Topic: Inequality
Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year – poorest half of humanity got nothing
Report / 23rd January 2018Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth, according to a new Oxfam report.
Un dialogo su protesta, condivisione e giustizia
Article / 22nd January 2018Con l’aggravarsi della crisi economica, la principale responsabilità dei governi è ridisegnare i nostri sistemi politici ed economici in modo che nessuno muoia di fame. Ma questo non accadrà mai senza un’esplosione di sostegno pubblico senza precedenti.
Thousands still dying at sea en route to Europe
News / 18th January 2018Amid concerns that 160 people may have drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean this week alone, the UN refugee agency have urged countries to offer more resettlement places.
"End the age of greed": Davos week of action 19-26th January
News / 17th January 2018Members of the Fight Inequality Alliance will from January 19th to 26th, mobilise across the world to highlight the crisis of rising inequality and demand the end to the age of greed and for a more equal society. The 2018 Week of Action takes place under the theme ‘End the Age of Greed‘ and will be parallel to the annual World Economic Forum, a meeting of the world’s elite in the financial sector.
Let’s wrench power back from the billionaires
Article / 15th January 2018We must develop a new and international progressive movement that takes on the greed and ideology of the billionaire class, and commits itself to tackling structural inequality both between and within nations, writes Bernie Sanders.
Iran’s protests take place against a backdrop of inequality
Blog / 9th January 2018Will Iran listen to groups like the IMF or the voice of its people? Unless the country deals with basic economic concerns and inequality, the frustrations will continue to simmer, writes Negin Owliaei.
Unire il popolo del mondo
Article / 24th December 2017È arrivata l’ora in cui dobbiamo manifestare in milioni non contro questo o quello, ma piuttosto per chi siamo
Let’s unite and demonstrate the true meaning of Christmas
Article / 20th December 2017The holiday period provides us with a unique opportunity to express the new awareness that must inform a less commercialised and sharing-oriented world. Rather than spending all our time partaking in conspicuous consumption, why don’t we commemorate Christmas by organising massive gatherings for helping the poor and healing the environment?
How Orwell used wartime rationing to argue for global justice
Blog / 15th December 2017Innumerable observers have noted that the so-called developed world accounts for a disproportionate share of the world’s resources. Yet even those of us who find global inequality troubling and ultimately indefensible hesitate to raise the subject. Unlike George Orwell, that is, whose support for war-time rationing revealed his motivations towards justice at a global scale, writes Bruce Robbins.
World’s richest 0.1% have boosted their wealth by as much as poorest half
Article / 14th December 2017The richest 0.1% of the world’s population have increased their combined wealth by as much as the poorest 50% – or 3.8 billion people – since 1980, according to a report detailing the widening gap between the very rich and poor.