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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Jun 10

Please join us for a collective global webinar on Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses - on 12th June - organised with key climate justice and debt justice movements. Translation into French and Spanish will be available. You can register for the webinar here: lnkd.in/eCHJXE_7

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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · Jun 7

EVENT | Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses

Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.

📅 Thurs, June 12, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)

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Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses | DEAL

Join us for an online conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected–and what we can do about it

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Mar 3

On the eve of #CSW69 this extended article has important reflections on the Beijing Declaration, 30 years on, including from former ActionAid colleague Everjoice Win www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government

In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved sinc...

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Feb 14

A powerful blog by ActionAid's Secretary General on the eve of the African Union Heads of State calling for debt cancellation and a transformation of the colonial international financial architecture - recognising that Africa is owed much more than it owes! africanarguments.org/2025/02/why-...

Why 2025 could be a turning point in Africa's debt emergency | African Arguments

A clear plan that would move power over debt from colonial institutions to a more representative body is on the table; Africa must back it.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Feb 13

A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · Feb 11

⚡This Thursday, Pope Francis, world leaders & top economists unite at the Vatican to push for bold tax reform on billionaires & big corporations. It's time for a fair system that funds people, not just the powerful! ICRICT #TaxTheSuperRich #TaxThePower #TaxJustice

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Pope, Lula, Sanchez, top economists to call for taxes to protect democracy | Tax Justice Network

The Vatican will host an event this Thursday (13 February) together with the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT), where Pope Francis, along with current ...

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · Feb 11

Like others in the Global North, the EU has overshot its fair share of the global carbon budget. In other words, they've used up others' share and let them pay the price, literally. (1/5)

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Feb 10

Look out for ActionAid's new report: ‘Who Owes Who' looking at external debt, climate debt & reparations in this Jubilee year. The colonial injustices between countries should spark anger & strategic action. #WhoOwesWho #FFD4 #DebtJubilee #CancelDebt #YearOfReparations actionaid.org/publications...

Who Owes Who?

As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on basic public services and climate action in order to pay external debts. Last year, lower income countries between th...

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · Jan 31

➡️ #FfD4 and #COP30 will be critical moments where CSOs, activists, and decision-makers can jointly work towards an end to extractive and neocolonial policies and governance. (4/5)

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ActionAid Ireland @actionaidie.bsky.social · Jan 24

"The United Nations #InternationalDayOfEducation on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public #education systems globally." - @davidarcheraa.bsky.social, Head of Programmes, ActionAid

Read more: www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...

Anti-Racism in Education Financing and Practice - NORRAG -

The United Nations International Day of Education on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public education systems globally. This blogpost is ...

www.norrag.org

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Jan 23

My new blog on the eve of UN Education Day. We urgently need to address anti-racism in both education financing and education practice www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...

Anti-Racism in Education Financing and Practice - NORRAG -

The United Nations International Day of Education on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public education systems globally. This blogpost is ...

www.norrag.org

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Jan 14

In 2025 DEBT will be a pivotal issue. I am working on crunching / analysing datasets on external debt, climate debt / atmospheric apropriation, failed aid promises, illicit financial flows, reparations etc - to get a big picture of Who Owes Who? I would welcome suggestions for sources / arguments!

David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Jan 14

Please add me ... it's great to see the growing numbers of people joining!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Dec 11

In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.

It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.

There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Dec 6

It's been a powerful week at the Social Justice Leadership Programme in TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania. In these volatile times we all have something new to learn about community organising and building rooted campaigns.

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ActionAid USA @aausa.bsky.social · Dec 3

"World leaders hear our plea. This isn't fiction; it's our daily reality. Stop fossil fuel extraction & take responsibility for the pollution." - ActionAid Vanuatu's Flora Vano, ahead of her testimony at the International Court Of Justice #ClimateChange hearing👇 www.actionaidusa.org/news/icj-cli...

ICJ climate change hearings - ActionAid USA News

ActionAid Vanuatu's country manager Flora Vano will be testifying remotely from Vanuatu to the ICJ hearing on 3 December. Before giving her testimony, she

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Dec 3

This ActionAid briefing on links btw the debt crisis & the climate crisis is ever more relevant. In 2025 we need a massive campaign that links the unpaid climate debts of the Global North to cancellation of the unpayable but brutally enforced debts of the Global South actionaid.org/publications...

The Vicious Cycle

The countries that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are also facing a debt crisis – and the need to service external debt in foreign currency has become a major accelerator of the climate cri...

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Nov 24

Colleagues from ActionAid & many allies in the climate justice movement are deeply disappointed at the outcomes on finance from #COP29 in #Baku. Now, we must fight for an overhaul of the global financing architecture at #FFD4 in Seville & on to #COP30 in Belem, Brazil actionaid.org/news/2024/ou...

Our reaction to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance

Reacting to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Nov 30

So a reminder:

It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.

It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.

It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.

For the record.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Nov 28

Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.

But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Nov 25

The question is - raising tax on whom? Wealth tax, anyone? @patmillsuk.bsky.social

Neil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social · Nov 24

GUARDIAN: No alternative to raising tax, defiant chancellor to tell CBI #TomorrowsPapersToday

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Nov 25

Dear Ministers of Finance - this is how you can transform the fnancing of education - see this collective letter signed on to by 15 organisations and available in 5 languages actionaid.org/publications...

Dear Ministers of Finance - This is how you can transform the financing of Education!

The real power over decisions on the financing of education tends to lie with Ministers of Finance more than Ministers of Education.

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David Archer @davidarcheraa.bsky.social · Nov 25

A one minute summary from the UNESCO Global Education Meeting in Fortaleza Brazil where we fought to show the links between tax justice and education justice ... which really should be self-evident !

Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · Nov 5

⚡New Tax Justice Minute is out! David Archer from
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
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Tax Justice Minute: David Archer, ActionAid reports from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · Nov 5

⚡New Tax Justice Minute is out! David Archer from
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
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Tax Justice Minute: David Archer, ActionAid reports from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.

YouTube video by Tax Justice Network

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · Nov 11

Out now, in this latest episode of the #TaxJusticeMinute. Carolina Rodrigues Finette highlights our new report on tax and education. A progressive tax system can protect the rights of millions of children around the world to an #education.
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Tax Justice Minute: Carolina Rodrigues Finette highlights our new report on tax and education.

YouTube video by Tax Justice Network

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