London and Alan Cowell from Paris.
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> --
> Apathy is Dead !
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