News and Analysis

Football clubs are sponsored by corporations complicit in Israel’s apartheid and genocide. This is sportswashing.

After 15 months of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire and captive release deal, but so much still hangs in the balance for Palestinians.

Global North countries evade responsibility for causing the climate crisis.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has stated that Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestine is illegal. Countries must help end Israel’s occupation.

Israel is systematically torturing Palestinian detainees, including children. Since October 2023, at least 54 Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli torture.

Farmers around the world are protesting decades of government pressure to produce crops more cheaply at the expense of farmers’ livelihoods and the environment.

The right to food is an internationally recognised human right. But for Palestinians, this right is under attack by Israel’s apartheid and occupation regime.

The tea trade is threatening Sri Lanka's crucial rainforests, with devastating impacts for local people, regional biodiversity and the global climate.

We are deeply concerned by the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and Israel. This has resulted in an unacceptable loss of life — and we urge all parties, including the international community to work to stop the bloodshed.

Sri Lanka's severe political and financial crisis means millions are unable to afford food. This is a crisis driven by international debt.

Decent work and a living wage are not only basic rights, but a key route out of poverty. Through organising, the collective voice of workers has won rights and decent work for millions of people.

For over 70 years, the state of Israel has subjected the Palestinian people to its brutal regime of control.