Funding food giants won't solve global hunger
The G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is using public money to help multinational food companies gain greater control over African agriculture. The UK has pledged £395 million of aid money to the Alliance.
We are supporting African civil society groups who have called for alternative ways of fighting hunger which promote food 'sovereignty' - the right for people to have control of their food system, not simply access to food.
TAKE ACTION: Sign the statement to stop the UK aid giveaway to multinationals >>
COMMENT: Nick Dearden: G8 needs reminding the market doesn't know best when it comes to hunger, 10 June 2013
LETTER: Back African smallholders, not agribusiness, 7 June 2013 >>
BRIEFING: Food, debt and power, May 2013 >>
The Spark: Learn, Connect, Create
As the G8 leaders get ready to meet in the UK, Jubilee Debt Campaign, London Roots Collective and others are hosting The Spark – a week of workshops and events to strengthen the movement for economic justice, 10-15 June in central London. More >>
Drop Pakistan's Unjust Debt
Pakistan’s economy has been paralysed by an unpayable and largely unjust debt burden which is preventing the country reaching its poverty goals and hindering the development of democracy.
Unlocking the Chains of Debt, our new report with Islamic Relief, criticises the IMF for the crippling conditions attached to its loans and calls for repayments to be frozen while the legitimacy of all debts is investigated. More >>
TAKE ACTION: Tell the IMF to cancel Pakistan's unjust debt >>
Support Argentina's fight against debt vultures
For a decade Argentina has been battling to stop vulture funds profiteering from its 2001 debt crisis. On 27 February a New York court heard an appeal against a $1.3 billion judgement for vulture fund NML Capital. A verdict is expected in the coming weeks.
TAKE ACTION: Sign the global statement of support for Argentina >>
COMMENT: Nick Dearden - Vultures vs Argentina: The Debt Case of the Century, 26 November 2012 >>
TAKE ACTION: Tell George Osborne to stop vulture funds using English law to profiteer from Greece's crisis >>
Jubilee for Justice: A call for a new debt jubilee
Inspired by the ancient celebration of jubilee, a time when debts were cancelled, slaves were freed and land was redistributed, we are calling for a new debt jubilee in response to today's global economic crisis: a Jubilee for Justice. Add your voice >>
GERMANY'S DEBT: 60 years on, how Europe cancelled Germany's debt, 27 February 2013 >>
MOZAMBIQUE: Tell UK to return excess profit from Mozul aluminium factory >>
FAITH LEADERS LETTER: Over 350 faith leaders are calling for a new jubilee >>
World Bank must pay for Guatemala ‘terror loans’
It is 30 years since the West backed one of the most brutal regimes in the world in Guatemala. The construction of the World Bank-supported Chixoy mega-dam led to 400 people being massacred. The survivors still wait for compensation.
TAKE ACTION: Tell the World Bank to pay reparations for its role in supporting Guatemala's odious regimes >>
COMMENT: Nick Dearden - Guatemala's Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersect, 10 December 2012 >>
REPORT: Learn how the World Bank supported Guatemala’s ‘terror regimes’ >>
SUCCESS: MPs inquiry calls for end to dodgy deals
A cross-party group of MPs has called for an audit of Britain'’s debts, following partial revelations about past military lending to dictators. More >>
TAKE ACTION: Co-sign our Freedom of Information request to Vince Cable >>
PRESS RELEASE: Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time, 5 November 2012 >>
BRIEFING: Britain's Debt Secrets, November 2012 >>