Blogs
The last piece of Trussonomics still standing
By: Nick Dearden
Date: 18 November 2022
Campaigns: Food
In his autumn statement on Thursday, Jeremy Hunt lauded Margaret Thatcher’s 1986 deregulation of the City of London. Known as the ‘Big Bang’, these policies unshackled the financial sector, bringing […]
Read moreTruss accused of fuelling cost of living crises as Financial Services Bill debated by MPs
Date: 7 September 2022
Campaigns: Food, Trade
Truss accused of fuelling cost of living crises as Financial Services Bill debated by MPs Deregulation of commodity markets which drove up food and energy prices labelled “perverse” by campaigners Global Justice Now has accused […]
Read moreThe Financial Services and Markets Bill: a speculator’s charter
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 September 2022
Campaigns: Food, General
The Financial Services and Markets Bill is a massive, deregulatory piece of legislation currently making its way through parliament. As part of the British government’s disengagement from EU rules on […]
Read moreEXPOSED: New PM to give bankers more power to gamble on food
By: Nick Dearden
Date: 26 July 2022
Campaigns: Food
Last week, as the first stage of the Conservative leadership contest reached its climax, our caretaker government introduced a piece of legislation which can best be described as a Speculator’s […]
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The quadruple tax system of patent monopolies
By: Nicholas Shaxson
Date: 5 July 2022
Campaigns: Food, Pharma, Trade
A lot of people understood perfectly well in 1994 that TRIPS was a mass death sentence. Now everybody else does, too. – Alexander Zaitchik, journalist “If we would not submit […]
Read moreThe New Corporation: The unfortunately necessary sequel
When: 4:40 pm, September 26, 2021
Campaigns: Aid, Climate, Food, General, Pharma, Trade, Youth
As part of the Take One Action film festival in Scotland, we’re pleased to be a partner for the closing night screening of The New Corporation, showing in both Glasgow […]
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Monsanto’s day of reckoning
By: Radhika Patel
Date: 16 August 2018
Campaigns: Food
It’s not every day that a powerful corporation is brought to account. But last week, a former groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson won a landmark victory against corporate giant, Monsanto. A jury […]
Read moreFarmers under fire
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 20 February 2017
Campaigns: Food
Small farmers feed the majority of the world’s population, yet they are experiencing escalating levels of violence and oppression. Their existence, livelihoods, and communities are threatened by the expansion of global agribusiness, which is grabbing their lands and destroying the environment they rely on for food production.
Read moreFrom handouts to the super-rich to a hand-up for small-scale farmers
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 3 January 2017
Campaigns: Food
In the wake of Brexit our agricultural policy is suddenly up for grabs. Since 1973, the UK farming sector has been shaped by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its subsidies.
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The story behind Monsanto’s malicious monopolies in India
By: Heidi Chow
Date: 29 September 2016
Campaigns: Food
India’s countryside has been marred with tragedy over the past twenty years with nearly 300,000 farmers committing suicide. A staggering 60,000 of these tragic deaths have taken place in the […]
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