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War on Want fights the root causes of poverty and human rights violations, as part of the worldwide movement for global justice. Find out more & take action: waronwant.org/updates
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‼️UK International Development Minister, Anneliese Dodds, has resigned over the Prime Minister’s decision to strip out what’s left of the UK aid budget to increase military spending. This aid cut will harm the poorest communities, and fuel more conflict.🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

📢 Political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist, has spent over a decade unjustly jailed for speaking out against injustice in Egypt. His mother, Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 150 days - and her life is now at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Argentina's Patagonian forests are still burning - and President Javier Milei is trying to blame the local Mapuche Indigenous communities. But the Mapuche and their allies are fighting back. More in this long-read from The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Israel is continuing to torture Palestinian detainees with impunity. In a new report, our partner @Addameer details the relentless starvation, beatings and psychological torture that Israel has inflicted on Palestinians at Ofer Camp in the West Bank. www.addameer.org/media/5508

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Argentina’s government is carrying out violent raids on Indigenous communities – arresting activists and falsely accusing them of causing the fires raging across Patagonia. This is a calculated move by a repressive government to steal land for profit. Read on to understand why 🧵⬇️

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Thames Water is getting bailed out with a £3 billion loan. Thames Water had £0 debt when it was privatised in 1989... now it has £19 billion. Privatisation hasn't worked — public ownership is the answer. Read our explainer⬇️ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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We've joined over 230 organisations worldwide calling on our governments to: ❌End all arms transfers to Israel — including F-35 fighter jets which Israel has used in its genocide of the Palestinian people.❌ Full statement here: caat.org.uk/news/over-23...

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“Barclays is gravely complicit in Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians, and must stop bankrolling Israel’s apartheid regime.” Our response to Barclays £8 billion profit in 2024 off the back of Israel's genocide of Palestinians ⬇️ morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...

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🚨 BREAKING: 62 UK MPs and peers in the House of Lords are demanding a ban on the import of goods from Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. These imports are illegal — and the UK government must take action. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Argentina’s government is carrying out violent raids on Indigenous communities – arresting activists and falsely accusing them of causing the fires raging across Patagonia. This is a calculated move by a repressive government to steal land for profit. Read on to understand why 🧵⬇️

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Today in the UK, we are facing: 📈Ongoing cost-of-living crisis 📝Rise in zero-hours contracts 🤑Big corporations putting their profits above workers' wellbeing We need trade unions to safeguard our rights as workers. On #HeartUnions week, read why ⬇️ waronwant.org/news-analysi...

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‼️Shell must be held accountable for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta. Today, we stood outside the Royal Courts of Justice, joining protests also happening in Nigeria, in solidarity with Ogale & Bille communities still suffering from Shell’s destruction. Polluters must pay. #ShellMustFall

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Oil giant Shell has been extracting profits from Nigeria for 80 years while destroying its environment — but people in the Niger Delta are standing up against it. The Ogale and Billie communities are taking Shell to court to demand it cleans up its pollution & provides compensation🧵

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Israel is breaking the ceasefire. As well as killing 100+ Palestinians in Gaza, it's stopping sick and injured people from leaving Gaza for treatment, and blocking machinery from entering to clear 50 million tons of toxic rubble. More on Israel's continuing violence: waronwant.org/news-analysi...

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‼️The UK government is going to give 💷billions of tax-payer money to the Drax power-plant, the UK’s largest source of climate-wrecking pollution. Why is Drax receiving public subsidies to further climate breakdown? Read on to find out... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

We need a global tax system where the super-rich pay their fair share. It's time for the UK to stop dragging it's feet and start supporting tax justice. ✍️ Email your MP now and ask them to support the UN Tax Convention. secure.waronwant.org/page/156050/...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Thames Water is in trouble. Here's what you need to know.👇🧵

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Israel has killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, breaking the ceasefire deal. So much still hangs in the balance for Palestinians. 📄Read our new article for the 9⃣ key issues to watch out for: https://buff.ly/42KYPeP

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments