by Lino Zeddies, Monetative Some weeks ago our German sovereign money reform organization „Monetative“ held its annual conference on “Money. Power. Inequality.” to discuss how the current money system with private banks power to create deposit money affects the distribution of power, income and wealth. In this article, I would like to share my most important take-aways from the confer...

The purpose of the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR) is to reform our current monetary system (where the bulk of our money is created by private institutions) to one where all money is created free of debt in a democratic and transparent process by sovereign nations for society’s public good. To support our efforts in changing the monetary system, we are hiring an Inte...

The second official meeting of the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR) took place in Berlin on February 17-19, 2017. The meeting was a successful gathering and significant steps were agreed to consolidate our organisation and inspire our future actions. Article originally written by Lino Zeddies in German. The background The IMMR was launched in 2013, but its very firs...

A recent survey covering 20 countries concludes that only 20% of the population is aware that money creation is being largely managed by the private banking sector and 13% agrees this should be so. In contrast, nearly 59% would prefer that such a privilege be granted to public institution. How many people are aware that private banks create money ; and is this system the favorite opti...

This summer a group of Canadian, German and Spanish monetary reformers were present at the World Social Forum in Montreal to educate activists from all over the world about the implications of money creation. Report by Manuel Klein (Monetative Germany), translated from German. It all started when Joseph Pilon, a Montreal-based Canadian, decided on his own to invite organizations t...

Two weeks ago 34 monetary reform activists, from Iceland to South Africa, got together in Brussels for a training organised by Positive Money.  In 2013, Positive Money initiated the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR) having realised there were groups across the world calling for sovereign money. In 2013, fifteen countries got involved. Three years later, twenty-four  co...