TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Time for the global South to break free from Northern exploiters
As the massive debt burden continues to bite and the climate emergency worsens, the world’s developing countries must escape the abusive relationship of debt enslavement that is holding them back, says ROGER McKENZIE
STANDING FIRM: Activists demonstrate in silence protesting against a draft of a proposed deal for curbing climate change at the Cop29
UN Climate Summit, November 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan
As Cuba faces the most dangerous moment in its recent history, Britain must do more than condemn the US blockade at the United Nations, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
Morning Star assistant business manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY and international editor ROGER McKENZIE remember attending the 2001 TUC, suspended midweek after news of the World Trade Centre attacks
Whether it’s dented bike frames or broken ferries, MATT KERR wishes politicians had the same steely staying power of elite engineering instead of chasing disposable self-importance
The events of 9/11 reverberated across the United States and then the world. JOHN WIGHT remembers the eerie atmosphere that exposed racial divisions at the heart of Hollywood
AS THE United Nations climate summit once again failed to deliver any realistic finance to help developing countries deal with the impact of the worsening climate emergency, 144 countries face the worst debt crisis in history.
The fact that there are 193 UN recognised sovereign countries illustrates the depth of the debt crisis facing the beleaguered global South.
A report earlier this year by the campaign group Debt Relief International for Norwegian Church Aid (DRI) shows that repaying the debt is absorbing 41.5 per cent of budget revenues, 41.6 per cent of spending, and 8.4 per cent of gross domestic product on average across the 144 developing countries.
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