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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…
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Spiralling inequality won’t fix itself. We need a movement. Op-ed By Winnie Byanyima
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…
‘We’re in the era of the billionaire,’ human rights expert says.
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…
Thousands Mobilise Across Global South to Challenge Billionaire Rule and Rising Inequality Ahead of Davos
Editor’s note: Click here to review the global action map of protests. Photos and visuals from Fight Inequality Alliance, including visuals of the 400-meter-wide projection message outside of Davos (available late on January 17), can be downloaded HERE. Follow the…
Media Advisory- #RedLineToBillionaires
Thousands to Mobilise across the Global South to Draw a Red Line on Billionaire Rule Ahead of World Economic Forum Mobilisations to take place in close to 50 cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America to demonstrate the power of…
Brazilian social movements open a new cycle of struggle against global financial capitalism
Thursday, November 14, 2024, downtown Rio de Janeiro. A capoeira Angola chant plays at the Brazilian Press Association, in front of more than 700 activists gathered at the People’s Summit against the G20. In parallel, the Lula government is launching…
G20’s Commitment to Taxing the Super-Rich: A Step Forward, But the Fight Continues, Says Fight Inequality Alliance
The Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA), a global movement committed to addressing inequality, welcomes the acknowledgment of progressive taxation in the G20 Rio de Janeiro Leaders’ Declaration. While the G20 has reaffirmed its commitment to taxing the super-rich and fostering fairer…
Experts from South Africa Among Those Calling for End to Era of Billionaire By Taxing Super Rich, Cancelling Debt
In the run-up to the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’ Summit in Brazil, economists and activists from Brazil to South Africa are calling on world leaders to tackle the ever-widening gap between rich and poor. Amid the worsening global debt…
Economists, Advocates Call On G20 Ministers to ‘Make History’ and Tax Superrich
Ahead of the G20 Leader’s Summit, scheduled to take place over two days next week in Rio de Janeiro, international economists on Tuesday were calling on economic ministers to take an historic step toward reducing global inequality by approving a…
Economists and Activists from Brazil to South Africa Call for Global Financial Reforms, Global Deal on Taxing the Super Rich, Debt Cancellation Ahead of G20
As Second Trump Presidency looms, activists raise the alarm about the “era of the billionaire” driving devastating inequality across the world RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (12 November 2024)—In the run-up to the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’ Summit in Brazil,…