John Clarke, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Explains Universal Basic Income
Channel: WrongKindofGreen
Date: 2020-04-17

Utilizing language and framing, Universal Basic Income (UBI) can be easily made palatable within "a climate of desperation". If social license can be obtained, the global roll-out of UBI will intensify neoliberalism while increase the rate exploitation.

John Clarke is a writer and retired organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). You can follow his tweets at @JohnOCAP and his blog at johnclarkeblog.com.

Recorded November 4, 2017: "A vicious flu bug prevented me from giving a talk on neoliberal model of basic income being prepared in Ontario that I had been asked to present. Rather than waste the preparations I made, I decided to put this admittedly rather crude effort up on social media."

Further reading: 

April 13, 2020: COVID-19 as a Weapon. The Crushing of the Disposable Working Class – by Design:

http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2020/04/13/covid-19-as-a-weapon-the-crushing-of-the-disposable-working-class-by-design/

April 12, 2020: The False Hope of a Pandemic Basic Income

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-false-hope-of-a-pandemic-basic-income

Jan 13, 2018: Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age

https://socialistproject.ca/pamphlets/basic-income-neoliberal-age/

April 4, 2018: Basic Income: Progressive Cloak and Neoliberal Dagger

https://socialistproject.ca/2018/04/basic-income-progressive-cloak-and-neoliberal-dagger/

Jan 2, 2017: Basic Income: Progressive Dreams Meet Neoliberal Realities

https://socialistproject.ca/2017/01/b1350/

April 3, 2016: Looking the Basic Income Gift Horse in the Mouth

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/looking-the-basic-income-gift-horse-in-the-mouth

Nov 15, 2016: Ontario’s Austerity Government Sets Basic Income Trap

https://socialistproject.ca/2016/11/b1330/