Ed Pomfret

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.

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...

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

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.

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

An excellent reminder of how this all fits together!

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.

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

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.

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.

"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

“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

@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

Takers not Makers, Oxfam Inequality Report 2025 #WEF25 #Davos YouTube video by oxfaminternational

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

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.

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/

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:

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...

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

#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...

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

Il vient de sortir, le voilà ⤵️

@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”

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

a man is holding a bunch of money and a cell phone in his hand . ALT: a man is holding a bunch of money and a cell phone in his hand .

💰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.

a man in a suit and tie is laying on a pile of money with the letters r and t on it ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laying on a pile of money with the letters r and t on it

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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…🤔

Extreme Right Wing group sanctioned by HM Treasury under Domestic Counter-Terrorism Regulations The UK Government has announced a full asset freeze against Blood and Honour.

The UK Government has announced a full asset freeze against neo-Nazi group Blood and Honour

Internationally, Blood and Honour is still very active, organizing clandestine concerts, meetups and other events in places where the group remains legal

www.gov.uk/government/n...

FUCK THE HULK HOGAN

Every time I wake up and open Bluesky.

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