G20, under the presidency of South Africa, dropped a huge report on global inequality

- the richest 1% grabbed 41% of all the new wealth made since 2000 & the bottom half of all people on earth just got 1%

- 2.3 billion people are skipping meals

- a woman in Kenya is 37 times more likely to die having a baby than a woman in Sweden

#inequality #capitalism #colonialism

https://g20.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2-G20-Global-Inequality-Report-Full-and-Summary.pdf

Writing in the FT the Presidents of Brazil & South Africa and Spain's PM conclude:

'Extreme levels of inequality are by no means inevitable. They are a policy choice. We can choose differently'!

The global system is (and has been for a long time) in the controlling hands of the wealthy seeking mainly/only to enrich themselves... any political response the depends on the goodwill (or noblesse oblige) of the wealthy elite(s) is doomed to failure!

This we now know!

#politics #inequality

G20, under the presidency of South Africa, dropped a huge report on global inequality

- the richest 1% grabbed 41% of all the new wealth made since 2000 & the bottom half of all people on earth just got 1%

- 2.3 billion people are skipping meals

- a woman in Kenya is 37 times more likely to die having a baby than a woman in Sweden

#inequality #capitalism #colonialism

https://g20.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2-G20-Global-Inequality-Report-Full-and-Summary.pdf

The Epstein emails reveal the slimy moral depravity of elite society
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/11/19/the-epstein-emails-reveal-the-slimy-moral-depravity-of-elite-society
https://www.occupy.com/article/epstein-emails-reveal-slimy-moral-depravity-elite-society

Elites’ warmth toward Epstein was apparently universal.

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #GOP #Christofascism #SCOTUS #antiLGBTQ #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #AmeriKKKa
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #Trumpism

#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice

Writing in the FT the Presidents of Brazil & South Africa and Spain's PM conclude:

'Extreme levels of inequality are by no means inevitable. They are a policy choice. We can choose differently'!

The global system is (and has been for a long time) in the controlling hands of the wealthy seeking mainly/only to enrich themselves... any political response the depends on the goodwill (or noblesse oblige) of the wealthy elite(s) is doomed to failure!

This we now know!

#politics #inequality

The Epstein emails reveal the slimy moral depravity of elite society
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/11/19/the-epstein-emails-reveal-the-slimy-moral-depravity-of-elite-society
https://www.occupy.com/article/epstein-emails-reveal-slimy-moral-depravity-elite-society

Elites’ warmth toward Epstein was apparently universal.

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #GOP #Christofascism #SCOTUS #antiLGBTQ #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #AmeriKKKa
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #Trumpism

#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice

Glad to have someone talking about the fact that not every one has or wants or can afford a smart phone! Agnès Diallo talks about digital inclusion (which gets dropped again without further address.) One problem with our excellent money laundering rules was that 20% of the world couldn't meet the requirements and were excluded from banking, and thus made natural allies with kleptocrats, Musk & Thiel. #digitalsovereignty #socialCohesion #inequality

Glad to have someone talking about the fact that not every one has or wants or can afford a smart phone! Agnès Diallo talks about digital inclusion (which gets dropped again without further address.) One problem with our excellent money laundering rules was that 20% of the world couldn't meet the requirements and were excluded from banking, and thus made natural allies with kleptocrats, Musk & Thiel. #digitalsovereignty #socialCohesion #inequality

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/politics/rural-virginia-elections-electric-bills-democrats “incentivizes utility overspending, inflates utility profits, and puts disproportionate costs on residential customers” #Virginia #VAPol #inflation #energy #monopoly #SWVA #inequality

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/politics/rural-virginia-elections-electric-bills-democrats “incentivizes utility overspending, inflates utility profits, and puts disproportionate costs on residential customers” #Virginia #VAPol #inflation #energy #monopoly #SWVA #inequality

A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

#wealth #poverty #inequality

Just work hard. Today’s cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#inheritance #wealth #inequality #poverty

Just work hard. Today’s cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#inheritance #wealth #inequality #poverty

You'll have seen the reports on a new survey of relative deprivation across England; here's a map that sums up the regional dimensions of deprivation.

As many have noted the two key aspects of higher deprivation are living in a run-down seaside locations or being further from London; specifically in the Northern areas of England.

No wonder the political class are myopic about poverty, they just often don't see it or experience it in the everyday lives...

#politics #inequality

h/t LinkedIn

"While our NHS cracks at the seam, rich pharmaceutical companies are quietly receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - money that could fund hospitals, nurses, and lifesaving treatments instead. Enough is enough: end these massive tax breaks for big pharma right now. "
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/End-the-tax-breaks-for-big-pharma
#UKpolitics #inequality #tax_the_rich #PharmaProfits

"While our NHS cracks at the seam, rich pharmaceutical companies are quietly receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - money that could fund hospitals, nurses, and lifesaving treatments instead. Enough is enough: end these massive tax breaks for big pharma right now. "
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/End-the-tax-breaks-for-big-pharma
#UKpolitics #inequality #tax_the_rich #PharmaProfits

@TheConversationUS #BoycottAmazon #inequality #poverty #NoMoreBillionaires

For many #women in #Mexico, the #crime against the president, during which a man tried to kiss her & put his hands on her chest, was a sad fact of life. Mexico has a long history of machismo, a culture that teaches men they are entitled to control women, according to Mexican activists & female politicians, as well as a system of norms that reinforce #inequality & #violence.

#SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ClaudiaSheinbaum

You'll have seen the reports on a new survey of relative deprivation across England; here's a map that sums up the regional dimensions of deprivation.

As many have noted the two key aspects of higher deprivation are living in a run-down seaside locations or being further from London; specifically in the Northern areas of England.

No wonder the political class are myopic about poverty, they just often don't see it or experience it in the everyday lives...

#politics #inequality

h/t LinkedIn

🍩 'Doughnut Economics' shows how global growth is out of balance—and how we can fix it

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-doughnut-economics-global-growth.html

#economics #growth #sustainability #circulareconomy #inequality #doughnut