#France supporting a step-by-step approach on #UnTaxConvention Quelle surprise! 🙄

#Pisa, stasera. La migliore reazione contro le violenze in divisa di oggi, sempre al grido di "Palestina libera". Pisa Possibile - Spettinati era in piazza, e continuerà a esserlo. Non ci fermeranno, non ci fermeremo. 🎥 Abolizione del suffragio universale

Read the report from the first Arms Trade Treaty meeting that actually dealt with a compliance issue: Western states scramble to explain themselves, as UN experts call for arms transfers to Israel to “cease immediately” by Magnus Løvold

“A world without nuclear weapons is totally possible,” says Emma Pike, a nuclear disarmament consultant and activist. She shared her thoughts with Times Opinion on TikTok: nyti.ms/49buYeZ

And if nuclear deterrence only deters nuclear armed states and not non-nuclear armed states, wouldn’t there be a clear advantage of being non-nuclear armed, since nuclear deterrence doesn’t apply to you? Isn’t that a massive weakness for nuclear armed states?

I wonder why I need to pay > 30% and we should celebrate billionaires to pay a mere 2%. #WealthTaxNotEnough, we need a #UNTaxConvention Thank you very much! theguardian.com/inequality/202…

Ramy Mohamed Youssef Chair of the #UNTaxConvention Committee, you have a big responsibility and a unique opportunity to turn things around this year, don't waste it!

With #AllEyesOnRafah Greenpeace echoes the clarion call for a #CeasefireNow. The horror must stop. Sanity and humanity must be restored. No more civilians should be killed or harmed in this bitter war. We call for an immediate release of all hostages. We call for the Israeli

Please, re-write: "Des étudiants contre le genocide occupent le bâtiment de #Unimail " Tribune de Genève che01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

A group of UN experts says that the 390 bodies, including women and children, discovered in mass graves near the Al Shifa and Nasser hospitals reportedly show “signs of torture and summary executions, and potential instances of people buried alive”. politico.eu/article/un-den…

Is the OECD failing - not only to deliver corporate tax reform, but as an institution? A🧵thread on the latest developments, and a new report from Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net Tax Justice Network Africa ESCR-Net / Red-DESC Movement Law Lab Minority Rights Group CESR - cesr.bsky.social Steven Dean taxjustice.net/2024/05/28/lit…

Negotiations for a #UNTaxConvention kick off again at the United Nations today. We have a historic opportunity to #EndTaxAbuse and negotiate a strong treaty that puts communities, #justice and #humanrights first. Sound on 🔊 👇 Norwegian Church Aid christianaid Suomen Lähetysseura (Felm) World Council of Churches (WCC)

Il WWF esprime solidarietà alle persone colpite dall'alluvione in Emilia-Romagna e Marche. Questo disastro ci ricorda, purtroppo, l'urgenza di implementare il Piano di adattamento necessario a prevenire gli effetti del cambiamento climatico #Alluvione wwf.it/pandanews/ambi…

📍 Following a session co-organised by Ford Foundation and Oxfam International entitled Multilateralism in an Era of Global Oligarchy during the UNGA High-Level Week and blown away by the incredible comments by Nanjala Nyabola Here’s an excerpt on the relationship between AI and the environment 👇🏾

“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses” #HurricaneMilton #Ecocide

Great to see Oxfam International’s recent climate inequality report highlighted by António Guterres in his #COP29 address. Oxfam is calling for fairer taxes on extreme wealth to accelerate climate action and fight inequality. Report in full: oxfam.org.uk/mc/gwe6io/

Under the current global tax system, *every time* a billionaire fills the tank of his yacht, society can lose around 300K in VAT. This is possible because of the legal gaps that the ultrarich exploit to abuse the system. We need a #UNTaxConvention pronto! theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

This is why we should not rely on the good will of the ultra-rich. Instead, we should demand they pay their fair share of taxes to society so that communities can decide to invest in what truly matters. Yet another reason for a #UNTaxConvention theguardian.com/environment/20…

“Violence didn’t work. Numbers did. That’s the secret, in case you are looking for the secret to resisting an imperial power, which was what we were doing through those years. Non-violent resistance of the total population” The Ministry for the Future theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In Gary Stevenson, the left has finally found an eloquent, honest and credible campaigner against inequality – we should champion him. 🖊️ James Meadway: Who’s afraid of Gary Stevenson? newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/…