#WikiParty · @michaelgraaf
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History rhymes: 30 years ago Earthlife Africa made this demand during a policy consultation process. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionist

#OdiousDebt

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bs2 · @bsmall2
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> When the took over Cuba 100 years ago it cancelled Cuba’s debt to on the grounds that the burden was “imposed upon the people of without their consent and by force of arms.” Such debts were later called “” by legal scholarship, “not an obligation for the nation” but the “debt of the power that has incurred it,” while the creditors who “have committed a hostile act with regard to the people” can expect no payment from the victims.
chomsky.info/19980515/

#chomsky #OdiousDebt #cuba #spain #usa

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bs2 · @bsmall2
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> .. “It is unfair for BlackRock and other lenders to make massive profits out of Zambia’s . If BlackRock refuse to cancel ’s debt, then the and other# G20 countries should support Zambia to stay in default on , and pass legislation to make them accept .”
debtjustice.org.uk/press-relea
I learned a lot from the movement. A RT by @JayatiGhosh brought my attention to this example of ,

#DropTheDebt #OdiousDebt #Jubilee2000 #jubilee #DebtCancellation #blackrock #uk #zambia #debtcrisis

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