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Director, Advocacy & Research @TaxJusticeNet. Senior Fellow @AFSEE_LSE. Opinions mine. RT β‰ endorsement She/Her.

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Caroline Lucas (@carolinelucas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really welcome news! And with 1% population owning half of England, this could be an important step towards distributing land more fairly

Tax Justice UK (@taxjusticeuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UK & global orgs are calling on the UK to step up efforts on international tax cooperation by: πŸ” Ensuring transparency registers in the Overseas Territories to tackle tax abuse πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³ Supporting the UN Tax Convention πŸ’Έ To raise billions in revenue taxjustice.uk/blog/uk-govern…

Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧠Does #WealthTax work? πŸŽ™οΈBBC's Good Morning Scotland 🌞put that question to our CEO Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social today and to the Tax Foundation Europe. Here's what they had to say ⬇️ #TaxTheSuperRich BBC Radio Scotland: Weekend GMS

Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism (@cs_ffd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸ—žοΈ Hot off the press: #FfDChronicle Issue 38 is here! In this issue: We're calling it like it is: the IFIs are not equipped to tackle ecological breakdownβ€”and we’ve got the evidence to back it up. πŸ“¬Dive in, and share! ow.ly/vOGj50VJJLH #FfD4People

πŸ—žοΈ Hot off the press: #FfDChronicle Issue 38 is here!
In this issue: We're calling it like it is: the IFIs are not equipped to tackle ecological breakdownβ€”and we’ve got the evidence to back it up. 

πŸ“¬Dive in, and share! ow.ly/vOGj50VJJLH
#FfD4People
Miriam Brett (@miriambrett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The hatred, fear and division required for the far right to thrive is fuelled by gross imbalances in wealth, income and power - and the sense of powerlessness it gives way to. Now isn’t the time for timidity. We need an economic system that isn’t hardwired to create inequalities.

UNRISD (@unrisd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

[#Webinar] Tax Systems and Policy: Crucial for Good Health and Good Governance πŸ“… 21 May 2025 πŸ•š 11.00–12.00 Register unrisd.org/tax-systems-po… In collaboration with the International Institute for Global Health UN University and Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net

[#Webinar] Tax Systems and Policy: Crucial for Good Health and Good Governance

πŸ“… 21 May 2025
πŸ•š 11.00–12.00

Register unrisd.org/tax-systems-po…

In collaboration with the International Institute for Global Health <a href="/UNUniversity/">UN University</a> and <a href="/TaxJusticeNet/">Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net</a>
liz nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social (@zilhen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brazil's assumes Presidency of PTLAC in a region experiencing "severe inequalities, low-progressivity tax systems, environmental crises, & high levels of #tax evasion, limiting states' ability to finance essential public policies & guarantee human rights" shorturl.at/0M5eJ

Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚑Financial secrecy rocks democracies. The latest #FSI2025 shows countries enabling the most #financialSecrecy are shifting towards autocracy. US ranks 1st & downgraded to an anocracy. EU countries are accused of "Jekyll-and-Hyde"-like secrecy. bit.ly/450aU0U

⚑Financial secrecy rocks democracies.
The latest #FSI2025 shows countries enabling the most #financialSecrecy are shifting towards autocracy. US ranks 1st &amp; downgraded to an anocracy. EU countries are accused of "Jekyll-and-Hyde"-like secrecy. bit.ly/450aU0U
Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, #FSI2025 reveals. taxjustice.net/press/financia…

🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 

1 United States
2 Switzerland
3 Singapore 
4 Hong Kong 
5 Luxembourg
6 Germany
7 Netherlands
8 South Korea 
9 Guernsey
10 Japan 

The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, #FSI2025 reveals. taxjustice.net/press/financia…
Thomas Piketty (@pikettywil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. 🧡A thread on a NEW STUDY written with GastΓ³n Nievas Offidani [1/9] πŸ”— wid.world/news-article/u…

Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Countries just reached an agreement by consensus - after the US gave up and withdrew - at the UN on the Compromiso de #Sevilla, which is the outcome document for the Fourth Financing for Development summit. Our comment: taxjustice.net/press/us-ignor… #FfD4 #FfD4People #RumboASevilla

liz nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social (@zilhen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After months attempting to block progress, the United States gave up [on #FfD4] and withdrew, leaving the countries of the world to agree the closely negotiated text by absolute consensus...read our press release Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net

Emilia Reyes (@emilia_equidad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you know the Financing for Development outcome was gaveled yesterday? Join us tomorrow to hear about the real issues that shape our realities now and what are the feminist solutions!

UNU International Institute for Global Health (@unu_iigh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌐 Join us for this Side Event β€œπ™π™žπ™£π™–π™£π™˜π™žπ™£π™œ π™Žπ™€π™˜π™žπ™–π™‘ π™‹π™§π™€π™©π™šπ™˜π™©π™žπ™€π™£ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™ƒπ™šπ™–π™‘π™©π™: π˜Ώπ™€π™’π™šπ™¨π™©π™žπ™˜ π™π™šπ™¨π™€π™ͺπ™§π™˜π™šπ™¨ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙑𝙀𝙗𝙖𝙑 𝙅π™ͺπ™¨π™©π™žπ™˜π™šβ€ at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development The event will convene leading

🌐 Join us for this Side Event β€œπ™π™žπ™£π™–π™£π™˜π™žπ™£π™œ π™Žπ™€π™˜π™žπ™–π™‘ π™‹π™§π™€π™©π™šπ™˜π™©π™žπ™€π™£ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™ƒπ™šπ™–π™‘π™©π™: π˜Ώπ™€π™’π™šπ™¨π™©π™žπ™˜ π™π™šπ™¨π™€π™ͺπ™§π™˜π™šπ™¨ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙑𝙀𝙗𝙖𝙑 𝙅π™ͺπ™¨π™©π™žπ™˜π™šβ€ at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development 

The event will convene leading
Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If today’s reports are true, G7 countries will be choosing tax subjugation under Trump over tax sovereignty at the UN. But it’s looking like Trump might not be able to hold countries at economic gunpoint much longer. taxjustice.net/press/g7-hasty…

liz nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social (@zilhen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ABC #tax transparency briefings provide a quick glance summary, explain the importance of key reforms for policymakers, highlights underpinning human rights obligations, & outlines the important provisions that international tax cooperation must deliver taxjustice.net/2025/06/25/one…

Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net (@taxjusticenet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In her new blog, our Researcher and Advocate (Human Rights and Education), Carolina Rodrigues Finette urges governments to tackle tax injustice head-on to #FundEducation and protect every child's right to public education.