Comité pour l'abolition des dettes illégitimes

Human Rights

Forecast 2023: the impending slump

10 January 2023 - by Michael Roberts

At the end of every year, I attempt to make a forecast on what will happen in the world economy in the next year. Of course, forecasts are wrapped in error, given the many variables involved that drive economies. Weather forecasts are still (...)
Life expectancy and human development in the 21^st century

19 September 2022 - by Michael Roberts

Life expectancy is one of the best measures of human development. In hunter-gather societies, on average, about 57-67% of children made it to 15 years. Then 79% of those 15 year-olds made it to 45 years. Finally, those remaining at 45 years (...)
SL Govt - Stop Labeling Student Protesters and Activists as Terrorists!

28 August 2022 - by Collective

We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down student protesters and activists, including a (...)