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Oxfam International

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Oxfam International

@Oxfam

Oxfam works with communities in 70+ countries to fight inequality and injustice. The future is equal.

Joined December 2007

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Jun 13
💰With $1 trillion, Musk could give $100 to everyone on Earth, and he would still be one of the ten richest billionaires in the world, with more than $184 billion left over.🤯 “A trillion dollars in the hands of one man is incompatible not only with an affordable economy, but
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Oxfam International
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Oct 7, 2016
#Haiti We must provide safe water & hygiene items quickly to avoid spread of disease. You CAN help oxf.am/hurricane-matt… #HurricaneMatthew
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Oxfam International
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Feb 7, 2023
Urgent help needed in Turkey & Syria after devastating earthquake. Oxfam teams are providing shelter, food, water, & more. Details: oxf.am/3wWwelE #TurkeyEarthquake
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Oxfam International
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Jan 19, 2022
Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year - via @inequalityorg
Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year - Inequality.org
From inequality.org
Oxfam International
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Jun 23, 2021
Supermarkets cashing in as food laborers suffer
Oxfam: Supermarkets cashing in as food laborers suffer
From dw.com
Oxfam International
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Jun 23, 2021
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…
Oxfam International
@Oxfam
Jan 17, 2023
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…
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Oxfam International
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Jan 18, 2023
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…
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Oxfam International
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Oct 26, 2021
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
Oxfam International
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Jul 10, 2021
Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam
Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam
From aljazeera.com
Oxfam International
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Jan 16, 2023
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…
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Oxfam International
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Jan 16, 2023
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…
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Oxfam International
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Nov 5, 2021
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.
To keep 1.5C alive, the super rich must change their high carbon lifestyles
From climatechangenews.com
Oxfam International
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Jan 28, 2022
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