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Up Front: Defending the Defenders
At War on Want we believe that a just world is possible. As part of our fight against the root causes of poverty and human rights violations, we work directly with inspirational communities, grassroots groups and social movements in the struggle for a better...Image
Report: A Just(ice) Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition
Centering the extractive frontier in climate justice
War on Want's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019
WAR ON WANT'S ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019
ISDS files: Lydian v Armenia
Mining company threatened to sue when protestors blockaded a gold mine and government allowed the protest to go aheadImage
The Rivers are Bleeding: British mining in Latin America
The vast expansion of British mega-mining in Latin America is displacing communities, destroying ecosystems, costing lives and polluting our planet.
ISDS files: Chevron v Ecuador
CASE NAME: CHEVRON V ECUADOR SUMMARY: US oil firm sued Ecuador after compensation ordered for devastating Amazon oil spill STATUS: Chevron won AT STAKE: Undisclosed
Up Front: The Crisis of Inequality
War on Want has always believed that poverty is political: a result of decisions made by powerful governments, corporations, and elites to maintain the status quo for their own benefit. In this edition of Up Front we highlight the crisis of inequal...
ISDS files: Philip Morris v Australia
Tobacco giant sues Australia over plain packaging for cigarettes
ISDS files: Lone Pine V Canada
Oil and gas company suing the Canadian government over a moratorium on fracking in Quebec
ISDS files: Agro EcoEnergy v Tanzania
Sugar plantation investor accused of a land grab is suing after the Tanzanian government took back the land title