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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.

06 June 2025

Palestinians

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.

17 April 2025

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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.

03 October 2025

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Apple's iPhone X: rotten to the core

Investigations confirms Apple’s notorious labour abuses in factories

03 November 2017

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Water warriors worldwide putting water back in people's hands

People are winning back their water around the world

26 October 2017

Wayúu healer and her granddaughter displaced by Cerrejon mine Photo by Maria Faciolince

The neocolonial violence of mining: stories of resistance against BHP

Communities from Colombia and Brazil seek justice from BHP

29 September 2017

Eneida, standing in what's left of of her home, after it was destroyed by Cerrejon in September, 2017

Communities from North and South America demand justice from BHP

Visitors from Colombia, Brazil and USA make demands ahead of BHP AGM in London

02 September 2017

The women of Marikana

Justice for Marikana

38 killings, 5 years, no justice

24 August 2017

Activists from Algeria and Morocco talking with one of the agricultural workers in the oasis of Jemna in southern Tunisia about their experience since 2011 and the challenges they are still facing. This was part of an international solidarity caravan to southern Tunisia supported by War on Want in the spring of 2017. Photo Credit: Nadir Bouhmouch

Struggles and stories of resistance in North Africa and West Asia

Highlighting some stories of resistance and social justice struggles

21 June 2017

Berta Caceres. Photo Credit: COPINH

Getting away with murder: the case of Berta Caceres

We remember her life and join the global call for justice

02 March 2017

#SportsDirectShame: Turning tragedy into change for migrant workers

Now is the time to demand an end to precarious contracts

02 September 2016

War on Want partner Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union (FTZ&GSEU)

Sri Lanka’s garment workers: paying a high price for cheap clothes

Women pay a high price for making the cheap clothes sold on the UK high street

15 August 2016

A protestor holds a placard that says 'End Precarious Contracts' outside of a Sports Direct store in Hackney. Credit: War on Want.

Stand With Migrant Workers: End Precarious Contracts

Migrant workers across the UK face racism, abuse and exploitation

19 July 2016

Stop the diversion of the Arroyo Stream in La Guajira, Colombia

Samuel Arrogoces has pleaded with the world for support so that the stream is not diverted

29 April 2016

Women workers who are members of Codemuh take part in a street demonstration, wearing purple and holding purple balloons.

International Women’s Day 2016: Fighting for justice

International Women’s Day 2016 comes only days after the brutal murder of Berta Cáceres

08 March 2016