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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
ISDS files: Anglian Water v Argentina
Water company sued when Argentina froze water prices during a financial crisisImage
Briefing: The case against corporate courts
ISDS is an unjust mechanism that should have no place in the UK’s trade and investment policy.
The SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s ongoing human rights scandal
This report highlights the devastating impact of Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) land grabs on the people of Papua New Guinea. It also shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance, led by communities and War on Want’s partner, ACT NOW!