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We are a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.
450 academics, civil society organisations, politicians, unions, faith leaders, and healthcare workers call for Boris Johnson to waive vaccine patents10 May 2021
Prime Minister urged to “stand on the right side of history” after Biden administration announces support for a waiver Hundreds of academics, public health experts, MPs, peers, charities, NGOs, unions, […]
Vaccine campaigners praise Biden’s “watershed” vaccine IP waiver and warn Boris Johnson “has no more excuses” for blocking the move5 May 2021
Reacting to the statement from President Biden’s Trade Representative Katherine Tai that the US is backing an intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines this evening, Nick Dearden, Director of Global […]
An average of 7 in 10 across G7 countries think their governments should force big pharma to share vaccine know-how5 May 2021
G7 governments still refusing to waive intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines, despite widespread public support People’s Vaccine Alliance calls for G7 leaders to support a vaccine patent waiver at today’s […]
MPs call for Johnson to publish lobbying messages from Big Pharma26 April 2021
A cross-party group of MPs and peers have signed a joint statement with patient advocacy organisations calling for the Prime Minister, ministers, and senior civil servants to publish all […]
Climate summit: 50% reduction not good enough or fair enough for US historic emissions22 April 2021
Global Justice Now, an organising campaigning for climate justice, says low and middle income countries will have “a mountain to climb” to secure an equitable outcome at Biden’s climate summit, […]
Former heads of state and Nobel laureates call on president Biden to waive intellectual property rules for Covid vaccines15 April 2021
More than 170 former heads of state and government and Nobel laureates, including former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown, former President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, former […]
Cop26: ‘Obscene’ vaccine inequality led to Greta Thunberg exit9 April 2021
Vaccine campaigners have said Greta Thunberg is “absolutely right” to condemn an uneven distribution of vaccines preventing low and middle income countries from participating in COP26 on equal terms. The […]
G20 fails to force banks to cancel lower-income country debt7 April 2021
Debt relief scheme extended for a final time, but only ‘empty words’ on private creditors Campaigners say debt relief will continue to flow into the coffers of the richest banks […]
Fossil fuel commitments omit government’s development bank, campaigners warn24 March 2021
The government’s commitment to stop supporting fossil fuel projects abroad has “significant exemptions” campaigners have warned. CDC Group, the UK’s government-owned development bank, will be allowed to continue funding fossil […]
Global Justice Now
AstraZeneca: We demand a People’s Vaccine
As AstraZeneca held its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, our youth network launched protests outside the company’s head office in Cambridge, its second largest UK site in Macclesfield and outside […]
Joe Karp-Sawey
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for the UK to support an intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments
Global Justice Now, STOPAIDS, and Just Treatment organised a letter from more than 400 academics, public health experts, civil society organisations, parliamentarians, unions, healthcare workers, and patients. The full text […]
Nick Dearden
Moderna: This should be a People’s Vaccine, not a profit vaccine
Unlike most other companies competing to produce Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, Moderna is relatively young, founded in 2010. It is a US-based biotech firm and is producing the Covid-19 vaccine […]
Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Are the ambitious cuts and new pledges from Biden’s climate summit enough?
President Joe Biden convened a two-day virtual climate summit on 22 – 23 April attended by heads of state of 40 nations. It included both some of the world’s top […]
Heidi Chow
Why we are targeting AstraZeneca
For the past year, we have been calling on AstraZeneca and other vaccine makers to drop their patents and share the vaccine technology and know-how with the world. But, a […]
Nick Dearden
Pfizer is obsessed with one thing in this pandemic. And it’s not saving lives
Pfizer is the corporation that has profited most from Covid-19 vaccines to date. Pfizer uses its power to aggressively defend and extend its patents. The total sales for the Pfizer […]
Toby Shelley
The UK is being taken to court over its new trade deal with Morocco
The Western Sahara Campaign (WSC) is taking the UK government to court over a trade deal with Morocco – again. And the Polisario Front has taken the EU to court […]
Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Vaccine apartheid: A threat to an inclusive COP26
The ongoing global inequality in people’s access to life-saving Covid-19 vaccines is not just a global public health issue, it also threatens the inclusivity of the COP26 climate negotiations and […]
Liz Murray
Five things to ask your MSP candidates to test their commitment to global justice
With the Scottish parliament elections on May 6, now’s the time to be asking questions of the parliamentary candidates in your area. Some of the biggest challenges of the day […]
