News and Analysis

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

Friends of the Earth stunt showing the threats of TTIP including ISDS, or 'Corporate Courts'. © Friends of the Earth Europe/Lode Saidane

Stop ISDS!

ISDS is an unjust mechanism that should have no place in the UK’s trade and investment policy

11 February 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

People in a small dinghy in the Channel. Photo: Marine Nationale

People seeking safe haven is not a 'crisis'

People migrate simply to survive and have the right to a dignified life

02 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

TGI Fridays, McDonald's and Wetherspoons workers take action in a protest outside a TGI Fridays in central London. Photo: War on Want.

Fast Food Shutdown FFS410

4 October 2018 was an historic strike of hospitality workers

15 October 2018

A UNRWA school with children walking by outside. The sign on the front of the building reads: "UNRWA North Amman Area, Department of Education, Baq'A Elem. Boys School no. 3&4. Photo: خليل مزرعاوي, / Addustour, Jordan Press & Publication Co. http://addustour.com/

The UK must show leadership on UNRWA and the rights of Palestinian refugees

Joint statement with UK civil society organisations

07 September 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

A black person standing in front of the fence at at a protest at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Graffiti on the fence reads: "No Borders! No one is illegal". Photo: IDJ Photography

Windrush Anniversary: too little, too late

The UK can't make up for the Windrush scandal without making reparations for the injustices of Britain’s colonial past

22 June 2018