Blogs
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 […]
Read moreReport of the International Mission to Colombia
Type: Reports
Date: 15 August 2023
Campaigns: Trade
The fightback against investors suing Colombia In May 2023, we joined a delegation of 13 representatives from social and environmental justice organisations from eight countries in the Americas and Europe […]
Read moreBitter Pills: Why the NHS can’t swallow big pharma’s profiteering
Type: Reports
Date: 12 July 2023
Campaigns: Pharma
Big Pharma prices are breaking the NHS The strain on Britain’s National Health Service is plain for all to see. Serious under-investment, under-staffing, ill-conceived part-privatisation schemes and strategic failure in […]
Read moreMaking Polluters Pay: Estimates for corporate climate debt and reparations
Type: Reports
Date: 9 November 2022
Campaigns: Climate
The question of who pays for climate change is fundamental to climate justice. Within the UNFCCC, it has long been recognised and agreed that rich and lower income countries have […]
Read moreWarning signs: The Prosperity Fund and the hijacking of UK aid
Type: Reports
Date: 7 June 2022
Campaigns: Aid
The UK government’s recently published international development strategy promises to use aid to support “free trade” and “free markets”, alongside promoting British expertise and building “economic partnerships” with countries through […]
Read moreThe horrible history of Big Pharma
Type: Reports
Date: 18 December 2020
Campaigns: Pharma
Why we can’t leave pharmaceutical corporations in the driving seat of the Covid-19 response
Any long-term solution to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic involves the discovery and equitable distribution of an effective vaccine and treatment options. Yet, across the world, governments are handing responsibility for Covid-19 solutions over to big pharmaceutical firms, who have a long track record of prioritising corporate profit over people’s health.
Read moreScotland’s place in the world: a manifesto for global solidarity
Type: Reports
Date: 17 December 2020
Campaigns: Trade
Our suggestions for the manifestos of the Scottish parties standing candidates in the Holyrood elections 2021
Read morePharma Trade Secrets: The truth about a trade deal with Trump
Type: Reports
Date: 26 November 2019
Campaigns: Pharma, Trade
The prices that our NHS will pay as a result of a US trade deal is under threat. Our chronically underfunded NHS is already struggling to afford spiraling medicine prices. […]
Read moreIn Whose Interest? The UK’s role in privatising education around the world
Type: Reports
Date: 16 April 2019
Campaigns: Aid
This report, published by Global Justice Now and the National Education Union, examines the problems with privatisation of school education around the world and the role of the Department for […]
Read moreThe People’s Prescription: Re-imagining health innovation to deliver public value
Type: Reports
Date: 15 October 2018
Campaigns: Pharma
Driven by profit rather than public health, the pharmaceutical sector is incentivised to set high prices and deliver short-term returns to shareholders, rather than focus on riskier, longer-term research which […]
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