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Theresa May in the US and Turkey: Not in Our Name

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

30 January 2017
General

Donald Trump’s presidency is turning out to be every bit as dangerous and divisive as we feared. His executive order instituting restrictions on refugees fleeing for safety and nationals from certain Middle East countries is a violation of the US’s international duties, and its impact will spread racism, hatred and fear in the US and beyond, given its specific impact on Muslims.

The death of the toxic trade deal TPP was long overdue - but don’t praise Trump for it

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

25 January 2017
Trade

It’s good news that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is dead. In fact, the toxic deal – a pacific version of US-EU deal TTIP – was already dead before Trump took office. Popular pressure from trade unions and campaign groups in the US and elsewhere had killed it. Even free-trader Hillary Clinton turned against it during her campaign.

We must stop ‘hard’ Brexit – and we still have the chance to do so

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

25 January 2017
General

Global Justice Now welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court that parliament must have a role in the triggering of Article 50. Brexit represents the biggest constitutional change for Britain since the Second World War. It is only right that the people and their representatives play the fullest possible role in mapping out how this will happen and what it will look like.

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Why a May-Trump trade deal should ring all kinds of alarm bells

Trade

Commenting ahead of the meeting between Theresa May and Donald Trump on Friday where they are expected to discuss a possible trade deal between the UK and the US, Nick Dearden the director of Global Justice Now said:

New research shows Scotland’s wealth shockingly dwarfed by multinational companies

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Research from social justice campaign organisation Global Justice Now has exposed the scandal of the 10 biggest corporations in the world making more money than most countries combined. 

In addition, research released today that focuses on Scotland shows that:

Theresa May's Brexit speech shows the UK being turned into an insular, jingoistic nation

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Responding to prime minister Theresa May's speech being delivered today on Brexit, Jean Blaylock the policy officer for Global Justice Now said: