Nick Dearden

Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

Role

Director

Biography

As director, Nick manages the staff team and resources on behalf of Global Justice Now's members. He is also the public face of the organisation. Nick started his career at War on Want where he became a senior campaigner. He went on to be corporates campaign manager at Amnesty International UK. As director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, he built strong relationships with campaigners in the global south. He helped win a new law to stop Vulture Funds from using UK courts to squeeze huge debt payments out of poor countries. Nick joined Global Justice Now in September 2013.

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Latest posts

What Theresa May’s Brexit deal means for global justice (if it happens)

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

15 November 2018
General

Global Justice Now took a ‘remain and reform’ position in the EU referendum – to stay in the EU in order to transform it. We feared that leaving would lead to an outpouring of xenophobia and racism, and would potentially unleash a wave of deregulation and liberalisation, especially through trade deals. We were right to be worried.

Untrammelled corporate power threatens global breakdown, says UN agency

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

11 October 2018
General

It’s a rare thing for UN economic reports to mention Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and quote Antonio Gramsci in their introduction. Neither do most such reports normally contain stark warnings about the damage that untrammelled corporate power is causing to political fabric of countries across the world.

#10YearsOn – Our leaders failed us. It’s up to us to tackle the power of big finance

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

14 September 2018
General

Ten years have passed since the defining moment of the financial crash: on 15 September 2008, investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed. The financial system froze and political elites stared into the abyss.

We came in our thousands to stand up to Trump. Now let’s tackle the root causes of Trumpism

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

16 July 2018
General

Friday was the most exciting demonstration I’ve been to for a decade. 250,000 of us stood up to the divisive, bigoted, climate-change-denying policies of Donald Trump. It was the biggest protest against Trump outside the US to date, which made international headlines.

Our NHS at 70 is still amazing. Why isn't there an NHS for the world?

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

05 July 2018
Pharma

The National Health Service turns 70 today. Despite too many years of austerity cuts, contracting out and PFIs, most of us still feel the NHS is one of the defining achievements of our society.

Liam Fox’s trade deals come up against the reality of public opinion

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

18 April 2018
Trade

Eighty-two per cent of Brits would rather not have a trade deal with the US than sacrifice decent food standards. Only 8% would put a trade deal first. So says a new opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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