War of Words — a blog from War on Want
Welcome to War on Want’s blog — a space to engage with radical opinion and ideas. What you read may not reflect War on Want policy (yet). But we hope it will inspire.
Dave's blog from the G20 counter summit - part 1
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videos , tax justice , G20 , financial crisis , economic justice , Activism
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Nadia Idle
War on Want's Dave Tucker is in Nice at the G20 counter summit - he is unable to upload his blog at the moment - so I'm putting his first post up for him!
LA VIA CAMPESINA- FOOD SOVEREIGNTY NOW!
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videos , food justice
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Graciela Romero
Watch the latest video from La Via Campesina to find out more about the global call for food sovereignty.
La Via Campesina in Movement... Food Sovereignty now! from La Via Campesina on Vimeo.
London Met students occupy in protest to 70% cuts
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videos , Activism
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Natalie Dendy
Students at London Metropolitan University are currently in occupation in protest against Vice-Chancellor Malcolm Gillies’ decision to axe 70% of courses - including Performing Arts, Philosophy and History.
No justice, no chickpeas!
Published in
videos , Palestine , global justice , Activism
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Nadia Idle
Oh yes, this is the Philly BDS Flashdance (Philadelphia & Boycott Divestment Sanctions for those of you who don't speak in acronyms) coming at ya courtesy of the Electronic Intifada....
Raj Patel and common sense
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videos , economic justice , books
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Seb Klier
This just came my way today - a little video from Raj Patel appealing to the way most people feel the world should be governed - not by markets and prices, but actual values.
Collective citizen action now!
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videos , trade , global justice , economic justice
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Nadia Idle
I love this new film by Knife Party, especially the first bit which explains how the dominant social model has re-interpreted and repackaged the anti-establishment forces which emerged in the 60s. Love the concept of the swarm. Interesting proposal for online collective organising in second bit...
Crises of capitalism - in cartoons!
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videos , economic justice
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Dave Tucker
Check out this clip about the reasons for the financial crisis from radical social theorist David Harvey. There are several theories about why we are in this mess, including institutional and policy failures, blind belief in free markets or even cultural reasons.
You're sexy, you're cute...
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videos , miscellaneous , G20
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Corin H Pearce
...take off your riot suit. This is amazing! In the wake of the recent G20 policing charade in Toronto, this video seemed very appropriate.
