Jubilee Debt Campaign Benefit – 14 September
Join us on Saturday 14 September for a night of beat boppin, show stoppin, debt droppin extravagance at the Waiting Room in Stoke Newington. Jubilee Debt Campaign benefit featuring: The…
IMF loan for Pakistan repeats history of failed bailouts
The International Monetary Fund has agreed in principle to lend $5.3 billion to Pakistan over three years.
Economics is for all of us – Oxford, 27 September
A free day long workshop for activists and NGO staff in Oxford Oxford 27th September, all day Economics is complex and best left to the experts? Right? Wrong. The economy…
Vince Cable criticised over £2 billion arms loan to Oman
Vince Cable’s Business Department has backed £2 billion of loans to the dictatorship in Oman to buy Typhoon fighter aircraft.
EU and US ‘trade’ deal increases risk of financial crisis
Reaction to the G8 summit announcement that the EU and US will enter negotiations on a free trade agreement.
Nick Dearden: The market doesn’t know best when it comes to hunger
Partnerships with food giants such as Monsanto and Unilever will not eradicate hunger – and they might well make it worse Davd Cameron’s attempt to detoxify the Conservative party has…
Campaigners call for Pakistan debt freeze as repayments undermine fight against poverty
Pakistan’s economy has been paralysed by an unpayable and largely unjust debt burden that is preventing the country reaching its poverty goals and hindering the development of democracy, says a…
Unlocking the chains of debt: A call for debt relief for Pakistan
New government faces crisis as debt payments increase rapidly. Pakistan’s economy has been paralysed by an unpayable and largely unjust debt burden that is preventing the country reaching its poverty…
Food, Debt and Power
There is easily enough food in the world to feed everyone. So why are 870 million people chronically hungry? Jubilee Debt Campaign’s new briefing looks at the root causes of…
Call for Jamaican debt cancellation as bailout loan agreed
The IMF is today (Wednesday 1 May) set to agree a $1 billion four-year bailout loan for Jamaica.