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Activists displayed ‘Abolish Billionaires’ sign on the empty Davos conference centre, where the World Economic Forum used to be held. This year due to the pandemic, the WEF was postponed to May 2021 and will…

Please note that this is the abridged version, for the full statement and updated list of endorsements, please see here. The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in South Africa and globally, millions are being infected and…

Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Is Sending South Africa from Recession to Depression, Preparing a Clash with Public Sector Unions   As the finance minister delivered his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), thousands protested around…

Fight Inequality Alliance to Global Leaders and IMF, World Bank: Radical Action Needed to Supercharge the Fight Against Inequality As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their Annual Meetings and the G20 Finance…

  The Fight Inequality Alliance South Africa, a growing alliance of communities, social movements and NGOs has called for a month of mass rolling action in October 2020.    In September, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…

A National Campaign to Fight Inequality 15TH SEPTEMBER (INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY) TO 2ND OCTOBER (INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY) India’s Constitution declares everyone equal and proudly asserts that all citizens have equal rights. The COVID-19 pandemic has,…

The state is failing us! It has been over 100 days since the South African government imposed one of the most extreme lockdowns in the world to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. The state’s response…

With a lockdown and a curfew in effect in Kenya because of the COVID-19 pandemic, hip hop artist Juliani, in partnership with Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance, will stage an online concert dubbed One Day on…

In Mexico, inequality conditions disproportionately affect specific social groups, in which poverty is concentrated: women, youth, indigenous people, elders, people with disabilities, migrants and other marginalized groups who are discriminated against and systematically expelled from access…

The Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) Zambia is a loose movement uniting a wide range of grassroots/rural groups, civil society organisations (CSOs), activists, artists, women and youth groups among others to build up collective to fight…

STATEMENT: We call on the state to assure us that its authoritarian capacities are reigned in and contained. We cannot live through another Marikana.   Read More

Globalization has facilitated the spread of COVID-19 throughout the world. Internationally, leaders have been reacting in different ways. The general measures to stop the spread of the virus are clear: constant hand washing, social distancing,…

STATEMENT: Lockdown as a public health strategy cannot work unless it is supported by the provision of services, resources and safety nets, that allow people to stay home with their basic needs met.  

A call for social solidarity in South Africa in the midst of COVID 19. Read More

The Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) is part of the global Fight Inequality Alliance of social movements, trade unions, and non-governmental organizations.  Kenya FIA members – women’s & youth groups, rural & urban poor, activists…

By Njoki Njehu As a Kenyan grassroots activist and feminist, I never thought I would go to Davos. Never wanted to. But this year I am going with a specific purpose – to tell them…

MENDIOLA, Manila –  “Everyday millions of Filipinos are experiencing a Duterte legacy – the rising GDP. That is GDP, Gutom ng Pilipino (Hunger of the Filipino),” Atty. Aaron Pedrosa, secretary-general of Sanlakas, lambasted the current…

As the World Economic Forum in Davos draws to a close, Njoki Njehu, Pan Africa Coordinator of Fight Inequality Alliance, said: The World Economic Forum has once again proved that it will never be on…

Hip hop artiste Juliani in partnership with The Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance will host a concert at Railways Club, Nairobi county this Saturday 25 January to raise awareness of inequality in the country. Dubbed the…

On the United States President Donald Trump’s attendance to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Njoki Njehu, Pan-Africa Coordinator of the global Fight Inequality Alliance, said: “Donald Trump is living proof that billionaires should be abolished.…

The UK Fight Inequality Alliance organised a moment of mayhem in London against inequality and united a range of grassroots activists and campaigners from across many issues. Read more

Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance (Kenya FIA) held the Usawa March today to deliver 10 demands to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government to fight inequality.  Activists belonging to Kenya FIA said they are starting the decade by…

KENYA FIGHT INEQUALITY ALLIANCE – ANALYSIS ON BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT: BIG CHANGES NEEDED TO BUDGET FOR IT TO SERVE ORDINARY KENYANS, SAY CAMPAIGNERS As the National Assembly of Kenya prepares for the approval of the…

While Tito Mboweni delivered the government’s budget speech, movements took to the streets across the country, voicing our rejection of the government’s austerity project and demanding a budget that puts people and the planet first. The…

Ahead of Parliament adopting the Budget tabled by Finance Minister Toto Mboweni, on 10 March 2021 more than 200 civil society organisations, trade unions, social movements and concerned individuals have added their voices to a…

FIGHT INEQUALITY ALLIANCE INDIA: CALL FOR PEOPLE’S BUDGET THROUGH WEEK OF ACTION! Communities, NGOs, frontline workers and activists will mobilize in India this January to fight against inequality and ask for a pro-people recovery package from…

ANALYSIS OF BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT BY KENYA FIGHT INEQUALITY ALLIANCE Big changes needed to budget for it to serve ordinary Kenyans, say campaigners The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for FY 2021/22 will be delivered by the…

To address the unrest we must challenge our underlying socio-economic crisis! The Fight Inequality Alliance notes with great concern the unfolding events in parts of the country. We acknowledge and mourn the lives that have…

One- off emergency tax on billionaires’ pandemic windfalls could fund COVID-19 jabs for entire world A one-off 99 percent levy on billionaires’ wealth gains during the pandemic could pay for everyone on Earth to be…

The Fight Inequality Alliance Zambia is a mass movement working round the clock to fight the growing scourge of inequality. We have noted with great concern the Zambian government’s threats to shut down the internet…