War on Want

21/08/2026

🔴It's time for football to show genocide the red card.

Premier League clubs are being sponsored by corporations complicit in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people.

We shouldn’t have to choose between the game we love and standing up for Palestinian rights.

Demand that your club drops complicit sponsors: https://secure.waronwant.org/page/196345/action/1?ea.tracking.id=Facebook&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=WOW&utm_campaign=S26AH_21.08.26

13/08/2026

How has Israel been able to commit genocide of the Palestinian people for almost three years?

Because it doesn’t work alone.

Genocide on this scale needs enablers - from the money funding Israel’s genocide to the technology used to surveil and bomb Palestinians.

Israel’s genocide will not end if corporations and governments around the world keep enabling it.

Add your name to the petition. https://secure.waronwant.org/page/198629/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=Facebook&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=WOW&utm_campaign=S26AI_13.08.26

12/08/2026

We stand in solidarity with the people of Colombia following the devastating earthquake in which at least 240 people have died and more than 3,000 remain missing.

Our partners and allies, including Asociación Nomadesc and the PCN-Proceso de Comunidades Negras en Colombia, are supporting communities in affected territories while facing the impacts of the disaster themselves.

Natural disasters do not affect everyone equally. In Colombia, deep territorial, racial and economic inequalities mean Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, rural and working-class communities are often among those most exposed and least protected. Long-standing neglect and underinvestment in infrastructure and essential services can deepen these inequalities in moments of crisis.

Communities in Colombia's Pacific region, including Chocó and Buenaventura, have long faced marginalisation and neglect, yet their organisations are often among the first to respond – organising support, assessing needs and making sure resources reach people who can otherwise be overlooked.

We’re mobilising support for our partners and allies in Colombia, working with organisations rooted in affected territories to ensure resources reach those most affected by the crisis.

People being pulled from collapsed buildings day after 7.4 magnitude quake hit, in response experts say contrasts favourably with Venezuela’s

06/08/2026

“The wealth of the super-rich is growing more and more extreme. We need to create a tax system that allows countries to tax the very, very rich – and this is the place to do it.”
 
Our Senior Economic Justice Campaigner, Nuri Syed Corser, speaking at the UN Tax Convention negotiations taking place right now in New York.
 
The money to tackle poverty and the climate crisis already exists. But it’s being stashed in tax havens rather than used to build public services and deliver the action on climate that’s needed.
 
That’s why we need a UN Tax Convention: to help tackle global tax- dodging and make the super-rich and big corporations pay their fair share.

04/08/2026

BP's quarterly profits have more than doubled to £4.27bn, boosted by rising oil prices as a result of the Iran war.

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.

This is outrageous – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It's time to make them pay.

How? Read our article to find out:

https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/tackling-tax-dodging-un-tax-convention

01/08/2026

The Odyssey was partially filmed in occupied Western Sahara.

Western cinema often treats occupied lands, people and culture as resources to be extracted – while ignoring the realities of occupation, explains Sahrawi artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat:

The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey

31/07/2026

Shell has recorded its second–highest quarterly earnings on record, reporting a profit of $9.8bn (£7.4bn) – more than double last year's figure.💰

All while deadly wildfires and heatwaves fuelled by the climate crisis sweep across Europe.

Instead of winding down fossil fuel production, Shell remains invested in both the Jackdaw gas field and the Rosebank oil field through its joint venture with Equinor.

And despite making billions, oil giants continue to dodge taxes instead of paying their fair share towards the damage they've helped create.

It doesn't have to be this way. The UK government must stop all new fossil fuel projects in the North Sea, tax big oil companies more, and make polluters pay for the damage they continue to cause.

Environmentalists renew calls for windfall tax to support households after Q2 earnings rise to almost $10bn

28/07/2026

A £2 bus fare cap is a welcome step. Funding it by replacing international climate grants with loans isn't.

That risks pushing countries in the Global South further into debt, even though they have contributed least to the climate crisis.

At the same time, reports suggest the UK government could also approve the controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw fossil fuel projects.

Rosebank won't lower bills or improve energy security. Instead, it would only lock in decades of emissions while boosting oil company profits.

We can't afford half measures on climate. Now is the time for bold action from the UK government that puts people and planet before profit.

Proposal ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK directorr

18/07/2026

No barrister in British legal history has ever faced contempt proceedings over the content of a closing speech – until now.

Rajiv Menon KC, a leading human rights barrister and War on Want Trustee, faces up to two years in prison for contempt of court, for reciting words spoken by countless other barristers in numerous cases over the years.

Menon was defending activist Charlotte Head, who was facing prosecution for a direct action protest at an arms factory of the Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems UK, in Filton near Bristol. During his closing argument, Menon reminded the jury of a plaque that famously commemorates the Bushel’s Case in 1670 that established the principle that juries have the right to return verdicts based on their conscience.

The trial judge accused Menon of contempt of court – despite later accepting there was nothing improper in citing the 1670 case.

Rajiv now faces a two-day contempt trail on 28 July.

Britain’s juries must be free of interference from judges – and Rajiv and other lawyers must be able to defend human rights without distraction or risk.

Take action to protect the rights of juries:

Juries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.

17/07/2026

The incoming UK Prime Minister, MP Andy Burnham, must:
1⃣ End UK support for Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians
2⃣ Tax the super-rich
3⃣ Take progressive action on climate

Add your name if you want bold action from Burnham:

Incoming PM Andy Burnham must deliver climate justice, equality and human rights for all.