Events
Recent Events
Accounts and pictures of some of War on Want's recent events are listed below. To see upcoming events, click here.
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| 'Childhood, Interrupted' November 2008 War on Want supporters attended the opening of War on Want's photo exhibition documenting the lives of Guatemala child labourers. |
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| Call time on global greed November 2008 War on Want and other campaigners held a rally outside the Bank of England to protest against a global system of greed. |
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| Benefit Gig September 2008: Bournemouth Top indie bands performed at a benefit gig to support the fight against global poverty. |
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| National Demonstration for Palestine 2008 May 2008: Central London War on Want joined the mass rally in Central London to mark 60 years of injustice, poverty and the abuse of Palestinian rights. |
![]() | UK Hands Off Iraqi Oil protest at BP AGM April 2008: London Excel Centre Read more about the protest against BP's plunderous agenda towards Iraq. |
![]() | Protest at the Anglo American AGM April 2008: Anglo American offices War on Want, the London Mining Network and ActionAid demonstrated outside British mining giant Anglo American's AGM. |
![]() | Blog from Western Sahara April 2008: Western Sahara Read YAN activist Joanna's daily blog from Western Sahara. |
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| Sweatshop Shame! 20 March 2008: London War on Want campaigners protest the opening of Banana Republic's flagship store. The company pays poverty wages to the people who make their clothes. |
![]() | Comedy Gig 21 February 2008: Shepherds Bush Empire Top comedians including Bill Bailey and Lee Mack took to the stage for a night of comedy in aid of War on Want. |
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| World Social Forum 2008 25 January 2008: London War on Want and other campaigners protested outside the European Commission office on the eve of the day of action by anti-globalisation activists in the World Social Forum. |
![]() | Getting Away With Murder 5 December 2007: London War on Want protested outside the 2007 meeting of the British Association of Private Security Companies. |
![]() | Film - Raimunda: A Quebradeira November 2007: London This Brazilian documentary about the women who struggle for survival collecting babaçu nuts in the Amazon was shown at the Latin American Film Festival. |
![]() | Comic Launch 6 November 2007: ICA, London War on Want launched its graphic novel Iraq: Operation Corporate Takeover at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. |
![]() | Big Green Gathering August 2007: Somerset War on Want took its anti-corporate campaigns to the Big Green Gathering festival in Somerset. |
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| Trading Place July & September 2007: London & Brighton Renowned photographer Paul Weinberg travelled to Zambia for War on Want. |
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| Glastonbury Festival June 2007: Glastonbury War on Want braved the mud to bring our cutting edge campaigns to the Greenfields at the festival. |
![]() | Enough! Coalition Demonstration 9 June 2007: London The international day of action to mark the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War and Israel's military occupation of Palestine took place in London. |
![]() | Activist Training Day 10 March 2007: London War on Want held an activist training day at the Mermaid Conference Centre as part of our members' day. |
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| Supersized Supermarkets 28 February 2007: Westminster A reception of MPs was held at the Palace of Westminster giving those affected by supermarkets a chance to inform MPs of the problems they face. |
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| Agrexco-Carmel demonstration 10 February 2007: Agrexco-Carmel depot, Middlesex Agrexco, known under the brand name of Carmel in the UK, is Israel's largest exporter of fresh agricultural produce. |
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| Eye Witness Lebanon 7 February 2007: SOAS, London Conversations with Caoimhe Butterly. |
![]() | Enough! Launch Rally 30 January 2007: Friends House, London In a tremendous show of unity, over 500 people packed Friends House to hear Palestinian, Israeli and British speakers welcome the Enough! coalition. |
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| World Social Forum 19-24 January 2007: Nairobi, Kenya View War on Want's blog from Kenya. |
![]() | Caught in the Crossfire 4-17 September 2006: Spitz Gallery, London An exhibition of our Colombian partner Palenque |














