Take a Stand in Support of Indebted People Everywhere

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Monday November 30, 2009 13:09 by Debt and Development Coalition Ireland campaign at debtireland dot org

Come to a Solidarity event on Tuesday 8th December at 11am, the day before budget day, outside the Dáil on Kildare Street, Dublin.

Debt and Development Coalition Ireland are holding a Street Action on 8th December in solidarity with indebted people everywhere. While Brian Cowen prepares to hand over $1 billion of Irish tax payers money to the IMF, impoverished people globally and in Ireland are facing rapidly mounting debts.

By giving this money to the IMF, Brian Cowen will strengthen a very damaging institution and contribute to a new global debt crisis for the poorest people in the world. This proposed giveaway to the IMF is all the more shocking in the context of Ireland's huge cuts to the overseas development assistance budget this year. Join us in taking action to end Ireland's support for the IMF and call on Brian Cowen to support the cancellation of unjust debts for impoverished countries.

There will be music and testimonies from people from both countries of the Global South and from Ireland, who will talk about how debt impacts on their day to day lives.