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Tax: We’re all in this together?
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02 September 2010
The bailout of the UK banking sector, alongside the global financial crisis, has left the British government facing a massive financial deficit. Rather than attacking public services, the goverment could instead tackle the deficit and support public services with a progressive tax system based on fairness to ensure that corporations and the wealthiest in society pay their fair share.
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Campaign for a supermarket watchdog - The story so far
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26 August 2010
It's been over two years since the Competition Commission finished its investigation into the groceries market.
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Terry’s dash for cash a success
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10 August 2010
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On 15 July, Terry Cook, 54, completed a landmark rush around the London Underground raising money for War on Want. Terry secured over £1,600 for the 42-station run, believed to be the first charity “Underround” dash. |
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Why don’t Clegg & Cameron think clean water & sanitation are human rights?
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05 August 2010
Last week, the UN General Assembly made history with its declaration that water and sanitation are human rights to which all people are entitled. The resolution was the fruit of many years' labour by campaigners from around the world, and was eventually passed by 122 votes in favour to none against, with 41 abstentions. So why did the UK's new Lib-Con government mount such a furious campaign against it?
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Get sponsored, raise money and fight poverty
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03 August 2010
There are many ways to raise money for War on Want. The JustGiving website makes it easy to have friends sponsor any number of fun activities, from marathons to mountain climbing, skydiving to pub crawls.
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Despite increase in salary, Bangladeshi garment workers still denied living wage
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30 July 2010
The proposed in increase in Bangladesh's minimum wage has been criticised as insufficient by the National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF), a leading Bangladeshi trade union and War on Want partner.
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New report from Stop the Wall documents crackdown on Palestinian activists
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22 July 2010
To mark the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion declaring the Wall to be illegal, Stop the Wall has released a new report on the crackdown of Palestinian activists in the period between March and June 2010.
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Honduras update: one year after the coup, the resistance continues
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14 July 2010
It's been over a year since the coup in Honduras, which saw the removal from power of the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya. In the weeks and months following the coup, numerous human rights violations were committed against the many brave Hondurans who took to the streets to defend their president and their democracy. Over 40 people were killed and an estimated 40,000 were beaten, jailed or fired from their jobs for protesting peacefully.
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After ten months in prison, five of the Kennedy 12 set to be released
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13 July 2010
Yesterday, one day after the World Cup final, five activists from Kennedy Road, a shack settlement in Durban, South Africa, were told they would be set free after spending 10 months in prison without trial.
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Spain reign, but what impact has the World Cup left on South Africa?
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12 July 2010
So, today, after a final encounter in Soweto's Soccer City stadium, Spain bask in the glory of winning the World Cup for the first time.
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