Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

Africa : the debt trap and how to get out of it

by CADTM

Study carried out by the CADTM, the Left Group in the European Parliament - The Left Executive summary and full version in (...)

[Video] Debt, wars, climate and food crisis in the Global South

by Broulaye Bagayoko, Dorothy Guerrero, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Morgan Ody, Rityusha Mani Tiwary, Tarcísio Motta

We share the full video of this conference organised by The Left at the European Parliament, with the participation of (...)

Call for a global counter-summit of social movements to the IMF-WB Annual Meetings to be held in Marrakech from 9 to 15 October 2023

by CADTM International

In order to promote unity of action, the CADTM proposes that a common call to this counter-summit be drafted. It is addressed (...)

Lomé Declaration

by Attac-Togo, CADTM Afrique, Foundation for a just society, Womin

The struggle against illegitimate, illegal, unsustainable and odious debts has been at the heart of the concerns of African (...)

Chile: 50 years after the disgrace Neoliberalism at gun point

by Eric Toussaint, Roberto González Amador

The coup against the government of Chile’s constitutionally elected president Salvador Allende, which marks its fiftieth (...)

China Seduces Africa: a Love Story or a Honey Pot? Is it that Simple?

by Pierre-François Grenson

Shortly before 2010, China became Africa’s leading tradingpartner, ahead of the United States and Europe [1]. Since then, (...)

Disgust and revulsion : double standards for human lives

by Eric Toussaint

On 15 June 2023, a ship carrying several hundred migrants sank in the terrible graveyard that the Mediterranean has become. (...)

Debt ceiling: Radio Silence Concerning United States President Franklin Roosevelt’s Repudiation of Debts

by Eric Toussaint

During your education, did you learn that during the 1930s the government of the USA unceremoniously repudiated a central (...)

The 1953 London Debt Agreement on Germany’s debt

by Eric Toussaint

Germany benefited from the cancellation of most of its debt as of February 27, 1953. This cancellation was instrumental in (...)

Marrakech counter-summit demands: debt, microcredit, climate justice, food sovereignty, social movements, migration...

by Collective, CADTM International

As one of the outcomes of the IMF-World Bank counter-summit held in Marrakesh, the workshops held from 13 to 14 October 2023 (...)

Nakba : not in my name !

by Pierre Galand

An intolerable violation of human rights, allowed by Europeans? I am ashamed and outraged by Western hypocrisy, which is (...)

Marrakesh Statement : 79 years of neocolonial exploitation and destruction by the WB and the IMF, this is enough!

by Collective, CADTM International

We, social and climate movements, trade unions, women’s, small farmers’ and indigenous peoples’ organizations, non-governmental (...)

Cop 28 Coalition : Declaration and call to action

by Collective, COP 28 Coalition

People and communities all over the world are experiencing the horrific conditions of multiple crises on top of long-standing (...)

The Palestinian people have a right to their lives, land and sovereignty

by GRAIN

The CADTM shares GRAIN’s point of view and in-depth analysis, in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Israel’s retaliation (...)

An Urgent Call for Debt, Climate and Economic Justice

by Collective, CADTM International

Communities all over the world are struggling and resisting the impacts of multiple crises. At a time of intensifying climate (...)

We stand with the People of Palestine! We stand for Justice, Human Rights and Freedom!

by Collective, CADTM Belgique

As movements fighting against systems of injustice that view black, brown and indigenous peoples as disposable, to be (...)

An Urgent Call for Debt, Climate and Economic Justice

by Collective, CADTM International

Communities all over the world are struggling and resisting the impacts of multiple crises. At a time of intensifying climate (...)

Madrid Manifesto against Illegitimate Debt and Vulture Funds

by CADTM

From Friday, April 21, to Sunday, April 23, 2023, the days against illegitimate debt and vulture funds were held in Madrid. (...)

Grant distribution failures foil ‘financial inclusion’

by Erin Torkelson, Lena Lavinas, Milford Bateman, Patrick Bond

The Postbank ‘glitch’ in early September was devastating to 600,000 social grant recipients, and although the problem was (...)

Éric Toussaint: “There are not enough leaders ready to stand up to debt creditors.”

by Eric Toussaint, Jorge Muracciole

The spokesperson for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt warns that in 2023-2024, “all records of fiscal (...)

Deeper than ever, the crisis leaves capitalism out of breath

by Eric Toussaint

CADTM : Are we witnessing a crisis This is a major crisis of the globalized capitalist system, the worst crisis since those (...)