Websites
| |
|
|
JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN NEWS AND ACTION UPDATE
April 2008
In this issue:
DROP THE DEBT FAST IN FULL SWING
JOURNEY TO JUSTICE: TICKETS AND COACHES
TENTH ANNIVERSARY SCHOOLS AND WORSHIP RESOURCES
WORLD BANK HOSTS ILLEGITIMATE DEBT ROUNDTABLE
VOLUNTEER FOR JDC @ SUMMER FESTIVALS
GET MORE INVOLVED
DROP THE DEBT FAST IN FULL SWING
The Drop the Debt Fast is well underway, with hundreds of people taking part from around the UK, as well as in countries on four continents. Most fasters are taking part by giving up food for a day. But some have decided to give up something smaller - cakes, biscuits, coffee, even the Today programme - for several days or the whole period. Read a report on the Fast launch at: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/launch
The Fast is demanding much faster debt cancellation for the world's poorest countries, and focuses on a different indebted country every day until 18 May. Today's focus is the north-east African country of Djibouti, which has some of the highest rates of illiteracy as well as maternal and infant mortality in the world. But Djibouti is considered too 'rich' by the World Bank and IMF to qualify for cancellation of any of its $424 million debts.
It's not too late to take part in the Fast - you can sign up for one of the remaining days here:
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/fast
JOURNEY TO JUSTICE: TICKETS AND COACHES
Tickets for Journey to Justice on Sunday 18 May - this year's unmissable debt campaign event - are selling fast. All the details of the event and how to book are at: http://www.journeytojustice.org
There are also now a number of coaches travelling to Birmingham, and spaces are still available if you haven't finalised your plans. Coaches are coming from Farnham, Leeds, Malvern, Newcastle,
Richmond/West London, Sheffield, and St Albans/North London. Details of who to contact to book your place are at: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/travel
TENTH ANNIVERSARY SCHOOLS AND WORSHIP RESOURCES
Jubilee Debt Campaign has produced a variety of resources for teachers and church groups to use around the tenth anniversary of the debt campaign and Journey to Justice. Resources include presentations, prayers, meditations, songs, discussion notes and more. You can download them from our website:
Schools resources: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/assembly
Worship resources: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/worship2008
WORLD BANK HOSTS ILLEGITIMATE DEBT ROUNDTABLE
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings earlier this month were dominated by talk of the international food crisis. But behind the scenes there was also an important step
forward for the illegitimate debt campaign - after years of stonewalling, the World Bank finally held a meeting with campaigners to discuss illegitimate debt.
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/roundtable
VOLUNTEER FOR JDC @ SUMMER FESTIVALS
Jubilee Debt Campaign is going to Glastonbury, WOMAD and Greenbelt this summer, and we are currently recruiting top-of-the-range volunteers to help us get the Drop the Debt message out there. The deadline for Glastonbury is 14 May, the others slightly longer - find out more and download an application form at:
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/volunteers
GET MORE INVOLVED:
- Browse and order campaign materials:
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/materials
- Become a Debt Activist:
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/newsletter
- Registered your group, school or congregation:
http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/signup
- Join Jubilee Debt Campaign on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2219421440
|
|
 | | Vulture Funds | | This morning (26/11/09), the Republic of Liberia was taken to the High Court in London by two Vulture Funds seeking to make large profits on a debt dating back to the 1970s.
More ...
| |
|
 | | Put People First: G20 Counter Conference | | In March, we marched in our tens of thousands to demand the G20 Put People First. But so far the G20 has only tinkered round the margins of the global economy, in an effort to return to business as usual.
On 7 November, as the G20 returns to the UK ..
More ...
| |
|
| The other credit crunch | | Could there be a more timely week for it to be Global Debt Week? As the global financial turbulence continues, campaigners around the world are mobilising for a week of action against reckless lending, which has affected developing countries ...
More ...
| |
|
| A Fairer Way of Dealing with Debt | | Almost daily we are seeing what rich countries can do when faced with a debt crisis. Hundreds of billions of pounds have been made available in recent weeks to bail out western banks whose reckless lending has been found out.
More ...
| |
|
| Jubilee Debt Campaign - July Update | | New Loans are not the Answer, Over 10,000 chains delivered to UK government, Pick up the Pace: UK responds to campaign, $347m of Togo's debt cancelled, Forget Jay Z - Glasto was all about the Debt, Contact details.
More ...
| |
|
| Time to drop Suharto's arms debt | | When Indonesia's former dictator General Suharto died last week, one
injustice he didn't take to his grave was his debts. Nearly ten years
after his removal from power, Indonesia is still paying back billions
of dollars to the rich world.
More ...
| |
|
| Take urgent action for Liberia | | Request for people to write or email Alistair Darling to use his influence to break the deadlock among the IMF shareholders who have been discussing the issue for more than 18 months.
More ...
| |
|
| That was the week that was | | Campaigners new and old have just finished taking part in a global week of action on debt, reminding politicians, the media and the public that despite progress in recent years, the daily injustice of poor country debt is far from resolved.
More ...
| |
|
| JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN ACTION ALERT | | Last year your campaigning helped get Hilary Benn to take a stand at the World Bank. He withheld £50 million in protest over the conditions attached to aid and debt relief, which made the Bank sit up and take notice. We need to do it again.
More ...
| |
|
| JDC Updates | | Opportunity to lobby the UK government to put its money where its mouth is with regard to damaging conditions enforced by the World Bank when making loans.
Also the opportunity to lobby Donegal International and the "Vulture" funds and Zambian debt.
More ...
| |
|
| |
|
| |
