World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, as “the shadow of global oligarchy hangs over UN General Assembly,” says Oxfam | Oxfam International
"World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity", a racialized disparity as "Global South countries own just 31 percent of global wealth, despite being home to 79 percent of global population".
The people in need are not the problem.
www.oxfam.org/node/24875
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Sunday poetry balm, this week from Dunya Mikhail
#poetry #PoetryRx
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From Ukrainian-born poet Ilya Kaminsky. Photo courtesy of Poetry Foundation.
Don't have this one in a book, so making a rare exception to my only posting own photos rule given the circumstances.
#poem #writing #ukraine
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this Adrienne Rich poem from the @yalereview.bsky.social archives sucker punched me this am
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