Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

[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 (...)

Final declaration of the seventh national congress of ATTAC CADTM Morocco

by ATTAC/CADTM Morocco

ATTAC CADTM Morocco organized its seventh national congress in Rabat on December 16, 17 and 18, 2022 under the slogan: “Let’s (...)

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, (...)

The CADTM condemns the nomination of Ajay Banga as the future President of the World Bank and calls for the replacement of this institution

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 (...)

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 (...)

Let’s Make Our Counter-Summit In Marrakech : A Successful Meeting Of Global Social And Climate Grassroot Movements. A Concretization Of All Forms Of International Solidarity With The Disaster-Stricken Morocco.

by ATTAC/CADTM Morocco, Collective

Coordination nationale du contre-sommet aux réunions de la Banque mondiale et du Fonds monétaire international à Marrakech en (...)

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 (...)

European Commission proposal on new GMOs favours biopiracy over rights of farmers and citizens

by La Via Campesina

On July 5, the European Commission presented its proposal to create a new regulatory framework for certain GMOs. This (...)

Economists of the world say yes to the Yasuní National Park in Ecuador

by Alberto Acosta, Aleida Azamar, Eric Toussaint, Joan Martínez Alier, Pierre Salama, Rosa Sueiro, Wilma Salgado

On 20 August, Ecuador will vote in a historic referendum to suspend oil extraction and keep the remaining oil reserves in the (...)

Durban deceits threaten global climate politics

by Patrick Bond

The potential new leader of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the world body’s Nobel (...)

Macron and Putin fight the same battle… against environmentalists!

by Yorgos Mitralias

The coincidence is terribly eloquent: On the same day, Wednesday June 21, 2023, almost at the same time, Macron and Putin (...)

The urgent need to repudiate debt

by Anaïs Carton, Eric Toussaint

According to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, at the end of 2022, approximately 60% of low-income (...)

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] Le CADTM joins the international campaign Debt for Climate and calls for the cancellation of the illegitimate debts

by CADTM Belgique, Extinction Rebellion Belgium, Scientist Rebellion Belgium

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the cancellation of Germany’s debt, CADTM, Scientist Rebellion Belgium and (...)

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 (...)

Does the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have enough resources to deal with a major banking crisis? And what about Europe?

by Eric Toussaint

Bank deposits in the US have been legally guaranteed up to a limit of USD 250,000 since 2008. The decision to enact a federal (...)