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Barclays AGM: Protestors to target Barclays for gambling on food
24 April 2013

Campaigners from the World Development Movement will protest at Barclays’ AGM tomorrow, accusing the bank of contributing to global hunger through gambling on food prices.

Anglo-American to face protests at AGM over mines in Colombia and South Africa
18 April 2013

British mining giant Anglo-American will face protests at its London AGM on Friday over controversial mining projects in Colombia and South Africa, and the climate impact of its coal extraction. 

Aid is not a business opportunity
13 March 2013

International development secretary Justine Greening announced yesterday that billions of pounds of aid money would go to UK businesses.

One third of government ministers linked to UK companies fuelling climate change
11 March 2013

One third of ministers in the UK government, including top cabinet ministers, are linked to the UK finance and energy companies fuelling climate change, a new report from the World Development Movement reveals today.

Bankers Anonymous launched to help banks kick gambling addiction
18 February 2013

Anti-poverty campaigners today launched 'Bankers Anonymous', a five-step programme to help investment banks kick their addiction to gambling on global food prices.

Barclays announced a withdrawal from speculating on food last week following public outcry over its effect on hunger.

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Events

East Midlands campaign teach in

Saturday 1 June, Leicester

Join us for an informal day to find out the latest about WDM’s climate and energy justice campaign and how to take action locally.

G8 fuelling hunger actions

Saturday 8 June, London and across the UK

Actions to stop the corporate takeover of the world food system.

Not the G8: A real agenda for global justice

Saturday 15 June, Leeds

An activist conference organised by WDM with international speakers, workshops, films and exhibits.

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Blog

The EU passes regulation to protect bees – will it be so considerate towards people?

9 May 2013

Guest blogger Mara Budgen compares the battle to regulate food speculation with European action to protect bees by banning neonicotinoid pesticides.

Taking local action against food speculation

8 May 2013

If you walk down the high-street you will find them. Even though they are mostly associated with the City of London, they are present in towns and cities across the UK. Banks speculating on food are present from town centres to government corridors – and so we must be, if we want to challenge them.

Tanzanian activists call for non-payment of World Bank water debt

30 April 2013

Campaigners in Tanzania have called on their government not to repay $61.5 million to the World Bank on loans for a water project which yielded ‘no positive results’.

We’ve come a long way…

29 April 2013

We look back over three years of our food speculation campaign, and explain where the European legislation is up to, and what's still to come.

Actually, Barclays, pension funds do speculate

26 April 2013

Yesterday was the Barclays AGM in London. Together with two of my colleagues I went inside to ask the board of directors why they continue to help institutional investors to speculate on food, even though they are well aware that this pushes prices up and forces people into hunger.

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