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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 16

4) 🚨It’s time to break the cycle.
📷 Read more: iboninternational.org/download/dis... #EndAusterity #CancelTheDebt #JustTransition

End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 16

3/ Meanwhile, military spending rises to protect extractive assets. Public services shrink. The people suffer. 💸 #stopthecuts

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 16

2) When disaster hits - droughts, floods, famine -they face more debt, austerity, and even conflict over scarce resources. 🌀⚔️ #CancelTheDebt

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 The “austerity trap” is real.
1) Global South countries are trapped in debt cycles. To repay, they’re pushed to expand fossil fuel extraction - deepening climate breakdown
#EndAusterity

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Bretton Woods Project @brettonwoodsproject.org · Jul 16

In a new guest analysis for our #ObserverSummer25 Charith Gunawardena argues IMF failed approach to debt sustainability and #austerity in Sri Lanka adds evidence for urgent need of IFA reform, including a UN debt workout mechanism #FfD4 #G77

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Sri Lanka and the IMF: Another stark example of the need for urgent debt restructure reform

17th IMF programme results in severe damaging austerity, as IMF continue to fail to address the root causes of the country’s cyclical debt problems.

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Bretton Woods Project @brettonwoodsproject.org · Jul 15

Our new #ObserverSummer25 is out now🚀

This edition covers civil society demands of unconditional debt relief in #Jubilee2025, IMF's upcoming surveillance review, World Bank's billions to trillions 'fantasy', Sri Lanka, Argentina & the IMF, #FFD4, and more 🔥👇

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Summer 2025 - Bretton Woods Project

This edition covers the Jubilee Year 2025 and calls at FfD4 to break the cycle of debt, IMF's Surveillance review, IDA21 package, Argentina, Sri Lanka and the IMF, and more.

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 14

🌍✨ #Throwback to IAFFE ✨🌍
Our co-coordinator Mati Kohonen says it loud: progressive taxation is key to funding care systems & building fairer societies.
It’s time to #EndAusterity & fight for #TaxJustice. Join us!
📢 endausterity.org
#CareEconomy #FutureBeyondAusterity #EndAusterity #EndAusterityNow

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Jul 11

#FfD4 is far from the milestone for global economic governance reform it could have been.

For #CivilSociety, it's clear that the job is not done. We need real reform, not a watered-down consensus.

Read our analysis 👉 www.eurodad.org/ffd4_job_not...

A large, diverse crowd of protesters gathers beneath las Setas in Seville, Spain, holding colorful signs and banners advocating for economic justice, climate action, and global equity. Prominent signs include messages like "Dignity Not Debt" and "Global Economic Justice Now." A large inflatable globe is also visible. Overlaid at the top of the image is bold white text reading: "FfD4: JOB NOT DONE!"

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EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · Jul 7

💡 "One of the most promising avenues is to introduce a minimum tax for the ultra-rich, expressed as a percentage of their wealth."

Seven Nobel laureates in economics advocate for the Zucman tax in their latest op-ed.

Read the full @lemonde.fr article 👇
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« Avec l’impôt sur les ultrariches, la France peut montrer la voie au reste du monde » : le plaidoyer de sept Prix Nobel d’économie pour la taxe Zucman

TRIBUNE. A l’heure de la dérive des comptes publics et de l’explosion de l’extrême richesse, créer un impôt plancher sur les patrimoines des milliardaires devrait être une priorité, estiment des lauré...

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 8

At #IAFFE2025, we discussed how care systems remain underfunded despite post-pandemic momentum. Austerity and regressive tax systems are holding us back. It’s time to prioritize care in public budgets. #FeministEconomics #CareEconomy #EndAusterity

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Why is everyone talking about a wealth tax? 🧵

Under pressure from the public, the govt walked back a number of its planned cuts to social security last week. That means the conversation has turned back to tax.

The govt has 3 main choices... 1/8
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-it-...

Is It Time For A Wealth Tax? Pressure Grows On Starmer To Ramp Up Charges On The Rich

Could this be the answer Rachel Reeves is looking for?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 7

🌍 That’s a wrap on #FfD4 - but this is only the beginning.

We stood together to expose austerity, debt traps & elite power.

We demanded:
✅ #EconomicJustice
✅ #DebtCancellation
✅ #ClimateJustice

We will not be silenced. We are here to stay.

This is the start of an #EraOfJustice to #EndAusterity ✊

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · Jul 3

🌍 As #FFD4 comes to a close, the fight for tax justice continues: pushing for more countries to join the Seville Platform for Action, holding leaders to their promises, and pushing for real action.
The movement is getting stronger #TaxTheSuperRich.
#FFD4
www.taxthesuperrich.world

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 3

We took action at #FfD4 to say: the era of austerity must end.

Austerity isn’t “fiscal responsibility.” It’s a system to protect wealth while communities pay the price.

We demand:
✅ #DebtCancellation
✅ #ClimateJustice
✅ #TaxTheRich

We will not be silenced. We are fighting for an #EraOfJustice.

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 2

🔥At #FfD4, our member @IBONInternational launched Disrupting the Austere World - a primer on neocolonialism, austerity, and resistance.

A must-read for building economic justice.

📢 Download & join the movement:
iboninternational.org/download/dis...

#EndAusterity #EraOfJustice

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today at #FfD4, we brought together advocates to share real solutions beyond austerity.
As @isabelortiz.bsky.social said:
“Slashing social protection is the most common austerity tactic.”
Time to build systems that care.
#EndAusterity #FFD4 #EraofJustice

Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · Jul 2

Powerful @endausterity.bsky.social panel at #FFD4 on alternatives to budget cuts for investing in universal social protection & public services.

The most common austerity measure? Slashing social protection—replacing universal programs w narrow, means-tested safety nets. @isabelortiz.bsky.social

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Brian Cox, actor and supporter of @patmillsuk.bsky.social, joins the global call to #TaxTheSuperRich!
He’s speaking out against the dangerous concentration of wealth — and calling on governments to act.
No more excuses. It’s time for tax justice ⚖️
#FFD4 #FfD4People

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jul 1

From #Sevilla to the world:
📢 Our voices are rising against austerity & injustice.
📢 #FfD4 failed to deliver real solutions.
📢 We demand debt justice and an #EraOfJustice.
#endausterity #peopleoverprofits

European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Jun 30

Yesterday we took the streets of #Sevilla to make our voices heard by European leaders.
📢Our financial system is broken, undemocratic and unfair - 📢The #FfD4 outcome document is not ambitious enough.
📢European leaders, the job is not done. We need an #EraOfJustice!
#FfD4People #SystemChangeNow

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 30

🌍 We are kicking off #FfD4 in Seville with a Debt4Climate Hub!
Join us tonight for powerful discussions on debt, colonialism, and militarism, plus a cultural program, snacks, and solidarity.
Let’s connect struggles and build power to end austerity!
#EndAusterity #EraOfJustice

End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 Join us at #FfD4!

🗓️ 30 June | ⏰ 12:30–2:00 PM
📍 Fibes, Sevilla – Room Side Event 21

Rights-based development finance is the future.
Let’s shape a post-Seville agenda rooted in justice & human rights.

#EraOfJustice #FinanceJusticeNow #TaxJustice

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MenaFem Movement for Economic,Development And Ecological Justice @menafem.bsky.social · Jun 30

Join us Today, at this virtual side event @ #FFD4
We'll present the Rabat Roadmap, the outcome of a global feminist convening in Rabat, Guided by the expertise and analysis of feminists from theMENA, and the global South more broadly
📆 Register at: bit.ly/RabatRoadmapEv…
@wedo-worldwide.bsky.social

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Join us at #FfD4 in Seville!

Financing Alternatives to Budget Cuts
🗓️ 2 July | 🕝 2:30–4:00 PM
💬 How do we fund universal social protection without austerity?
Hear from global experts & activists on real solutions.
#EndAusterity #FinanceOurFuture #EraOfJustice

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 26

✨ Tax justice means ending austerity - and building systems that care.

It’s how we fund public services, climate action & restore dignity after decades of extraction.
Let’s shift from scarcity to solidarity.
💥 It’s time to #TaxTheRich and #ReclaimTheEconomy.
#EraOfJustice

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌍 From Austerity to Justice
What if we stopped pretending there’s no money?
There is money - it’s just hoarded by the ultra-rich & hidden by corporations.
Meanwhile, communities face cuts, closures & collapsing services.

#TaxJusticeNow #EndAusterity #FfD4

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End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social · Jun 25

💥 Fair taxation is not just economic policy - it’s justice.

We need tax rules that fund health, education & climate action - not austerity and debt.
We need a system that works for the many, not the few.
#TaxJusticeNow #EraOfJustice #FfD4People #ReclaimTheEconomy

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