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Sovereignty and Vultures, Debt and the Commons

7 January 2015 - by Assembly for the Suspension of Payments and Investigation of the Debt and in Defense of our National Heritage and the Commons

As part of its end of year activity, our Assembly for the Suspension of Payments and Investigation of the Debt and in Defense of our National Heritage and the Commons issued a document of balance and 2015 perspectives, entitled “Sovereignty and (...)
Don’t turn the clock back: Analysing the risks of the lending boom to impoverished countries

14 October 2014 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign

There is currently a boom in lending to impoverished countries. External loans to low income countries increased by 75% between 2008 and 2012. Lending to sub-Saharan African countries doubled over the same time period. This research uses (...)
Greece: Cancelling the majority of sovereign debt is an overdue necessity

9 May 2014 - by Greek Debt Audit Campaign

Announcement approved at public meeting, 7 May 2014 The debt crisis has acted as a lever to dismantle labour rights and transform Greece into a creditor’s colony. The increase of unemployment to 27%, the reduction of wages and pension by 40% on (...)
Rowan Williams calls for money lenders to be held responsible

9 April 2014 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign

Rowan Williams has criticised a “great deal” of lending by banks and other institutions for being unethical, both in the UK and across the world. Dr Williams was speaking at the Jubilee Debt Campaign conference, ‘Life Before Debt’, held in Central (...)
United States

The Debt Resisters’ Operations Manual

25 March 2014 - by Strike Debt

Written by a network of activists, writers, and academics from Strike Debt for free Contents INTRODUCTION Debt Rules Everything Around Me CHAPTER ONE Credit Scores and Consumer Reporting Agencies: Surveillance and the Vicious Cycle of Debt (...)
Strike Debt has a Song… And A Radio Slot to Sing It On!

10 December 2013 - by Occupy Oakland

Strike Debt Bay Area now has a radio segment! The first piece aired on KPFA on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 beginning at 8:33 AM. (33 minutes into the Morning Mix show here). Future shows are planned for approximately the same time slot weekly, (...)
Bank bailout

Ireland World Record Attempt: Most Expensive Bank Bailout Ever

12 January 2013 - by Anglo: Not Our Debt Campaign

December 16, 2012: An application has been lodged with the offices of the Guinness Book of Records to recognise Ireland’s as the World’s Most Expensive Bank Bailout, per capita. The World’s Most Expensive Bank Bailout bid is being submitted by the (...)
Press release Debt Justice Action: Anglo: Not Our Debt Campaign

Campaigners call on government not to replace promissory notes with sovereign bond

24 September 2012 - by Anglo: Not Our Debt Campaign

The Anglo: Not Our Debt campaign has warned the government against replacing the Anglo promissory note payments with a long-term sovereign bond. Campaign spokesperson Niamh McCrea described the debt as “illegitimate – it was accrued to pay off (...)
REPORT: The State of Debt

6 June 2012 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign

Putting an end to 30 years of crisis Thirty years of debt crisis have devastated livelihoods across the world. Debt cancellation finally released some countries from one debt trap, but the First World Debt Crisis shows yet again why reckless (...)
ACT NOW: Support Debt Justice for Zimbabwe

14 April 2012 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign

With fresh elections due next year, debt campaigners in Zimbabwe want lessons learned about the country’s $7 billion debt. Take action now to support their call. Zimbabwe stopped paying most of its debts in the year 2000. Since then, (...)
October 8 to 16, 2011

Week of Global Action Against Debt and IFIs. Break the chains of debt!

Break the chains of debt! The system of debt continues to devastate the lives of people around the world. People in the South face the daily impacts and consequences of the financial indebtedness of their countries, which far from having been (...)
Debt justice campaigns at World Social Forum in Dakar

23 February 2011 - by Cristiano Morsolin

Several non-governmental organizations launched at the World Social Forum in Dakar, capital city of Senegal, an international campaign to demand G20 countries to combat financial activities of tax havens that are extremely detrimental to (...)
Egypt’s debt must fall with Mubarak’s regime

18 February 2011 - by Nick Dearden

The debts of Egypt and Tunisia must be cancelled if the people on the streets of Cairo and Tunis are to take control of their economy and hold Western countries to account In the best tradition of dictators, Hosni Mubarak pillaged Egypt’s (...)
A Global Justice Perspective on the Irish EU-IMF Loans: Lessons from the Wider World

23 December 2010 - by Debt and Development Coalition Ireland

This document outlines lessons from the global debt justice movement, provides a background to the Irish EU‐IMF loans (up to the 28th November 2010), and offers some recommendations based on these lessons from DDCI. It also flags up (...)
4^th CADTM South Asia Workshop

Sri Lanka : Debt and Development

10 December 2010 - by B. Skanthakumar

Sri Lanka presentation at CADTM 4th South Asia Network workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 9-11 December 2010
Global Anti-debt Week

Pakistan : Campaigners urge debt waiver

LAHORE, Oct 10: The anti-debt campaigners, including a foreign member visiting Pakistan to show solidarity with local activists, on Sunday urged the donor countries as well as international financial institutions to write off all foreign debts (...)
Global Week of Action against Debt and the IFIs

Break the Chains - Transform the System

October 7-17, 2010 We’ve been told that the global economy is on the road to recovery. The Wall Street casino that triggered the global financial and economic crisis is back up and running; the largest banks are back to paying out enormous (...)
III Jubilee South/Americas Regional Assembly

Managua Declaration. “Towards Debt Reparations and the Building of Alternatives"

30 June 2010 - by Jubilee South-Americas

Celebrating our Jubilee South / Americas III Regional Assembly, representatives of social movements, grassroots organizations, religious, environmental, professional, political, sexual diversity organizations, and anti-debt coalitions from 10 (...)
Week of Global Action against Debt and the IFI’s. No More False Solutions: People and the Planet need Debt Cancellation and Reparations, NOW!

October 12 – 18, 2009 Week of Global Action against Debt and the IFI’s No More False Solutions: People and the Planet need Debt Cancellation and Reparations, NOW! The global financial and economic crisis has devastating consequences on the lives (...)
Bali Declaration

8 May 2009 - by Asian Peoples’ Movement Against ADB

Koalisi Anti Utang (KAU), Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI), Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi), Solidaritas Perempuan, Jaringan Advokasi Tambang (Jatam), Koalisi Rakyat untuk Keadilan Perikanan (Kiara), Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API), (...)
CADTM International network : a new political charter

12 December 2008 - by Denise Comanne

In spite of mounting difficulties for getting visas, CADTM’s global meeting took place on 1st and 2nd December at Liège (Belgium) and was extremely representative and successful. Around 50 delegates and observers from 21 countries participated in (...)
International Campaign against the illegitimate debt

NORTH/SOUTH STUDY AND STRATEGY MEETING ON ILLEGITIMATE DEBT. QUITO, SEPTEMBER 9-15, 2008

From September 9-15, 2008 the organisations working on debt held a North/South dialogue at Quito, Ecuador. After Dakar in 2000, Havana in 2005, this dialogue was concretised at the World Social Forum at Nairobi in 2007 with the creation of (...)
International Campaign against the illegitimate debt

North/South study and strategy meeting, Quito, Sepetember 9-15, 2008

26 September 2008 - by Myriam Bourgy

From September 9-15, 2008 the organisations working on debt held a North/South dialogue at Quito, Ecuador. After Dakar in 2000, Havana in 2005, this dialogue was concretised at the World Social Forum at Nairobi in 2007 with the creation of (...)
International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt

Resolution of support for Ecuadorian Debt Audit

The undersigned participants in the First South-North Study and Strategy Meeting of the International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt, representing 50 global and regional networks and organizations from 36 countries from throughout the world, (...)
Debt Campaign

7^th bulletin of international campaign on illegitimate debt

This is a publication that comes out every two months to summarise recent and forthcoming actions in the International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt carried out by activists across the world. It aims to publicise the actions and give (...)