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Trump's tariffs are taking 'a wrecking ball' to working-class families: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social. @abbymaxman.bsky.social warned that the tariffs will "turbocharge inequality." @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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@newsfromoxfam.bsky.social now delivers real-time news updates on WhatsApp. Join our channel for the latest headlines, straight to your phone. whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

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🚨PRESS RELEASE: #Yemen faces economic freefall and devastating aid crisis after a decade of conflict. 👉Read our press release oxf.am/440Q9l9

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🚨 PRESS RELEASE: Humanitarian operations in Gaza severely hampered; famine risks increasing. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and partners’ operations have been severely hampered as Israel's renewed military assault and ground offensive on Gaza continues into its 7th day. oxf.am/4iAXOv3

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PRESS RELEASE: Cholera and Mpox cases increasing dangerously in DRC as aid cuts push health systems to near-collapse. "The international community needs to understand that the systems are rapidly collapsing in DRC," said Oxfam DRC Country Director, Manenji Mangundu. oxf.am/4kzQLnK

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Polish border forces regularly force migrants back into Belarus, with reports of people being beaten, stripped of their clothes and left stranded in forests without food, shelter or medical care, according to Oxfam and Egala. @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/pola...

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“The EU must stop bankrolling this pushback policy and shut down any future plans that gamble with people’s lives,” said Sarah Redd, Oxfam’s Ukraine advocacy lead. “This is not about politics — it’s about what is right.” Reporting by @thisisbartosz.bsky.social. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/pola...

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🚨 REACTION: Oxfam reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza despite ceasefire. “The ongoing targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure cannot be justified under any circumstances," said @oxfaminternational.bsky.social 's Clémence Lagouardat. oxf.am/3DOX71V

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Ahead of tomorrow’s EU Tax Symposium, the @taxobservatory.bsky.social put forward a proposal to tax the super-rich in the EU. In response, Oxfam tax expert @chiaraputaturo.bsky.social said, “taxing Europe’s super-rich is the gamechanger”. 👉 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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Crackdown on women's and LGBTQIA+ rights is “turning back the clock on equality," Oxfam warns. "Without fearless government action, this unravelling of decades of hard-won progress will only accelerate," said @Oxfam's Neelanjana Mukhia. www.oxfam.org/en/research/...

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🚨REACTION: Israel’s decision to block aid to over two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins, is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Read our statement 👉https://oxf.am/4i0sW6X

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No-shows, aid cuts mar #G20 meet on global poverty. "[The G20 Finance Ministers Meeting] is an opportunity to really address this distrust between the [Global] North and South. So I think wasting that is not smart," said Oxfam's Salvatore Nocerino. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/g20-fi...

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PRESS RELEASE: Largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967. As the ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank unfolds, vital humanitarian work and projects are being delayed or destroyed, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social warns. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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"Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax," writes Succession actor Brian Cox in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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PRESS RELEASE: In January, billionaires amassed more wealth than the poorest third of humanity owns. Over 50 international organizations, including @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, have joined forces under the #TaxTheSuperRich Movement. oxf.am/JanuaryBilli...

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MEDIA REACTION: Ukrainian agency toward peace must be honored and preserved. "Russia’s invasion breached international law and its act of aggression must not be rewarded," said @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Nicola Bay. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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PRESS RELEASE: Nearly half a million people left without shelter, food or water in DR Congo amid destruction of displacement sites and aid cuts. @oxfaminafrica.bsky.social warns of an alarming humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC as aid groups struggle to respond. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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Fatuma Noor's recent op-ed in @aljazeera.com highlights the harrowing sexual violence Sudanese women and girls face amid ongoing conflict. As African leaders meet, they must confront the weaponisation of rape. #Sudan #EndSexualViolence #AfricaSummit 🔗 www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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MEDIA REACTION: Oxfam echoes call to end “oligarchic rule” at Vatican tax justice summit. "2025 is not just another year —it is a last-ditch opportunity to stop runaway inequality," said Oxfam's Susana Ruiz. oxf.am/41oJG1X

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PRESS RELEASE: two members of Oxfam staff were killed in an armed robbery yesterday in the town of Motot in Jonglei State, South Sudan. oxf.am/OxfamStaffSo...

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Gaza is home to the 2.2 million Palestinians who have suffered widespread bombardment and a cruel siege for 15 months. It is not a place for Israeli settlements or American imperial adventures.

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"The aid community is grappling with just how existential this aid suspension is." - Abby Maxman, president of @oxfamamerica.bsky.social uk.news.yahoo.com/us-freeze-fo...

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"We are moving from a scenario of inequality to one of global oligarchies," Amitabh Behar told @elpais.com. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social Executive Director explains how inequality is growing by the day. elpais.com/planeta-futu...

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🚨BREAKING: Escalating violence in #DRCongo has displaced hundreds of thousands, deepening the humanitarian crisis. Oxfam has temporarily suspended its operations in #Goma for safety. We urgently call for civilian protection and an end to all hostilities.

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In #Nigeria, the combined wealth of just 4 billionaires ($23.7 billion) is so vast it could easily cover the whole of Lagos city in 500 naira notes. @businessinsider.com #WEF2025 africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...

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"Now we don't have to use our imagination anymore to think about oligarchs, we just need to look at the newspaper," @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @rebeccariddell.bsky.social told @france24.com. #WEF2025 www.france24.com/en/video/202...

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Oxfam's report highlights an increase in “unmerited wealth,” showing that 60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of “crony connections.” @cnbc.com #WEF2025 www.cnbc.com/2025/01/20/o...

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The world’s wealth is grotesquely concentrated in the hands of a few," writes Winnie Byanyima for @aljazeera.com. According to Oxfam, the wealth of the world’s billionaires has risen 3 times faster in 2024 than the year prior. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion in 2024 alone, equivalent to roughly $5.7 billion a day, at a rate 3 times faster than the year before. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. #WEF2025

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Tax the world’s super-rich already - Oxfam Global billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion in 2024, equivalent to roughly $5.7 billion a day. The rate of growth is 3 times faster than the year before. #WEF2025 theecologist.org/2025/jan/20/...

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Exciting news! The world is on track to have more than 1.5 degrees of warming and 5 trillionaires. 🥴🥴 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Billionaires are multiplying, and 60% earn their wealth through "inheritance, cronyism, or monopoly power," Oxfam writes. @fortune.com #WEF2025 fortune.com/2025/01/22/h...

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A survey of more than 2,000 millionaires across G20 countries published by the @patrioticmillionaires.org group has found more than half believe extreme wealth concentration is a threat to democracy @theguardian.com #WEF2025 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social called on governments to tax the richest to reduce inequality and extreme wealth, and to "dismantle the new aristocracy". @euronews.com #WEF2025 www.euronews.com/business/202...

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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. @dwnewstoday.bsky.social #WEF2025 www.dw.com/en/oxfam-rep...

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Politico's coverage of Oxfam's new inequality report says it all. #WEF2025

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Oxfam says at least 4 new billionaires were “minted” every week in 2024, and 60% of billionaire wealth came from inheritance, monopoly power or “crony connections”. @aljazeera.com #WEF2025 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

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Oxfam, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the #WEF2025, predicts at least 5 trillionaires will crop up over the next decade. Billionaires’ wealth grew 3 times faster in 2024 than the year before. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/davo...

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The combined wealth of the world’s richest individuals surged by $2 trillion last year—3 times faster than in 2023—according to Oxfam. “The failure to stop billionaires is now spawning soon-to-be trillionaires," said @AmitabhBehar. @forbes.com #WEF2025 www.forbes.com/sites/josiec...

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The gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us has widened into a chasm. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Executive Director Amitabh Behar on how the super-rich are perpetuating modern-day colonialism. #TakersNotMakers www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

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Five people are expected to amass at least $1 trillion in wealth within the next decade, if current trends continue, according to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social. “This extreme inequality is nothing to celebrate,” said @rebeccariddell.bsky.social. @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/b...

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PRESS RELEASE: Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, 3 times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. At this pace, we won’t see 1 trillionaire in a decade, but 5. oxf.am/TakersNotMak... #WEF2025

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MEDIA REACTION: to Bloomberg investigation into patients detained, denied care at hospitals funded by World Bank. “Development banks should be reducing inequality and poverty, yet their investments in private healthcare are worsening both," said Anna Marriott. oxf.am/4jjtyFG

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🚨REACTION: Oxfam welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal and calls for a massive influx of aid. Read our full statement 👉 oxf.am/4aokewk

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Oxfam will publish our annual #inequality report on the opening day of the @WEF in #Davos on 20 January. Contact [email protected] for interview requests or an embargoed copy of the press release and report. #WEF2025

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PRESS RELEASE: The richest 1% have burned through their entire annual carbon limit in just 10 days. This alarming milestone, dubbed #PollutocratDay by Oxfam, underscores how climate breakdown is disproportionately driven by the super-rich. www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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“This is theft - pure and simple - a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,” said Oxfam's Nafkote Dabi. @euronews.com www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

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