We have gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal from 3-5 July as activists from 15 countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa for the seventh Global Gathering of the Fight Inequality Alliance, hosted by Fight Inequality Alliance Nepal. This Gathering marked the…
Jenny Ricks, Global Convenor at Fight Inequality Alliance said: “Macron’s Summit has ended with a whimper not a bang with more tinkering around the edges on climate finance and the global financial system. People want their leaders to act and…
Njoki Njehu, Fight Inequality Alliance Pan Africa Coordinator said: “Today marks Africa Liberation Day, but we as Africans are still living in the age of inequality. Our struggles for true liberation continue. We want to remake our own economic destiny,…
Economic summits in Washington, DC rarely provoke much interest on the streets of Khartoum or Karachi. The Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, held in the United States capital during April 10-16, were no exception. Listening to…
Jenny Ricks, Global Convenor of Fight Inequality Alliance said: “Last week’s World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings have not inspired many outside of the DC bubble. For people on the streets of Khartoum or Kathmandu facing the daily grind of…
As protests mount, figures released today show that $1.7 trillion could have been raised by wealth taxes on the ultra rich in 2022 alone and used to tackle inequality in 60 countries across the world. From Davos to Delhi, London…
The World Economic Forum meets in Davos from 16th – 20th January. Fight Inequality Alliance is expecting protest actions in 30 countries around the world from 14th -21st January as part of the Global Protest to Fight Inequality, calling on…
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, and the Fight Inequality Alliance are appalled by the decision of the Indonesian authorities to disband the activities of civil society groups and harass their organisers in Bali, Indonesia, ahead of the G20 Summit.…
When 1,700 Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa last week, they had one main demand of the government: to bring down the skyrocketing cost of living. Commemorating Saba Saba Day (“seven seven” in Swahili, when protesters on 7…
In July 2020, South Africa secured a R70bn loan from the International Monetary Fund; R5bn from the African Development Bank; and in the same month a R14.5bn from the New Development Bank in April 2021; and recently a R7.6 billion…