Ndey Jobarteh
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30 September 1999 02:15
Subject: Re: Fw: Unchaining Slaves of National
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>Ndey,
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>In a speech l heard broadcast on
National Public Radio today, President
>Clinton stated that the U.S will
forgive the debt owed to them by any of
>these countries, if the monies
will be used towards the fight against
>poverty and improvement
of education, or something to that effect.
However,
>he said the
particular country has to be able to prove it.
>
>Jabou
Joh
>
>
>In a message dated 9/29/99 5:30:06 PM Central
Daylight Time,
>
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><< On May 16, 1998, representatives of the eight
wealthiest nations in the
> >world -- known as the Group of 8, or G8 --
held their annual summit
> >meeting in Birmingham, England. An
astounding throng of 70,000 people
from
> >all over the United
Kingdom was assembled there by the Jubilee 2000
> >Campaign, to create
a human chain seven miles long around the conference
> >center and to
raise the chant of "Break the chains of debt," calling for
>
>cancellation of the crushing debt of impoverished countries by the
year
> >2000.
> >
> >It was the first audible cry of
a roar for justice that is beginning to
be
> >heard in every corner
of the world, and that calls for echoing action in
> >the churches of
the United States.
> >
> >The Jubilee 2000 -- or J2K --
Campaign is a coalition of unprecedented
> >international breadth and
vitality that has grown dramatically around the
> >world in the past
two years. The campaign has its roots in communities of
> >faith, but
it includes secular groups of every political stripe, all
> >sharing a
moral commitment to a debt-free fresh start for the world's
> >poorest
nations.
> >
> >It draws inspiration from the Year of Jubilee
every 50 years described in
> >Leviticus 25. But you don't have to be a
believing Jew or Christian to
> >rise to the vision of liberation
projected in this remarkable movement.
> >
> >An English
political economist at the University of Keele named Martin
> >Dent
first had the idea of linking the debt crisis to the concept of
>
>Jubilee and the millennium. In 1990,
>
>
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