News and Analysis

A War on Want campaigner at a demonstration holds a placard that has an image of G4S CEO Ashley Almanza's face with the words "Still silent on child torture" over his mouth, and #StopG4S in the top-right corner. Credit: War on Want

Fuelling violence: G4S's 'red doors policy' is wholly in character

Fuelling violence against asylum seekers is indefensible

26 January 2016

Global Frontline Bloc representing indigenous people at the London Climate March on 29 November 2015. Photo by Tom Lebert.

Injustice and conflict in the Paris climate deal

System change is more urgent than ever

15 December 2015

A demonstration in which many people are holding "Don't Bomb Syria" placards, and one placard says "We are many".

Don't Bomb Syria

We call on UK MPs not to vote for the bombing of Syria.

02 December 2015

We remember the Ogoni Nine

20 years and still no justice

09 November 2015

Israeli settlements in Palestine. Credit: Jaime Jover

Israeli settler violence is Israeli state violence

And the UK is complicit

13 August 2015

'Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions' sticker on a lamp post. Credit: Turbulent London

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

A movement against racism and oppression

30 June 2015

Elbit Hermes 450 – an Israeli drone. Credit: Giles Thomas.

Killer drones

Drones are indiscriminate weapons of war that have been responsible for thousands of civilian deaths

13 May 2015

Oil uprising: Two decades after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, the Ogoni struggle is reigniting

The Ogoni people's struggle against Shell

12 March 2014

Colombian protests show cracks in disastrous economic model

Colombia bore witness to a remarkable uprising

18 September 2013

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

28 June 2013

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

15 February 2013

War on Want statement on Israel’s assault on Gaza

The root cause of the crisis in Gaza is Israel's illegal occupation

15 November 2012