David Archer
@davidarcheraa.bsky.social
Head of Programmes @ActionAid Global Secretariat. Activist/writer on education, public services, human rights, tax and climate justice, & feminist alternatives. Fan of Paulo Freire, ending austerity & neoliberalism, connecting movements for system change
Please join us for a collective global webinar on Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses - on 12th June - organised with key climate justice and debt justice movements. Translation into French and Spanish will be available. You can register for the webinar here: lnkd.in/eCHJXE_7
June 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Please join us for a collective global webinar on Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses - on 12th June - organised with key climate justice and debt justice movements. Translation into French and Spanish will be available. You can register for the webinar here: lnkd.in/eCHJXE_7
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EVENT | Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses
Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.
📅 Thurs, June 12, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)
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Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.
📅 Thurs, June 12, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)
doughnuteconomics.org/events/clima...
Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses | DEAL
Join us for an online conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected–and what we can do about it
doughnuteconomics.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
EVENT | Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses
Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.
📅 Thurs, June 12, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)
doughnuteconomics.org/events/clima...
Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.
📅 Thurs, June 12, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)
doughnuteconomics.org/events/clima...
On the eve of #CSW69 this extended article has important reflections on the Beijing Declaration, 30 years on, including from former ActionAid colleague Everjoice Win www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government
In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved sinc...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On the eve of #CSW69 this extended article has important reflections on the Beijing Declaration, 30 years on, including from former ActionAid colleague Everjoice Win www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A powerful blog by ActionAid's Secretary General on the eve of the African Union Heads of State calling for debt cancellation and a transformation of the colonial international financial architecture - recognising that Africa is owed much more than it owes! africanarguments.org/2025/02/why-...
Why 2025 could be a turning point in Africa's debt emergency | African Arguments
A clear plan that would move power over debt from colonial institutions to a more representative body is on the table; Africa must back it.
africanarguments.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A powerful blog by ActionAid's Secretary General on the eve of the African Union Heads of State calling for debt cancellation and a transformation of the colonial international financial architecture - recognising that Africa is owed much more than it owes! africanarguments.org/2025/02/why-...
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A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.
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⚡This Thursday, Pope Francis, world leaders & top economists unite at the Vatican to push for bold tax reform on billionaires & big corporations. It's time for a fair system that funds people, not just the powerful! ICRICT #TaxTheSuperRich #TaxThePower #TaxJustice
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Pope, Lula, Sanchez, top economists to call for taxes to protect democracy | Tax Justice Network
The Vatican will host an event this Thursday (13 February) together with the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT), where Pope Francis, along with current ...
taxjustice.net
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
⚡This Thursday, Pope Francis, world leaders & top economists unite at the Vatican to push for bold tax reform on billionaires & big corporations. It's time for a fair system that funds people, not just the powerful! ICRICT #TaxTheSuperRich #TaxThePower #TaxJustice
taxjustice.net/press/pope-l...
taxjustice.net/press/pope-l...
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Like others in the Global North, the EU has overshot its fair share of the global carbon budget. In other words, they've used up others' share and let them pay the price, literally. (1/5)
February 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Like others in the Global North, the EU has overshot its fair share of the global carbon budget. In other words, they've used up others' share and let them pay the price, literally. (1/5)
Look out for ActionAid's new report: ‘Who Owes Who' looking at external debt, climate debt & reparations in this Jubilee year. The colonial injustices between countries should spark anger & strategic action. #WhoOwesWho #FFD4 #DebtJubilee #CancelDebt #YearOfReparations actionaid.org/publications...
Who Owes Who?
As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on basic public services and climate action in order to pay external debts. Last year, lower income countries between th...
actionaid.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Look out for ActionAid's new report: ‘Who Owes Who' looking at external debt, climate debt & reparations in this Jubilee year. The colonial injustices between countries should spark anger & strategic action. #WhoOwesWho #FFD4 #DebtJubilee #CancelDebt #YearOfReparations actionaid.org/publications...
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"The United Nations #InternationalDayOfEducation on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public #education systems globally." - @davidarcheraa.bsky.social, Head of Programmes, ActionAid
Read more: www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
Read more: www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
Anti-Racism in Education Financing and Practice - NORRAG -
The United Nations International Day of Education on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public education systems globally. This blogpost is ...
www.norrag.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The United Nations #InternationalDayOfEducation on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public #education systems globally." - @davidarcheraa.bsky.social, Head of Programmes, ActionAid
Read more: www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
Read more: www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
My new blog on the eve of UN Education Day. We urgently need to address anti-racism in both education financing and education practice www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
Anti-Racism in Education Financing and Practice - NORRAG -
The United Nations International Day of Education on 24th January 2025 is an opportunity for us to look critically at what is required to transform public education systems globally. This blogpost is ...
www.norrag.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My new blog on the eve of UN Education Day. We urgently need to address anti-racism in both education financing and education practice www.norrag.org/anti-racism-...
In 2025 DEBT will be a pivotal issue. I am working on crunching / analysing datasets on external debt, climate debt / atmospheric apropriation, failed aid promises, illicit financial flows, reparations etc - to get a big picture of Who Owes Who? I would welcome suggestions for sources / arguments!
January 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In 2025 DEBT will be a pivotal issue. I am working on crunching / analysing datasets on external debt, climate debt / atmospheric apropriation, failed aid promises, illicit financial flows, reparations etc - to get a big picture of Who Owes Who? I would welcome suggestions for sources / arguments!
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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
December 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It's been a powerful week at the Social Justice Leadership Programme in TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania. In these volatile times we all have something new to learn about community organising and building rooted campaigns.
December 6, 2024 at 7:58 PM
It's been a powerful week at the Social Justice Leadership Programme in TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania. In these volatile times we all have something new to learn about community organising and building rooted campaigns.
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"World leaders hear our plea. This isn't fiction; it's our daily reality. Stop fossil fuel extraction & take responsibility for the pollution." - ActionAid Vanuatu's Flora Vano, ahead of her testimony at the International Court Of Justice #ClimateChange hearing👇 www.actionaidusa.org/news/icj-cli...
ICJ climate change hearings - ActionAid USA News
ActionAid Vanuatu's country manager Flora Vano will be testifying remotely from Vanuatu to the ICJ hearing on 3 December. Before giving her testimony, she
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December 3, 2024 at 6:55 PM
"World leaders hear our plea. This isn't fiction; it's our daily reality. Stop fossil fuel extraction & take responsibility for the pollution." - ActionAid Vanuatu's Flora Vano, ahead of her testimony at the International Court Of Justice #ClimateChange hearing👇 www.actionaidusa.org/news/icj-cli...
This ActionAid briefing on links btw the debt crisis & the climate crisis is ever more relevant. In 2025 we need a massive campaign that links the unpaid climate debts of the Global North to cancellation of the unpayable but brutally enforced debts of the Global South actionaid.org/publications...
The Vicious Cycle
The countries that are most vulnerable to the climate crisis are also facing a debt crisis – and the need to service external debt in foreign currency has become a major accelerator of the climate cri...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
This ActionAid briefing on links btw the debt crisis & the climate crisis is ever more relevant. In 2025 we need a massive campaign that links the unpaid climate debts of the Global North to cancellation of the unpayable but brutally enforced debts of the Global South actionaid.org/publications...
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Colleagues from ActionAid & many allies in the climate justice movement are deeply disappointed at the outcomes on finance from #COP29 in #Baku. Now, we must fight for an overhaul of the global financing architecture at #FFD4 in Seville & on to #COP30 in Belem, Brazil actionaid.org/news/2024/ou...
Our reaction to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance
Reacting to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance
actionaid.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Colleagues from ActionAid & many allies in the climate justice movement are deeply disappointed at the outcomes on finance from #COP29 in #Baku. Now, we must fight for an overhaul of the global financing architecture at #FFD4 in Seville & on to #COP30 in Belem, Brazil actionaid.org/news/2024/ou...
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So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
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Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.
But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'.
But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'.
November 28, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.
But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'.
But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'.
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The question is - raising tax on whom? Wealth tax, anyone? @patmillsuk.bsky.social
GUARDIAN: No alternative to raising tax, defiant chancellor to tell CBI #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM
The question is - raising tax on whom? Wealth tax, anyone? @patmillsuk.bsky.social
Dear Ministers of Finance - this is how you can transform the fnancing of education - see this collective letter signed on to by 15 organisations and available in 5 languages actionaid.org/publications...
Dear Ministers of Finance - This is how you can transform the financing of Education!
The real power over decisions on the financing of education tends to lie with Ministers of Finance more than Ministers of Education.
actionaid.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Dear Ministers of Finance - this is how you can transform the fnancing of education - see this collective letter signed on to by 15 organisations and available in 5 languages actionaid.org/publications...
A one minute summary from the UNESCO Global Education Meeting in Fortaleza Brazil where we fought to show the links between tax justice and education justice ... which really should be self-evident !
⚡New Tax Justice Minute is out! David Archer from
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
Tax Justice Minute: David Archer, ActionAid reports from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network
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November 25, 2024 at 5:30 PM
A one minute summary from the UNESCO Global Education Meeting in Fortaleza Brazil where we fought to show the links between tax justice and education justice ... which really should be self-evident !
Reposted by David Archer
⚡New Tax Justice Minute is out! David Archer from
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
Tax Justice Minute: David Archer, ActionAid reports from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network
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November 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM
⚡New Tax Justice Minute is out! David Archer from
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
ActionAid shares insights directly from the Global Education Meeting in Brazil.
youtu.be/hmnyLvMSalE?...
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Out now, in this latest episode of the #TaxJusticeMinute. Carolina Rodrigues Finette highlights our new report on tax and education. A progressive tax system can protect the rights of millions of children around the world to an #education.
youtu.be/QtxC9yZV6KI
youtu.be/QtxC9yZV6KI
Tax Justice Minute: Carolina Rodrigues Finette highlights our new report on tax and education.
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network
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November 11, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Out now, in this latest episode of the #TaxJusticeMinute. Carolina Rodrigues Finette highlights our new report on tax and education. A progressive tax system can protect the rights of millions of children around the world to an #education.
youtu.be/QtxC9yZV6KI
youtu.be/QtxC9yZV6KI
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You had a hunch climate change impacts would increase economic inequalities? You were right!
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November 22, 2024 at 7:49 AM
You had a hunch climate change impacts would increase economic inequalities? You were right!
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