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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

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24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Aug 11

Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.

"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."

It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...

The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City

“We understand these are our last days.”

www.dropsitenews.com

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Aug 6

Some important context to today's news of a "£40bn hole" in government finances. There are two questionable factors to this figure...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 5

Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit, thinktank says

NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes to close a government spending gap that is on course to reach more than £40bn after a slowdown in economic growth and higher-than-expected inflation, according to a leading thinktank. In a blow to Labour’s hopes of balancing the books without breaking manifesto commitments ruling out personal tax rises, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said a number of factors would knock off course the chancellor’s plans to stay within Whitehall spending limits. Continue reading...

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here is another solution to stop the harms of extreme wealth in the UK. And with an upcoming Autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer can put it to action. We need a problem solving approach to UK policy. #extremewealth

Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · Aug 7

Taxing banks’ windfall profits could bring in £11.3 billion 💰

…but Rachel Reeves & Keir Starmer are refusing to get out of bed with the banks and make it happen❗

Tell them to #TaxTheBanks today: bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Aug 8

The 2025 UK Autumn Budget is the perfect opportunity to launch an urgent new political mandate to make our institutions fit for purpose to fairly tax extreme wealth. shorturl.at/g7Fmi @neweconomics.bsky.social @icrict.bsky.social @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social @prospectunion.bsky.social

Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists

PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others

www.theguardian.com

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

9/9 This is a theory of change for our time. It starts in the streets. It grows through alliances. It holds power to account. It doesn’t ask permission. And it won’t stop! #FreePalestine #Gaza #GlobalEmergence #MagneticSouth #DemocracyAlways #TaxTheRich #ExtremeWealth

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

8/9 Democracy must be rooted in public will, not corporate or elite power. The politics of repair is how we begin to reclaim that meaning.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

7/9 We’re witnessing what I call a Global Emergence, led by the Magnetic South. It’s a force for justice, repair, and collective action piercing through the crossroads moment we are in. fernandabalata.substack.com/p/the-magnet... And it’s already reshaping global norms.

The Magnetic South: rebellion, boundaries, and the fight for global justice

In The Rebel, Albert Camus writes, “What is a rebel?

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

6/9 But public pressure is not only mounting, it’s working. People across Global North and South divides are forcing governments to act, even when global bodies fail.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

5/9 These corporations hide behind elite wealth and global impunity. They’re part of the same system hollowing out democracy. That’s what I call the harms of extreme wealth as outlined here neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl....

Exploring an extreme wealth line

Insights from political figures, policy experts, and millionaires on a threshold for harmful wealth

neweconomics.org

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

4/9 Meanwhile, corporations are profiting from atrocity. Francesca Albanese’s report for the shows U.S. tech & logistics giants deeply complicit in Gaza’s destruction. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Forever-Occupation, genocide, and profit: Special Rapporteur’s report exposes corporate forces behind destruction of Palestine

GENEVA – Israel’s genocide against Palestinians is being sustained by a system of exploitative occupation and profit, a UN expert warned today in a new report to the Human Rights Council that reveals ...

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

3/9 Days later, Brazil joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/... This is a turning point. The Global South is reshaping the rules of global legitimacy.

Brazil to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel

Brazilian Foreign Ministry says international community ‘cannot remain inactive’ in the face of ‘ongoing atrocities’.

www.aljazeera.com

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

2/9 At the “Democracy Always” summit in Chile, Lula declared: true democracy means dignity, sovereignty, and peace. It must reject inequality and impunity. www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/07/21/d...

Defending democracy demands condemning authoritarian drifts, says Lula in Chile

At the weekend, a group of progressive presidents, including Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party), published an article

www.brasildefato.com.br

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 30

1/9 Democracy without justice is not democracy. My thread on Gaza, Santiago, Lula, global emergence - and why public pressure is working.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 29

TU @zarahsultana.bsky.social. “I didn’t get into politics to make peoples lives worse. I didn’t get into politics to be complicit in genocide. Im going to do everything I can to stop those things.” The kind of moral compass that sets apart true progressive political leadership ❤️ shorturl.at/TlZfd

EXCLUSIVE: Zarah Sultana's First Interview Since Resigning From The Labour Party

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 18

My latest blog for @neweconomics.bsky.social on how a modern and fairer UK tax system must be directed at extreme wealth, not further squeeze workers’ salaries. neweconomics.org/2025/07/you-...

You can’t tax what you refuse to see

A modern and fairer tax system must be directed at extreme wealth, not further squeeze workers’ salaries

neweconomics.org

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 14

Brilliant piece by @hollies.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social debunking the 'big fat myth' of millionaires leaving the UK if political leaders pursue a fairer tax system for us all! A better, fairer, more resilient UK would be a magnet, not a discouragement, for the (right kind of) wealthy.

Hollie Wright @hollies.bsky.social · Jul 13

I wrote about tax wars, the scaremongering of fleeing millionaires, and non-doms. If you think the debate is toxic now, just wait until we need *real* tax reform...

The New Statesman @handle.invalid · Jul 12

The British “wealth exodus” is a big fat myth. Rachel Reeves is not responsible for chasing millionaires away from UK PLC. www.newstatesman.com/politi...

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 10

Brazil, Spain, and progressive leaders on the global stage are showing is what’s possible: tax the super-rich, protect local economies, invest in people's health, education, air quality. But means calling out how extreme wealth fuels political instability & blocks democratic choices across borders.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 10

When Brazil stands up for fair taxation and taxing the super-rich, reactionary forces and billionaire interests push back. Trade threats, political interference, and financial pressure show how Brazil has hit a nerve.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 10

New tariffs by the US come as Brazil tries to chart a fairer economic path. But the real threat isn’t a trade fight; it’s how extreme wealth is meddling in politics and undermining democratic principles to keep old elites in power (Trump using Bolsonaro’s legal battles as a trade negotiation card).

Reuters @reuters.com · Jul 10

Brazil's Lula pledges reciprocity after Trump tariff announcement reut.rs/4kwrYQ6

Brazil's Lula pledges reciprocity after Trump tariff announcement

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday said that his nation would act with reciprocity, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped Latin America's largest economy with 50% tariffs on exports to the U.S.

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 3

Not one but two incredible women I got to hang out with this week in Sevilla ❤️ some people can reach a certain level of fame and status and remain graceful, giving and kicking ass all at the same time. Thats @jayatighosh.bsky.social and @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 3

More tax justice and less inequality. Thats what it’s about. So proud to see my country’s leadership fighting for justice in the global stage and pushing to #taxtherich ❤️

Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mais justiça tributária e menos desigualdade. É sobre isso.

📸 Ricardo Stuckert

Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 1

Brazil & South Africa with Spain for a fairer economy shorturl.at/fCTU3 whilst the G7 carries on holding us back, exempting US multinationals from the global minimum corporate tax shorturl.at/QCHYm time to follow the #magneticsouth @icrict.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social

Spain and Brazil present an initiative to promote a more ...

Spain and Brazil present an initiative to promote a more effective taxation of the super-rich worldwide

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today, Spain and Brazil launched a plan here in Seville to supercharge global and national taxes on the super-rich. This is a bold move by progressive leaders not afraid to challenge extreme inequality and reclaim social cohesion. Is this the start of a new wealth era? #taxtherich #extremewealth

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Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social · Jun 26

Join us for the @neweconomics.bsky.social webinar later today with @policyalternatives.ca! We will be talking about how to bring together different actors fighting for #housingjustice You can still sign up to attend here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...