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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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Kalikasan members march with signs saying "Mining plunder kills!" and "Stop the killings, stop large-scale mining". Photo: Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment.

Time for constructive engagement on UN Binding Treaty

Statement on UN Binding Treaty signed by 59 civil society organisations

14 October 2019

An indigenous man with stands in front of a giant banner that says "Justicia"

AntiChevron Day of Action: Open letter to Ecuador

On 21 May, hundreds of indigenous communities in the Amazon march for their human rights

21 May 2019

War on Want's Senior Programme's Officer Seb Munoz raises a fist at the front of a colourful Latin American contingent at a rally.

The crisis of inequality

The crisis of inequality can and will be overcome

11 April 2019

Israeli snipers. Photo: IDF.

UK charities alarmed by UK decision not to support the UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza

A dereliction of responsibility

22 March 2019

Israeli snipers. Photo: IDF.

Joint statement on UN Commission of Inquiry into Gaza protests

UK-based organisations welcome report and urge UK action

05 March 2019

Campaigners protest at HSBC's 2018 AGM, holding a giant banner reading "HSBC profits from Israeli war crimes".

HSBC: Campaign victory and what's ahead in 2019

In 2019, we'll be ramping up the pressure on HSBC

14 January 2019

A protestor speaking into a megaphone in front of the Palestinian flag. A placard to the left reads "HSBC: End Your Complicity".

BDS Victory: HSBC Divests from Elbit

HSBC fully divested from Elbit Systems, which sells weapons to the Israeli military

27 December 2018

Black and white photo of Brazilian protestors holding a banner that says "Coletivo Feminista Classista Ana Montenegro". Photo: fabio montarroios CC BY 2.0

#NotHim, not now, not ever

Statement on the election of Jair Bolsonaro

30 October 2018

Stop Arming Israel: HSBC and Elbit focus

Stop Arming Israel campaigners renew focus on Elbit Systems and its British backer HSBC

05 July 2018

Francia Marquez and other Black women raise fists in the air.

Francia Marquez awarded Goldman Environmental Prize

Francia recognised for her work defending ancestral land of La Toma, Colombia

25 April 2018

Don Temis

Human rights Temistocles Machado assassinated in Buenaventura

Tireless leader and defender of human rights “Don Temis” Temistocles Machado killed in his nei

30 January 2018

People protest in Colombia. Photo: ONIC.

Santos receives awards in UK while repression continues in Colombia

Communities in Colombia are currently engaged in an intense period of protests

09 November 2017