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- Campaigners spoof executives battling for giant contracts at Iraq oil fair PICTURE OPPORTUNITY
- ‘Brown blocking G20 progress on regulation’ Finance moves threaten poor, says War on Want
- War on Want up for more awards 12 November 2008
- Brown pressed on 'global greed' 10 November 2008
- Banks slated on arms sales Ministers urged to regulate lenders
- Bid to stop Iraq oil ‘raid’ 11 October 2008 Protest targets Shell, BP, US
- Mandelson charged with ‘failure’ Former EU commissioner attacked on deregulation
- World failure on poverty 'unacceptable' Brown pressed on UN summit
- Fears mount on mercenaries’ ‘abuse’ 'Pact threatens bid for tough curbs'
- Rio Tinto axe sparks divestment call 10 September 2008 War on Want today urged ethical fund chiefs to review investment in British mining giant Rio Tinto after Norway excluded the multinational from its pension fund over controversial Indonesian operations.
- Trade talks collapse 'welcome' The collapse of the World Trade Organisation negotiations in Geneva today lifts the threat of millions more people facing hunger and poverty as a result of trade liberalisation, the charity War on Want said today.
- Storm grows over mercenaries' ‘abuse’ British foreign secretary David Miliband today faces claims that the government is mounting a political block against moves to regulate UK private military companies amid reports of human rights abuse in Iraq.
- Trade deal ‘disaster for poor’ Millions face hardship from proposal
- Trade summit ‘threatens millions with poverty’
WTO attacked over democracy, hunger claims.
Ministers arrive in Geneva to prepare for crunch talks on global trade - Tesco ‘sweatshop shame’ fury Clothes workers paid 16p an hour
- 'Sweatshops' protest hits Primark 23 June 2008 War on Want targets flagship London store
- War on Want story wins award A front page splash news story in a leading British newspaper, produced with help from the anti-poverty charity War on Want, secured a coveted prize in the One World Media Awards last night.
- TV film sparks ‘curb mercenaries’ call Panorama brings new pressure on the UK government to regulate private armies.
- The WTO's Doha Round will not solve the global food crisis
War on Want has joined an international coalition of 237 farmers' organisations, trade unions, aid agencies and social movements in an open letter to government ministers, UN chiefs and other officials attending this week's food summit in Rome. The letter argues that the global food crisis must not be invoked as a reason to rush through a WTO trade deal, but that a fundamentally new approach to agriculture is needed.
- War on Want story up for award Guardian shortlisted on Primark ‘shame’
- Shell blasted on Iraq oil 'Plans risk more conflict'
- Firms plan Iraq raid – Naomi Klein Author set to slam BP, Shell
- Murders spark palm oil alert Shoppers warned on Colombia
- Call on UK to act on Palestine ‘Occupation the root cause of poverty’
- Brown slated on ‘cynical’ poverty event ‘Business allies given free ride on rights abuse’
- Tesco clothes abuse warning 'Watchdog fails to bite sweatshops'
- War on Want appoints new leader Charity to step up fight for global justice
- BP pirates eye oil booty Protest fires broadside on firm
- 'Mines firm profits from abuse of poor' Brown pressed to act
- Sweatshop shames Banana Republic launch 20 March 2008 Protest over 15p an hour workers
- UK attacked Iraq for oil – poll 10 March 2008 More people now think Britain invaded Iraq to gain control of the country’s oil than for any other reason, a new poll reveals today.
- Demonstrators tell 'corporate pirates' Shell and BP: ‘Hands Off Iraqi Oil’ 22 February 2008 25 UK towns and cities protest at Shell and BP garages [1]. 'Corporate pirates' hit London
- Miliband challenged on mercenaries abuse 18 February 2008 Legal writ over government failure to act
- Watchdog slammed for abandoning poorest workers 15 February 2008 Tesco and Asda let off hook over exploitation
- 'Heartless' stores in Valentine storm Flower workers on 10p an hour
- 'Sweatshops shame' fashion alert British government ministers today face a warning that their failure to stop retailers exploiting overseas garment workers casts a shadow over the UK fashion industry.
- Demonstrators in ‘stop Iraq oil raid’ call
- G4S workers backed on living wage 29 January 2008 War on Want supports Malawi strike
- Bangladesh government cracks down on workers' rights monitors 28 January 2008 STOP PRESS VICTORY: Mehedi Hasan has been released from custody. This is great news, but Hasan's arrest is a reminder that worker rights advocates in Bangladesh are under serious threat. (Updated 7/2/08)
- Comedy stars out to fight poverty A galaxy of comedians plan to help fight global poverty by raising laughs and lolly for leading charity War on Want.
- 'EU trade threat to poor' 25 January 2008 Campaigners oppose Mandelson plans
- ‘Curb lobbyists’ call to MPs 24 January 2008 Campaigners including the anti-poverty charity War on Want today launch a major new coalition aimed at opening up lobbying to clear public scrutiny in Britain.
- 'Stop sweatshop clothes abuse' regulation call to Brown amid new India evidence British prime minister Gordon Brown, in Delhi for the India-UK summit, today faces pressure to regulate his country’s retailers after new revelations that Indian workers receive poverty wages making clothes for British stores.
- 'Multi-million bonuses shame City' Tax haven poverty alert
- World Fair woos festive shoppers
Monday, 10 December 2007
- 'Poverty pay shames clothes stores' Primark, Tesco, Asda, Topshop under fire
- 'Stop mercenaries abuse' call Miliband pressed on regulation
- UK mining companies complicit in abuse of poor Vedanta, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton accused NEWS HOOK: Mines and Money World Congress opens on 20 November 2007 at the Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH EMBARGO: 00.01 hrs GMT, Tuesday 20 November 2007
- UK premiere for Brazil poverty film A landmark film on Brazilians threatened by corporate power will get its first UK screening tonight.
- First Iraq graphic novel launched The anti-poverty charity War on Want today publishes the first political graphic novel on contemporary Iraq.
- Companies Act comes into force, but Brown must go further to achieve targets Leading campaign groups today (1 October) welcomed the coming into force of key provisions of the Companies Act 2006, but called on Gordon Brown to make sure that the Act is the first step to further reforms of the government’s thinking on business, poverty and the environment.
- Competition Commission backs down on tackling supermarket power The anti-poverty charity War on Want today attacked the Competition Commission interim report on supermarkets.
- ‘Ban UK mercenaries’ call after new shootings The British government should outlaw private military and security companies from operating in conflict zones such as Iraq, the charity War on Want said today.
- Regulation call as Hamnett shelves Tesco FOR IMMEDIATE USE: 28 September 2007 The charity War on Want today demanded British government regulation to ensure decent working conditions for UK retailers’ garment employees after fashion designer Katharine Hamnett cut her ties with Tesco in a row over its ethics.
- Iraq mercenary killings prompt calls for homicide charge US private military company Blackwater should face corporate homicide charges for yesterday’s killing of eight Iraqis by its personnel, according to campaigns group War on Want. Seven civilians and one Iraqi police officer died when Blackwater mercenaries opened fire at random following a mortar attack on the convoy it was guarding, say reports from Iraq.
- Bhs, Peacocks, Matalan ‘shamed’ on sweatshops Clothes workers trapped in poverty
- UK 'hypocrisy' over Palestine soccer ban The anti-poverty charity War on Want today condemned the British government's decision to refuse visas to a team of Palestinian footballers due to play a series of matches in England.
- Iraqi oil poll: results Iraq: Public Opinion Survey, June/July 2007
- Iraqis oppose oil development plans, poll finds Further setback for US / UK as Iraqis reject oil privatisation
- Top UK firm 'profits from abuse, murders' Anglo American success tainted by repression claims EMBARGO: 00.01 hrs, Friday 3 August 2007
- AGM revolt hits Tesco Investors defy directors over 5p an hour clothes workers
- Tesco attacked for opposing shareholder action Ethical sourcing row flares over 5p an hour workers
- WTO trade talks collapse 'welcome', says anti-poverty group War on Want welcomes the collapse of the WTO trade talks in Potsdam today (Thursday 21 June 2007).
- 20,000 rally for MidEast peace
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Over 20,000 campaigners in London today demonstrated for a just Middle East peace by marking the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War and the start of Israel's occupation. - Thousands set for Palestine rally demanding end to Israeli occupation Thousands of campaigners in Britain will demonstrate on Saturday (9 June) for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, amid global events to mark the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. It will be the first opportunity for the British public to hear a Palestinian minister in person.
- African staff attack UK firm over racism and poverty pay Thursday 31 May 2007 London Olympics contract alert
- 'Health risks' study backs water challenge New claims that the privatisation of water delivery poses a growing threat to the lives of many poor people come today from a partner organisation of the British development charity War on Want.
- Mandelson's open markets threaten farmers, workers and environment Coalition of European civil society groups urge EU Parliamentarians to reject the 'Global Europe' strategy.
- Short peace bid amid Olmert storm Former British cabinet minister Clare Short is set for efforts to help secure a just peace in the Middle East amid growing pressure on Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to resign over the Lebanon war.
- Shell 'stealing Iraq's future' protest
EVENT: Demonstration at Royal Dutch Shell annual general meeting
TIMING: 9.00.-10.00 am, Tuesday 15 May 2007
PLACE: Novotel, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith International Centre, London W6 8DR
- UN report shows need for business curbs 28 March 2007 The anti-poverty charity War on Want today called on the British government to take action to regulate corporate human rights abuses on the eve of a new United Nations report into business and human rights.
- Growing Pains: The human cost of cut flowers in British supermarkets
Mothers Day flowers shame UK stores
Women workers damage health growing bouquets for British Supermarkets
- Supersized supermarkets Supermarket power row boils over as TV chef calls for shake up of ‘big four’
- British MPs issue sanctions call on Israel
The UK parliament’s International Development Committee calls on the British government to press for sanctions against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinian people, in a new report published today (31 January 2007).
- Emma bids for MidEast peace First broad-based coalition backs end to Israeli occupation.
- Stores probe shows need for law The charity War on Want today pressed the British government to regulate how supermarkets treat overseas suppliers after a new report from the Competition Commission failed to address this issue.
- Stars bid for MidEast peace
First broad-based coalition opens new campaign
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11.00 am
Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2LW
- ‘5p an hour women shame UK stores’ Kumars star Meera backs regulation call over Primark, Tesco and Asda
- 'Curb private military firms’ call to Blair Alarm mounts over unpunished abuse by mercenaries in Iraq
- UK slammed on Israeli abuse War on Want today called on the British government to follow up its recognition of Israeli human rights abuses with immediate sanctions by imposing an arms embargo and suspending a trade pact.
- Poverty is Political – Music is Political War on Want is proud to be named Q Magazine’s Charity of the Year and official charity of this year’s Q Awards. This partnership between the vanguard of music journalism and one of the longest standing anti-poverty charities is an exciting one that will bring awareness of global inequality to a large new audience.
- Mandelson vision to bring ‘widespread poverty’ Peter Mandelson’s new bid to force open the markets of developing countries will put millions of jobs at risk and cause widespread poverty in weaker economies, UK campaigns group War on Want warned today.
- Leave the trade talks on hold Anti-poverty and environment campaigners are calling on world leaders not to restart world trade talks that could have a devastating impact on developing countries and the environment.
- UK aid threat to World Bank 'lacks teeth' War on Want today welcomed UK international development secretary Hilary Benn's statement that Britain is to withhold £50m of funds from the World Bank unless the institution stops forcing poor countries to privatise their public services and open up markets to foreign competition, but called on Benn to make the threat a real one.
- ‘UK anti-poverty ministry hits poor’
13 September 2006
Millions paid from aid programme to US power firms
- ‘Terror victims shame Blair’ War on Want focuses on Colombia in its first major photographic exhibition
- Tens of thousands call for immediate ceasefire
3 August 2006
Take action on the website www.ceasefiretoday.org - Blair told: Back M East ceasefire War on Want accuses Tony Blair of putting civilian lives at risk by failing to support the United Nations' call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.
- WTO collapse ‘good news for world's poor’ The charity War on Want today welcomed the collapse of the Doha round of global trade talks, and called on the international community to build towards a fair set of rules for the global economy.
- 'No marks for Zero Coke' 10 July 2006 Coca-Cola’s decision to unveil a £8m advertising drive today in Britain for its new sugar-free drink left a bitter taste in the mouths of campaigners fighting its controversial operations overseas.
- WTO must not force bad trade deal on poor News that the major powers are trying to bypass negotiations in order to force through a trade deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has met with an angry response from trade justice campaigners.
- STOP THE WTO TALKS AND BURY THE DOHA ROUND 29 June 2006 More than 70 European NGOs demand a new approach to the multilateral trading system
- Shareholders’ meeting: Wal-Mart’s rampage a reminder of need to regulate, say UK campaigners 1 June 2006 Ahead of the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting in Arkansas tomorrow (Friday 2 June), AsdaWatch, the supermarket watchdog run by charity War on Want, has added its voice to calls in the US for Wal-Mart to change its ways. Wal-Mart’s damaging policies have seen law suits from low paid workers, outrage at shocking supplier conditions and complaints from small shop keepers. Now, the failure to rein in Wal-Mart in the States is being cited by UK campaigners who have renewed their call for the British government to act against growing supermarket power. Polls show that shoppers want new laws introduced to ensure supermarkets meet their obligations to the community.
- Europe unites to condemn Mandelson’s WTO agenda 1 June 2006 Over 70 European organisations will today (1 June) demonstrate their opposition to the EU’s trade policy through an open letter to Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and member states’ governments published as an advertisement in the Financial Times.
- Supermarkets poll: 83% of Asda shoppers want tougher rules for supermarkets
Asda Wal-Mart customers have overwhelmingly backed calls for tougher laws to protect people and the environment from supermarket expansion, according to a new ICM poll commissioned by War on Want. The poll has been published to mark the launch of www.AsdaWatch.co.uk, a new website which highlights the way in which Asda Wal-Mart treats its own staff and suppliers in developing countries.
- British MPs accuse Mandelson of causing WTO crisis The UK parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) blames the EU under Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson for the current crisis at the World Trade Organisation, in a new report published today (27 April 2006).
- War on Want statement on Coca-Cola's profit announcement
- Campaigners call on Lamy to scrap closed-door WTO talks In a letter sent today to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy, 125 civil society groups from 40 countries called for the cancellation of the Geneva WTO mini-ministerial scheduled for the end of April. The groups decry the allegedly neutral WTO Secretariat’s instigation of invitation-only meetings, from which most WTO nations will be excluded. The letter states:
- Aid agencies demand supermarkets inquiry on poor producers Anti-poverty agencies today made a last-ditch plea for the proposed Competition Commission investigation into Britain's supermarket giants to probe claims that they abuse their market power against suppliers in poor countries.
- 90% of people in Britain back tougher rules for business as new corporate responsibility campaign is launched Nine out of ten people in Britain want the Government to bring in enforceable rules to ensure businesses minimise any harm from their operations, especially to poor communities and the environment, according to a new ICM poll published today (3 April).
- EU to introduce ‘divisive’ new tax agreement at WTO The European Union is to introduce a new agreement on export taxes to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to a proposal currently being circulated to EU member states.
- War on Want statement on Lee Scott's appointment to Gordon Brown's International Business Advisory Council.
Commenting on the appointment of Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to Gordon Brown's International Business Advisory Council, Matthew McGregor, Senior Campaigns Officer at War on Want, said,
- Coca-Cola under fire as World Cup comes to London For our latest information about our Coca-Cola campaign, click here Coca-Cola’s dominance of the global soft drinks market has come at huge cost to local communities, the environment and its own workforce, according to a new report to be published on Monday (20 March 2006) by campaigns group War on Want. The new evidence appears in the week that the Coca-Cola sponsored international World Cup tour comes to London (details below). Click here to download Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report Click here to to see War on Want's three lions at Coke's world cup tour
- Campaigners condemn secret London trade talks Campaigners today slammed the forthcoming meeting of the G6 group of World Trade Organisation members as both anti-democratic and anti-development, and called for an end to the global trade negotiations.
- “Supermarkets must be held to account for impacts around the world” say campaigners Campaigners today welcomed the report from the All Party Group on Small Shops and urged government to take in to account the impact of supermarkets operating in the UK on poor communities in developing countries.
- EU, USA condemned for Hong Kong violence The WTO has concluded its Ministerial with an agreement which sentences small farmers, workers and communities across the developing world to desperate poverty, campaigns group War on Want said in Hong Kong today (18 December). The ‘gains’ announced in the deal are no more than symbolic gestures, while the losses are all too real. The Korean farmers on the streets of Hong Kong are the human face of this assault on the world’s poor.
- EU, USA steer WTO talks towards disaster The draft Ministerial text issued by the WTO today (17 December) has landed like a bombshell on the trade negotiations in Hong Kong. Rich country proposals for liberalisation of developing country markets have been pushed through despite concerted opposition, while EU and US agricultural regimes have been left untouched. By excluding key proposals submitted by developing countries and prioritising the views of the richest, the WTO has destroyed all hope of securing a ‘development round’ in the current trade talks.
- Rich nations slammed for ‘cynical’ aid package in Hong Kong trade talks Campaigners have condemned the world’s richest nations for trying to bribe their way out of the current round of trade talks with a ‘development package’ of recycled aid pledges, as the World Trade Organisation’s 6th Ministerial opens here in Hong Kong today.
- Thousands take to streets of Hong Kong to condemn anti-development WTO talks Campaigners and activists took to the streets of Hong Kong in their thousands today (Sunday 11 December) demanding a halt to the upcoming World Trade Organisation talks which start on Tuesday 13 December.
- EU told, 'Act Now for Peace in Palestine' Former Dutch Prime Minister, Andreas van Agt and Clare Short MP, former Secretary of State for International Development, will address MEPs in Brussels tomorrow at a reception calling on the EU to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement until Israel’s Occupation of Palestine is ended.
- Report exposes role of corporate lobbyists in setting EU trade agenda EU trade policy is being driven by the demands of European businesses for new markets rather than by the needs of developing countries, European citizens or the environment according to a report released as European trade ministers meet in Brussels today.
- Blair reneges on manifesto trade pledge Campaigners today accused Tony Blair of going back on his trade pledge made in the 2005 election manifesto - and of wrecking any chance of a pro-poor outcome from the upcoming world trade talks.
- Thirty years is enough Campaigners demanded swift action from the international community today, the 30th anniversary of Morocco’s invasion of Western Sahara.
- WTO to abandon ‘Development Round’ of trade talks The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to abandon the ‘Development Round’ at its General Council meeting this week and return instead to a corporate agenda based on self-interest and power politics, according to proposals now before the WTO’s 148 member states.
- Leak reveals Asda’s strategic assault on UK working conditions Bosses at supermarket giant Asda are planning a series of anti - union and cost cutting schemes at the expense of working conditions and workers’ rights, according to leaked documents obtained by campaign group War on Want.
- War on Want launches alternative gift range International development charity War on Want has launched a new range of alternative gifts aimed at giving Christmas shoppers a chance to give ethically this festive season.
- Taking it Down to the Shop Floor
ArtMusicPolitic and War On Want present Taking it Down to the Shop Floor, a night of live music, DJs, film and more timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Morocco’s invasion of the Western Sahara.
Promoter: ArtMusicPolitic
NGO: War On Want
Venue: Jamm (formerly Bar Lorca), 261 Brixton Rd, Brixton.
Doors: 21st October 2005. 9pm – 6am
Fee: £7/£5 concessions
- Mass Lobby Of Parliament To Take Place Ahead Of World Trade Talks
- Gaza disengagement a threat to long-term peace in Palestine Anti-poverty campaigns group War on Want has warned that the current Israeli disengagement from Gaza will harm the prospect of long-term peace unless the international community increases its pressure on Israel. While Israel’s withdrawal is welcome relief to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have had their land illegally occupied for over 35 years, it forms part of a wider project that is likely to fuel further conflict in years to come.
- G8 turn their backs on the world’s poor The G8 have today betrayed the 1.1 billion people living in poverty across the world, and the millions who supported the Make Poverty History (MPH) campaign.
- G8: Massive shortfall exposed in Gleneagles deal 5 July 2005 The G8 summit in Gleneagles is set to fall well short of the response needed to tackle global poverty when it reports on Friday, campaigners have revealed.
- Anglican Church meeting urged to divest from Israel Anti-poverty campaign group War on Want welcomes the Anglican Communion’s meeting on 22 June in Nottingham to consider its position towards companies that profit from the illegal Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
- The G8 must go, say UK’s leading radicals 24 June 2005 George Monbiot, Tariq Ali and Victoria Brittain will lead a panel of prominent activists, journalists and writers on Tuesday night (28 June) to denounce the role of the G8 in carving up the world in favour of Western business interests.
- G8 Joint policy statement The problems of extreme poverty, inequality and environmental degradation are the most serious facing the world today. But the policies which the G8 countries have followed to date have made things worse rather than better, empowering global corporations while impoverishing and even enslaving ordinary people. Ultimately the G8 countries have been part of the problem rather than the solution.
- The UK Government and the G8 – part of the problem The UK government needs to push for and implement sweeping changes on international development and environment policy at the G8 summit in Gleneagles in July if it is to tackle global poverty and climate change, a leading group of campaigning organisations announced today.
- Advance alert for G7 finance ministers’ meeting, London Campaigners today expressed grave concern at the outcomes feared from the G7 finance ministers’ meeting to be held in London this week (10-11 June). As the final such meeting before next month’s G8 summit, the finance ministers’ meeting will provide an important indication as to whether there will be any pro-development outcomes from Gleneagles
- Campaigners slam Suez threat to sue Bolivia over failed water privatisation UK campaigners will today (13 May) join campaigners in Paris, Rome, Geneva, Manila and Latin America to express outrage at multinational water company Suez’s threats to sue the Bolivian government over the cancellation of water contracts in El Alto, one of Latin America’s poorest cities.
- New Campaign Can Solve Brown’s International Finance Problem More than 50 UK charities, faith groups and trade unions launch the Stamp Out Poverty campaign today challenging the Chancellor to impose a simple stamp duty on sterling currency transactions to raise an extra £3,000 million each year for international development. Baroness Shirley Williams hosts an event in Parliament at 1.00pm on Thursday 7 April where a briefing detailing how this stamp duty works will be launched.
- Major Parties deserve ASBO for Anti Social international policies Anti-poverty campaigners today served the leaders of the three major political parties with an international ASBO demanding that they halt their anti-social behaviour towards the developing world and the environment and that they stop bullying African countries in international trade negotiations.
- Campaigners deliver Caterpillar Report to leading UK supplier
- Stars come out for Trade Justice Thom Yorke will join thousands of protesters on an overnight carnival of music, art and protest for Trade Justice on Friday 15 April.
- Top UK band to visit Palestine Glasgow based rock band Belle and Sebastian will tour Palestine and Israel next week to see for themselves how the age-old conflict has contributed to music and culture in the region.
- Africa Commission issues ‘damning indictment’ of UK policy Today’s report from the Commission for Africa is a damning indictment of the UK government’s policies on aid, trade and corruption, according to leading campaigns group War on Want.
- Campaigners herald major victory on UK aid policy War on Want welcomes Hilary Benn’s announcement of a major shift in UK aid policy, to be made today (Wednesday 2 March) at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Paris.
- Mandelson Urged to Face up to Trade Injustice
London students will be holding a theatrical picket this Friday 4th February for Trade Justice as Peter Mandelson visits the London School of Economics.
- UK ‘aid for privatisation’ scandal hits India Millions of pounds from the overseas aid budget is being pocketed by the UK’s richest accountancy firms hired to ‘advise’ Indian states on handing over their public services to the private sector, according to official statistics newly released by the government.
- Get ‘em in for War on Want War on Want, the radical anti-poverty charity, has come up the ideal hangover cure this Christmas – and there’s not a raw egg in sight.
- Privatisation consultants profiting from UK aid abuse The UK government is giving away millions of pounds from the UK aid budget to privatisation consultants engaged to ‘advise’ developing countries on handing over their public services to the private sector, according to a new report from anti-poverty campaign group War on Want.
- Labour faces trade justice protest Thousands of anti-poverty campaigners will descend on Brighton on the first day of the Labour Party Conference to protest against the Government's role in unfair world trade. They will deliver a stark message that free trade is not fair trade and that Government policy needs a radical change of direction if it is to address injustices in international trade.
- It’s in the Jeans! Protest against Levis THIS THURSDAY!! Trade unionists and campaigners will be mounting a protest at Levi's central London flagship store at 174 Regent Street this Thursday 29 July at 12.30 PM over the sacking of 350 workers assembling Levi's jeans at a factory in Haiti.
- War on Want Media statement on today’s comprehensive spending review 13 July 2004 Today, Gordon Brown’s comprehensive spending review saw development assistance rise to 0.46% of GNI.
- Water Water Everywhere... Bottles of water sold at this year’s Glastonbury festival will bear a campaign message on water privatisation in developing countries.
- Get on yer bikes for Tolpedal 04!! 29 April 2004 War on Want today announced the launch of Tolpedal 04, the charity’s first sponsored cycling event, which will take place this July.
- Charity begins at Homelands!
5 April 2004
The UK’s leading radical charity, War on Want, has announced its plans for this year’s festival season.
- New report exposes anti-democratic development carve-up A new War on Want - commissioned report shows the UK Government and the World Bank are prohibiting developing countries from taking control of their own essential services.
- Colombian MP experienced
US foreign policy first hand 9 November 2003 Congressman will tell US: “Stop hiding behind War on Terror” - Blair Betrays International Agenda Labour’s commitment to the international system of rules and security was seriously questioned by delegates and NGOs at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth last week. With debate on the collapse of WTO talks conspicuous by its absence, and no vote on the Iraq war, Labour seems to have turned its back on matters international.
- EU intransigence wrecks trade talks New global power balance signals hope for the poor
- The Earth is Ours
15 August 2002
Putting social justice at the heart of the Johannesburg Earth Summit agenda
- Landless but not hopeless 5 April 2002 The landless people of South Africa – about four million families – realised that the government’s promises regarding land distribution were being implemented at such a slow pace that even their great-grandchildren would not see any change.
- Conditions in Haiti leave a bitter taste for workers 15 November 2001 Carolyne Culver on the ongoing struggle for better pay and conditions on the orange plantations of Haiti.
- Spin hides plight of Honduran garment workers 15 June 2002 On a recent visit to Honduras, War on Want discovered that spin is alive and kicking while a simple thing like a decent wage is hard to find. Hannah Leggett reports on Central American Women Fighting For Their Rights.
- Wall of death On a recent fact-finding mission to the Middle East, War on Want’s Palestine officer Mahmoud Hawari discovered a shocking campaign of Apartheid with the creation of a massive wall and the annexation of land.
- Just War? Poverty, conflict and instability in Iraq and the Middle East "Physical and economic vulnerability drives people into poverty and prevents them from escaping it. Conflict and poverty go hand in hand. Increased security is an important part of any poverty reduction strategy." UK Department for International Development "War on Want works with people in war zones and areas of conflict as part of the fight against poverty. It is clear that conflict leads to greater poverty and poverty causes conflict." War on Want Projects Strategy
- Comprehensive Spending Review Aid budget - An historic opportunity for global leadership missed Government pledges more, but not enough, new money for global poverty; timetable for 0.7% target and innovative taxes urgently needed.
- FAQ Here are some answers to some of the questions you may be asking yourself about War on Want. War on Want is not like other charities and has a distinct character of it's own. We hope this information gives you a clear understanding of our organisation and our values.
- 'We're Tired of Waiting' "We're Tired of Waiting", says Africa's Landless Movement
- Monterrey's Makeover Conference 22 March 2002 Not nearly enough money - US AID promise riven with conditionality and coercion - Innovative fringe agenda has most exciting possibilities
- Mexico conference set to fail the world's poor
Radical action on financing fight against poverty absent from 'sham' Monterrey agenda, no big ideas on tackling instability
- German minister calls for war on poverty Declaring that pre-emptive wars are against international law, Germany's development minister has demanded to know why the world can find billions of dollars for military battles and not millions to fight poverty – the biggest enemy.
- "They will not kill our spirit" Despite violence and intimidaton, banana workers in Ecuador have just completed a six month-long strike on the Noboa plantations. Hannah Leggett met trade union leader Guillermo Touma on his recent visit to the UK.
- Will the war be on poverty in the year ahead?
War on Want's head of policy Steve Tibbett asks whether politicians will fight the good fight on poverty in the year to come.
- Health Workers Rebuff Privatisation Workers and doctors from El Salvador’s healthcare sector celebrated the end of a nine-month strike last Friday that protestors hope will halt plans to privatise healthcare in the Central American country.
- Clare Short Statement 12 May 2003 Responding to the resignation of Clare Short, Louise Richards, chief executive of War on Want.
- Salvadorean health workers triumph after 7 month ordeal Salvadorean health workers scored a major victory over government plans to privatise health services last week when the authorities agreed to a blanket amnesty allowing workers to return to their jobs after seven months of strike action.
- British NGOs demand a budget to fight poverty not war 9 April 2003 Gordon Brown will today face protests from Britain’s largest campaigns against global poverty as he leaves Downing Street to deliver his budget statement.
- Keeping up the pressure The fight to reinstate dismissed union members at Gina Form Bra Factory in Thailand was boosted this month when management reinstated a union leader after concerted international pressure on the factory's customers that includes Gap and lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret.
- Mary Robinson speaks out at WoW annual meeting
In front of rolling TV cameras from BBC, Sky and Channel 4, War on Want held its AGM in London on 15 March – the last weekend before war broke out in Iraq.
- Project Partner Speaks Out Against War on Iraq War on Want project partner ARBAN has recently spoken out against the war on Iraq, highlighting its negative effects, particularly economic recession, throughout the developing world.
- Washington witnesses massive anti-war protest David Hillman, War on Want's Tobin Tax Network coordinator reports on the growing anti-war lobby in the USA.
- A message of solidarity War on Wants's partners from around the world have sent a message of solidarity to Britain's firefighters during their industrial action over pay.
- Tanzanian community group questions £28m military deal 20 December 2001 The multi-million pound military air traffic control deal between the Tanzanian and British governments has been questioned by grassroots organisations in Tanzania.
