Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

The port of Chancay: a dramatic boost for extractivism in South America

by GRAIN

“Brazilian gold left holes in Brazil, temples in Portugal, and factories in England.” — Open Veins of Latin America, Eduardo Galeano The port of Chancay is not (…)

Program of the International Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference in Porto Alegre – Brazil (March 26–29, 2026)

by Collective, CADTM

We are publishing the program of the international anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Conference will be preceded by (…)

Over a hundred Brazilian organizations support the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference

by Collective

Preparations for the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference, to be held in Porto Alegre from March 26 to 29, 2026, are well underway. Around a hundred political (…)

FTZ Workers Demand Worker-Centred Labour Law Reforms

par Ishankha Singha Arachchi

Efforts by several governments to amend labour laws in ways that primarily benefit employers have repeatedly been defeated due to strong opposition from trade unions. (…)

Consolidation Without Redistribution: The Budget and the Remaking of the Indian State

by Sushovan Dhar

“India’s fiscal credibility today rests on a deliberate shift toward capital formation.” – Economic Survey 2025–26 The Economic Survey 2025–26 defines India’s (…)

International Call to Strengthen Antifascist and Anti-Imperialist Action

by Collective, Achin Vanaik, Ada Colau

The extreme right and neo-fascist forces are advancing on every continent. While the threat manifests itself in different ways depending on the country or region, its (…)

CADTM strongly condemns the US aggression against Venezuela

by CADTM International

The CADTM International strongly condemns the United States’ aggression against Venezuela and will actively participate in demonstrations of solidarity with the (…)

CADTM Timeline

by CADTM International

This timeline is part of CADTM’s latest publication: ABC of CADTM and illegitimate debts, which you can find and order here. It traces the key moments in the history (…)

Who are the CADTM ? What is Illegitimate debt ? An ABC

by Eric Toussaint, Maxime Perriot

Founded in 1990, the Committee for the Abo- lition of Illegitimate Debt (Comité pour l’Abolition des dettes illégitimes, previously called Comité pour l’Annulation de (…)

CADTM Asia—Activities Report 2025

by CADTM South Asia

The year 2025 was a pivotal one for CADTM Asia, marked by deepening debt crises across the region, intensifying IMF-led conditionalities, and widening resistance from (…)

Consolidation Without Redistribution: The Budget and the Remaking of the Indian State

by Sushovan Dhar

“India’s fiscal credibility today rests on a deliberate shift toward capital formation.” – Economic Survey 2025–26 The Economic Survey 2025–26 defines India’s (…)

In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinated on 17 January 1961

by Eric Toussaint

On 17 January 2026, we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961). After a resounding victory in the first real elections (…)

From Guarantee to Allocation: Rural Workers and the Indian State

by Sankha Subhra Biswas

The enactment of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G), 2025 represents the legal culmination of a process that has (…)

Safi tragedy: A new death for the working class and the poorest in “Morocco of Football world cup”

by ATTAC/CADTM Morocco

ATTAC/CADTM Morocco organization extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to the people of Safi, and to the families of the victims who lost their lives in the (…)

Frankenstein at the Border: Pakistan, the Taliban, and the Wounds of a Region

by Alternative Viewpoint, Farooq Sulehria

As border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan erupt once more, the fault lines of South Asia’s post–9/11 order have been starkly exposed. What initially (…)

Too big to fail? Will Trump force taxpayers to bail out AI tech companies?

by Fátima Martín

OpenAI is not trying to become “too big to fail” and is not seeking government backing for its debt, the startup’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said in an attempt to (…)

The new doctrine of US international policy under Trump, or neo-fascism at the helm of the world’s leading military power

by Eric Toussaint

The publication of the new US national security doctrine in early December 2025 marks a sharp break with the past due to its openly militaristic, authoritarian, and (…)

Report on Europe in 2025

by Eric Toussaint

The political situation in Europe is very bad [1]. The far right is in government in several countries: Italy, Hungary, Belgium (the Prime Minister is from the (…)

German Chancellor Merz’s US ex-employer, BlackRock, will benefit most from ReArm Europe

by Fátima Martín

US giant BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is one of the major beneficiaries of the ReArm Europe (…)

The AI bubble and the US economy

by Michael Roberts

The US stock market continues to hit new record highs; the bitcoin price is also close to highs and the gold price has rocketed to all-time highs. Investors in (…)

Program of the International Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference in Porto Alegre – Brazil (March 26–29, 2026)

by Collective, CADTM

We are publishing the program of the international anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Conference will be preceded by (…)

Over a hundred Brazilian organizations support the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference

by Collective

Preparations for the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist conference, to be held in Porto Alegre from March 26 to 29, 2026, are well underway. Around a hundred political (…)

FTZ Workers Demand Worker-Centred Labour Law Reforms

par Ishankha Singha Arachchi

Efforts by several governments to amend labour laws in ways that primarily benefit employers have repeatedly been defeated due to strong opposition from trade unions. (…)

The International Committee Moves Forward with the Organization of the Antifascist Conference

by Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026

The third meeting of the International Organizing Committee of the International Antifascist and Anti-Imperialist Conference brought together activists from several (…)

The turning point : Minneapolis rises up, Trump falters!

by Yorgos Mitralias

As the tragic and shocking events in Minneapolis mean that the crisis in the United States under Trump now seems to be reaching both its peak and its point of no (…)

Who killed the poor people of Safi in the recent floods?

by Jawad Moustakbal

“Despotism overturns the scales of morality, turning virtues into vices and vices into virtues.”“Injustice destroys civilization, and the consequences of this (…)

Delhi’s Toxic Air Is a Political Choice: Working-Class Lungs as Collateral Damage

by Sankha Subhra Biswas

Every winter, the Delhi NCR region greets its citizens with a familiar grim situation. The sky dims, visibility plummets, and the very air seems to turn against its (…)

Cyclone Ditwah and Disaster Capitalism

by Sushovan Dhar

Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka with a frightening force, leaving behind washed-out villages, broken roads, drowned fields, and thousands of families trying to (…)

Indonesia hit by climate disaster and authoritarian power

by Pierre Rousset

Cyclone Senyar has caused deadly floods and landslides in several Indonesian provinces. The toll looks set to be very heavy, and the government’s (non-)risk (…)

Cyclone Ditwah and Disaster Capitalism

by Sushovan Dhar

This audio recording features a public lecture delivered at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) in Colombo on 10 December 2025, following Cyclone (…)

What the night teaches: toward a New Left in an age of unfreedom

by Sushovan Dhar

Something fundamental has shifted in India. We can sense it not only in the obvious places—parliament, television studios, election rallies—but in the slower, quieter (…)

Launch of the International Committee for Anti-Fascist Conference and for the Sovereignty of Peoples to be held in Porto Alegre from 26 to 29 March 2026

by CADTM, Conferência Internacional Antifascista- POA 2026

On Friday, 28 November 2025, the International Committee of the Anti-Fascist Conference and for the Sovereignty of Peoples was launched. The conference will be held (…)

Ecosocialism or Extinction: defending life, building free territories, and Ecosocialism of the peoples and for the peoples

by Collective

We gather at a moment of a profound offensive of capital against life, within the framework of the actions organized by our peoples in response to COP 30. This (…)

Towards the inevitable clash to the death between Trump and Mamdani!

by Yorgos Mitralias

Young, intelligent, talented, energetic, handsome, charismatic, a very good speaker, a hard worker, a skilled communicator, and so on. The media in our countries are (…)

Europe: For a different economic policy in response to the far right and Trump’s offensive

by Antoine Larrache, Eric Toussaint

Antoine Larrache: Could you provide an overview of the European Union’s economic situation in comparison to the global market? Éric Toussaint: The countries of the (…)

Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Act: Where to Go Next After the Coconut Is in the Bag

by Ishankha Singha Arachchi

The NPP government is planning to replace the outdated Microfinance Act of 2016 with a new law that introduces stronger regulatory oversight, formal licensing, (…)

AI and creative destruction

by Michael Roberts

Capital expenditure by the ‘hyperscalers’ and tech giants into AI data centres and chips etc continues to pour in. So far, the rise in AI-related investment is not (…)

Kevin Warsh – Wall Street’s man

by Michael Roberts

Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Jay Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve next May, is the epitomy of a Wall Street, hedge fund insider. Educated (…)

German Chancellor Merz’s US ex-employer, BlackRock, will benefit most from ReArm Europe

by Fátima Martín

US giant BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is one of the major beneficiaries of the ReArm Europe (…)

Then as farce, now as tragedy: The second coming of Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority

by Suneth Aruna Kumara, Amali Wedagedara, Renuka Gunawardena

The Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill that was defeated by communities affected by microfinance, women victims and community credit providers in April (…)