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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.
London, UK
Joined February 2009
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    ‼️NEW briefing Our new research reveals injustice at the heart of football. 9⃣ @premierleague 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/red-…
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    McDonald's workers are going on strike next Tuesday 12 Nov. Watch this video to find out why! 👇👇👇 #McStrike #FastFoodGlobal
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    #Breaking Wetherspoons workers have walked out on STRIKE! TGI Fridays, McDonald’s, Uber Eats and Deliveroo couriers are on strike today too. Pls RT this video & show solidarity with workers demanding £10/hr & a union. #FFS410 #SpoonStrike #McStrike #AllEyesOnTGIs #FastFoodGlobal
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    BREAKING: Workers at Wetherspoons, McDonald's and other fast food chains are 💪coming together💪to demand #100Percent pay during the #CoronavirusLockdownUK. Workers already paid a poverty wage can't afford a 20% cut. Support the workers. Take action👇👇 waronwant.org/100PercentTW
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    The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has just confirmed £ billions in welfare cuts in the #springbudget, while announcing a £2.2 billion increase in military spending. The money is out there – and if the UK government taxed the wealth of the super-rich, there would be plenty.
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    BREAKING: Banking giant HSBC divests from Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit following pressure from human rights campaigners waronwant.org/media/banking-…
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    Israel is committing war crimes by subjecting Palestinians to humanitarian catastrophe as collective punishment. The UK must stop enabling war crimes and end all arms sales to Israel. 1/9
    Geneva conventions on protections of civilians. Articles, 3, 33, and 54. Dealing with collective punishment and damage of civilian infrastructure.
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    🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 UK oil and gas company Rockhopper has just successfully sued the Italian state for over €190 million plus (substantial) interest — over Italy's decision to protect its environment and its people by banning Rockhoppers' fracking project. 📺Here's how. 1/6
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    Great news that none of the #Stansted15 will be jailed for standing up for human rights. It’s important we defend the right to protest - it’s protest that delivered all of the rights that today we take for granted 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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    The #GreatReturnMarch is about Palestinians collectively raising their voices to demand their universal rights, including the #RightofReturn to their homes from which they were forcibly displaced. For more on the Right of Return, watch and share this short video.
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    "What we are about to witness is the total destruction of civilian infrastructure and the mass ethnic cleansing [of the Palestinian people]." Our Director @chilledasad100 speaks to @SkyNews about the crisis in Gaza. 1/3
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    As one of the organisers of @UKStopTrump we want to thank all our members & supporters for making this day possible. In the biggest march for a decade, today 250,000 of us came together to reject bigotry & hatred #TogetherAgainstTrump #carnivalofresistance
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    Paul Mason tells this week's #bbcqt why #TTIP is a threat to the #NHS and more. Excellent, @paulmasonnews
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    In the wake of growing backlash against the policing of coronation protests, we are calling on all parties to commit to defending the right to protest, the right to strike and the right to boycott human rights-abusing companies and countries. Act now: bit.ly/3VZBJvB