Heidi Chow

Executive director at @DebtJustice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign)
Personal tweets
#CancelTheDebt

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

Our reaction to the high-value council tax surcharge - ‘Absolutely nothing for households
in council tax debt'

Read more:
https://t.co/JzobKTJT2q

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

Meet the world’s loan sharks 🦈👇🏾

💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.

🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.

It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope

SIGN here >> https://t.co/eRZjjSEdXa

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

Scotland chooses debt justice

First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, has announced Scotland’s support for the Cancel Debt Choose Hope campaign

"I raise Scotland's voice in support of finding a fair long-term solution to the global debt crisis."

@scotgov | @ScotGovFM

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

At #FfD4 in Seville, the message from activists, movements, and campaigners is loud and clear -

You can try to silence us, but we’re not going anywhere.

The people, united, will never be defeated ✊ 🔥

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

🧵 Our Policy and Campaigns Manager @tbymrry is in The Times today arguing that debt write-off is essential for tackling the council tax crisis gripping the UK.

🔗 https://t.co/QAn6gjeEGu

[debtforclimateuk.bsky.social @debt4climateuk]

🌍 It’s the global day of action for economic justice!

We joined 20+ UK orgs on London’s Southbank with a giant 🧱 Jenga tower to show how the system is stacked against the global south.

As world leaders meet in Seville, it's important that we #CancelDebtChooseHope #FfD4People

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

Last night, we joined thousands in Seville on the eve of #FFD4, to demand #debtjustice.

The UK & other rich countries have blocked demands from the global south for urgent action on the debt crisis.

Shame on them.

#CancelDebtChooseHope #FFD4people

https://t.co/zjSLFYnL1e

[Manila Bulletin News @manilabulletin]

LOOK: Members of various economic, finance, and climate justice organizations, led by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), hold a protest march along Kalaw Avenue in Manila on Friday, June 27.

The demonstration calls for urgent and sweeping reforms to the global financial and economic systems ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), set to take place in Sevilla, Spain, from June 30 to July 3.

The march is part of a coordinated wave of protests across Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and Latin America, amplifying the call for fairer financing for the Global South.

📷: Mark Balmores | MB

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

Tomorrow is UN #FFD4 summit, we joined 20+ orgs in London to say #CancelDebtChooseHope

54 countries in debt crisis but rich countries are BLOCKING solutions. No one should have to play Jenga with their economy - choosing between public services or debt payments. #SystemChangeNow

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

The UK says tackling Global South debt is a key development priority

But at #FFD4, it blocked progress and watered down Global South demands for debt justice

“They should hang their heads in shame.” @hidschow

📢 Full release via @bondngo: https://t.co/4IAI96j04l

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

This weekend, hundreds of actions are happening around the 🌏 demanding urgent #debt cancellation ahead of a major UN summit🪧

Global north govts inc the UK have blocked progress 😡

It's time world leaders #CancelDebtChooseHope #FfD4People

@AsianPeoplesMvt @FightInequality

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

It's #SmallCharityWeek! Anything you donate to us this week WILL BE MATCHED, in other words - DOUBLED!

We're raising funds for #BanTheBailiffs campaign. Councils are sending in bailiffs despite there being no evidence they increase collection rates.

https://t.co/rvtp5SlJd9

[Heidi Chow @hidschow]

The Global North owes a huge climate debt to the South—it's time they #PayUp! We demand public, non-debt-creating, and adequate finance for people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
#PayUp #ClimateFinanceNow #ReparationsNow #SystemChangeNow #FFD4People

[Heidi Chow @hidschow]

Debt swaps are a distraction from actual debt restructuring to tackle the global south debt crisis. New evidence from @debtjustice shows that debt swaps deliver minimal debt reduction, are opaque, costly and risk imposing conservation models that ignore local needs #CancelTheDebt

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

1/ 🚨 New research out today 🚨

Debt-for-nature swaps do not meaningfully reduce debt levels‼️

They cut countries' debt levels by 7x less than debt restructurings

Full release👉https://t.co/K8sD9V5vYv
🧵

[Heidi Chow @hidschow]

Bailiffs expose how flawed the debt system is. Once you're in debt, the debt system keeps you trapped. Whether you're in debt or not, no one deserves to be humiliated and bullied and then get charged for it. Take action https://t.co/RbYpwXf123 #BanTheBailiffs

[Heidi Chow @hidschow]

4.4 million people have fallen behind on council tax as rising costs push more households into crisis. Instead of offering support, councils are sending in bailiffs – a punitive, outdated tactic based on intimation that only deepens hardship #BanTheBailiffs

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

We're in the @theipaper!

The UK must stop using bailiffs to collect council tax debt. It’s completely unjust that the government are using a form of legalized harassment to try and collect debts.

Read more: https://t.co/S5qCNPb5FC

[Global Justice Now @GlobalJusticeUK]

Join us for the online launch of Two Worlds, a series of short films about pharma companies that put profit before health – and the people fighting to make medicines accessible to all 📽️

📍 Wed 28 May, 6.30 - 8.00pm

https://t.co/6aZa4d4w4V

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

South Sudan is facing hunger, disease, floods - & now it must find $657 million to pay creditors who sued in the UK High Court, almost half its government's revenue.

UK must pass a law to stop private creditors from suing countries to make big profits.

https://t.co/EzTQFM3tDY

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

🌍 34 African countries spend more on debt repayments than health & education combined.

We're standing with activists around the world this Jubilee year to say #CancelDebtChooseHope. We did it in 2000, we can do it in 2025

Join 👉https://t.co/W6iJ4Jy769

[Heidi Chow @hidschow]

Don't miss this!

[DebtJustice.bsky.social @debtjustice]

🚨TOMORROW🚨
🪧 Hear from people around the world about why this is the year to #CancelDebtChooseHope
🌍 Join the global movement for #debt cancellation
🫶🏿 Stand in solidarity with debt resistors across the world. Together we are powerful
👇🏼 Register
https://t.co/edtwWcXDbO