6 Reasons Big Oil Is Having a Great Year While You Ration Your Electricity
The biggest oil companies on earth have just reported their profits for the last three months, and the numbers are staggering. They come from a spike in the price of oil, driven by wars in…
Mexico’s 99% shows a Red Card to FIFA, Billionaires, Corporations
We did not watch the tournament in the stadiums, we watched in the streets, in public squares, in markets, in homes — that is where we felt the world cup truly was. The people’s World…
Commemorating a pillar of the Fight Inequality Alliance movement – Njoki Njehû
With profound sadness and heavy hearts we share the news of the passing of a beloved movement leader and comrade Njoki Njehû, who passed away peacefully at home in Nairobi on the morning of Saturday…
Zambians are fed up with empty economic promises. We need a system that works for ordinary people not political elites, billionaires
News of Zambia’s successor project with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a heavy blow to Mary Siisii whose family survives by selling vegetables and spices in Lusaka’s Lilanda market. For Mary, the new deal…
The Electricity Divide Is Keeping More than Half a Billion from Enjoying World Cup
Daud Kayisi*At the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico, history is being made.Cape Verde, in their first ever World Cup, has shattered the hierarchy, drawing with Spain, Uruguay, and Saudi Arabia…
Happy Pride – Now Tell Me Why My Rent Costs More Than My Personality.
It’s Pride Month and, like every year, these big corporations robbing us have changed their logos. The rainbow merchandise has dropped, girlies – don’t buy anything. Somewhere on your Instagram timeline, a social media manager…
From Soweto to Sahara, we must all draw a red line against billionaires, oligarchs and the ruling elite
Some South Africans are pouring into the streets, furious at unemployment levels, collapsing public services, and rising crime. Their anger is justified. But dangerously misdirected. African immigrants are not their enemy. They are their fellow…
What a trillion dollars tells us about who really runs the world
SpaceX filed paperwork last week for the largest stock market listing in history, seeking $80 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation, and analysts have pencilled in 12 June as the day Elon Musk officially becomes…
World Cup Fans: Welcome to Mexico, a Paradise for Soccer and Inequality
While Mexicans are struggling with living costs, the government is piling on debt to pay for international tourism and soccer infrastructure. by Myriam Hernandez Espanol This year’s World Cup is historic because for the first…
Kenya’s public health system is built to fail the poor
If you live in Kenya, you will have seen it countless times. A message in a family or church WhatsApp group. Someone is sick, the diagnosis is serious, and the hospital wants money before treatment.…
Zimbabwe is criminalizing survival. It’s time to recognise the informal sector
A qualified science teacher, Mr. Elias Chikwava, cooked sadza – our staple food – on the pavements of Harare – not because he wanted to, but because Zimbabwe’s economy gave him no choice.Harare city officials…
Africa doesn’t need charity, it needs economic justice
ZIMBABWE recently did something rare. It turned down health funding from the United States.As a Zimbabwean activist, I felt proud when my government refused a package worth US$367 million after Washington demanded access to critical…
The Billionaire Circus Is Back. Forgive Me If I Don’t Clap
Every year around this time Forbes publishes its global billionaire rankings like a fantasy football league table for the ultra rich. The graphics sparkle, the fortunes climb, and commentators analyse the movements as if the…
IMF austerity is failing Zambia. It’s time to break free
Zambia deserves an economy that works for the 99%, not the 1%. By Mputa Ngalande* Read in Spanish, French, Portuguese For Jane, a 34-year-old mother of four from Lusaka’s Garden Compound, skipping meals has become…
World Social Justice Day: How Intersectionality Impacts Inequality
On World Social Justice Day, we are asked to imagine a fairer world but how do we do that when we live with colonial systems built to marginalize and control? Written By Chanelle Beatrice Leer…
As Davos thrives, the UN falters and the world pays the price
As the world’s elite gather once again in Davos, the World Economic Forum looks less like a problem-solving space and more like a ritual of self-congratulation. By Jenny Ricks Read in: French, Spanish, Portuguese As…
The Global Majority have answers to the inequality crisis. The G20 Leaders must listen
By Jenny Ricks and Deepak Xavier* Barely 10 Kilometres North East of Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa – the venue for the G20 Leaders Summit this year – is the historical Constitution Hill,…
Chronicle of the “Rise For protest”
The protest that danced for fiscal justice Michelle Cruz, FIA Volunteer for “Weavers of Equality” In the heart of Mexico City, the Hemiciclo a Juárez woke up with a different atmosphere. Among the last vendors…
Resisting unequal cities in Zambia
Mputa Ngalande, FIA Zambia National Coordinator shares the story of gentrification of a traditional marketplace in Lusaka, Zambia, and how this is being resisted. This is a phenomenon in many cities across the world. In…
The Global Protest to Fight Inequality in Mexico
On 18 January 2024, Mexico will join the protests against social and economic inequality; many may ask why are they protesting against inequality, do they want them to take away what little we have so…
The Global Protest in Kenya: Unveiling the Power of Collective Voice
As the world focuses its attention on the prestigious Davos meeting, more important events in the fight against inequality will be unfolding as Fight Inequality Alliance Kenya hosts the Week of Action to Fight Inequality.…
We can change the system.
Why are we so unequal? The current economic and social systems are the result of the interaction and negotiation of those of us who live in the world. In one way or another we are…
3 Reasons to Protest the Davos World Economic Forum in January
French Spanish What is Davos? Davos is a town in Switzerland where a ski resort hosts the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings. These have been happening every January for over 50 years. During the World…
The view from Uganda – Faith Lumonya
Faith is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. In a remote area called…
The view from Mexico – Justine Rodriguez
Justine is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. Hoy me gustaría presentarme como…
The view from Indonesia – Sigit Budiono
Sigit is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. Jakartan and specifically vulnerable groups,…
The view from Ecuador – Jirabel Caicedo Valdez
Jirabel is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. Situación de Barranquilla en el…
The view from Cote d’Ivoire – Alexandre Amani Didier
Alexandre is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. Les inégalités croissantes qui ont…
The view from Zimbabwe – Masimba Kuchera
Masimba is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. My name is Masimba Kuchera…
The view from Kenya – Daisy Abwao
Daisy is giving testimony on Wednesday 11 October, 09:30-15:30 Casablanca Time at the Peoples’ Alternative Global Tribunal on the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Watch live via Facebook. As I pen this down…