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1. Millions of artists, musicians, makers, performers, technicians and other creative workers cannot work because of the pandemic. People who earned their living (not always well, but enough) are ineligible for income support schemes (where they exist)…/
2. What will happen to them and their families? They need emergency help now, like all self-employed and/or unprotected workers, but what comes after, when we build back (better)? What is the long-term plan for the artists on whom the cultural and creative industries depend? …/
3. Over the summer @arlenegoldbard and I have talked about that, recalling the responses made in the USA and the UK in earlier times (1930s to 1980s). This isn't nostalgia: it's about asking what we can learn - and what we can apply to our current situation…/
4. Many people are calling for 'a new WPA for the arts', but it's worth asking what worked before, what didn't, why and what cost. We don't have all the answers to those questions, nor do we know what could or should be done, but we think talking about it is a start…/
5. We've transcribed, edited and shared our conversation here, for anybody who might be asking themselves the same questions, and tomorrow, we'll host a transatlantic zoom discussion about them…/ https://parliamentofdreams.com/2020/09/29/1-who-cares-about-an-old-employment-programme/
6. It will be at 5pm (UK time) on 6 October: if you'd like to join us, you can register using the link at the top of this post. None of us can do much to change this alone: together, we might make a difference. END https://parliamentofdreams.com/2020/10/05/7-what-made-public-service-employment-successful-or-not/
