In 2005 ‘Make Poverty History’ was the rallying cry of a mass movement with big ambitions. Today we’re asked to make do with a ringfenced aid budget routinely plundered to top up spending on the military. Meanwhile, trade expansion threatens to usher in a new era of toxic debt in the developing world, as climate bribes pave the way for unfettered global consumption. If we’re to turn the tide, what’s our vision for the global economy?
Speakers
Nick Dearden, Jubilee Debt Campaign
Ruth Tanner, War on Want
Helen Wolfson, Friends of the Earth
John Christensen, Tax Justice Network
Deborah Doane, World Development Movement (Chair)
Time and venue
13:45-15:00; Rich Mix venue 1
