Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden is the director of the World Development Movement which campaigns in the UK on global justice issues. He was formerly the director of Jubilee Debt Campaign.
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The WSF needs updating for a post-Arab Spring, post-Indignado world, writes Nick Dearden. The problems and the possibilities were both on show in Tunisia
Nick Dearden traces the legacy of World Bank-funded development in Guatemala through massacres, massive public debt and continued poverty for the majority
On the 25th anniversary of Sankara's assassination, Nick Dearden argues we need to remember him to challenge dominant views of Africa and fight our own debt crisis in Europe
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber, reviewed by Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden looks at the theories of one of Africa's greatest radical thinkers – still going strong at 80
In the context of another financial crisis, debt audits could offer a way to counter the power of big finance. Nick Dearden introduces a special Red Pepper dossier
Nick Dearden reports from an activist conference on austerity and debt in Athens
Nick Dearden explains how the Export Credits Guarantee Department puts corporate profits above human rights
The Icesave referendum has global implications says Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden writes from the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal.
For south Sudan, sovereignty must mean more than having your own border, writes Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden and Tim Jones from Jubilee Debt Campaign on standing up to global finance.
Noam Chomsky's Hopes and Prospects (Hamish Hamilton), reviewed by Nick Dearden
The International Monetary Fund devastated the developing world - and now it's targeting eastern Europe, writes Nick Dearden
Vijay Prashad's The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (The New Press), reviewed by Nick Dearden
While the G8 and G20 meetings this year have sought to keep power in their own hands, a UN summit on the economic crisis in June raised very different proposals. Nick Dearden assesses the chances for real change in the global economy as a result
There are echoes of Afghanistan in the Horn of Africa, writes Nick Dearden. Will a quick victory for a foreign-backed warlord government be followed by further instability and an Islamist insurgency?
