Resources
The Robin Hood Tax
Taxing the trade in currencies is now widely recognised as an important capital control, plus a means to raise funds for public policy objectives. This expert report investigates how the revenues from the Tobin Tax could help towards ending global poverty. ...
Profits Out of Poverty?
The groundbreaking War on Want publication that exposed the role of British banks in Latin America's debt crisis and launched the campaign for debt cancellation.
Women Working Worldwide
The international division of labour in the electronics, clothing and textiles industries
The Struggle for Southern Africa
Can the Frontline States Escape Apartheid's Stranglehold? A joint report published by War on Want and Liberation on the threat posed by South Africa to its neighbours, at the height of the global struggle against apartheid.
Now You Do Know
An independent report on racial oppression in Britain, published by the campaigns arm of War on Want.
Tobacco and the Third World: Tomorrow's epidemic?
"A War on Want investigation into the production, promotion and use of tobacco in the developing countries."
The State of Tea
"A War on Want investigation into Sri Lanka's tea industry and the plight of the estate workers"
The Baby Killer
War on Want was the first organisation to draw attention to the damage caused by baby milk companies with its groundbreaking 1974 publication The Baby Killer.
The Ancient Enemies: Objectives in the War on Want
"To free the world from hunger is an essential necessity if we are to free it from war: for a world divided into rich nations growing richer and poor nations growing poorer cannot long remain at peace."
War on Want: A Plan for World Development
The original pamphlet written by Harold Wilson, which quickly sold 20,000 copies and laid the basis for War on Want as an ongoing campaign.