Over 80 organisations and activists sign an open letter calling on South Africa’s G20 presidency to put taxing the super-rich at the centre of the global agenda More than 80 organisations from across Africa and the world have signed an…
The ‘Extraordinary Committee’ of independent experts – appointed by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa – has today published the G20’s first-ever report on global inequality. The analysis shows the richest 1 percent captured 41 percent of all new wealth since…
Fight Inequality Alliance welcomes the new report from the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, which provides clear evidence that high and rising inequality has left the world more vulnerable to disease outbreaks becoming pandemics and has weakened governments’…
Mexico City and Jakarta | 13 October 2025 From Latin America to Southeast Asia, people took to the streets on Saturday, 11 October, with one message for those in power: tax the ultra-rich, cancel unjust debt, and stop policies that…
Johannesburg, South Africa | 8 October 2025 – As finance ministers, bankers, and corporate elites gather in Washington DC for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, enraged young people from Morocco to Madagascar, Kathmandu to Lima are leading…
CAPE TOWN – As some of the world’s most powerful finance ministers meet at a beachside resort in South Africa, the 2025 Group of 20 (G-20) host is trying to keep its agenda on course. A global trade war, initiated…
Durban, South Africa | 15 July 2025 – Ahead of the final G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Durban (17–18 July), more than 180 organisations from across the Global South as well as international allies, have released…
For images from FIA global actions click here Seville, Spain, [30 June 2025] – This week, thousands of people across the Global South in 84 cities took to the streets demanding an end to the era of Billionaires and dismantling…
As dozens of billionaires sip champagne and zip down the ski slopes at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, millions in Zambia endure the harsh realities of extreme poverty, with two-thirds of the country living on less than…
KEY POINTS Roughly 204 new billionaires were minted last year alone, according to Oxfam’s latest annual inequality report. After Oxfam’s report was released, some of the world’s wealthiest people called on elected representatives to introduce higher taxes on the very…