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offsite link German Political Class Gleefully Planning to Ramp Up Persecution of AfD and its Supporters, Because ... Tue May 06, 2025 09:00 | Eugyppius
In Germany, 'democracy' now demands that the most popular party be kicked off the media, stripped of its funding and even banned outright, according to leading figures. Germany is a really stupid country, says Eugyppius.
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offsite link The Green Blob Won?t Take This Lying Down Tue May 06, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
The Green Blob hasn't spent countless billions of dollars only to abandon the mission when the going gets tough. Expect the pushback after Reform's sweeping victories last week to be strong and venomous, says Ben Pile.
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offsite link News Round-Up Tue May 06, 2025 00:40 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Reform to Ban Councils From Flying ?Woke? Flags Mon May 05, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Reform has announced a ban on 'woke' flags being flown by councils under its control, with party Chairman Zia Yusuf saying its 10 councils will only be allowed to fly the Union Flag and the St George's Cross.
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offsite link Now Will Politicians Admit They Should Never Have Introduced the Chaos of Gender Recognition Certifi... Mon May 05, 2025 17:24 | Mark Ellse
In the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark trans ruling, is a Gender Recognition Certificate worth anything at all? Not really, says Mark Ellse ? but our muddled politicians won't be in a rush to admit they messed up.
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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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New York Legislature Extends Session, Vote on Debt Relief Bill Pending

category international | economics and finance | press release author Friday June 09, 2023 16:57author by Anjoulie Woodhead - Jubilee USA Network Report this post to the editors

Religion, Development and Labor Coalition Pushes Passage of New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act

New York State lawmakers extended their legislative session into the weekend as a vote on the New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act remains pending.

The bill championed by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Pat Fahy, would bring "vulture funds" and private creditors into debt relief agreements for developing nations.

“If the legislation does not pass, hundreds of thousands of people could die in countries that desperately need debt relief,” said Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network. “The Assembly Speaker, the Senate Leader and the Governor have the power to bring the bill to the floor now.”

The bill has nearly 50 New York Senate and Assemblymember sponsors, and more unique memos of support than any other bill in recent history of the body, according to several legislators.

On Thursday, Oxfam America organized a letter from United Nations experts, economics and law experts and world leaders to Senators and Assemblymembers urging them to pass the New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970). The signers include the lead economic advisor to the President of Zambia as well as UN Under-Secretary General Winnie Byanyima (Uganda) and Christiana Figueres (Costa Rica), the former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, who was the lead UN diplomat responsible for negotiating the Paris Climate agreement. Nobel Prize-Winner Economist Joseph Stiglitz, who separately co-signed a supporting memo with former Argentina’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman and former Colombia’s Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, also signed the letter.

“The coalition of labor, religious, development, environment and diaspora groups behind the bill will keep pressing for passage until the end of session,” added LeCompte. “If the bill doesn’t pass this session, we will pass the legislation before 2024 is over.”

Find all Memos/Letters of Support for the New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act here: https://www.jubileeusa.org/letters_of_support_nytida?utm_campaign=nytida_pr_june_23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jubileeusa

Read the United Nations experts, economics and law experts and world leaders letter of support for the New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act here: https://webassets.oxfamamerica.org/media/documents/NY_Debt_Open_Letter.pdf

Read all of the New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Protection Act resources here: https://www.jubileeusa.org/nylegislation

Related Link: https://www.jubileeusa.org/ny_legislature_session_vote_pending_nytida
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