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What is Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)?
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) lets corporations sue governments in secret ‘corporate courts’ for implementing policies – such as to protect the climate – that could impact a corporation’s future profits.
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Why are the US and Israel attacking Iran?
Why is the US-Israeli war on Iran impacting energy prices, what does it mean for people in Iran and beyond?
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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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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
"Distribution of food vouchers does not mean that Adidas' hands are clean”
A message from the Kizone workers
Could we be about to see a ‘miner spring'?
The Marikana strike, and the violent repression of the miners, has sent shockwaves
Honduran shock doctrine continues
Despite what may seem a bleak outlook, Honduran people have taken a stand
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Sweatshops in Bangladesh
The majority of garment workers in Bangladesh earn little more than the minimum wage