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Nick Dearden

@nickdearden75

Nick Dearden is director of Global Justice Now, a campaign group that mobilises people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south. Previously, he was director at Jubilee Debt Campaign

Boris Johnson’s government is preparing for upcoming trade talks with the US
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Trade talks with Trump show we’ve learned nothing from coronavirus

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The Trump trade deal plays a worryingly big part in this election

Labour leader's policy is not ‘radical’ but aimed at constraining the powerful sector
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Corbyn’s big pharma policy is not ‘radical’ – it’s the new consensus

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Tomorrow's trade negotiation with the US cannot go well for Liam Fox

Matteo Salvini, leader of the fascist League party, has most to gain from the budget confrontation with the EU
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The EU's austerity bias is to blame for the budget standoff with Italy

Corbyn identified the reasons why people voted for Brexit without making explicitly anti-EU arguments
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Corbyn was brave enough to mention why people voted for Brexit

Campaigners in the EU and Canada have relentlessly opposed CETA
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May's celebration of Ceta shows what Brexit will look like

The EU (Withdrawal) Bill will allow deregulation similar to the US model – something that Liam Fox is in favour of
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Why 'The Great Repeal Bill' is a threat to British democracy

The government promised they would take back control after Brexit, but not from us
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The Government is using Brexit to take control away from citizens

Liam Fox has said ‘prosperity is achieved when we are at liberty to pursue our own interests’ – so why does he appear so keen to limit free movement?
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Free movement isn’t a plot to undermine workers’ rights

Canadian companies won't have the best interests of Europe in mind either
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CETA doesn't undermine Trump, it helps him

European Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker before signing Ceta
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Like TTIP, the Ceta deal is a ticking time bomb

Delegates at this year's Labour conference were more interested in how our world is changing than the party's internal wranglings
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British politics is about to change forever

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British politics is about to change forever

Delegates at this year's Labour conference were more interested in how our world is changing than the party's internal wranglings
Our next target must be CETA – a deal which has received far less attention than TTIP
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TTIP has failed but here are the trade deals about to take its place

Britain also opposes the creation of an EU blacklist of tax havens
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Don’t like the power of big banks in Brussels? Blame the British

The biggest vote winner is that fear that’s been used by elites over centuries; fear of ‘the other’
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A plea to my friends who want Lexit – this is not the time

Refugees and migrants arrive at Lesbos island after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on 23 October 2015
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The refugee crisis has allowed Cameron to push his favourite policies

Refugees and migrants arrive at Lesbos island after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on 23 October 2015
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The refugee crisis has allowed Cameron to push his favourite policies

The world’s biggest companies in finance, technology, pharma, tobacco and telecoms are dominating discussions with the EU executive body’s trade department
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Corporate tax avoidance in the UK may be about to get even worse

The event at Davos sees the world's rich and powerful gather in a snow-blanketed Swiss ski resort
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Technology is the future, but is it is not the solution to poverty

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at a fringe event at COP21. Some leaders have warned that it would be “morally wrong” for nations such as America and Britain to duck out of providing developing countries with compensation as the effects of climate change take root
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Rich countries caused climate change. Why are we now forgetting that?

Protest against TTIP outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium - 04 Feb 2015
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TTIP is already letting big business shape our laws

Protestors take part in a demonstration against TTIP and CETA in front of the party headquarters of the Social Democrate Party in Berlin on September 20, 2014
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If you're worried about TTIP, then you need to know about CETA

Weapons are exhibited at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi) in 2009. The fair is the largest of its kind in the world
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In the midst of a refugee crisis Cameron is welcoming arms dealers

Weapons are exhibited at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi) in 2009. The fair is the largest of its kind in the world
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In the midst of a refugee crisis Cameron is welcoming arms dealers

Anti-austerity protesters march outside the Greek parliament in Athens
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Greece is about to be completely dismantled and fed to profit-hungry

Weapons are exhibited at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi) in 2009. The fair is the largest of its kind in the world
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In the midst of a refugee crisis Cameron is welcoming arms dealers

Weapons are exhibited at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi) in 2009. The fair is the largest of its kind in the world
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In the midst of a refugee crisis Cameron is welcoming arms dealers

Anti-austerity protesters march outside the Greek parliament in Athens
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Greece is about to be completely dismantled and fed to profit-hungry

Figures released at the end of last week revealed that the NHS has worked up a £500m deficit in the first three months of this financial year
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We're already pouring £9bn of NHS money into big business - and TTIP

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We're already pouring £9bn of NHS money into big business - and TTIP

Figures released at the end of last week revealed that the NHS has worked up a £500m deficit in the first three months of this financial year

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