War on Want
@waronwant
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
“We need to create a tax system that allows countries to tax the very, very rich.” War on Want's Nuri Syed Corser speaking at the UN Tax Convention negotiations in New York. A global tax convention could help end tax–dodging, so the super-rich & big corporations finally pay their fair share.
BP's quarterly profits have more than doubled to £4.27bn as the Iran war sent oil prices soaring. Last week, Shell also reported profits twice as high as this time last year. As deadly heatwaves sweep across Europe, the companies driving climate breakdown are cashing in.
2,700 people died during the May and June heatwaves in England and Wales. Over 40% of those deaths would not have happened without intensifying climate breakdown – driven by fossil fuels. We can't treat deadly heat as the new normal. Find out more: waronwant.org/issues-we-ta...
Who really pays the price for cheap fruit and vegetables?🍅 Workers in Morocco help feed the UK, yet many face low wages while corporate supply chains prioritise profits. Read more in our new briefing: waronwant.org/resources/bi...
Yesterday, we took part in the first Global Energy Transition and Electrification Summit – which brought together governments, civil society, industry and institutions to discuss how to move the world beyond fossil fuels. Watch the video to hear what we had to say.⬇️ #LCAW2026
London Climate Action Week starts today. This week, we'll bring climate justice into conversations, events and decision-making spaces across London. Want to get involved? Register for our event: https://secure.waronwant.org/page/193702/event/1 #LCAW
📣 London Climate Action Week starts next week. As climate breakdown accelerates, building collective power has never been more important. Join us on 23 June for 'Road to COP31: Building internationalist climate justice'. Learn more and register: secure.waronwant.org/page/193702/...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ignoring the truth. There is no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel is still committing genocide of the Palestinian people.
What's a just transition – and why does it matter? At the Bonn climate talks this week, we're calling for a transition away from fossil fuels that delivers affordable clean energy, good jobs and greater equality. 🎥 Leon Sealey-Huggins, our Senior Climate Justice campaigner, explains.
In Neuquén, in northern Argentine Patagonia, communities living alongside the Vaca Muerta fracking mega-project say they are losing access to water while toxic waste accumulates near their homes. BP is a major investor in the project. Hear from those affected.👇
Take a glimpse at our recent Palestine Solidarity Dinner. We heard first-hand about the barriers facing Palestinian producers. Israel is stealing land, destroying olive groves, and building illegal settlements on Palestinian land. Take action: secure.waronwant.org/page/171098/...
Argentina’s far-right government blames Indigenous Mapuche communities for the wildfires that have devastated Patagonia in recent years. But judicial investigations have found no evidence to support this – despite officials suggesting links to “terrorism”. The real evidence points elsewhere. ⬇️
🚨Liverpool tops the Premier League table* *of complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians through its sponsorships. Our🆕briefing reveals the injustice in football. 9 clubs are sponsored by corporations involved in Israel's atrocities: https://waronwant.org/resources/red-card
🚨 Arsenal win the Premier League – but come second in our league table of complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people. Arsenal has four sponsors involved in Israel's atrocities – but that's not all. Arsenal's complicity goes deeper👇
NEXT has posted record profits over £1 billion for the second year running. CEO Lord Wolfson got a pay packet of £7.4 million. Shareholder pay-outs were £839 million. Yet one year ago today, NEXT dismissed 1,416 garment workers in Sri Lanka by WhatsApp. Why?
⚽️ @lfcr.bsky.social, @arsenalfc.bsky.social, and Tottenham Hotspurs top the league table of complicity – but every club is indirectly sponsored by Barclays, the EPL’s main sponsor – which has long enabled apartheid.
At least 15 corporations that sponsor Premier League clubs are linked to Israel’s atrocities: AXA, BP, Canon, Coca-Cola, Expedia/Hotels.com, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Oracle and Sony.
‼️NEW briefing Our new research reveals injustice at the heart of football. 9⃣ English Premier League football clubs are sponsored by corporations that are involved in Israel’s apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people. Read the full briefing: waronwant.org/resources/re...
➡️What is the Nakba? In 1948, Israel declared itself a state. In the process, over 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed – displaced from violence inflicted by militias, which later became the Israeli military.
Israel is subjecting Palestinians to apartheid. Palestinians are treated differently in every aspect of daily life, subjected by Israel to a separate legal system – based on racial discrimination – and deprived of their human rights. How does this look in practice? ⬇️🧵
Scientists are warning that a major ocean current system critical to regulating Earth’s climate could be closer to collapse than previously thought. Global heating is destabilising the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Its collapse could be devastating.🧵
BP’s profits have more than doubled to $3.2bn (£2.4bn) this quarter. 💰 Yet instead of leading the transition away from fossil fuels, the UK government is keeping new oil and gas projects like Rosebank on the table. We need to end all fossil fuels – now.
Garment workers still work in unsafe buildings for low wages – and face repression when their unions call for change. Today, on #WorkersMemorialDay we remember those who lost their lives at Rana Plaza – and keep demanding that fashion corporations ensure their workers’ safety. 📷Kim Ford #IWMD26
13 years ago, over 1,100 garment workers died in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh. This was no accident: it was the result of negligence by the big fashion brands whose profits are only possible because of garment workers in the Global South.
📍We’re in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels – a critical moment for action on climate. Watch our Head of Campaigns, Tyrone Scott, talk about what needs to happen here. ⬇️
13 years ago, the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over 1,100 garment workers. The fashion industry said 'never again' – but today brands are still cutting corners, trying to avoid their responsibility for the safety of their workers.
Governments are meeting at the first global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. But the real question is: who decides – and in whose interests? The #SantaMarta conference must be a turning point. Read more ⬇️
New UK oil & gas fields like Rosebank won't deliver energy security. If approved, they’ll undermine the UK’s climate leadership – and risk driving further fossil fuel expansion globally. We need clean, affordable energy – not more fossil fuels. Take action: secure.waronwant.org/page/186583/...
Israel’s new death penalty law is apartheid in action: the same crime, but a different punishment based on your race. But that isn’t all Israel is doing. Here’s what you’ve missed. ⬇️🧵
500,000 of us marched this Saturday against the far-right – against division, and for hope. While corporations and the super-rich profit from destruction, they want us blaming each other. But this weekend, we stood together.❤️ #together