Reports and Briefings

And Still We Rise Programme

Halt UK arms transfers to Israel: Joint letter to UK Foreign Secretary

A joint letter to the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, from UK-based civil society groups working in and on the Occupied Palestinian Territory for a halt to UK arms transfers to the government of Israel. (Sent Friday 8 December 2023)

Extractivist industries and ISDS in Colombia

Transnational corporations are suing the Colombian people for billions of dollars in secretive corporate courts. Many of these legal cases, brought under Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement (ISDS) through Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), are aimed at eroding the important achievements of social struggles defending life, land, human rights, water and public health from the devastating impacts of extractive mining projects.

El negocio del hambre. Resistencias populares frente a los sistemas alimentarios corporativos

Ya está disponible para descargar el informe de War on Want traducido al español: “El negocio del hambre. Resistencias populares frente a los sistemas alimentarios corporativos” nos revela como el control creciente de las corporaciones sobre el sistema alimentario mundial industrial es también responsable de la crisis climática (con un tercio de las emisiones globales de gas a efecto invernadero) y del empobrecimiento de millones de personas a través del mundo y en los países del sur global, logrando al mismo tiempo grandes ganancias para un puñado de empresas multinacionales. 

Profiter de la faim. Résistances populaires aux systèmes alimentaires des grands groupes privés 

Le nouveau rapport de War on Want « Profiter de la faim. Résistances populaires aux systèmes alimentaires des grands groupes privés », nous révèle comment le contrôle croissant des grands groupes privés sur le système alimentaire mondial industrialisé est aussi responsable de la crise climatique (avec un tiers des émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre) et de l'appauvrissement de millions de personnes à travers le monde et dans les pays du Sud global, tout en réalisant d'énormes profits pour une poignée d'entreprises monopolistiques.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Letter to British Consulate in Jerusalem concerning imprisoned human rights defender, Salah Hammouri

As a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people, we are gravely concerned by the arbitrary detention and ongoing harassment of Palestinian-French lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri.

McDonald’s £872million Covid-19 subsidies and tax breaks in 2020

This paper sets out how McDonald’s UK business received an estimated £872 million from UK Covid-19 tax breaks and subsidies during the pandemic in 2020.