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Neen, de Belgen hebben niet boven hun stand geleefd

15 juli 2013 - door Olivier Bonfond

Volgens de heersende ideologie, dat België te veel schulden heeft, is dit omdat de Belgen boven hun stand geleefd zouden hebben in de afgelopen decennia. Regeringen zouden te veel hebben uitgegeven en de Belgen zouden op een roekeloze manier (...)
Dexia: What if we stopped banking?

1 November 2012 - by Comité de soutien au recours du CADTM Belgique, ATTAC Bruxelles 2 et ATTAC Liège contre les garanties Dexia

Having saved the banks from bankruptcy, States have seen their public debt skyrocket. Government authorities are now under pressure from the financial markets and European authorities (and the IMF, in some cases) to adopt austerity plans in (...)
To you, dear Denise

26 April 2012 - by Eric Toussaint

Denise, almost two years after you passed away, I’m writing to you. The heart attack that felled you occurred at a tram stop in Brussels just after you’d left a conference in solidarity with the Congolese people. Taken to Casualty by ambulance, (...)
Summary of the “Dexia” Appeal brought by the CADTM and ATTAC against the Belgian State

On December 23, 2011 CADTM Belgium, ATTAC Brussels 2 and ATTAC Liege, represented by their lawyers Pierre Robert and Olivier Stein, implemented proceedings against the Belgian Council of State to cancel the Royal Decree of 18 October 2011 that (...)
Succesful international action of civil non violent disobedience « Nato Game Over » on March 22^th 2008 at NATO headquarters in Brussels

24 March 2008 - by CADTM Belgium

Saturday March 22th at ten days from the next NATO’ summit in Bucarest, 450 demonstrators from 17 European countries opposing the war logical sustained by NATO were jailed for several hours (from 6 to 10 hours) at Brussels law Courts. Among them (...)
Your Money or Your Life. Make Capitalism History

8 February 2008 - by CADTM

Jérôme Ollier’s reply to the President of the Brussels Stock exchange published by Le Soir on page 19 of its 7 February issue Photo coverage of Jérôme Ollier’s action
Scoring a try

CADTM takes satisfaction from the Belgian Senate’s adoption of a resolution cancelling the debt of developing countries and urges the government to implement it

The resolution cancelling the debt of the Least Developed Countries (LCD) adopted by the Belgian Senate on 29 March 2007 with a majority of 34 votes to 29 represents a major advance in several respects. The resolution calls for the Belgian (...)
Fifth International Seminar on Debt and Law

3 days, 3 issues The United Nations 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development and how to implement it Auditing the debt How to make the international financial institutions legally accountable and how to control them Dates : from Friday 7th (...)