What if we stopped policing the poor and started trusting them instead? This talk explores a radical shift in social security, moving away from punitive, conditional support towards unconditional social assistance rooted in solidarity, not charity. Drawing on groundbreaking policy experiments from around the world, our speakers - leading voices in the global basic income movement - will argue that unconditionality isn’t just an idea; it’s a revolution waiting to happen.
Neil Howard is an academic activist based at the University of Bath. He works on poverty, how we (fail to) prevent it, and what we might do about it, looking particularly at radical alternatives like basic income.