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Blood, Sweat & Gear – the human cost of the London Olympics
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Will the legacy of the London Olympics be exploited garment workers and the marginalisation of local communities?
Join us on 24 March 2012 at this free event, for a day of discussion and workshops on how we can stop the Olympic dream becoming a nightmare.
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BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy
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14 October 2011
Wendesday 19 October 2011
7pm - 9pm
Houses of Parliament
Room 1, Upper Corridor
St Stephen's Gate (the main entrance to Parliament)
The London Mining Network, of which War on Want is a member, is hosting this public meeting which exposes the displacement of communities around the world as a result of the operations of multinational BHP Billiton.
BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified resources company. It is heavily involved in the production of minerals for energy: coal, oil and uranium. It makes a massive contribution to worsening climate change and is creating deadly radioactive pollution for hundreds of thousands of years to come. Its operations contribute to or benefit from involuntary relocation of communities and the destruction of rural communities and livelihoods.
Main speaker: Julio Cestar Gomez, President of FECODEMIGUA the Federation of Communities Displaced by Mining in La Guajira, Colombia.
All welcome. Please allow time to get through security.
For more information see here.
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Food Sovereignty Day
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14 October 2011
18 October 2011 is Food Sovereignty Day. Please join us for a day of seminars and an international rally. Register for free now!
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Europe Against Austerity
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22 September 2011
Join us on Saturday 1 October 2011 at this major conference to discuss the economic crisis, austerity measures across Europe and what we can do to fight them.
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Nyéléni European Forum for Food Sovereignty
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12 August 2011
This August will see the Austrian region of Krems play host to the first ever European forum on Food Sovereignty. War on Want is the coordinator of the UK delegation attending the forum.
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Walking the Wall - Mark Thomas comedy tour continues to critical acclaim
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War on Want are proud to be supporting Mark Thomas' national comedy tour 'Walking the Wall'. During 2010 Mark decided to go rambling and walked the entire length of the Wall in the West Bank crossing between the Israeli and the Palestinian side. |
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Emergency demonstration against the bombing of Libya
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18 April 2011
Tuesday 19 April at 5pm, outside Downing Street. War on Want will be attending the emergency demonstration tomorrow against the NATO bombing of Libya called by Stop the War Coalition and CND. Please join us!
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Document 2011 – War on Want student photography competition
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14 April 2011
The theme for this year's photography award Document is The New Austerity: Surviving without a safety net. Entries for this year have closed.
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March for the Alternative
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17 March 2011
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Join War on Want for the TUC demonstration on 26 March |
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War on Want joins director Ken Loach for launch of Route Irish
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01 March 2011
War on Want is proud to be working with award-winning director Ken Loach on the launch of Route Irish, a critically acclaimed film about mercenaries in Iraq.
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Comedy Gig 2011
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24 February 2011
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War on Want invites you to fight poverty with comedy. We are delighted to announce this stunning line up. |
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6 Billion Ways 2011
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10 January 2011
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From austerity measures to war and environmental devastation. Across the world, ordinary people are paying the price for crises they are not responsible for. |
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Stop Sweatshops - week of campus action - 22-26 November
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19 November 2010
War on Want has teamed up with People & Planet to bring the International Week of Action against Sweatshops to campuses across the UK.
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Event: Bicentenary of Latin American Independence Festival
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06 August 2010
On Saturday 14 August, DLA Rhythms will celebrate the bicentenary of Latin American independence with an exciting array of artists and performers from across the continent.
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Who's going to win the World Cup?
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19 May 2010
Join War on Want for a panel discussion and reception that will look beyond the fanfare of the South Africa 2010 World Cup to explore who really benefits from global sporting events. Add Comment
Stop the Wall!
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01 March 2010
Stop the Wall!
Tuesday 2 March 2009
University College London, Robert Building, Room 309
6.30pm
(Nearest tube Goodge St)
- Taysir Arbasi, Former olive farmer and project director of Zaytoun, Palestine
- Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Centre, a joint Palestinian-Israeli research group
- Yasmin Khan, War on Want
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the Separation Wall being built by Israel in the Occupied West Bank was illegal and should be dismantled. Yet the Wall continues to be built, ripping through villages, destroying farmland and cutting communities off from schools and hospitals.
In recent months Israel has been escalating repression against Palestinians campaigning against the Wall. Israeli soldiers are conducting night-raids, breaking into homes, smashing windows, firing teargas and arbitrarily arresting and imprisoning Palestinians, including children.
Join us on 2 March to find out what you can do end this latest round of repression.
RSVP to mail@waronwant.org to reserve your place!
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Film: Landless Farmers and the Biggest March in Brazilian History
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22 February 2010
Attend a viewing on 25 February of a new feature-length documentary on the MST, Latin America's largest social movement and a War on Want partner organisation.
In 2005, 12,000 members of the Brazilian-based Movimento Sem Terra (MST), or Landless Workers' Movement, rose before dawn and hit the motorway, creating a red column stretching four kilometers as they bore down on the capital Brasília in their bid for land reform.
British journalist and filmmaker Gibby Zobel spent 17 days with the MST documenting the march and profiling Latin America's largest social movement. The resulting footage was made into a powerful film, Landess Farmers and the Biggest March in Brazilian History, which is being shown at Latin American House in London.
The event will feature a conversation with Alex Kawakami, a representative of the MST, and Professor Else Vieira, Queen Mary School of Languages, Linguistics and Film.
| 25 February 6.30pm Casa Latinoamericana 10 Kingsgate Place Kilburn, London NW6 4TA Tel 020 7372 8653 Free entry (donations welcome) |
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Document Photography Award 2010
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11 January 2010
War on Want's Document Photography Award was launched to encourage new photographers to engage with the subject of poverty. War on Want has shortlisted submissions from students all over the world who have examined the issue of poverty in a number of settings, from council estates in the UK to the homeless in Russia, the slums of Kenya to the unemployed youth in British towns. Add Comment
