Philanthropic endowments are designed to protect the financial interests of the 1 percent. They should be taxed.


Alnoor Ladha is an activist, journalist, political strategist and community organiser. He is a co-director of Transition Resource Circle.
Philanthropic endowments are designed to protect the financial interests of the 1 percent. They should be taxed.

If we do not move away from industrial capitalism, crises such as the one in Amapa, will multiply and accelerate.
![Due to a combination of negligence, climate change and abandonment by the state, Amapa’s electric grid blew up on November 3 and the region entered chaos, write the authors [Martha Sophia/Casa NINJA Amazonia]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Martha-Sophia-Casa-NINJA-Amazonia.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
We have a duty to support their fight to protect the Amazon from Bolsanaro’s destructive ‘pro-development’ policies.

The role of a new type of activist – the ‘artivist’ – is becoming increasingly important in Kenya and beyond.
![As a result of recent reforms, the tax burden has shifted to Kenya's poor, writes Ladha [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014415145731500734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Tax havens are allowing a “tiny global elite” to “extract trillions of dollars” from rich and poor countries alike.
