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Honduran women workers speak out against labour violations
Land and rivers have been polluted with heavy metals such as mercury, cyanide and lead
Glencore’s exit from the Philippines
Glencore has sold its shares of the gold-copper Tampakan mine after about five years
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Living wage: a global battle
A living wage is a basic entitlement of all working people the world over
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The reality behind UNIQLO's corporate social responsibility promises
Excessive overtime, low pay, dangerous working conditions, punitive and oppressive management style
Oil uprising: Two decades after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, the Ogoni struggle is reigniting
The Ogoni people's struggle against Shell
Communities mark anniversary of killings of protestors in struggle against Conga mining project in Peru
Cajamarca are fighting off the second largest gold mining project in South America
Mango joins Bangladesh safety agreement – Gap and Asda refusing to sign
Manga was sourcing from the Rana Plaza building where over 1,000 people were killed
Women’s Day: Not only a day but years of resistance
War on Want today marks International Women’s Day by celebrating generations of women who secured vital rights, as well as supporting their successors battling against oppression and violence in the 21st century. War on Want continues to back women-led organisations and women human rights defenders who believe women are entitled to determine their own destinies and humanity’s future.
Mali, Algeria, Libya and the new front line in ‘energy diplomacy’
The reality of the never-ending War on Terror is that it is integrally bound up with an imperialistic drive for resources