Birmingham 1998 - Were you there?

Forming a human chain at Birmingham for Drop the Debt 1998 [Paddy Donnelly]

An emotional, positive, uplifting, rollercoaster day. Celebrate ten years on from the famous "human chain" around the Birmingham G8 summit.

16 May 1998 was a watershed day in campaigning against poverty when 70,000 campaigners converged on Birmingham, telling world leaders to Drop the Debt.

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Stories from campaigners from across the UK who marked ten years since the Drop the Debt ‘human chain’ on 18 May 2008.

Find out what difference that day made to them

Tell us your memories of that day, and what it has meant to you since. What are you doing now? How has the issue of debt cancellation impacted on today's world? We want to hear from you below.

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