🚨 More than half the world’s population has no access to any form of social protection so we joined GCSPF, GCAP, Make Mothers Matter, Global Social Justice and USP2030 to raise this at the 2026 HLPF. Learn more endausterity.org/austerity-th... #EndAusterityNow #HLPF2026 #SDGs

Last week at the Asia Pacific Social Forum, we spoke on austerity’s role in decimating food systems across Asia. We called to #EndAusterityNow to enable critical support to frontline communities and food producers. #APSF2026 #WSF2026 #climatejustice #foodsovereignty

On #GDFI2026 we join all oppressed of the global majority in fighting back against the global elite who rake in profits at the price of our collective survival. Learn more about alternatives to austerity: endausterity.org/alternatives/ #EndAusterityNow #GlobalDaytoFightInequality2026 #WeThe99

USP is essential to achieving the #SDGs and resilient, equitable societies. Join experts to discuss: ✨ Why is Social Protection essential? 📊 Why does the public sector matter? 🤝 What are the alternatives to austerity cuts? Register here: short-url.cc/1yfbZ #EndAusterityNow #HLPF2026

A key debate during the High-Level Forum on sustainable development at the UN will answer three important questions: - Why is social protection essential for sustainable development? - Why does the public sector matter? - What actions need to be taken, what are the alternatives to austerity cuts?

La IA destruirá millones de empleos, achicará a la clase media y reducirá los ingresos fiscales que financian hospitales, escuelas y pensiones. El tiempo para actuar se acaba. ipsnoticias.net/2026/06/la-i... @ipsnoticias.net #IA #DerechosHumanos #JusticiaFiscal @endausterity.bsky.social

La IA desestabilizará el empleo, la clase media y el estado de bienestar si no actuamos a tiempo

NUEVA YORK – La inteligencia artificial (IA) promete avances importantes en productividad, ciencia, medicina y educación. Pero también amenaza con destruir millones de empleos, encoger a la clase medi...

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AI will wipe out millions of jobs, hollow out the middle class and result in more #austerity cutting funds for hospitals, schools and #pensions. The time to act is running out. www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/ai-w... @endausterity.bsky.social #AI #tech #HumanRights #EndAusterity #TaxJustice #Inequality

AI Will Destabilize Jobs, the Middle Class and the Welfare State Unless We Act in Time

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises remarkable gains in productivity, science, medicine and education. But it is also poised to wipe out millions of jobs, hollow out the middle class, and drain the ...

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🚨 @actionaiduk.bsky.social REPORT REVEALS: #IMF may have changed its language, but behind the rhetoric, #AUSTERITY IS STILL THE DEFAULT! 🔗Join us later today to learn how the #IMF still functions as a colonial debt enforcer: zoom.us/webinar/regi... 💡Learn more: endausterity.org/still-cookin...

Ziad Abdel Samad of ANND: "Measures to reduce fiscal deficits—subsidy cuts or public sector downsizing—can disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, leading to social unrest. Such instability undermines the very macroeconomic stability the reforms seek to achieve." annd.org/en/publicati...

International Financial Institutions, Austerity, and Human Rights

The role of international financial institutions (IFIs), particularly the World Bank

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At the “Human Rights to End Poverty” Stone in Paris,the Intern.Comm. for EndPovertyDay denounced austerity policies and that “using wars as an excuse", public funds are shifted from social services to military purposes and thus push millions into poverty”. endausterity.org/wp-content/u...

#Austerity measures reduce approval, drive protests, and raise the odds of a government crisis, says a new study on the political impact of an economic recipe. Imposed in difficult times, austerity has contributed to the rise of #populist parties in Europe www.socialeurope.eu/austerity-er...

!ANNOUNCEMENT! The End Austerity Coalition is proud to announce that Roberto Bissio has been appointed Coordinator of the End Austerity Campaign (EAC). Roberto is an Uruguayan journalist & campaigner with deep experience defending social justice, women's rights & environmental sustainability.

HOY 23 de marzo, 4pm PET / 9pm UTC Recortes que cuestan derechos: Vuelven las políticas de austeridad en ALC. Panel: Denisse Vélez Martínez, Campaña por el Fin de la Austeridad; Pablo José Iturralde, Investigador independiente. Moderación: Klelia Guerrero, Latindadd/RJFALC Regístrate. rb.gy/gtk8qw

A new book by Clara Mattei, reviewed here in the Jacobin, shows how austerity is about class politics, and not about running out of money, see here jacobin.com/2026/01/matt...

The Class Politics of Austerity

A new book by economist Clara Mattei explains why calls for governments to balance budgets and live within their means are often a thinly veiled justification for an assault on the poor.

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Since its inception, the economics profession has provided elites with a justification for austerity. But this is very often a thinly veiled defense of the interests of the rich. See more here, jacobin.com/2026/01/econ...

How Economists Depoliticized the Economy

Economist Clara Mattei explains how her profession has provided elites with a justification for austerity and exploitation.

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New Role, come work for us at End Austerity! endausterity.org/new-role-end...

Austerity won't help rebuild Syria. "Syria's government is pursuing economic growth through liberalisation, foreign investment and cuts to state spending. These moves benefit the new elite but won't lift the majority out of crisis." There are alternatives to austerity. tinyurl.com/2zjp3h8t

Syria's economy: Austerity and liberalisation won't rebuild the country | Qantara.de

Syria's government is pursuing economic growth through liberalisation, foreign investment and cuts to state spending. These moves benefit the new elite but won't lift the majority out of crisis.

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Art to End Austerity. The 'Museum of Austerity' in London, until 19 January, combining testimony, original music and holographic imagery, it is more than an exhibition; it’s a blend of theatre, history and humanity. A place to reflect on the past and confront the future. tinyurl.com/ynwavp4d

Museum Of Austerity

“Hi-tech meets humanity in this devastatingly powerful look at the impact of Austerity” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage Witness the human stories of Austerity Britain in this deeply moving, mixed reality exhibiti...

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Just published, my op-ed article on the World Social Summit in Doha #SocialSummit2025 #WSSD2 @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social @endausterity.bsky.social tinyurl.com/388rarn8

The World Social Summit in Doha: Time to Act

Qatar hosted the Second World Summit for Social Development from 4–6 November. According to the United Nations, more than 40 Heads of State and Government, 230 ministers and senior officials, and near...

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Austerity protests hit Romania this month as the cost of living is rising, and energy bill support was phased out this year. Yet, there would be room for alternatives: taxing windfall profits, raise corporate taxes, ensure public beneficial ownership and asset transparency. shorturl.at/ATnBj

Thousands protest in Romania against government austerity measures

The rally was organised by the National Trade Union Bloc, made up of dozens of professional federations and comes as Romania’s government pursues measures to reduce the budget deficit.

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Sri Lanka austerity policies led to massive cuts in public services and public sector wages - even according to the World Bank. But they take little responsibility for advice in their Doing Business (DB) indicators that led to vast cuts in corporate taxes, and lack of debt relief. shorturl.at/Vp9zg

Sri Lanka’s 2021-2024 austerity is one of the most severe in history : Peoples Dispatch

A recent World Bank reports examines Sri Lanka’s austerity policies following the 2022 external debt default

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Protestors marched against proposed labour laws in Lisbon last weekend, a reminder that austerity policies, including measures hurting breastfeeding mother, and reducing miscarriage related bereavement leave are deeply unpopular. Demands were made to increase the minimum wage. rb.gy/56nis9

Tens of thousands in Portugal protest proposed labor reforms

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lisbon to protest labor reforms proposed by Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's government

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Join us today at COP30 in Belem to discuss alternatives to austerity in climate financing, moderator @oxfaminternational.bsky.social ED Amitabh Behar, panelists Luti Guedes, Grace Malie, Fanny Petitbon @350.org, Ezequiel Steuermann (GI-ESCR), @kuminaidoo.bsky.social, @amnesty.org SG Agnes Callamard.

Leading up to Argentina's mid-term elections, pensioners have taken the streets as they have been among the hardest hit by austerity policies. Now with President Milei winning the mid-term elections, austerity cuts are ever more likely. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... and www.dw.com/en/argentina...

Argentina elections: Javier Milei and his 'chainsaw' austerity win big

Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.

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Anti-austerity protests in Ecuador's sparked by ending fuel subsidies is leading to higher prices on essential goods and transport. Civil society actors condemn the criminalisation of protests and rights-defenders, and dismantling of democratic guarantees. newint.org/strikes/2025...

Ecuador’s Indigenous communities face violent state repression

Several land defenders have been killed during nationwide strikes after the far-right government ended a vital fuel subsidy. Cameron Baillie reports.

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New Report! “Welfare reform in the name of austerity and efficiency has alienated millions of people living in poverty and played into the hands of a far right looking to exploit discontent,” the UNSR on extreme poverty and HR, @deschuttero.bsky.social at UNGA, see: docs.un.org/en/A/80/138

80,000 - 150,000 protestors in Belgium mobilise against austerity measures. In all regions, we need to ensure that we tax the rich, and propose progressive tax policies, rather than cut public services and social protection that harms the people. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity plans

Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.

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💸 Over 3.4B people live in countries that spend more on debt service than on health or education. Enough is enough. @IMFNews @WorldBank must be held accountable. #CancelTheDebt #StopTheHarm

Today in Washington DC at @hrw.org at 5pm (ET) in person, or on zoom "Alternatives to end austerity" Come hear about alternatives from the Global South regions @latindadd.bsky.social @menafem.bsky.social @fintrco.bsky.social TJNA and IBON International. RSVP here, forms.gle/zWr4CB6zxpNU...

🚨 The “austerity trap” is real. 1) Global South countries are trapped in debt cycles. To repay, they’re pushed to expand fossil fuel extraction - deepening climate breakdown #EndAusterity