US-based organizations gather in front of the BlackRock headquarters in New York City to demand the asset holder cancel USD 220 million of Zambia’s debt

70% of Zambia’s debt is held by Western institutions, and 220 million is held by investment giant BlackRock.

Western institutions own 70% of Zambia’s debt. It’s time for the largest private owner of such debt to cancel it entirely, say activists

Understand the legal dispute involving a vulture fund and the Cuban National Bank that may impact international law and economics

The 27th UN climate change conference ended in Egypt on November 20 with a major outcome – a Loss and Damage fund. However, the cover text does not contain any new commitments on emission cuts or the comprehensive phase down of all fossil fuels 

Today we look at the formal extradition order issued against Julian Assange, police repression of protests amid the crisis in Sri Lanka, and more

The trial of Compaoré for the murder of revolutionary Thomas Sankara lasted six months and 100 witnesses testified against him and 13 others.

Today we look at talks between the U.S. and Russia, a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a detention center in Yemen, and more

When the payment of debt seems to be the only way forward, voices within the ruling party argue why, at the very least, debt should be suspended and denounced in international organizations

The city’s iconic yellow cab drivers are fighting to end a crushing debt crisis, manufactured by the city and Wall Street profiteers

In honor of Fidel Castro’s birthday, Vijay Prashad writes about his legacy for the peoples of the Third World and his clarity in raising the primary crises facing humanity

The cancellation of racist debt and the payment of reparations must be central demands in the anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle