Reports and Briefings

Research, policy briefings, activist resources and more on key global justice issues.

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Red Card: English Premier League Sportswashing of Israel’s Atrocities against the Palestinians

There is injustice at the heart of football: at least ten English Premier League football clubs are sponsored by corporations that are complicit in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people.

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Global Green New Deal

A transition away from fossil fuels must be just, equitable and ecological — this is central to our vision for a Global Green New Deal.

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Fashioning the future

Fixing the fashion industry for workers and climate

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The UK government must back the UN Tax Convention

Right now, a new, fairer global system for governing tax is being developed within the United Nations. By supporting it, the UK government can tackle international tax dodging, recoup much-needed income for domestic spending, set a level playing field
for British business and restore the UK’s international reputation.

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Towards trade justice: Changing trade for a just and sustainable planet

Part two of War on Want's three-part global economy series, exploring how debt, trade and tax contribute to continuing poverty and injustice around the world.

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Profiting from Poverty: The role of debt in the Global Economy

Part one of War on Want's three-part global economy series, exploring how debt, trade and tax contribute to continuing poverty and injustice around the world.

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The cost-of-living crisis: How corporate greed turned an ecological crisis into profits for the few

Globally, people are facing multiple and deepening crises. The rising cost of living, poverty, inequality, hunger and a lack of access to Covid-19 vaccines, are combining, amplifying, and come on the back of a climate crisis that is impacting the poorest the most.

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Tax and Climate Justice: Redistributing wealth for people and planet

Part three of War on Want's three-part global economy series, exploring how debt, trade and tax contribute to continuing poverty and injustice around the world.

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The Energy Charter Treaty - a climate threat

Parliamentary briefing on the ongoing threat of the the Energy Charter Treaty to climate justice.

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UK-Israel trade deal consultation response

War on Want response to UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement government consultation (signed by 5,475 War on Want supporters)

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Secrets and Fries

The ‘Secrets and Fries’ report focuses on a circular, paper transaction by McDonald's that creates a UK tax shelter. This circular transaction could deprive the UK of at least $400 million (£295 million) in public funds over ten years.

Activist Resource

Trade and the Labour movement in the post-pandemic environment

In May 2021 War on Want joined a group of academics, trade unionists and activists from across the globe and convened by labour rights researchers from the universities of Nottingham and Oxford Brookes to explore how the labour movement has approached the challenges presented by ‘free trade’, and how the movement might address current and future challenges in the post-Trump, post-pandemic era.

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A Material Transition

Exploring supply and demand solutions for renewable energy minerals