The Austerity Machine and How To Stop It
Austerity policies aren’t new. They are part of a set of policies that have been imposed on countries around the world for decades. Where they have been implemented, they…
Leaked IMF documents show global opposition to lender’s bank bailout
Leaked minutes of IMF meetings in 2010 show that Argentina, Brazil, India, Russia and Switzerland all argued that some Greek debt owed to private banks should be cancelled before any…
Life before debt
The cost of austerity packages imposed in the name of paying debts in Europe has been high. In Portugal fees for health care have been imposed, costs for utilities have…
Add your #NotOurDebt photo for Debt Week 2013
TAKE ACTION: Add your #NotOurDebt photo From 8-15 October, as part of Global Debt Week, we’re calling on people across the world to stand in solidarity against unjust debt. Here’s…
Break of debt pledge stops development goals from being met
Several developing countries, including Jamaica, El Salvador and Pakistan, are failing to meet international development goals after rich countries reneged on a pledge to deal with their debts. Moreover, unjust…
Life and debt: Global studies of debt and resistance
Report investigating the impact of debt and austerity, and campaigns for justice, in Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Jamaica, Latvia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal and Tunisia. Download Life and debt: Global…
The debt stories they don’t want you to know
I sometimes get asked, ‘If all countries are in debt, then who are they in debt to’? It’s a good question. Have we discovered life on another planet, who are…
Goodnight Greece – Good morning Colony!
Our friends in the Greek Debt Audit Campaign have responded to this week’s Eurogroup statement on Greece: Greek Debt Audit Campaign announcement on the November 27 Eurogroup decision. On November…
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…
EU must not ‘enslave’ Greece at behest of banks
Anti-poverty campaigners say Greek austerity package is ‘structural adjustment for Europe’
