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The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

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🏰 💰@AbigailDisney grapples with America’s profound inequality crisis, exploring systemic injustice thru her family's story. Now available on digital!

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On International Workers’ Day, America’s unions celebrate the strength and solidarity of the labor movement and recommit to building worker power and justice around the world. Solidarity forever! ✊ #MayDay

On International Workers’ Day, America’s unions celebrate the strength and solidarity of the labor movement and recommit to building worker power and justice around the world.

Solidarity forever! ✊
#MayDay
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“Courage is working through fear, in spite of fear. I’ve never had a moment in my life when I wasn’t fearful. The trick is to hold on to your values through fear.” apnews.com/article/abigai…

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Philanthropist Abigail Disney urged donors and the leaders of major foundations and nonprofits to be braver with their giving in the face of funding freezes and cuts by the Trump administration and said when people act courageously, it encourages others to do the same.

Philanthropist Abigail Disney urged donors and the leaders of major foundations and nonprofits to be braver with their giving in the face of funding freezes and cuts by the Trump administration and said when people act courageously, it encourages others to do the same.
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Privilege isn’t the problem in and of itself; it’s only positional. The problem is extreme wealth, inherited or earned, curdles quickly into entitlement. And when entitlement is widely distributed among the very powerful, it becomes everybody’s problem. trib.al/VMsHHtE

Patriotic Millionaires (@patrioticmills) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A tax code is a communal expression of social priorities—not a set of rules to be gamed. A tax code is a statement of moral principles. Taxes got us into this mess, and taxes are the only way out: newrepublic.com/article/196195…

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While working families are living paycheck to paycheck, billionaires are renting out whole cities to throw lavish weddings. There's extreme wealth, and then there's THIS. And the worst part is that our tax code rewards it. apnews.com/article/bezos-…

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NEW: CEO pay has grown from 42x the average worker’s pay in 1980 to an outrageous 538x today, IPS Inequality.org researchers found. Wealth isn't trickling down. There's a clear solution, says heiress Abigail Disney in The New Republic: Tax people like her. newrepublic.com/article/196195…

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Our July issue it out! The last six months have delivered a series of blows to nonprofits and foundations — steep federal funding cuts, attacks on DEI efforts, threats to organizations’ tax-exempt status, and more. We profile 10 leaders who have stepped up to protect the social

Our July issue it out! The last six months have delivered a series of blows to nonprofits and foundations — steep federal funding cuts, attacks on DEI efforts, threats to organizations’ tax-exempt status, and more. We profile 10 leaders who have stepped up to protect the social
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Abigail Disney has been one of the world's leading advocates for a #wealthtax for years. Her argument is simple: The system is rigged for the rich. A tax on extreme wealth is the only fair way to fix it. It's not a radical idea. It's a just one. #TaxTheRich

Abigail Disney has been one of the world's leading advocates for a #wealthtax for years.

Her argument is simple: The system is rigged for the rich. A tax on extreme wealth is the only fair way to fix it.

It's not a radical idea. It's a just one. #TaxTheRich
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"Death & Taxes" takes a highly personal approach to addressing inequality in America—the relationship between a father and a son. Don't miss this powerful new film opening this weekend in NYC and next week in LA! Learn more at deathandtaxesfilm.com.

"Death & Taxes" takes a highly personal approach to addressing inequality in America—the relationship between a father and a son.

Don't miss this powerful new film opening this weekend in NYC and next week in LA!   

Learn more at deathandtaxesfilm.com.
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A six-year legal battle between Disney and its workers ends with a massive payout. A California judge's approval of a $233 million settlement marks the final, official repudiation of Disney’s tactics in skirting a 2018 wage law known as #MeasureL. capitalandmain.com/when-workers-u…

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✊✊✊ Read the latest from capitalandmain.com about the campaign that won 50,000 Disneyland employees payouts for years of underpayment while working at the park! capitalandmain.com/when-workers-u…

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Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights. And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights. People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.

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Ahead of the G20 summit in South Africa this weekend, our very own Abigail Disney penned an op-ed for TIME making the case for why G20 leaders need to tax ultra-wealthy people like her to create more equal nations and a healthier planet. Check it out: time.com/7335231/g20-st…

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Our member Abigail Disney has a message for leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos: Extreme wealth threatens global stability and our shared future. That’s why Abby and nearly 400 millionaires from around the world signed our open letter calling on leaders to tax the super rich.