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Oxfam International
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Oxfam works with communities in 70+ countries to fight inequality and injustice. The future is equal.
Joined December 2007
#Haiti We must provide safe water & hygiene items quickly to avoid spread of disease. You CAN help oxf.am/hurricane-matt… #HurricaneMatthew
00:00- Urgent help needed in Turkey & Syria after devastating earthquake. Oxfam teams are providing shelter, food, water, & more. Details: oxf.am/3wWwelE #TurkeyEarthquake
- Supermarkets cashing in as food laborers suffer
- Our new report tells a story of a food system built upon inequality. Major supermarket chains paid out nearly all (an average of 98%) of their net profits to owners and shareholders. In contrast, most workers in this system don't earn a living wage. news.trust.org/item/202106221…
- The existence of billionaires is evidence our economies are failing most people – especially women. When we #TaxTheRich, we decrease economic, racial, gender, and colonial imbalances. This is how we can #FightInequality More: oxfam.org/en/take-action…
00:00 - To reduce inequality we must tax the richest by: 1. Creating a one-off solidarity and windfall taxes of 50-90%. 2. Permanently increase taxes on their income from labour and capital. 3. Use the revenues from these taxes to fight inequality. More: oxfam.org/en/take-action…
00:00 - Imagine having to grow vegetables in temperatures approaching 50°C with recurrent droughts. This is no small task. In Burkina Faso, it is a matter of survival... Suport Alizeta Sawadogo, a Burkinabé farmer, by joining us here: worldclimatemarch.org
- Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam
- Extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years. Billionaire wealth is booming, while millions struggle to survive. Let’s end this era of #SurvivalOfTheRichest. It’s time to #TaxTheRich to #FightInequality. oxfam.org/en/take-action…
00:00 - Around the world, worker wages are being outpaced by inflation, resulting in a real-terms pay-cut due to the increased cost of basics. Workers didn't cause the cost-of-living crisis & shouldn't have to pay for it. More: oxfam.org/en/take-action…
00:00 - The richest 1% are using way more than their fair share of the planet's carbon budget. Tackling inequality and emissions together is the only way to keep 1.5°C alive.
- There is no shortage of money. There is only a shortage of courage and imagination needed to break free from the failed, deadly straitjacket of extreme neoliberalism. More: oxf.am/3qJm59B #TaxTheRich #FightInequality #InequalityKills
