War on Want in the news

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2008

The Guardian 17-Apr-08 - Investors in Rio Tinto and BP face protests

Daily Mail 20-Mar-08 - Banana Republic opens first store in London - but is accused of paying Indian workers just 15p an hour

The Guardian 18-Feb-08 - Miliband urged to regulate private military

The Herald 14-Feb-08 - Charity urges Westminster to regulate UK mercenary firms

The Mirror 14-Feb-08 - Charity blasts 10p/hr pay for Third World Valentine's rose workers

Daily Mail 13-Feb-08 - Cheap supermarket Valentine roses 'exploit the poor'

2007

The Sunday Times 23-Dec-07 - Disney toys made in 'sweatshops'

The Guardian 18-Dec-07 - Exploitation at a discount

BBC Online 04-Dec-07 - Charity urges mercenary crackdown

The Guardian 20-Nov-07 - Mining accused of complicity in rights violations

BBC Online 20-Nov-07 - Mining firms 'polluting Africa'

The Independent 16-Nov-07 - The real cost of fashion: A special report

The Guardian 13-Nov-07 - Charities want UK to withhold World Bank cash over loans to poor

The Guardian 22-Sep-07 - Iraq's hired hands under fire as the pot of gold starts to run low

The Independent 14-Sep-07 - Sweatshops paying workers half what they need to live

The Guardian 14-Sep-07 - Top fashion brands accused over failure to ensure living wage

Muslim Weekly 14-Sep-07 - Palestinian footballers denied visas to UK

The Guardian 03-Sep-07 - The sweatshop high street

Forbes 30-Aug-07 - The 100 Most Powerful Women: #7 Cynthia Carroll

BBC Online 17-Aug-07 - Scepticism over UK clothes claims

The Scotsman 09-Aug-07 - Does the devil wear Primark?

The Guardian 03-Aug-07 - Mining giant accused of profiting from abuse by
Colombian army

The Times 03-Aug-07 - Tesco's Fresh & Easy stores hit image problem before opening

BBC Online 16-Jul-07 - Tesco and Asda check abuse claims

The Guardian 16-Jul-07 - Asda, Primark and Tesco accused over clothing factories

Scotland on Sunday 03-Jun-07 - In the line of fire

Daily Telegraph 15-May-07 - Investor puts ethics on Tesco's agenda

BBC World Service 14-May-07 - Armies for hire

Counterpunch 12-May-07 - Inside Colombia's flower industry

The Times 28-Apr-07 - Bargain hunter: sale mania

Daily Mail 09-Apr-07 - Who's the real fashion victim?

The Guardian 06-Apr-07 - Primark's £8 jeans and £2 bikinis cause stampede

The Guardian 02-Apr-07 - 25% of UK Iraq aid budget goes to security firms

The Guardian 15-Mar-07 - Charity calls for compensation for flower workers

The Independent 15-Mar-07 - The pain and abuse behind a Mother's Day bouquet

The Observer 25-Feb-07 - Iraq poised to hand control of oil fields to foreign firms

2006

India Times 09-Dec-06 - Cheap labour, death trap factories haunt Tesco

The Guardian 08-Dec-06 - An 80-hour work week for 5p an hour: the real price of high-street fashion

BBC Online 08-Dec-06 - UK firms 'exploiting Bangladesh'

The Metro 08-Dec-06 - Supermarkets' sweatshop shame

The Guardian 31-Oct-06 - Fears over huge growth in Iraq's unregulated private armies

The Independent 30-Oct-06 - Blair accused of trying to 'privatise' war in Iraq

The Independent 30-Oct-06 - Privatisation has no place in war

BBC Online 30-Oct-06 - Security firms 'abusing Iraqis'

Financial Times 30-Oct-06 - Government delays plans to regulate use of private armed guards in war zones

The Independent 11-Sep-06 - Aid agency slated over power projects

The Guardian 18-Aug-06 - Has Coke become the new McDonald's?

The Guardian 25-Jul-06 - Campaign of the Week: War on Want

Financial Times 15-Jun-06 - Ethics, enterprise and expediency

The Independent 12-Jun-06 - Asda accused of risking food hygiene to cut costs

The Independent 08-Jun-06 - The Ethics Audit 2006

BBC World Service 06-Jun-06 - Debate: Global Business and Corporate Social Responsibility

Political Affairs 09-May-06 - The 'Coke side of life' could get you killed

BBC Online 26-Apr-06 - EU and US rapped over trade talks

ZNet 03-Apr-06 - Coca Cola: Sucking Communities Dry

epolitix.com 03-Apr-06 - Campaigners seek business responsibility

Financial Times 30-Mar-06 - EU aims to curb export taxes in Doha talks

The Guardian 22-Mar-06 - Brown's globalisation panel of 'wise men' attacked from all sides

The Observer 19-Mar-06 - Coke 'drinks India dry'

Independent on Sunday 19-Mar-06 - Coke: Campaigners demand action against feelgood drinks firm

Ekklesia 08-Mar-06 - Parishes to boycott C of E over continued investment in Caterpillar