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.

Tanks Into Tractors

"This is a plea for turning the arms race into a race for the conquest of world poverty." The 1951 pamphlet sent out by the Association for World Peace as an interim publication prior to the original War on Want pamphlet written by Harold Wilson, published t...

Working for Peace: The letter that led to War on Want

The original letter from Victor Gollancz published in the Manchester Guardian on 12 February 1951. Within a month, Gollancz had received over 10,000 positive responses to his call.