Sign in

Steve Price-Thomas

@stevepricethomas.bsky.social
110 followers 69 following 7 posts

Working on inequality, poverty and the shift of power to the global south. Long term Hanoi resident via Jamaica, Fiji, the U.K. and USA. Views expressed are categorically not those of my employer.

PostsRepliesMedia
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Good that some commentators are starting to accurately name what is beginning in the US open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
020
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Zinnia Quirós Chacón @zinniaqc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I love to see Brian Cox supporting #TaxTheSuperRich #G20Finance www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Look at Donald Trump and his gang of broligarchs – and tell me we don’t need a wealth tax | Brian Cox
I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real ones, says the actor Brian Cox
032
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?
29434150
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/02/2025
Putin says Trump must go further before he’ll even agree to meet. Putin is entirely in the driving seat. The US has alienated its own allies, given Russia nearly all of what it wanted, bought Putin’s warped view of reality, and can’t even guarantee a meeting. The art of the deal, indeed.
1062396598
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
How do autocrats stay in power? Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
801682733
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
ændra. @aendra.com · 14/02/2025
I'm actively looking for a new role, ideally outside of journalism and fully remote. If you wouldn't mind resharing my LinkedIn post I'd be most grateful. 🙏🏼 www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra...
linkedin.com
Ændra Rininsland on LinkedIn: #opentowork
Hi everyone! I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. If you hear of any opportunities or just want to catch up, please send me a message or…
11127105
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Breaking: Oxfam America is joining the lawsuit to block the Trump administration's assault on humanitarian aid. The attack on foreign assistance and USAID is an illegal and unconstitutional action that exacerbates existing humanitarian crises and will have life or death consequences for millions.
15623
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@wakeshawna.bsky.social hey Shawna - welcome to Bluesky!
100
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Colonialism never really ended—it just took on new, billion-dollar faces. @jasonhickel joins Nafkote & @maxlawsontin on EQUALS to break down how extreme inequality is built into the system—and what we can do about it. Listen in: 🔗 buff.ly/3WQJ3Lz #TakersNotMakers #FightInequality
0227
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
TIME's new cover Heaven help America
4245793
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/02/2025
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
9712577310962
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.
722901496
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Abby Maxman @abbymaxman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Gaza is home to the 2.2 million Palestinians who have suffered widespread bombardment and a cruel siege for 15 months. It is not a place for Israeli settlements or American imperial adventures.
nytimes.com
Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move
The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.
0109
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As the Trump admin moves to undercut USAID and effective foreign assistance, Oxfam will continue to fight to deliver lifesaving aid and long-term assistance to those who need it most. Read more: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/disman...
Oxfam America's President Abby Maxman said: "Dismantling The U.S. Agency for International Development could have deadly consequences for millions of people living in dire humanitarian emergencies and extreme poverty. This callous political power play is legally dubious. Congress must take a stand."
07729
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Hey @gzeromedia.com good to see you here on Bluesky but where’s Puppet Regime? That’s the best part of your X feed - can you bring it here too?
gzeromedia.com
GZERO Media: Global politics, world news and analysis
GZERO brings you news and analysis of global politics, foreign policy, economy, technology, and climate through its articles, videos, podcasts, newsletters, and television program GZERO World with Ian...
010
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Duolingo may be addictive - but it’s also fun and educational
030
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 24/01/2025
Written about this a bit more here. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/trumps-new...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Trump's new age of acquiesence
The first week has been dark stuff. In pardoning the Jan6th insurrectionists, Trump has achieved the ultimate victory: over history itself.
410618
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
President Trump is a president of and for billionaires. He is planning to rig the tax code for his fellow billionaires—while the rest of us pay more in taxes and lose crucial government services. How we can fight back: www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issu...
oxfamamerica.org
A tax system that works for all of us
A breakdown of the tax fight ahead of us and how we can use tax code to create a fairer economy.
13415
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Isadora Wronski @isadorawronski.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New Global Initiative to #TaxTheSuperRich launched today by Oxfam, Tax Justice Network, Amnesty, FIA, ITUC, CAN I, Earth for All, Action Aid, Avaaz, Patriotic Millionaires, PSI, 350.org, taxmenow, MENA Fem... We're the great majority - they're just a few taxthesuperrich.world/about/
taxthesuperrich.world
About
We live in a time of vast and growing global inequality. While the super rich get richer, climate, social and inequality crisis squeeze the rest of the planet, keeping millions of people trapped in po...
042
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I admire Bishop Budde for her bravery in speaking truth to power www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
nytimes.com
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’
Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.
010
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The Economist’s quote of the day:
000
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Jules McHamish @julesmchamish.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I remember when eating a bacon sandwich could mark the end of a political career. Now it seems that appearing to give a Nazi salute can be edited from history & we all carry on as if it didn’t happen….
3787
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Ancestral knowledge isn't just history. When colonial systems remove Indigenous people from their land, we lose more than territory. We lose entire ecosystems, cultural practices, and ways of understanding the world. #TakersNotMakers #MakeRichPollutersPay www.instagram.com/reel/DFFUDbU...
054
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Politico's coverage of Oxfam's new inequality report says it all. #WEF2025
033
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Mass deportations, reinstituting the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, & ending refugee resettlement, will do nothing to address inequality or the drivers of migration. Seeking asylum is a human right and the U.S must reject these harmful policies. Read more: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/press-...
0246
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Oxfam said trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade, as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth, while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day. @dwnewstoday.bsky.social #WEF2025 www.dw.com/en/oxfam-rep...
dw.com
Billionaires growing richer faster than ever, says Oxfam – DW – 01/20/2025
Oxfam said trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade, as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth, while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day.
011
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
President Trump will be a leader of and for billionaires. Our country and the world today are extremely unequal; for too long, big corporations and an ultra-wealthy few have rigged the system in their own favor, at the expense of ordinary families.
2258
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, his words from 1961 continue to ring true. His legacy continues to guide us as we demand equality and justice and push for systems that work for ALL not just the privileged few.
1169
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Abby Maxman @abbymaxman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today marks the beginning of a new chapter under President Trump, whose policies during his first term have already fueled extraordinary inequality. At Oxfam, we stand ready to challenge an agenda prioritizing billionaires and big corporations over working families. (1/3)
164
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Nabil Ahmed @nabilahmed.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
What a choice; a defining photo for the new gilded age. An inauguration that makes clearer than ever the triumph of oligarchy - one that isn’t incidental but intrinsic to the politics and policies that we’re seeing set out.
183
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
oxfamscotland.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Scotland’s story isn’t one of extreme billionaire wealth, but it IS one of growing disparity. The wealthiest 10% of households have 217 times more wealth than the poorest 10% 🤯 Fair tax reforms will benefit us all - @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social ⬇️ www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Green image with helicopter, private jet and super yacht and money. Text reads: Billionaire wealth soard three times faster in 2024. World now on track for at least 5 trillionaires within a decade.
042
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Nabil Ahmed @nabilahmed.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New Oxfam global inequality report out. Buckle up everyone. 2024 billionaire wealth grew 3 times faster vs 2023. Now predicting not 1 but FIVE trillionaires within a decade. Poverty at 1990 numbers. Most billionaire wealth taken not earned. That’s before Trump-Musk. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
cnbc.com
Billionaire wealth surges to 'unimaginable' levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade
Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.
11823
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
PRESS RELEASE: Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, 3 times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. At this pace, we won’t see 1 trillionaire in a decade, but 5. oxf.am/TakersNotMak... #WEF2025
0108
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨REACTION: Oxfam welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal and calls for a massive influx of aid. Read our full statement 👉 oxf.am/4aokewk
0129
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨REACTION: Oxfam welcomes Gaza #ceasefire deal and calls for a massive influx of aid. Read our full statement 👉https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/oxfam-welcomes-gaza-ceasefire-and-calls-massive-influx-aid
033
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! The final episode in our great political films series explores Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (2023), his haunting take on the home life of the man who ran Auschwitz. This is a film like nothing else. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
144812
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Fati N'Zi-Hassane @fatihassane.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I've created the Oxfam starter pack for all Oxfamers and people interested in following the Bluesky accounts of Oxfam entities and people. To Oxfamers - I'll update occasionally, so let me know when you've landed here. go.bsky.app/TZKw6S2
194
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Fati N'Zi-Hassane @fatihassane.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
[...] @oxfammexico.bsky.social , @oxfammena.bsky.social , @oxfamcanada.bsky.social , @oxfamireland.bsky.social , @stevepricethomas.bsky.social were just added to Oxfam Starter Pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app
111
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media | Chris Stokel-Walker
The Meta boss’s decision to drastically change Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking programme has set the stage for a fact-free four years online, says author Chris Stokel-Walker
37430110
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Things I miss about living in Vietnam part 44,543. Being cold and hungry and just wanting some hot noodles and not having to make calculations about the cost of not making your own lunch. While also knowing it's nourishing, healthy etc
3101
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
43310144
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
With today’s news that Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism everyone should watch this. The court’s decision is expected in the new year
617956
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We're really fucked if even the Oxford English Dictionary doesn't know this is two words.
073
Reposted by Steve Price-Thomas
Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
URGENT !!! 2 days left to submit your experiences to the MAC's call for evidence on the financial requirements of the family visas including the MIR Read and share amongst your networks our guide aimed at supporting people in submitting their evidence: www.reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/wp-content/u...
063
Steve Price-Thomas @stevepricethomas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@restispolitics.bsky.social is going to lose me as a listener if there are any more thinly disguised advertorials for big tech companies like Google. Aren’t you guys rich enough already? @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social
010