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How are food billionaires getting richer in a cost of living crisis? Monopoly power

By: Daisy Pearson
Date: 19 January 2024
Campaigns: Food

Our report, Taken, Not Earned, released this week in collaboration with Balanced Economy Project, SOMO and LobbyControl, reveals just how extreme monopoly power is, and how it drives the global […]

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Taken, not earned: How monopolists drive the world’s power and wealth divide

Type: Reports
Date: 17 January 2024
Campaigns: Food, General, Pharma

The World Economic Forum says it is committed to improving the state of the world, but our new report in collaboration with the Balanced Economy Project, SOMO and LobbyControl into […]

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NEW REPORT: ‘Taken, not earned: How monopolists drive the world’s power and wealth divide’

Date: 17 January 2024
Campaigns: Food, General, Pharma

WEF’s wealthiest exploiting consumers and small businesses with 50% markups Over a five-year period, the average markup for the world’s top 20 companies is reported to be 50% compared to […]

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Case Study: Monopoly Agriculture

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 17 January 2024
Campaigns: Food

Our food system is in crisis. While most people in the world are experiencing a cost of living crisis, and small food producers are struggling, the barons of the food […]

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Reaction: Food summit “lacked focus” on food system control

Date: 20 November 2023
Campaigns: Food

In response to today’s Food Security Summit, Tim Bierley, campaigner at Global Justice Now said: “Technology will have a role to play in food production, but there was a lack […]

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Oct08

Labour conference: Industrial strategy on climate, health and food

When: 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm, October 8, 2023
Where: View on map
Campaigns: Climate, Food, Pharma

Global Justice Now @Labour Party Conference Industrial strategy to meet the crises of the 21st century: planning for climate change, health and food security Sunday 8 October |5pm – 6.15pm| […]

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Mar25

Resisting Monopoly Capitalism

When: 11:00 am, March 25, 2023 to 6:00 pm, March 25, 2023
Where: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG View on map
Campaigns: Climate, Food, General, Pharma, Trade, Youth

Multinational corporations have grown wealthy by monopolising the resources we need to live a dignified life. These leviathans set the rules of the game.

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Government accused of ‘gambling with people’s lives’ as it unleashes City greed

Date: 9 December 2022
Campaigns: Food

In response to the government’s announcement of its financial sector deregulation measures, dubbed the ‘Edinburgh Reforms’, today, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now, said: “Today it’s clear that Rishi […]

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Sunak’s banking bill threatens to drive up food and energy prices, campaigners warn

Date: 7 December 2022
Campaigns: Food

Campaigners are calling on the government to back down on its plans to scrap regulations on commodity speculation ahead of today’s parliamentary debate on the Financial Services and Markets Bill. […]

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Dec10

Demanding Change in a Time of Crisis: Activist gathering

When: 11:00 am, December 10, 2022 to 3:00 pm, December 10, 2022
Where: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL or online via zoom View on map
Campaigns: Climate, Food, Pharma

Climate crisis, energy crisis, global pandemic: Big business is profiting from them all. Time to start demanding REAL change! Join our activist gathering and help us build a movement for change

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