Heidi Chow
Executive director at Debt Justice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign)
Personal tweets
#CancelTheDebt
- Really excited to speak at @eseagreenlions.bsky.social New Year Potluck on debt, climate and colonialism this Saturday. There are still spaces left for people of ESEA heitage so book in, bring a dish and make some meaningful connections! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esea-green...
- Reposted by Heidi ChowFinancial giant #BlackRock has made BILLIONS from countries in debt crisis 💸 At #Davos this week, they’re joining fellow billionaires to discuss “bold, collective action” in today’s economy. BlackRock we can tell you what bold action looks like. #CanceltheDebt now! #CancelDebtChooseHope
- Reposted by Heidi ChowMeet 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 for #DebtJustice SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
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- Debt swaps are a distraction from actual debt restructuring to tackle the global south debt crisis. New evidence from @debtjustice.bsky.social shows that debt swaps deliver minimal debt reduction, are opaque, costly and risk imposing conservation models that ignore local needs #CancelTheDebt
- 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 act.debtjustice.org.uk/ban-bailiffs... #BanTheBailiffs
- 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 Instead of offering support, councils are sending in bailiffs – a punitive, outdated tactic based on intimation that only deepens hardship #BanTheBailiffs
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- Slashing the disability benefits budget is cruel and pointless. People with disabilities are already more likely to be in debt, especially in the face of soaring cost of essentials. These vicious cuts will plunge even more people into unpayable debt and poverty debtjustice.org.uk/press-releas...
- Michael Sheen’s “heist” of buying and cancelling people’s debts is an inspiring act of solidarity and exposes how debt is hardwired into the economy. We need government action to tackle the household debt crisis @debtjustice.bsky.social letter in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
- Looking forward to watching this tonight. Thank you mchshe.bsky.social for exposing a fundamental injustice in the debt system that keeps people in debt and poverty while debt collectors rake in profits. The government needs to take action to write off unpayable debts.
- Tonight at 9pm on @C4Dispatches ‘Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway’. The secret bit was the setting up the company obviously it’s not secret anymore! #FairBankingAct www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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- I can't recommend this enough! Come join the @debtjustice.bsky.social board and be part of a dynamic, hard-hitting organisation fighting colonialism, exploitation and economic injustice in solidarity with affected communities in the UK and across the global south.
- Two UK hedge funds are threatening to SUE Ethiopia to force them into debt repayments they can't afford. Help stop these bulling tactics & win new global rules for countries in debt crisis📣🌍📣 SIGN the petition today 👉 debtjustice.org.uk/choosehope #CancelDebtChooseHope
- Fantastic video on why this is a BIG year for the global debt movement to force action to end the debt crisis in the global south #cancelthedebt #ChooseHope #Jubilee2025
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- Govt's plans are like fighting a forest fire by offering a water pistol in ten years’ time. The UK needs to demand deeper debt cancellation and pass legislation to suspend repayments during negotiations, so that no creditor can boycott debt relief. More here: debtjustice.org.uk/press-releas...
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- Thank you @jemgilbert.bsky.social It's such a great show and a real privilege to be invited to share about global south debt.
- Thank you @kmilb.bsky.social and Nadia Idle for inviting me onto #ACFM and covering the global south debt crisis. It's the biggest debt crisis in 30 years and the global movement is mobilising for action this year, join us to win debt justice @debtjustice.bsky.social: www.debtjustice.org.uk/2025
- Really enjoyed listening to this insightful, intelligent and wide-ranging conversation about the role of debt in history, culture, the economy and social relationships.
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- Well spotted @tim-jones6.bsky.social Tucked away into debt restructuring deals are the ways that wealthy creditors continue to use debt as a tool of neo-colonial extraction and exploitation.
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- Lower income debt repayments have trebled over the last decade and are now at their highest levels in 30 years. We need a new UK law to #CancelTheDebt and prevent future debt crisis. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
- Debt Swaps are not a silver bullet and instead could harm communities in the global south and massively distract from the real solutions that are needed like debt cancellation and grant-based climate finance. More in this new briefing: debtjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
- Support @debtjustice.bsky.social's Big Give christmas appeal before *noon on Tuesday 10 December* and your donation will be matched through @biggive.bsky.social Help us to end unjust debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates www.debtjustice.org.uk/donate
- This government made a pledge to “tackle unsustainable debt”. Let's make sure that they don’t forget their promise. I've added my name to this xmas card to David Lammy, asking to make 2025 the year for #debtjustice. Join me act.debtjustice.org.uk/%E2%80%98tis...
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