International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt, Issue 8

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International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt, Issue 8

16 October 2008 by Debts Campaigns

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About this bulletin

This is a publication that comes out every two months to summarise recent and forthcoming actions in the International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt carried out by activists across the world. It aims to publicise the actions and give opportunities for more people to get involved to challenge Illegitimate debts and the structures which lead to them.

The bulletin is produced by Jubilee South, Jubilee USA, Eurodad, and CADTM
Please circulate widely to people you know who will be interested. Please send your feed back and or articles for the next issue to:
debtbulletin at eurodad.org

Deadline for articles is on November, 30.
More information about the International Campaign on Illegitimate Debt can be found and circulated through the Campaign Website – www.illegitimatedebt.org

Special focus on : Global Week of Action vs. Debt and IFIs Set for October 12-19, 2008 Table of content

General view of the activities during the global week of action against debt and IFIs!

INTERNATIONAL
South / North Meeting on illegitimate debt -Quito
Seminar on debt and law
Training of the International Debt Observatory

Campaigns and Action Alerts

AFRICA
Congo Brazzaville - An Awareness Art Caravan on Illegitimate Debt
In Solidarity with the ATTAC Maroc activists and the population of Sidi Ifni!
CADTM Regional Workshop, MENA zone

EUROPE
Germany – Study on war ship between Germany and Indonesia
BELGIUM - Historical Debt and Reparations for the Colonization
Lecture on Debt and Financial Crisis
SPAIN - THE ILLEGITIMACY OF THE SPANISH DEVELOPMENT AID FUND CREDITS

ASIA
JS APMDD sign on statement on Aid Effectiveness
JS APMDD at the UN FfD Civil Society Hearing, UN Headquarters, New York, June 18, 2008
JS APMDD Public Forums at the G8 G8 Group composed of the most powerful countries of the planet: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the USA, with Russia a full member since June 2002. Their heads of state meet annually, usually in June or July. Summit July 3 to 8 Sapporo, Japan
○ Public Forum on Illegitimate Debt, Country Cases & the Responsibility of G8 & Japan, July 5
○ Public Forum – On Illegitimate Debt, Ecological Debt and Climate Justice July 7
○ Sharing & Strategy Session on the International South-North Campaign on Illegitimate Debt July 8
JS APMDD Illegitimate Debt Workshop at the Bangkok Climate Justice Conference

LATIN AMERICA
ECUADOR - A lecture on “External Debt, a Global Struggle, an integrative Struggle”
Debt In the Ecuadorian Constitution
Our congratulations to the peoples and government of Ecuador!

Illegitimate Debt Campaign Bulletin, Issue 8, October 2008