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100+ Public Health and Justice Leaders Call on Biden to Reject 'Global Vaccine Apartheid,' Ensure Doses 'Free and Available to All'

Vaccine Access Advocates Cautiously Optimistic As G20 Summit Ends With Pledge to 'Spare No Effort' to Ensure Widespread Distribution

Julia Conley, staff writer

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (top L), U.S. President Donald Trump (top R), South Korean President Moon Jae-in (down L), and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (down C) are seen on a screen before the start of a virtual G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia and held over video conference amid the Covid-19 pandemic, in Brussels, on November 21, 2020. (Photo: Yves Herman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

"This is not a 'do-good' exercise. It is the only way to stop the pandemic dead in its tracks. Solidarity is indeed survival."

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Trump Skips G20 Pandemic Preparedness Meeting as Covid-19 Cases Surpass 12 Million in US

Julia Conley, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on November 21, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia. The president declined to attend a meeting during the virtual G20 summit regarding the coronavirus pandemic, which is surging across the U.S., and went golfing instead. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"The president is not only missing from his post, but he's encouraging a mutiny...

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Failing Test for Green Recovery, Tracker Shows G20 Nations Pumping $151 Billion Into Fossil Fuel Industry Amid Pandemic

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

New global data shows G20 countries have committed $151 billion to supporting fossil fuels as part of coronavirus recovery packages. (Photo: CGP Grey/Flickr/cc)

"G20 leaders keep lying to themselves and their citizens as they prop up coal,...

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A photo from a "keep it in the ground" action at Vattenfall coalmine in Lusatia, Germany appears on the cover a new report on G20 governments financing fossil fuel projects.

New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate

A health worker takes samples from a man to test him for Covid-19 at the Biological Sciences unit of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico City on May 25, 2020.

Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'

'World Leaders Seem in Denial': Demands for Radical Global Action on Coronavirus as Virtual G20 Summit Ends With Vague Promises

A fire rages in Bobin, Australia

Demands for Bold Climate Action Mount as 'All But Rainless' Australia Faces 'Catastrophic' Fire Danger

Ivanka Trump takes part in an event on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019.

Twitter Users Ridicule First Daughter With #UnwantedIvanka Hashtag After Ivanka Caught on Video 'Boxing Way Above Her Weight'

"I'm Not Willing to Do That": Trump Says He Won't Take Climate Action Because It Would Threaten Corporate Profits

With 2019 Predicted to Be Among Planet's Hottest Years, France's 114º Heat Is 'Absolutely Consistent' With Warnings of Climate Crisis

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'Landslide Victory' for Climate as G20 Leaders (Minus Trump) Affirm Paris Accord

Amid G20 Talks, Greenpeace Activists Scale Bridge Demanding 'End to Age of Coal'

It's Settled: Trump Either Did or Did Not Accept Putin's Denial of Election Interference

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Spirit of Resistance

Much bad news; much pushback against it. Colorado groups will protest a weekend summit of the Koch Brothers and their right-wing cohorts. A Pennsylvania teacher is running 100 miles to protest education cuts of over $1 billion, the biggest cut ever. Toronto protesters will mark one year since a G20 summit that saw bogus mass arrests . And if you have any gripes, sign up for a free Dinner With Barack: Give him an earful.

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Jubilee USA Network

Biden Should Call for Emergency G20 Leaders Meeting, Says Religious Development Group

Global Justice Now

G20 Plan Is 'Thin Gruel for Debt Prisoners'

Jubilee USA Network

G20 Announces Debt Relief Process

Global Justice Now

G20 Fails to Release Developing World From 'Debtors Prison', Despite Suspension

CODEPINK

CODEPINK Commends Mayor Khan’s Decision to Skip the G20 Summit Hosted by Saudi Arabia

CODEPINK

CODEPINK Commends Mayor de Blasio’s Decision to Skip the G20 Summit Hosted by Saudi Arabia

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Ella Hopkins

Why the G20’s Failure on Debt Cancellation Is Bad News for Women

Juan Cole

At G20, Only India Is On Track to Meet Goals for Keeping Global Heating to 3.6° F

Bronwen Tucker , Kate DeAngelis

Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Nick Dearden

Don't Delay Developing World Debt—Cancel It

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold

Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS

Michael Galant

The World Bank Must Put People Before Profit

Vijay Prashad

G20: You Can Smell Tear Gas in the Streets as the Oil Industry Squabbles

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

Donald Trump’s Climate Change Denial Ignites the Grass Roots

Jill Richardson

Is This How the World Sees America Now?

Juan Cole

G19 Outmaneuvers Climate Rogue Trump, Ignores Donald and Ivanka