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Banga’s nomination has Empire written all over it
3 March 2023 - by Iolanda Fresnillo, Jean Saldanha
Eurodad’s questions ex-MasterCard chief Ajay Banga’s nomination by the USA as their candidate for president of the World Bank Group. It is crucial that the next World Bank leader breaks with the past and has a vision for the future, but a Banga (...) -
The CADTM condemns the nomination of Ajay Banga as the future President of the World Bank and calls for the replacement of this institution
1 March 2023 - by CADTM International
A few days after the resignation of David Malpass, who remains President of the World Bank until 30 June 2023, Joe Biden announced the appointment of his successor, Ajay Banga. Like his predecessors, the future head of the World Bank is an (...) -
[Video] Le CADTM joins the international campaign Debt for Climate and calls for the cancellation of the illegitimate debts
28 February 2023 - by CADTM Belgium, Scientist Rebellion Belgium, Extinction Rebellion Belgium
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the cancellation of Germany’s debt, CADTM, Scientist Rebellion Belgium and Extinction Rebellion Belgium joins the international Debt for Climate campaign and calls for the cancellation of the (...) -
Haiti, which questions ?
27 February 2023 - by Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, Boubacar Boris Diop
For many years, Haiti has been destabilized by a political crisis, to which must be added the humanitarian, socio-economic and security crises, to the point that the current Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, appointed two days before the (...) -
The 1953 London Debt Agreement on Germany’s debt
26 February 2023 - by Eric Toussaint
Germany benefited from the cancellation of most of its debt as of February 27, 1953. This cancellation was instrumental in helping the country regain its position as the leading economic power on the European continent. Since then, no other (...) -
From Lebanon to Sri Lanka through Latin America and Egypt: Public debt today and in the history of capitalism
26 February 2023 - by Eric Toussaint, Anis Germany
The present interview with Éric Toussaint aims at constructing a common position about debts and their payment. It also helps to understand the part played by debt and its mechanisms in the extraction of resources of the South by the North at an (...) -
Russia-Ukraine: one year of war – the economics
26 February 2023 - by Michael Roberts
It’s just a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I am not going to discuss the politics of this war in this post. There are plenty of sources for debate on this. Instead, I want to look at the economic consequences of the war for both (...) -
[Video] Global Crises, Global Resistance - building alternatives with the Global South
23 February 2023 - by Miguel Urbán Crespo, Broulaye Bagayoko, Dorothy Guerrero, Tarcísio Motta, Rityusha Mani Tiwary, Wim Moyaert
International conference, co-organised by the Transnational Institute, the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts (CADTM) and the Left Group in the European Parliament (The Left), bringing together voices from four continents, to (...) -
It is time to do justice to former slaves
22 février 2023 - par Hilary Beckles
Stand Up to Racism Dorset - meeting Join the call for justice for slavery - reparations now ! Time’s Up, Richard Drax Wednesday 1 March, 7.30pm The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester DT1 1RR Speakers : David Denny, Caribbean Movement for (...) -
How to combat the growing carbon inequality?
21 February 2023 - by Sushovan Dhar
Global attention has been drawn to the rising inequality that has recently been observed in almost all the nations. Growing inequality is a result of a number of reasons, including globalisation, technological advancement, labour market changes, (...) -
The resignation of David Malpass, President of the Wolrd Bank, must boost actions and mobilizations towards the replacement / the demise of both the WB and the IMF in a context of acute climate and environmental crisis
18 February 2023 - by CADTM International
David Malpass, President of the World Bank since April 2019, has announced his resignation on or before 30 June 2023. In the context of a major ecological and climatic crisis, which threatens all living beings on the planet - mainly in the (...) -
[Video] Debt, wars, climate and food crisis in the Global South
16 February 2023 - by Morgan Ody, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Broulaye Bagayoko, Dorothy Guerrero, Tarcísio Motta, Rityusha Mani Tiwary
We share the full video of this conference organised by The Left at the European Parliament, with the participation of Broulaye Bagayoko, CADTM Afrique secretary. Dorothy Guerrero, Asia Europe People’s Forum-Global Justice now Broulaye Bagayoko, (...) -
The World Bank: a Critical Primer by Eric Toussaint - Part 2
15 February 2023 - by Samantha K.S
The second part of the discussion on the World Bank based on Eric Toussaint’s book, The World Bank: a Critical Primer -
Pensions: The trial of strength to make Macron give way
8 February 2023 - by Léon Crémieux
After the big demonstrations of 19 January, which were already comparable to the great demonstrations of 1995 and 2010 (during the mobilizations against attacks by previous governments on the pension system), the demonstrations of 31 January (...) -
The World Bank: a Critical Primer by Eric Toussaint - Part 1
5 February 2023 - by Samantha K.S
An interesting discussion on the World Bank based on Eric Toussaint’s book, The World Bank: a Critical Primer -
Deal-or-default: Is it the endgame for Pakistan?
5 February 2023 - by Abdul Khaliq
The IMF mission is currently in Pakistan on a 10-day visit to discuss the stalled ninth review of the country’s current funding programme. The loan talks were restarted after the government finally yielded to IMF demands.Pakistan secured a $6 (...) -
Central banks: boom or slump?
3 February 2023 - by Michael Roberts
Three of the major central banks met and raised their policy interest rates yet again in the so-called ‘fight against inflation’. Interest-rate levels are now at 15-year highs. But the financial markets took the comments of the central bankers (...) -
France: towards a social explosion of historic proportions!
3 February 2023 - by Yorgos Mitralias
The international media may say hardly a word, but that does not mean that these days France is not being shaken by the biggest social eruption of the last several decades! In particular, on Tuesday January 31st the demonstrations against (...) -
The Dakar Declaration – Pan-African cooperation & global solidarity
1 February 2023 - by Collective
Scholars and activists from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, came together to draft the Dakar Declaration last year. The declaration condemns the constraints to Africa’s economic and monetary sovereignty. Against the multifaceted crises (...) -
Radio Silence Concerning United States President Franklin Roosevelt’s Repudiation of Debts
28 January 2023 - by Eric Toussaint
During your education, did you learn that during the 1930s the government of the USA unceremoniously repudiated a central provision of debt contracts that represented phenomenal sums? Do any history books analyze that act? Historical narratives (...)
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