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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Sep 22

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...

Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.

600+ actions, 85+ countries, thousands on the streets drawing an urgent line for life, for the people and for the planet.

drawtheline.world

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · Feb 20

this four-frame comic is like a modern loss dot jpg. it transcends race, religion, creed and culture.

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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · Feb 13

Breaking: Oxfam America is joining the lawsuit to block the Trump administration's assault on humanitarian aid.

The attack on foreign assistance and USAID is an illegal and unconstitutional action that exacerbates existing humanitarian crises and will have life or death consequences for millions.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · Feb 10

thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Feb 1

An excellent reminder of how this all fits together!

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Feb 1

Note the contrast between this historian’s illuminating attempt to understand turning points in the Guardian, and History Reclaimed historians’ constant efforts to fuel a reactionary turning point in the Telegraph, Spectator, Critic etc.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel

Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Are we?

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 28

RDC : à Goma, le chaos et la terreur
www.lepoint.fr/afrique/rdc-...

RDC : à Goma, le chaos et la terreur

Les combats près de Goma aggravent la crise humanitaire en RDC. Des milliers de civils fuient à nouveau les affrontements entre FARDC et le M23, soutenu par le Rwanda.

www.lepoint.fr

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Jan 22

This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.

DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · Jan 21

The 605.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jan 20

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

"It’s not about one specific individual.It’s the economic system that we have created where the billionaires are now pretty much being able to shape economic policies,social policies,which eventually gives them more and more profit”said @oxfaminternational.bsky.social Amitabh Behar
#TakersNotMakers

Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

“What you’re seeing at the moment is a billionaire president taking oaths today, backed by the richest man. So this is pretty much the jewel in the crown of the global oligarchies,” @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Amitabh Behar said...

#TakersNotMakers
#FightInequality
#WEF25

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

@oxfaminternational.bsky.social says billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, with 4 minted every week
The group’s report comes as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepare for an annual gathering in Davos for #WEF25
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
#TakersNotMakers
#FightInequality

https://aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/20…

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · Jan 20

Watch and read the report #TakersNotMakers #WEF25 #Davos
youtu.be/SxO3h_Xr01s?...

Takers not Makers, Oxfam Inequality Report 2025 #WEF25 #Davos

YouTube video by oxfaminternational

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Harry Bignell (she/her) @hbignell.bsky.social · Jan 20

2024 was a bumper year for billionaires, whose wealth surged three times faster than in 2023 – and as if last year’s prediction of 1 trillionaire wasn't bad enough, how about the fact that we're on course for 5 trillionaires within the next decade? #TakersNotMakers www.forbes.com/sites/josiec... 🧵1/

Billionaire Wealth Surged By $2 Trillion Last Year, Report Shows

Oxfam's latest report shows billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion in 2024, with new billionaires minted daily. Discover how wealth inequality is widening globally.

www.forbes.com

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · Jan 15

As #wef24 begins in Davos, @Oxfam calls on the world to #FightInequality. In my Daily Brief, today, I ask:

Does humanity really need a trillionaire?

📰 English: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

📰 Français: www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024...

🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...

Do We Really Need a Trillionaire?: Daily Brief

As #wef24 begins in Davos, @Oxfam calls on the world to #FightInequality. In his Daily Brief, @hrw’s @astroehlein highlights how extreme inequality is a human rights issue:

www.hrw.org

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Ritthy OU (អ៊ូ រិទ្ធី) @ritthyou.bsky.social · Jan 20

#Oxfam Inequality Report 2025: For the richest 10 billionaires, their fortunes grew by $US100 million a day on average. Some 60% of billionaire wealth comes from either inheritance, cronyism, corruption or monopoly power #TakersNotMakers #FightInequality #TaxTheRich www.oxfam.org/en/takers-no...

Takers Not Makers: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism | Oxfam International

www.oxfam.org

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Cécile Duflot @cecileduflot.bsky.social · Jan 20

Après la galette voici venu le temps du nouveau rapport #Davos d’ @oxfaminternational.bsky.social !

Il vient de sortir, le voilà ⤵️

Oxfam France @oxfamfrance.bsky.social · Jan 20

🔴 EXCLUSIF - Les milliardaires se sont enrichis trois fois plus vite en 2024 qu’en 2023 !

Une concentration des richesses qui s’accompagne souvent d’une concentration des pouvoirs, comme en témoigne le soutien d’Elon #Musk à Donald #Trump, aujourd'hui investi 👉 bit.ly/OxfamDavos

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Amitabh Behar
“The ultra-rich like to tell us that getting rich takes skill,grit & hard work. But the truth is most wealth is taken,not made
So many of the so-called‘self-made’are actually heirs to vast fortunes,handed down through generations of unearned privilege”

Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

Billionaire Wealth Surged By $2 Trillion Last Year, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social Report Shows
Not only has the rate of billionaire wealth accumulation accelerated—by three times—but so too has their power
www.forbes.com/sites/josiec...
#TakersNotMakers
#FightInequality

https://forbes.com/sites/josiecox…

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · Jan 20

💰The majority of billionaire wealth comes from inheritance, monopoly power or crony connections.

💰𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 billionaire under 30 has inherited their wealth.

💰If the world’s 10 richest men lost 99% of their wealth, they’d 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 be billionaires.

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · Jan 20

Remember these when you’re told cuts are unavoidable because there’s no money…

As Davos begins, shocking data revealed in Oxfam’s report:

💰Billionaire wealth is growing 3 times faster than it was just a year ago.

💰Billionaire wealth is growing by $5.7 billion every 𝙙𝙖𝙮.

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

Billionaires growing richer faster than before,says @oxfaminternational.bsky.social - trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade,as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth,while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day www.dw.com/en/billionai...
#TakersNotMakers

Billionaires growing richer faster than before, says Oxfam – DW – 01/20/2025

Oxfam said trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade, as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth, while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day.

https://p.dw.com/p/4pMAy?maca=e…

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Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable’ levels in 2024 as @oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade & shows 60% of billionaire wealth comes from inheritance, monopoly, or the power of “crony connections"
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/20/o...
#TakersNotMakers

Billionaire wealth surges to 'unimaginable' levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade

Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.

www.cnbc.com

Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social · Jan 20

Davos: @oxfamfrance.bsky.social pointe une«oligarchie»d’ultra-riches dangereuse pour la démocratie
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social calcule que 5 hommes dans le monde peuvent prétendre arriver à une fortune de 1.000 milliards de dollars dans les 10 ans
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
#takersnotmakers

https://lefigaro.fr/international/…

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GeordieRadge @geordieradge.bsky.social · Jan 13

I suppose because if you raise people up out of poverty then you lose the ability to manipulate them to hate others and exploit that for your own gain…🤔

Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · Jan 13

How can the wealthiest country in the history of the world have 12 percent of its population in poverty?

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