The G7 countries are “leaving millions to starve and cooking the planet,” global aid group Oxfam’s head of inequality policy Max Lawson has declared in a statement issued on Tuesday condemning the mere $4.5 billion the industrialized nations have pledged to fight the worst hunger crisis in decades. Lawson argued …
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It noted that this power construct was based on “viewing white people as superior” and “underpinned by an unparalleled power structure” – the “by-product” of which was “white privilege.” The survey, which was distributed to its 1,800-strong workforce across the country – some 88% of whom are white – reportedly …
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“As the US has called for an end to the conflict in Yemen, the UK is heading in the opposite direction, ramping up its support for the brutal Saudi-led war by increasing arms sales and refuelling equipment that facilitate airstrikes,” Sam Nadel, head of policy and advocacy at Oxfam, said …
Read More »Rich nations bought up half of Covid vaccine future supply, Oxfam says as Russia offers affordable options to developing countries
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population could be left without access to a Covid-19 vaccine for the near future, a major non-profit charity group warned in a damning statement. It blamed the grim forecast on pharmaceutical corporations’ desire to “protect their monopolies” and sell the life-saving vaccines to the “highest …
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