CADTM

ATTAC CADTM Morocco: 20 years of struggle for another possible Morocco – one of social and environmental justice, of dignity and freedom

23 December 2020 - by Omar Aziki

In which background was ATTAC CADTM Morocco born? Global situation The 1990s were marked by a rise in struggles against the neoliberal globalisation which was unrelenting after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A series of global networks were (...)
Presentation of the second ReCommons Europe manifesto – A key encounter in the search for alternatives

2 December 2020 - by Mats Lucia Bayer, ReCommons Europe

The ReCommons Europe meeting-days took place in Brussels on 22 and 23 September 2020 under the title Let Us Act Now: Internationalist Alternatives to EU Policies in the Age of SARS-CoV-2. In the course of those meeting-days we introduced the (...)
Report on the International Situation and the activities of CADTM International since May 2020

1 December 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, CADTM International, Jean Nanga, Christine Vanden Daelen, Sushovan Dhar, Maria Elena Saludas, Omar Aziki, Rémi Vilain

This report was presented by Éric Toussaint at the biannual meetings of CADTM Belgium on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The text was completed in the annexes by an addendum on the action of the coordination of feminist struggles written by Christine (...)
CADTM - 30 years of struggle against debt

16 November 2020 - by CADTM, Chris Den Hond

CADTM - Committee for the Cancellation of Illegitimate Debt = 30 years of struggle against debt Badly impacted by COVID-19, our meeting days largely took place online, with activists contributing from countries such as DRCongo, Morocco, Sri (...)
On the CADTM’s strategy

4 November 2020 - by Eric Toussaint

First, a few key words to present the CADTM and its strategy: Radicality Convergence Unity Plurality Internationalism – Antiracism Transversality: for the CADTM, debt is a transversal theme, as are feminism and eco-socialism Continuity-tenacity (...)
For a united front against the payment of public and private illegitimate debts

4 November 2020 - by CADTM International

Since the beginning of the year 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has tragically worsened the living conditions of the majority of the world’s population. Never really recovering from the subprime crisis in 2007-2008, the economic system is (...)
The CADTM denounces the G20’s measures on debt

17 October 2020 - by CADTM International

At the time of the WB-IMF annual assemblies held from 12 to 18 October 2020, the G20 Finance Ministers met on Wednesday 14 October to decide on new debt relief measures for the countries of the South. The G20 proved unable to meet the emergency (...)
Olivier Bonfond : Eric Toussaint’s latest publication, Capitulation entre adultes, Grèce 2015: une alternative était possible is a “must read” for everybody

30 June 2020 - by Olivier Bonfond

Eric Toussaint has accomplished a remarkable piece of work with this book. It is short, well written, easy to read, enlightening and convincing. Some elements of the book must be known by all. The book’s starting point; Yanis Varoufakis’ Adults (...)
For Immediate Release

We Won’t Pay for Their Crises Anymore!

15 April 2020 - by CADTM Europe

In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, Mario Draghi stated in the pages of the Financial Times that “whatever it takes” must be done to guarantee the future of the Eurozone. He was reaffirming a principle that has been applied by European (...)
Call

Morocco: For the suspension of the payment of micro-finance loans for a period of 6 months, renewable with exemption of all interest

5 April 2020 - by ATTAC/CADTM Maroc

The country has taken the measures announced by the Economic Vigilance Committee to address the impact of the Corona virus pandemic. However, these measures have not yet included micro-finance victims. The professional group of Moroccan banks (...)
Let us unite against micro-credits and illegitimate debt

4 March 2020 - by Sushovan Dhar

For every KSh 100 Kenya is collecting in tax revenue, it is spending KSh 130 to fund its budget needs, an overspending that is driving its voracious debt appetite to plug the shortfall. An analysis of the most recent expenditure data published (...)
In Sri Lanka, Resistance to Private Indebtedness Is a Strategic Issue

3 March 2020 - by Nathan Legrand

In Sri Lanka, the issue of private indebtedness — in particular in the form of microcredit — is a major problem that negatively affects borrowers and their families, but also society as a whole. The influence of microfinance in Sri Lanka is such (...)
Political Charter of CADTM International

28 February 2020 - by CADTM

We publish a new version of the CADTM policy charter as provisionally amended at the meeting of the CADTM International Council held in Liège on 11 and 12 September 2019. This amended version provisionally replaces the political charter adopted (...)
Colombo declaration on illegitimate debt

27 February 2020 - by CADTM

We, the participants of the 8th CADTM South Asia meeting from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, as well as from Morocco, Belgium and France assembled at Colombo, Sri Lanka from 18-19 February 2020 resolve to fight against illegitimate debt (...)
Message from Juan Pablo Bohoslavski, the UN expert on Debt and Human Rights, to the 8^th CADTM South Asia meeting in Colombo

19 February 2020 - by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky

Dear colleagues and friends, I am pleased to have the opportunity to share this message on the occasion of 8th South Asian CADTM Regional Meeting. The topics discussed during this meeting are indeed important ones and while sometimes simply (...)
International situation and Radical Alternatives

18 February 2020 - by Eric Toussaint

On 18 February 2020, in Colombo, 8th CADTM South Asian workshop We are facing a multidimensional crisis of the global capitalist system Economic crisis : Stagnation or recession in Europe; recession in Japan; slowdown in the US economy; (...)
Kangemi Declaration

14 February 2020 - by CADTM

We, the participants of the 2nd CADTM East Africa Regional Meeting from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania as well as from Morocco and India gathered at Kangemi, Nairobi in Kenya from 7 to 9 February 2020 do hereby acknowledge and affirm that (...)
Unitedly we fight against debt and all other oppressions!

2 February 2020 - by CADTM Asia

A region that was the poster boy of neo-liberal growth and for its emerging middle class is back in news for wrong reasons. The 2018 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (...)
The Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) on private debt and human rights

13 January 2020 - by Chiara Filoni, Eva Betavatzi, Mats Lucia Bayer

This is our contribution to the appeal made by the UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky. Mr. (...)
ATTAC/CADTM MOROCCO Member of CADTM International Network

Morocco: Immediate freedom for Omar Radi (Activist & Journalist)

30 December 2019 - by ATTAC/CADTM Maroc

Immediate freedom for Omar Radi (Activist & Journalist) No to the repression of free voices and forms of expression that reject injustice and demand democracy. Solidarity with all political prisoners and popular struggles. The Moroccan (...)
The Debt System - book review

17 December 2019 - by Phil Armstrong

The Debt System argues that international debt is a system of exploitation of poorer countries, which should be regarded as illegitimate, finds Phil Armstrong This book tells a story of exploitation and the use of indebtedness by western (...)
For food sovereignty in Morocco

24 November 2019 - by ATTAC/CADTM Maroc

The ATTAC/CADTM Morocco organization has recently published its study in Arabic on agricultural policy in Morocco and its multiple impacts on small farmers, on agricultural workers, on economy and on environment. The title is: ’For food (...)
South Africa: Resistance and Research for Alternatives to Illegitimate Debt and for Ecosocialism

3 May 2019 - by Eric Toussaint

Report on the CADTM International mission to South Africa 31 March – 12 April 2019, part 2. First part available here Wednesday 3 April: Cape town and Cape of Good Hope: highly visible social and racial segregation The fourth day was (...)
From the BRICS countries to the townships: racial and social segregation continues

22 April 2019 - by Eric Toussaint

Over 25 years ago now the people of South Africa won the struggle to end the Apartheid regime. [1] Nevertheless, even though it is now against the law, de facto racial segregation is still apparent. Moreover the capitalist assault on the (...)
In memory of Paulino Nuñez

8 April 2019 - by CADTM

Paulino Nuñez was an active member of the Venezuelan anti-debt network, the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt) and of CADTM-AYNA (Abya Yala/Nuestra America the CADTM Latin America and Caribbean network). He was an untiring (...)