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Michael Laxer
2 days ago3 min read
As oligarchs party at Trump inauguration, billionaire wealth grew by $5.7 billion a day in 2024
It is only going to get worse. Billionaire row at the Trump inauguration. As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 20243 min read
At Least 20 Children Among 93 Killed in Horrific Israeli Massacre in Northern Gaza
"Put simply, those children who have survived so far are running out of time," said one aid group. "We are pleading with the...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 16, 20243 min read
'Starvation Has Become a Lethal Weapon': Up to 21,000 Dying Daily From War-Fueled Hunger
"Today's food crises are largely manufactured," said an Oxfam campaigner, pointing to Israel's use of starvation as a weapon of war in...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 1, 20243 min read
More women and children killed in Gaza by Israel in one year than in any other conflict in decades: Oxfam
Image via UNRWA & X Oxfam has released a report that shows that more "women and children have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20243 min read
South African farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa Women on Farms are...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 29, 20242 min read
West Bank attacks kill at least 18 as Israel launches massive military assault
Image via Al Jazeera video screenshot With the world doing little to stop its genocidal attacks in Gaza and with the firm military...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20244 min read
Report From Gaza Aid Agencies Shows 'Catastrophe on an Entirely New Level'
"In Gaza, we are not witnessing a 'shrinking' humanitarian space; there is barely any space left to operate at all," the report authors...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Health Ministry Declares Gaza a 'Polio Epidemic Zone'
"When will the world act to stop Israel's genocidal campaign?" asked one advocacy group in response to the designation. People walking...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20242 min read
One out of 11 people in the world and one out of every five in Africa faced hunger in 2023
The UN's 2024 edition of “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” (SOFI) report was released July 25 and included many...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Oxfam: Israel forcing 250,000 Palestinians in Gaza into 'death trap'
Image via UNRWA Oxfam Press Release July 4: Israel’s latest evacuation order, calling for a quarter of a million people to leave Eastern...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 15, 20243 min read
Less than 3% of G7 military spending could help end global hunger and solve Global South debt crisis
Cope North 2022 fighter formation - public domain US military image Oxfam Press Release June 12: With funds equivalent to just 2.9...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Risk of famine increasing as over 1 million displaced amid widespread destruction in Gaza
Image via the Palestinian People's Party Aid organization Oxfam is saying that the risk of famine is increasing as Israel is making a...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20233 min read
Emissions of Richest 1% Will Cause 1.3 Million Heat Deaths: Oxfam
"The super-rich are plundering and polluting the planet to the point of destruction and it is those who can least afford it who are...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 22, 20233 min read
200 Private Jet Owners Burned as Much CO2 as 40,000 Brits
The planes tracked by a new Guardian report belong to celebrities, billionaires, CEOs, and their families, among them the Murdoch family,...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Oxfam Accuses Israel of 'Using Starvation as Weapon of War' in Gaza
"Millions of civilians are being collectively punished in full view of the world," said Oxfam International's regional Middle East...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 11, 20232 min read
IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries Into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiral
By Global News Service The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank began their annual meetings in the Moroccan city of...
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