JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN NEWS AND ACTION UPDATE
July 2007
In this issue:
* ACTION: ILLEGITIMATE DEBT MEETING - MON 23 JULY
* BROWN GOVERNMENT URGED TO TACKLE ROOTS OF DEBT CRISIS
* IMF MUST SEIZE CHANCE FOR REFORM
* LOAN SHARKS STALK GLASTONBURY
* FINALLY
ACTION: ILLEGITIMATE DEBT MEETING - MON 23 JULY
This Monday Jubilee Debt Campaign is hosting a public meeting about illegitimate debt in the Houses of Parliament. The meeting will hear speakers from two countries that are suffering deeply as a result of such debts: Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will be an opportunity to hear first hand testimony on the effects of irresponsible lending in the past, and discuss how to stop it happening in the future.
TAKE ACTION: Please write to your MP now about our Lift the Lid campaign and encourage them to attend the meeting: http://voiceyourviews.net/eactivist/vyv.v?v=2121:562:13376:
Please also come to the meeting yourself if you can - it is crucial to demonstrate to MPs who attend that there is strong public interest in this issue.
6pm-8pm, Monday 23rd July 2007
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Embankment, SW1A 2LW
(Please arrive early to allow time to pass through security)
Full details: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/parliament
BROWN GOVERNMENT URGED TO TACKLE ROOTS OF DEBT CRISIS
Jubilee Debt Campaign has called on Gordon Brown and his new ministerial team to be bold in tackling the international debt crisis - by supporting efforts to make irresponsible lending, and the unjust debts that result, a thing of the past.
Full story: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/newgovernment
IMF MUST SEIZE CHANCE FOR REFORM
The news that the head of the International Monetary Fund is to step down in October has given European countries a second opportunity this year to scrap the 60-year leadership selection fix at the
international financial institutions.
Full story: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/imf
LOAN SHARKS STALK GLASTONBURY
Sharp-suited loan sharks from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund cut a surprising figure at this year's Glastonbury Festival, offering quick and easy loans to unsuspecting festivalgoers
â?" with no questions asked.
Full story and pictures: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/glastonbury
AND FINALLY...
Our July-August campaigners' newsletter can now be downloaded at: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/newsletter .
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