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A just transition is against trade rules – let’s change them
Tackling the climate crisis requires a radical transformation of our societies and economies, but our trade rules stand in the way.
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Taxing extreme wealth for fairer, greener societies
The UK government must join global efforts to coordinate wealth taxes and urgently tax those with more than £10 million in assets.
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Israel’s illegal settlements destroy Palestinian homes, lives and rights
Not only is this illegal, systematically violating the rights of the Palestinian people causes devastating harm.
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Global Green New Deal: 10 interventions to transform our world
The world is in crisis. Only a just transition to societies rooted in equality and harmony with our planet – through a Global Green New Deal – can ensure dignified lives for all.
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COP26: Demanding justice for the Global South
As the UK hosts the annual United Nations climate change summit, COP26 (31 October to 12 November), we ask what negotiations that deliver real climate justice would look like.
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Why November’s UN Climate Summit matters – and what you can do
As the UK hosts world leaders in Glasgow this November, we know that moving the dial from climate inaction towards climate justice will only be possible through our collective action.
Garment Workers: Paying the price of the pandemic
A webinar discussing the fight for garment workers rights in light of the recent establishment of the International accord.
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The Energy Charter Treaty is a threat to climate action
Corporate courts, facilitated by the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), are enriching fossil fuel companies at the expense of climate action.
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Why the world needs a Global Green New Deal
We face a clear choice: continue tweaking the same failing global systems, or reimagine the world where the principles of protecting people and the planet come first.
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Make Amazon Pay
Amazon is amassing power in ways that threaten a future of inequality, poverty and irreversible climate change.
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Rana Plaza Never Again
War on Want joins with trade unions in Bangladesh and the Clean Clothes Campaign to demand that the Rana Plaza disaster never happens again.
Corporate Courts v The Climate
Why we must abolish secret corporate courts before they destroy the planet.
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Why union-busting must go out of fashion at Next
Garment workers at a Next-owned factory in Sri Lanka have formed a trade union. Next has not accepted the union and won't engage in negotiations.
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Myanmar coup: Brands must respect the workers’ strike
War on Want and 16 other organisations stand in solidarity with the workers in Myanmar
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Seventy years fighting against global poverty
Labour Research magazine covers our 70th anniversary