Florence blog: How much longer can we abandon Greece?
Ten years ago 60,000 activists converged in Florence for the first European Social Forum to discuss building another world. That meeting, four months before the invasion of Iraq, catalysed the…
Egypt blog 4: A Middle East Beanfeast
Another reason why Egypt shouldn’t be paying its odious Mubarak-era debt was highlighted by a teachers’ protest yesterday against the appalling under-investment in education here. While there is a theoretical…
Egypt blog 3: Who will pay the price?
Spent the day at the brilliant conference which looked at ‘who will pay the price’ for decisions to pay Mubarak’s debt and take Egypt down the so-called ‘free market’ economic…
Egypt blog 2: What should Egypt ‘swap’ for Mubarak’s debts?
Today we’re taking part in a conference organised by activists from the Drop Egypt’s Debt Campaign, a campaign which is rapidly growing in profile. The campaign has just issued a…
Egypt blog 1: You Do Have A Choice
It’s an appropriate time for a group of debt campaigners to arrive in Egypt – the headlines are dominated by a potential loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for…
