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A podcast, bulletin and blog about inequality —and how to tackle it. Deep-dive conversations with thinkers, political figures, activists and beyond.

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𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥.

From maternal health collapse to increased gender-based violence, women & girls carry the heaviest burden.

Yet when peace negotiations begin, they’re often left out.

Revisit 'The WAR ON WOMEN' ahead of International Women’s Day:
www.equals.ink/p/the-war-on...

06.03.2026 16:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In case you missed it 👇

Why are migrants blamed for failing public services?

This episode connects the dots between inequality, nationalism, disinformation and elite power

UK 🤝 South Africa 🤝 US

Same playbook.

Listen: pod.fo/e/396ed1

#Immigration #Inequality

06.03.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The UK once “blew up Downton Abbey” — literally dismantling big estates and smashing extreme wealth through taxes & policy. That radical shift made Britain far more equal — and it can happen again. 💥

👉 Read it here: www.equals.ink/p/detonating...

@maxlawsontin.bsky.social

05.03.2026 14:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The immigration debate has shifted hard right. But public opinion hasn’t.

So, who is pushing the racism and antimigration narrative?

In our latest episode, @zoejardiniere.bsky.social exposes the gap between elite rhetoric and public reality.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/396ed1

03.03.2026 14:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Growing inequality creates fertile ground for xenophobia & racism.

Instead of holding governments accountable, migrants are blamed for systemic failures — while policies continue protecting the hyper-rich.

Zoe & Sharon break it down clearly in our latest episode: pod.fo/e/396ed1

02.03.2026 14:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In case you missed it 🎧

When countries fall into debt, who really pays?

In this episode, Matthew Martin explains how debt repayments fuel inequality and force cuts to public services.

🎧 Catch up: www.equals.ink/p/who-pays-w...

#DebtJustice #Inequality #GlobalEconomy

27.02.2026 10:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode!

🎧How Migrants Are Used as Scapegoats for the Real Crisis

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social & Sharon Ekambaram unpack who profits from anti-immigrant narratives & how disinformation fuels division—while inequality worsens.

Listen: www.equals.ink/p/how-migran...

26.02.2026 11:00 👍 7 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1

So interesting to compare notes between the UK & South Africa

& see how all around the world the same rhetoric of anti-migrant hatred is being spread by the same rich people with the same interests in dividing & ruling over us.

26.02.2026 08:50 👍 116 🔁 48 💬 2 📌 3
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New EQUALS episode is out!
🎧How Migrants Are Used as Scapegoats for the Real Crisis

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social & Sharon Ekambaram unpack who profits from anti-immigrant narratives and how disinformation fuels division—while inequality worsens.

Listen now: www.equals.ink/p/how-migran...

25.02.2026 13:42 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Default on debt, not on development Huge, unpayable debts are strangling the budgets of the countries of the Global South.

Governments across the Global South are being forced into a brutal choice: repay creditors or fund people’s basic needs.
📊 Our latest bulletin explains why debt release is necessary:

23.02.2026 10:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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5.2 billion people live in countries spending more on debt than on social spending.

Debt payments are:
• 3× education
• 5× health
• 10× social protection
• 25× climate

@matthewmartinuk.bsky.social explains why the global debt system is broken.

Full episode here: www.equals.ink/p/who-pays-w...

13.02.2026 11:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who Pays When Countries Fall into Debt? Matthew Martin on how debt repayments drain public budgets, deepen inequality, and force governments to cut services instead of standing up to creditors.

🎧 New episode is out!

@matthewmartinuk.bsky.social explains how crushing debt burdens hit the poorest hardest, why governments are forced to cut social spending instead of standing up to creditors, & why a renewed popular movement for debt relief is urgent.

Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/who-pays-w...

10.02.2026 13:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In our latest blog,
@maxlawsontin.bsky.social digs into Adam Smith’s writing and shows a version of Smith who hated monopolies, feared rich-people political power, and thought national wellbeing = wellbeing of the many, not the few.
Read more👇
www.equals.ink/p/adam-smith...

09.02.2026 08:00 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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#GenZ is pushing for fairer wealth distribution, sustainable economies, and environmental conservation.

As Wanjira Wanjiru puts it, “We don’t understand lack in a world of plenty.”

Catch this discussion on EQUALS latest episode: pod.fo/e/37e564

03.02.2026 06:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The inequality crisis isn’t just economic — it’s political.

The super-rich use their wealth to write the rules, shutting everyday people out of political life. The result? Political inequality locked in.

Read more: www.equals.ink/p/resisting-...

02.02.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“No one is safe from a repressive system.” – Assa Traoré

Silence isn’t neutral. What happens to the most vulnerable eventually affects us all. Solidarity is the only defense against systemic injustice.

Catch the whole episode 👇

www.equals.ink/p/resisting-...
#HumanRights #Activism #Inequality

02.02.2026 10:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📊 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲?

Gary explains why inequality is often dismissed, downplayed, or ignored—despite shaping everything from living standards to democracy.

A must-watch for anyone wondering why inequality stays off the agenda.

🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37c8d0

30.01.2026 15:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.” - 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐮 ✨

From grassroots uprisings to intellectual debates like the #DavosReport, activists are shaping a new world. Hope is not naive—it’s grounded in action and ideas.

Catch the full episode here: pod.fo/e/37e564

29.01.2026 05:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In our latest episode, Assa Traore breaks down how systems of power benefit a few at the expense of working-class communities. Repression isn’t accidental—it’s systemic.

Unequal policies hurt ordinary people, while protecting the privileged.

Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564

28.01.2026 09:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📉 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨?

Gary Stevenson explains how wealth was quietly transferred away from ordinary people and governments—and towards a tiny elite.

Listen now: pod.fo/e/37c8d0

27.01.2026 15:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wealth inequality isn’t just numbers on a chart—it’s people without healthcare, education, or even proper nutrition. Assa Traoré calls for urgent reforms to reduce poverty and restore social justice.

Tune in to the full episode:https://pod.fo/e/37e564

26.01.2026 13:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oxfam’s latest inequality tracker shows billionaires hit an all‑time high in 2025. A staggering $24bn gained since Davos opened could fund nearly 200,000 nurses in the world’s poorest countries.

🔗 Read the full analysis from Equals Bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/billionair...

26.01.2026 10:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why do billionaires keep getting richer—without lifting a finger?

Former Citibank trader @garyseconomics explains why extreme wealth will naturally concentrates at the top unless it’s actively taxed.

Tune in▶️ : www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...

23.01.2026 14:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New episode out: Resisting the Rule of Repression.

Assa Traore, Wanjira Wanjiru & Pawan Gautam share what pushed them into the streets & the cost when states respond to dissent with force.
Their stories reveal a shared pattern: inequality enforced through repression.

🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564

22.01.2026 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New episode is out ft @garyseconomics.bsky.social

Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.

Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...

#RuleOfTheRich

20.01.2026 11:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The model It simulates what happens when entire budgets grow — including health, education, infrastructure, and even defence.

Read our EQUALS blogs more detail about how the tracker works: www.equals.ink/p/the-number...

19.01.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GRADE Determinants of Health/Fundamental economic and social rights

These numbers come from the GRADE model, built by researchers at St Andrews and Leicester. It shows how changes in government revenue affect Sustainable Development Goals across nearly every country.
st-andrews.ac.uk/~grade/simul...

19.01.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

For $1 billion in additional government revenue, countries could deliver on average:
💧 140,140 people gaining basic water access
📚 258,563 more children in school
💡 1,241,472 more people with electricity
🏥 31,616 more nurses
👩‍🏫 11,855 more teachers
…plus improvements across the whole budget.

19.01.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

At every extra billion on the tracker, the site shows what that money could buy.
For example:
🏰 $1B = Buckingham Palace
🍾 $25B = Fill 200 Olympic swimming pools with champagne
🖼️ $35B = All the art in the Louvre
(Obviously, none of these are actually for sale!)

19.01.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How much have billionaires made during Davos this week? 👀💸
oxfam.org/en/oxfam-bil...

Oxfam just launched a new tool that counts billionaire wealth gains during #Davos — and the numbers are… wild.

🧵👇

19.01.2026 11:20 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0