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The media has once again failed the public over the UK-India trade deal - Global Justice Now Politicians love a trade deal. The media loves a trade deal. Seeing the ability to sign our own trade deals as a major Brexit dividend, Conservative governments made it a […]

The India-UK trade deal was proclaimed by the media as a wonderful thing for all of us. But like most trade deals, it shifts power in favour of big business. Here’s my take on it👇

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The media has once again failed the public over the UK-India trade deal - Global Justice Now Politicians love a trade deal. The media loves a trade deal. Seeing the ability to sign our own trade deals as a major Brexit dividend, Conservative governments made it a […]

Trade deals remain outside of the realm of democratic scrutiny - they are a perfect vehicle for elites to quietly change the rules of the game in their own interests.

We urgently need to change this, our director @nickdearden.bsky.social writes 👇

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Military diverting critical materials from renewables Campaigners say green transition must not be hijacked by military industries or used to undermine the economies of developing countries.

This is really important from @globaljusticenow.bsky.social - mining of 'critical minerals' is always framed as vital for the energy transition...but many of those minerals have no role in tackling climate change (and plenty of use in weapons/aerospace).

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Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

Read our full report, 'Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense?' out now

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Military diverting critical materials from renewables Campaigners say green transition must not be hijacked by military industries or used to undermine the economies of developing countries.

"We can’t build a green future on the exploitation of poorer countries, and we don’t have to. We can achieve a green transition, but there’s a need to transform how our economy works." - @cleodierickard.bsky.social

Our latest report covered in @theecologist.org 👇🏽

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Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

#CriticalMinerals are a key component of this transition but as this new report from @globaljusticenow.bsky.social finds, many are mined for military use, impacting environmental quality and communities in the areas they are extracted from. www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/mat... 2/3

Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

🚨 NEW: Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by the UK play ‘no major role’ in the green transition, our research reveals 🚨

Our new briefing finds the often-harmful mining of these resources is being driven in a large way by militarisation

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Good to see these arguments that UK mineral criticality has less to do with the green transition (a framing that is most often used in narratives), and more to do with militarisation ...

Are all "critical minerals" really critical for the energy transition?

No, says this UK-focussed report: there's a danger of green-washing harmful resource grabs.

Our new report warns that the push by Western governments to get their hands on critical minerals, risks a neo-colonial resource grab, aimed more at military buildup than the just transition we need.

Read it here 👇

Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

Read our new briefing, 'Material realities: who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense?', out now 👇🏽

www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/mat...

Text reads: “Too often, discussions around ‘critical minerals’ obscure the fact that huge amounts are ‘critical’ not for phasing out fossil fuels, but for the profits of the likes of the military industry - with questionable gains for ordinary people here, and devastating consequences for communities overseas. We can’t build a green future on the exploitation of poorer countries, and we don’t have to. We can achieve a green transition, but there’s a need to transform how our economy works. By shifting our mineral demand away from militarisation and towards renewable energy generation, while embedding supply chain justice and fair terms of trade in genuinely unavoidable extraction, we can start to realise this vision.” - Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now

We find the defence sector driving demand across the board and the minerals requiring the most significant increases in production are needed for EVs.

Should the military industry be getting first dibs? Should we plan a green future that relies on more privatised car ownership?

Talk around the 'green transition' often touts the need for huge increases in mineral mining.

But our findings show that small diversions of minerals from other uses would facilitate the @iea.org's renewable energy goals without the need for increasing production.

Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

🚨 NEW: Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by the UK play ‘no major role’ in the green transition, our research reveals 🚨

Our new briefing finds the often-harmful mining of these resources is being driven in a large way by militarisation

www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/mat...

Prime Minister: It’s time to Make Them Pay Billionaires and polluting corporations are increasingly destroying lives and being rewarded with more vast wealth, while working people worldwide are left to pick up the pieces. If we don’t fight bac...

TAKE ACTION - Tell the Prime Minister to:

1. Tax the super-rich
2. Protect workers, not billionaires
3. Make polluters pay

#MAKETHEMPAY

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Around the world, we're seeing amazing climate wins everyday.

It's time politicians in rich countries like the UK step up and take the threat of the climate crisis seriously!

UK must stand with Global South against unfair US trade tactics - Trade Justice Movement As the next US-imposed tariff deadline of 1st August looms, a coalition of trade justice campaigners are urging the UK Government to speak out against Donald Trump’s escalating tariff threats, warning...

Global South countries are already being pushed to the brink by climate change, debt, and aid cuts.

The UK must stand with Global South against unfair US trade tactics!

Read our joint letter

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YouTube video by Global Justice Now Cleodie Rickard of Global Justice Now on BBC Radio on the UK-India trade deal

The India-UK trade deal perpetuates a race to the bottom on workers & human rights, made between two draconian governments that are attacking civil liberties & the multiracial working class.

Brilliant critique by @cleodierickard.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social 👇

youtu.be/WRJRiKsxx78?...

The UK government prioritises corporate power financial interests over popular wellbeing by seeking ISDS inclusion in trade deals.
If you don’t know what ISDS is then do a search.
British companies & others have used it to try and bully governments into changing progressive environmental policy.

If the government wants to use trade to build a fairer and greener world, why is it pushing for corporate courts in the UK-India bilateral investment treaty?

Our trade campaign manager @cleodierickard.bsky.social on BBC radio 👇🏼

It's an inalienable right but also... we won't do it if Israel backs off a bit.

Here's an idea - why not use the ample power you have to force Israel to stop its genocide - comprehensive sanctions.

Then also recognise Palestine because it's their inalienable right.

A truly brilliant interview from my colleague @anita-bh.bsky.social
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Calls on people of the world to stand up to US imperialism and stand in solidarity with everyone this violence touches: from Palestine to the UK and US.

It's more important than ever that we show solidarity with people globally at the sharp end of Trump's destructive politics.

Our media manager @anita-bh.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 👇🏾

Now that countries have capitulated on tariffs, Trump will be back for more Governments should stop handing Trump unnecessary victories and stand up to him. This is the only way to defeat him.

Giving in to Trump’s tariff threats won’t stop the attacks, it invites more. Governments must stop conceding ground and start defending a fairer global trade system.

@nickdearden.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social & Melanie Foley @publiccitizen.bsky.social

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Now that countries have capitulated on tariffs, Trump will be back for more Governments should stop handing Trump unnecessary victories and stand up to him. This is the only way to defeat him.

Governments should stop handing Trump unnecessary victories and stand up to him. This is the only way to defeat him.

Global Justice Now's @nickdearden.bsky.social and Melanie Foley of @publiccitizen.bsky.social for @aljazeera.com ⤵️

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Trump’s endgame isn’t better trade policy, it’s total dominance for the corporate class.

He’s bullying the world into deals that favor Big Oil, Big Tech, and Big Defense.

Cosying up to Trump doesn't work.

We can't give into him as he attempts to use tariffs as a tool into bullying us into giving up our rights in US-UK trade negotiations, our media manager @anita-bh.bsky.social tells BBC Scotland

Cosying up to Trump doesn't work.

We can't give into him as he attempts to use tariffs as a tool into bullying us into giving up our rights in US-UK trade negotiations, our media manager @anita-bh.bsky.social tells BBC Scotland

Brexit trade meetings remain a state secret Secrecy maintained over the extent to which Britain is willing to abandon environmental and consumer protections to secure trade deals after Brexit.

This is a huge and highly consequential story in @theecologist.org‬
We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know.
So much for democracy.
theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...

Say No to a Toxic Trade Deal with Trump The British and American governments have announced the beginnings of a trade deal - but most of the details are still to be agreed. We know that Donald Trump is pushing for a deeper deal which puts

🚨 TODAY, Trump and Starmer are meeting in Scotland to push forward a secretive US-UK trade deal.

Our NHS, online safety, and ability to regulate big tech are all at risk.

Tell Starmer: no toxic deals with Trump. Sign and share the petition now 👇
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