Oxfam America

Marco Rubio’s announcement that he has cut 83% of USAID activities means children and families will no longer have the food, clean water, healthcare, education and much more that they need to survive and build their futures. This is not the end of the fight. Oxfam, along with our partners, are continuing our legal efforts in defense of lifesaving humanitarian aid and USAID.

This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate all the ways in which women make this world a more just and equal place for everyone.

We cannot have a single unaccountable billionaire shut down federal agencies that do vital work to save lives and build a better world. Urge your members of Congress to protect lifesaving humanitarian aid and USAID: oxf.am/4gLpn3a

Once again: the Trump administration is not above the law. It must abide by SCOTUS’s ruling and immediately reinstate aid funding. Millions of lives are on the line. https://lnkd.in/eqKjp9Yq

Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip for applying pressure on parties. Israel’s decision to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. More on the effects of halting this urgently needed aid: https://lnkd.in/eU8S7ibW

REACTION: Israel’s decision to block aid to more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins, is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Read our statement: https://lnkd.in/g66vAiU4

The US Congress is being completely mule-headed on climate. It just repealed a rule to make big companies to pay a fee if they do not follow standards requiring them to minimize methane gas leaks from pipes. It's a vote for waste, for convenience of companies and a vote to harm us all. This is inequality in action. Methane gas is 80 x more polluting than carbon dioxide. It harms everyone so much more than the small costs to companies to fix leaks. We need to challenge Congress reps that care more about big companies than regular people https://lnkd.in/eGwDdSSq?

Amazon's closure of warehouses in Quebec after one of the affected facilities successfully voted to unionize, signals a clear message: unionize at your own risk. Oxfam's Caroline Brodeur & Béatrice Vaugrante highlight the need for Amazon to put people over profits. https://lnkd.in/eHrfSyNy

The EPA is preparing to say that under the science, carbon pollution does not harm the public health and welfare. This is climate denial of the highest order. Yet another moment of this administration putting polluters over people and the US failing the world on fighting the climate crisis.

“Rising and extreme inequality threatens everything we hold dear: our democracies, our economies, our planet, and our broader society. In our increasingly connected world, it is a global problem that requires global solutions.”-Morris Pearl Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires Extreme wealth is accelerating at breakneck speed, putting incredible amounts of power into the hands of a tiny few. It’s time to #TaxTheSuperRich.