IMF Board of Executive Directors' vote will trigger immediate price increases for food, electricity, fuel and essentials
14 September 2026 At the IMF Board of Executive Directors meeting on Monday, 14 September, the Fund is voting to impose upfront bulk public spending cuts on borrowing countries. Campaigners warn the move will trigger…
Zambia Elections: Political violence must not divert our attention from cost of living crisis
6 August 2026 Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) Zambia warns that political violence is stealing the nation’s focus from the real crisis: the rising cost of living. As the August 13th General Elections approach, FIA calls…
Fight Inequality Alliance Pakistan stands with the people of Azad Kashmir over the soaring cost of living
29 July 2026 Kashmir is a resource‑rich region, yet its people live in hardship. Unemployment is high, public services such as education and healthcare are failing, the cost of living keeps climbing and electricity tariffs…
Pakistan activists demand people first economy as the world commemorates Global Day to Fight Inequality
14 August 2026 Lahore — From artists and academics to farmers’ leaders, trade unionists, students, and civil society groups, activists gathered at the Fight Inequality Festival in Lahore to demand a new economic system that…
The government must reduce transport cost to ease household pressure and contain living costs for Kenyans
25 May 2026 Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) Kenya raises urgent concern over the recent fuel price increase announced by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), which has triggered nationwide disruption in public transport and…
Patriotic Millionaires, Fight Inequality Alliance, Tax Justice Network, Greenpeace, and dozens of other groups denounce billionaire Bezos’ takeover of Met Gala
5 May 2026 NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM—Today, more than 30 civil society organizations released an open letter criticizing the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue’s decision to appoint billionaire Jeff Bezos as honorary chair and primary sponsor…
Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Families are Paying For a War They Didn’t Start. Demand Government Act.
4 April 2026 NAIROBI — Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) Kenya is demanding immediate action to protect ordinary Kenyans from the spiralling cost-of-living crisis that is deepening by the day. Since the US-Israel war on Iran…
From Bombs To Barrels: The War Profit Scandal That Finance Ministers Won’t Discuss
4 April 2026 As finance ministers gather in Washington DC for the IMF-World Bank Spring meetings amidst warnings of global recession, a coalition of 130+ civil society organizations is demanding governments to secure a permanent…
Zim criminalising survival: Time to recognise informal sector
When Chikwava’s video preparing meals went viral, people fixated on the spectacle, but the real story is what pushed the man out of the classroom onto the pavement in the first place.Like many Zimbabwean teachers,…
Kenya does not need another IMF loan. It needs a government that sides with the 99%
NAIROBI — Fight Inequality Alliance says the Government of Kenya must walk away from any new International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme with regressive conditions that will further exacerbate inequalities and poverty among its citizens.The…
Pronunciamiento en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Venezuela
Read in Spanish We stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, in one voice, to demand respect for self-determination and peace. On January 3, the power of the 1% was once again on full display…
Africa’s G20 presidency urged to take bold action on inequality and tax the super-rich
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 agendaMore than 80 organisations from across Africa and the…
Fight Inequality Alliance reaction – Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality Report
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…
Fight Inequality Alliance reaction to the Breaking the inequality-pandemic cycle report by Global Council on Inequality Aids and Pandemics
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…
Two continents, one demand: call time on extreme wealth, austerity
Mexico City and Jakarta | 13 October 2025From 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,…
Multilateralism in Crisis, the 1% Cash In: Fight Inequality Alliance Slams IMF and World Bank Heist
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…
Trump’s trade war tests G-20’s resolve to stay on course
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…
G20 Durban
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…
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For images from FIA global actions click hereSeville, 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…
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…
‘We’re in the era of the billionaire,’ human rights expert says.
KEY POINTSRoughly 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…
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…
Media Advisory- #RedLineToBillionaires
Thousands to Mobilise across the Global South to Draw a Red Line on Billionaire Rule Ahead of World Economic ForumMobilisations to take place in close to 50 cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America to…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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 worldRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (12 November 2024)—In the run-up to the Group of 20 (G20)…
Demanding Debt, Economic and Climate Justice!
This year marks eighty years of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (IMF-WB) jointly designing and maintaining a global financial system that thrives on debt domination by rich countries, led by the G7,…
Activistas Deciden Poner Fin a La Era De Los Multimillonarios Y Construir Una Nueva Era Para El 99
ASAMBLEA GLOBAL DE LA LUCHA POR ALTERNATIVAS – SEPTIEMBRE 2024InglesMás de 200 activistas de toda Asia, América Latina y África nos hemos reunido en Manila, Filipinas, del 4 al 7 de septiembre para la Asamblea…