Nick Dearden
The Guardian
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‘Take back control’? With this Pacific trade deal, Brexit Britain has just signed it away
Goodbye, food standards. Hello, corporate lobbyists. Why are we doing this, asks Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now → Read More
What can Starmer learn from Biden? Now is not the time for timidity
Labour’s bowing to business contrasts with the boldness of the US president’s green industrial policies. There is an opportunity to be grasped, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
With monkeypox, profits are once again being put ahead of protecting life
As with Covid, corporate interests are taking priority over getting vaccines to people and areas that most need them, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
The WTO, with its ‘market knows best’ ideology, has failed. It’s time to bury it
The WTO has encouraged agricultural monopolies and cheap labour, and created vulnerable supply chains, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
Putting big pharma in charge of global vaccine rollout was a big mistake
Covid has made it clear: the likes of Pfizer, in thrall to shareholders, only really care about their huge profits, says the director of Global Justice Now → Read More
Developing nations may give up on the WTO for good if it won’t budge on vaccine patents
Covid has shown that the market cannot solve a global crisis. Now countries such as Britain must realise that too, says the director of Global Justice Now, Nick Dearden → Read More
The UK’s obsession with trade deals means disaster for the environment
The agreement with Australia could prevent Britain dealing with the climate crisis, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
Don’t just defend aid – make it just
Britain’s aid budget cut is the act of a callous government. But we must re-think aid if we’re to turn the tide, writes Nick Dearden. → Read More
A toxic UK-US deal is just as likely under President Biden
It’s down to the public to make sure big business doesn’t get its way – we can’t rely on Boris Johnson or Biden to stop it, says Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now → Read More
The government still says 'trust us' on chlorinated chicken. We don't.
The pressure is working. This weekend, government ministers performed a U-turn and announced concessions on food standards in future trade deals. → Read More
The government's insinuation that Corbyn colluded with Russia is meant to distract
Like Labour, my organisation wanted details of UK-US trade negotiations to be revealed. That isn’t treason – it’s a public service, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
As others pull together on a coronavirus vaccine, why is the UK siding with big pharma?
The UK has refused to support a WHO initiative to make Covid-19 treatments patent-free, says Nick Dearden, the director of Global Justice Now → Read More
If the government doesn't halt trade talks with Trump, it's learned nothing from coronavirus
As most of the country continues to focus on the Covid-19 crisis, Boris Johnson’s government launched formal trade negotiations with Donald Trump’s administration this week. Apart from asking whether the government should have more pressing issues to attend to, the Covid-19 crisis has exposed serious weaknesses within our economy. → Read More
It's not just chlorinated chicken: five foods a US trade deal could bring to the UK
The US is demanding a ‘science-based’ approach with disturbing consequences, says Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now → Read More
This election is a battle for Britain’s soul
This week the UK may elect either Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson as prime minister. Nick Dearden examines what’s at stake and how the result is likely to impact global justice. → Read More
Trump's trade deal plays an even bigger part in the UK election than you realise
It’s a rare thing for a British general election campaign to be dominated by a trade deal, particularly one that does not yet exist. But a post-Brexit deal with Donald Trump’s America is more than your routine trade deal – it is a symbol for what sort of country we want to be, and as such defines the dividing line in the upcoming election. → Read More
Jeremy Corbyn's big pharma policy is not ‘radical’ – it's part of a new consensus to tackle a rogue industry
For too long big pharmaceutical corporations have held patients to ransom by charging extortionate prices for life-saving medicines. And at least one former Conservative minister should applaud Jeremy Corbyn’s conference announcement yesterday, aimed at constraining this powerful sector. → Read More
A Trump trade deal with Britain will unleash a bonfire of regulations
The desire for a post-Brexit alliance will deliver the UK into Washington’s pocket, says Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now → Read More
In Libya we are seeing the full horror of Britain’s brutal migration policy
In the last week we have seen the full horror of Britain’s brutal migration policy. 53 migrants were killed on Tuesday when a Libyan detention centre was bombed. → Read More
This may feel like the 1930s, but history doesn't have to repeat itself
In the 1930s, capitalism needed a ‘Plan B'. Faced with mass disaffection after the financial crash of 1929, and a growing communist movement which threatened to nationalise property and expropriate profits, (...) → Read More