Upcoming events
Palestine Land Day: Demonstration at the Israeli Embassy
On Palestine Land Day thousands of people across the world will join the Global March to Jerusalem. Join War on Want and others outside the Israeli Embassy in London at 5pm on 30 March to demand freedom for Jerusalem, and an end to Israel's policies of Apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Comedy Gig 2012
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Our comedy gig returns on Tuesday 1 May 2012 to the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, with Tim Minchin and many more. Tickets are already selling fast. Buy your tickets now! |
BHP Billiton: Dirty Energy
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.
Food Sovereignty Day
18 October 2011 is Food Sovereignty Day. Please join us for a day of seminars and an international rally. Register for free now!
Europe Against Austerity
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.
Nyéléni European Forum for Food Sovereignty
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.
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. |
Emergency demonstration against the bombing of Libya
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!
Document 2011 – War on Want student photography competition
The theme for this year's photography award Document is The New Austerity: Surviving without a safety net. Entries for this year have closed.
War on Want joins director Ken Loach for launch of Route Irish
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.
Comedy Gig 2011
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War on Want invites you to fight poverty with comedy. We are delighted to announce this stunning line up. |
6 Billion Ways 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. |
Stop Sweatshops - week of campus action - 22-26 November
War on Want has teamed up with People & Planet to bring the International Week of Action against Sweatshops to campuses across the UK.
Event: Bicentenary of Latin American Independence Festival
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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