The Spark: 16 – 21 June
The Spark is a free week of workshops, films, discussions, poetry, music, art and more, looking at the fight for social justice in the UK and around the world. Monday 16…
Blog from Jamaica: ‘We are in the same debt trap as the government’
It is 1998, I’m 16 and going on my first large protest. It’s in Birmingham for the Jubilee 2000 demonstration, calling for the G8 group of self-appointed most important countries…
Blog from Grenada: Why the ‘Spice Isle’ has stopped paying its debts
It’s 10:30 at night and I’m trying a short cut through the grounds of an upmarket hotel in Grenada to get to my much cheaper room on the other side.…
Bill Peters: The Passing of a Great Debt Campaigner
William (Bill) Peters CMG CVO MBE, distinguished diplomat and debt campaigner extraordinary, died peacefully in the early hours of Saturday 29 March, aged 90.
Rowan Williams calls for money lenders to be held responsible
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…
Caribbean nations join together to push for debt cancellation
Caribbean nations have publicly called for debt cancellation for the region. This week, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called for “reparations for native genocide and slavery”.…
Chancellor ignores Jubilee for Justice demands
In September 2013, we handed in a petition from over 10,000 people calling for a Jubilee for Justice: – Cancellation of unjust debts – Just and progressive taxation – Controls…
MPs are wrong to call for more aid to be ‘given’ as loans
Our response to the International Development Select Committee's report on the future of aid.
Lending boom as IMF and World Bank account for almost half of loans
Figures released by the World Bank have revealed that lending to low income country governments is booming, increasing by 30 per cent in just one year. Almost half of the…
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