Topic: Inequality
The people of Afghanistan are starving; to turn our backs on them is morally wrong
Blog / 14th January 2022This is the new world order revealed at its most selfish and morally defective: countries trapped in a geopolitics that puts military and economic sanctions before food for the hungry, writes Gordon Brown.
Activism will be key to overcoming the Covid-19 crisis
Blog / 7th January 2022Sharing doses alone is not enough, we also need to share the vaccine technology to end the coronavirus pandemic. But only people’s organising is going to make leaders take that bold action in 2022, writes Ben Phillips.
The age of discontent: What drives the rising wave of world protests?
Article / 22nd December 2021New research shows that global protests are rising and have much in common - asking for no more than established human rights. By Walden Bello and Isabel Ortiz.
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Report / 14th December 2021New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage.
Global inequality ‘as marked as it was at peak of western imperialism’
Report / 10th December 2021Global inequality is as marked as it was in the early 20th century pinnacle of western imperialism after the capture by the super-rich of an increasing share of the world’s income, a new report has shown.
Health innovation for all
Blog / 10th December 2021Until we can ensure equal availability of vaccines worldwide, the coronavirus will remain in charge. Critical health technologies must be considered part of a global commons, write Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati Ghosh.
The sharing economy: Inaugurating an age of the heart
Report / 7th December 2021The sharing economy represents the end of the old ways defined by the pursuit of profit and competitive self-interest, while a new age of intergovernmental sharing and cooperation can only begin through the channel of ending hunger in a world that has such an abundance of financial capital and available resources.
Fossil fuelled foreign policy: Why COP26 flopped
Article / 7th December 2021With continuing hypocrisy and obstructionism by governments of major countries at global climate talks, humanity’s best hope lies in the social movements of the most marginalized, writes Basav Sen for FPIF.
Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic
Blog / 30th November 2021If we do not want COVID-19 to continue exacerbating the colonial world order, we need change - starting with an intellectual property waiver, says Fatima Hassan for Al Jazeera.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% set to be 30 times the 1.5°C limit in 2030
Report / 8th November 2021The carbon footprints of the richest 1 per cent of people on Earth are set to be 30 times greater than the level compatible with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement in 2030, according to new research.