Help us campaign for proper compensation from the big polluters for the climate damage they have done.
We know that the Government is planning to backtrack on pledges made at previous UN conferences on climate to provide loss and damage funding for countries worst affected by climate chaos and which have done least to cause it.
This is unacceptable, especially as higher income countries have done most to create the greenhouse gases which are heating the planet.
Also, the worst polluters, the fossil fuel companies are not only raking in huge profits but are also heavily subsided (unlike renewable energy sources). Surely it is only fair that they are taxed to provide the funding needed?
The Big 5 fossil fuel companies (Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies) have played a particularly big role in this, contributing to over 11% of global historic carbon emissions between them. Collectively, they could owe as much as $8 trillion in climate damage to the global south.
These companies reported over $170 billion in profit in 2022 alone
During the Autumn, there are several occasions when we are asked to act.
From 30/11 to 12/12, the UN Climate Talks, COP28, will be taking place in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates
For the Portsmouth area, we have decided
To ask as many local groups as possible to support our letter to all the local MPs.
To encourage as many people as possible to write individually to MPs.
To organise a photo-opportunity in Guildhall Square on 15/9 at noon at which we hope lots of groups will be represented. We did this – see picture above.
To send the letter and photo to the press as well as to MPs.
To have a big event in Guildhall Square with stalls, music, speakers and a march during the COP28 talks – this will be on December 9th.
The groups letter we have created is available from havclimate@gmail.com
Could you please get a representative from your group to send a name, role if any and the name of the group which we can add to the letter.
COP28 (30/11 to 12/12) will take place in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, a leading oil and gas producer. And the official chosen to preside over the summit – Sultan Al Jaber – is the chief executive of the country’s national oil company, Adnoc, which is planning a big expansion of production capacity. There is also going to be a huge contingent of fossil fuel companies, which many believe should be banned.
Pascoe Sabido, at Corporate Europe Observatory and the co-coordinator of the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition of more than 450 organisations, said: “The Cop28 UAE key messages “rip the green façade off of this fossil fuel presidency. Anyone who reads them should have alarm bells ringing.
“The UN climate talks have become an oil and gas industry trade show, not the flagship for climate action. An entire industry has successfully co-opted the process and is leading us in a death spiral to climate catastrophe. How far are we prepared to go to make sure that doesn’t happen?”
In Portsmouth, we plan to have a large demonstration during the COP 28 talks, with speeches, music and a march from Guildhall Square. We’re not sure of the exact day of national action yet but will publicise it soon.
Around the world, the people who grow, pick, stitch and make the things we buy are facing the same challenges: unfair pay, unsafe working conditions, and a climate crisis threatening their livelihoods. Fairtrade exists to change this, and to push for the rules that make fairness the norm, not the exception.
The Fairtrade Foundation is part of a global Fairtrade system. We work to change the terms of trade through our certification, campaigns, policy work, and business partnerships. That includes working to secure fairer prices, safer working conditions, and more power in the hands of farmers and workers.
When we listen to producers and farmers, what we hear is clear, fairness breaks down in three key places:
People-rights and safety at work Planet-protecting the land producers depend on Pay-earning enough to live well andplan for the future
That’swhy our 2026 focus is simple:People. Planet. Pay. Do it Fair.
Fairtrade is campaigning for governments to demand better from business, so people’s rights are protected everywhere, not just where companies choose to act.
The products we love are under threat – and so are producers’ livelihoods. The climate crisis is making it harder to grow everyday crops like cocoa and coffee. Farmers are dealing with unpredictable weather, failing harvests, and rising costs, often without the support they need. Protecting the planet means protecting the people who depend on it.
What is a Business, Human Rights and Environment act?
It would require companies to prevent harm before it happens – helping ensure that products sold in the UK are free from exploitation and abuse.
A similar law was passed in the EU in 2024, and individual European countries like France, Germany and Norway have laws that require some level of human rights due diligence. The UK needs to follow suit.
Together, we can build a future where:
Companies take responsibility for their actions
Workers can speak out without fear
The stories behind our products are stories of fairness and safety
Why Now?
This is a huge and once-in-a decade opportunity, as a new law is currently being debated in Parliament. Showing the Government that communities up and down the country are calling for change is crucial
Together, we can demand rules that make every business take responsibility. Together, we can level the playing field. Together, we can protect people and planet.
Background
Promises of “cheap” and “fast” hide the real cost, paid by the people who produce the things we use every day, their communities, and our planet. Some businesses are doing things the right way: working in partnership, paying fair wages, protecting workers, and safeguarding the environment. But too often they’re undercut by those who are not, pushing rising costs onto the people behind our food, drink and clothing.
We can change this.
How’s the UK lagging behind?
In 2011 the United Nations adopted the‘UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,’ introducing the concept of “human rights due diligence”. This means companies should identify, mitigate, prevent and account for human rights abuses in their supply chains. It also called on countries to introduce laws that compel businesses to take action. Since then, this approach has been extended to cover environmental harms like deforestation, pollution and climate impacts – which sadly often go hand-in-hand with human rights abuses.
Several countries are putting such laws into place, including France, Germany and New Zealand. Countries such as France and Germany already have such laws in place, while others such as Belgium are in the process of passing such laws. And the EU is bringing forward a new ‘Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive,’ which UK companies will have to comply with if they’re operating in the EU. In failing to introduce its own legislation, something thatUK businesses andinvestors themselves are calling for, the UK is falling behind.
What would this new law require companies to do?
A new Business, Human Rights and Environment Act would hold UK companies and the public sectorlegally accountable if they fail to preventhuman rights abuses or environmental harm in the UK or overseas.
As part of theGood Business Matters campaign , we’re calling for a law based on a “failure to prevent” approach, modelled on the existing UK Bribery Act. This law has successfully shifted corporate behaviour on bribery, and in 2017 the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights recommended using this model for a new UK law on human rights and the environment.
It would:
Put the onus on companies and public bodies to carry outthorough checks on their supply chains, to identify risks and establish measures to prevent harm.
Enable UK companies to beheld liable in both civil and criminal courtsif they fail to prevent foreseeable environmental harm or human rights abuses. Civil liability would allow affected people to sue companies for loss or damages, crucially the onus would be on companies to prove that they took all reasonable steps to prevent the harm from happening. Whilst criminal liability would mean company directors could face prosecution in a criminal court for the most serious offences.
Include toughsanctions and punishmentslike finesthat act as a deterrent.
Give affected communities the legalright to seek redress, including potential compensation.
Embed therights of women, children and Indigenous peoplesthroughout the due diligence process, and require companies to engage with potentially affected communities.
Growing support for a new law from businesses and the public
There’s significant support for a new law from50 leading businesses and investors . These businesses include John Lewis, Primark, Asos, Tesco and Aviva, while the investors, representing over £4.5 trillion in assets under management, include Legal & General and Abdrn. Alongside Friends of the Earth,37 other civil society organisations like Oxfam and Amnesty International also support the Good Business Matters campaign.
And UK public opinion is strongly in favour, with recent YouGov polling showing high levels of support for a new UK law.
We also know this can work. In 2022 the Law Commission included a “failure to prevent” offence as a way for the government to improve the law and hold corporations to account for serious human rights and environmental crimes.
Agrowing number of MPs have joined calls for a new law on business, human rights and the environment to protect people and planet from abuse. Ask parliament to take action. And during the UN climate talks, COP 30, we’ll be calling on global leaders to show maximum ambition and drive for ending global deforestation.
We need to hold companies to account for harm in their supply chains
Find out more
Fairtrade
Around the world, producers are facing the same challenges: unfair pay, unsafe working conditions, and the climate crisis which threatening their livelihoods. Fairtrade exists to change this, and to push for the rules that make fairness the norm, not the exception.
Transform Trade
Partners with producers to fight for a fairer trade system.
They have a range of campaigns to make trade fairer including the call for this new law
Our world’s natural resources are being exploited to make countless everyday products, from chicken produced by soy-fed animals to soaps made with palm oil. Many companies involved in these global supply chains are wreaking havoc on our planet’s life support systems.
And this environmental destruction comes hand in hand with human rights abuses, particularly for people in poorer countries. These communities bear the brunt of deforestation, land grabbing and displacement, while global corporations reap the profits.
A National Emergency Briefing for MPs and public figures took place in Westminster on 27 November 2025. It brought together recognised experts to explain how climate and nature risks are expected to affect the UK, and what actions could reduce those risks. It covered climate breakdown, biodiversity, food security, economy, national security, green transition, tipping points. It was a stunning achievement and needs to be shared as widely as possible.
There s now an important film summarising the talks and you can see it locally. This documentary ” People’ s Emergency Briefing” headed by Chris Packham has just been released for community use only . It is the film which is presented by communities for communities.
Over 2200 screenings around the country are registered already. You can find out where they are and get all the details on the National Emergency Briefing Map
We have 5 so far organised for Portsmouth and others in Havant and Stubbingon.
It is vital for the Portsmouth community to be informed.
Various environmental and faith groups have come together and want to inform the public as our government is failing to keep us fully informed about the risk to our future. Solutions are included but we must wake up so that we are aware of the urgency .
Screenings :
22nd April 7 om St James’s Church Emsworth. Free, No need to book
8th May 7 pm Cinema 6
15th May 7 pm Church of the Resurrection in Drayton featuring special guest Lt General Nugee on National Security
16th May 6 pm Southsea Cinema
30th May 2 pm Portsmouth Cathedral.
If you wish to book a ticket :
Here is the link to a website
People’s Emergency Briefing
Or book directly :
30th April: Portsmouth University , 7 pm
People’s Emergency Briefing: Screening hosted by Centre for Blue Governance
There will be more screenings but we really urge people to book their places asap. A special flyer for the 15th May is in print.
MPs and councillors are invited. The aim of this documentary is to ask people to write to their MP and ask for a televised national briefing on all major TV channels ( Covid , second World War like)
If you are interested to find out more, please look here :
We also need more people to sign the appeal to the main broadcasters and the Prime Minister for the briefing to be broadcast to the nation. https://www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
You can also watch the 11 short National Emergency Briefing videos on YouTube.
Tea is the world’s most popular drink apart from water – in Britain alone we drink over 100 million cups of tea every day.
But right now, too little of the money in the industry goes back to the people who grow and pick our tea. As tea drinkers we have become used to paying very little, with an average tea bag today costing just two or three pence, while the cost to grow and pick our tea is increasing. We want more people to know about this and to call on the government and tea companies to pay workers more and demand human rights.
If you’d like help. Penny Chinery from the Cooperative group is happy to being along a selection of teas and take you through the tea-tasting. Penny can offer a range of other talks too about Faitrade, Waste, Fairtrade wines, the History of hte Coop. And she can be relied on hte bring samples!
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Penny Chinery
Member Engagement Activator East Hampshire & West Sussex
The crucial climate talks are taking place from 10-21 Nov s in Belem, Brazil, a country known for its vast rainforests and vibrant social movements. Key themes this year include protecting forests and indigenous people as well as getting commitments from countries to cut emissions and come up with the funding needed to tackle climate change and protect those most affected.
There are plans for action around the world on Saturday 15th November including a rally in Portsmouth. Do join us if you can
On te previous day, e have a banner-making workshop
Together, our actions can have a positive impact on real people’s lives. Fairer pay, fairer treatment, fairer futures – that’s Fairtrade. For instance, you could check out the Brew It Fair campaign and sign the petition to get better conditions for workers on tea plantations.
You could still organise a tea-tasting to get the message across. See how to do it here
So, whatever you do, and however you do it, we’re asking: Do it Fair.
For over 30 years Fairtrade has been supporting over 2 million Fairtrade farmers and workers across 58 countries to ensure they can earn a fairer wage and extra money to spend in their community. It’s also about tackling the effects of a changing climate, giving more power to women and protecting the environment.
Despite successes over the last 30 years, our global food system still isn’t fair. Farmers are part of a chain in which power is unfairly distributed. They are frequently forced to sell their crops for less money than they cost to grow. The climate crisis is making conditions even more challenging for farmers.
We hope that as many people as possible will publicise and use Fairtrade products. Could you organise a Fairtrade coffee morning? Hold a tea tasting, promoting the current Brew It Fair campaign? Show a film? Or just put a few items with the Fairtrade Mark into your shopping trolley
Tuesday 23 September, 10.30am – 12pm : Fairtrade Coffee Morning, The Peace Centre, 15 Middle Park Way, PO9 4AB
Sunday 28th September Fairtrade breakfast 10am St Wilfred’s Church, Padnell Road PO8 8DZ. All welcome. Free
Tuesday 30 September, 10am -12pm : “Brew it Fair” Tea Party, Co-op Funeralcare, 28a North Street Havant, PO9 1PT
Saturday 4 October, 10am – 12pm : Fairtrade Coffee Morning, St Faith’s Church, West St, Havant PO9 1EH
Portsmouth Fairtrade events
Thursday 25th September Tea -tasting with Chat over Chai 12-2 at the Havelock Centre
Sun 28/9 2 pm Church of the Resurrection Come & Sing your favourite hymns about creation and harvest. Fairtrade tea and Quiz
Friday 3rd October A Fairtrade stall in the Cascades Shopping Centre from 9.00 with chocolate and bananas to try. Sun October 5th FT display of goods and giving away samples of chocolate and tomatoes at St. Judes Church Southsea.
A tea part and tea quiz at Milton URC
Sunday 5th October A Fairtrade breakfast at the Anglican Cathedral .This is after the 8 am, 9.30 and 11.00 services.
2024 has been a memorable year for us. We celebrated our 20 years as a Fairtrade City and also commemorated 30 years of the Fairtrade Foundation.
The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Tom Coles, invited people who had been involved with Fairtrade to a Civic reception in the Lord Mayor’s parlour on 5th March. This was a great opportunity to catch up with friends and celebrate what we have been doing over the 20 years since received our award. We produced an album of photographs showing some of the activities we had been involved with. We were able to reuse our banner from 2014; Sue Ward baked a cake for us; Christine went to huge lengths to put different Fairtrade flowers together for me and we presented a gift to Jane Singh to thank her for her invaluable support. We also handed our new Fairtrade community certificate to the Lord Mayor at this event and we were delighted to welcome Stefan Donnelly from the Fairtrade Foundation to our reception.
Jane Singh had persuaded her son Ben to produce a special handout for us (which linked to the 50 ideas for action) as well as a video which was displayed (surprisingly often) on the Big Screen in Guildhall Square.
Jane also arranged for A1 posters to be displayed at 10 sites around the city, both during our anniversary celebration and again during Fairtrade Fortnight.
On 19/3 Sue J and Christine attended the full council meeting. We had asked Cllrs Hugh Mason and Suzy Horton to propose and second a motion of support for Fairtrade and Christine did a powerful deputation to the council asking them to reassert their support. This was passed unanimously and the Lord Mayor said he would be happy to help us and wear a banana suit.
We took a Fairtrade stall to a Stand Up to Racism event at the Discovery Centre on 8/4.
The leader of the council, Councillors Steve Pitt and Suzy Horton suggested that our group should be considered for a civic award. We were invited to the Mayor-Making in the Guildhall on May 14th at which we received a certificate and badge, a real honour for our group.
Fairtrade Fortnight was moved to September this year so after the reception, we began to think about what we might do including an exhibition in the Central library. We also wanted to set up a stall in Cascades and to hold a special service. And most importantly, we wanted to get the information out to as many local groups as possible to try and revive their interest and get them to take some action during Fairtrade Fortnight. So, we spent a lot of time on mailings to churches, schools, Churches Together groups, PCC staff etc We got some good publicity out, particularly articles in the Diocesan newsletters. We held a special meeting with a range of Fairtrade supporters around SE Hants and got some good ideas on getting publicity out to different groups. We continued to use our website and Facebook page.
Jane had arranged to do a PCC stall at the Victorious Festival and we managed to get a supply of chocolate from Tony’s Chocoloney and bananas from Primafruit. Jane did a great job of getting children to colour in pictures and submitted the video her son had done to play to the whole audience.
Our main events during Fairtrade Fortnight were the exhibition in the Central library which Christine put together with help from Penny Chinery from the Co-op Group. It was to convey the story of Fairtrade In Portsmouth since 2002 and also the story of the Fairtrade Foundation. This generated some potentially useful conversations. As well as archive material, we used some posters designed by Sarah Hirom from the Gosport group.
Then we had a successful day in Cascades, again with chocolate and bananas to give out as well as leaflets designed by Ben. This generated a lot of interest. The former Lord Mayor kept his promise and accompanied us dressed as a banana. We had help from Penny Chinery of the Coop Group.
We held a special service at St Mary’s church on 8/9 with Councillor Hugh Mason explaining the importance of Fairtrade. We were grateful to Fr Bob White and the organist Brian Moles as well as to Sue W for delicious refreshments.
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Sue Ward managed once again to organise a successful Fairtrade breakfast at St Thomas’s cathedral. This generated about £250, of which £200 was donated to the Fairtrade Foundation. Miriam organised events in Drayton and Clare at St Jude’s Church.
Future ideas We needed to build on the obvious links between Fairtrade and Climate and advertise the fact that support for Fairtrade is a requirement for Eco Church status. Making contact with Muslim groups. Jim Graham had kindly got his son-in-law to produce copies of the FTF’s leaflet FT Mosques: Start Your Journey and Christine had made a start on contacting local mosques and Muslim friends. Publicising Fairtrade projects at stages through the year Asking local MPs to pledge support for Fairtrade Getting churches and schools to recommit and to sign up on the national map
A growing global movement, spearheaded by governments in the global south, for a much-needed Fossil Fuel Treaty. The treaty would provide a framework for keeping global heating within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the target world leaders agreed in 2015 as necessary for preventing runaway climate change.
It would create a fast path to a fair global phase out of fossil fuels, which would stop fossil fuel expansion in its tracks and ensure a globally just transition to clean energy. The Fossil Fuel Treaty would create a global framework for the phase out, with three pillars. Signatories would agree to:
Big oil has brainwashed us all into reducing the use of fossil fuels, whilst its CEOs keep making millions from producing them. The main formal space the global movement has to fight back in is the annual UN COP, (this year COP29 in Azerbaijan) where decisive action is constantly diluted by an ever-growing delegation of fossil fuel lobbyists.
It has taken nearly 30 years for the UN to name fossil fuels as a problem. COP is still hugely important, but we need a plan that can work more quickly than it can, and is not already tainted by corporate capture. We need a proposal to tackle the fossil fuel industry head on, create a mandate to dismantle polluting business models, and end the fossil fuel era, once and for all.
What you can do.
Call for action now. Demanding a Fossil Fuel Treaty is one of key demands at theday of action during the COP 29 Climate talksin Azerbaijan. Join us for our protests on November 16th, starting in Guildhall Square at 11am
In November, world leaders will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for the 29th COP climate summit. We cannot simply wait for them to solve the urgent challenges we face. Now is the time to campaign for climate justice at community level and bring the critical issues into focus.
We will come together on 16th November in an international co-ordinated day of action
To sound the alarm! The public need to be aware that climate breakdown is not a thing of the future – it’s happening now
To connect the dots between climate change, inequality and war
To demand meaningful climate action that incorporates social justice and collective liberation
To show the importance of community and the power of collective action.
All forms of oppression are intertwined, and achieving equitable solutions for climate change requires collective action that addresses issues related to economic, racial, gender, social, health justice, and workers’ rights.
We welcome everyone to join us on 16th November! We will be gathering at various points around Portsmouth with the Portsmouth Climate Choir. Our plan is to gather in Guildhall Square at 11 am, hear some songs and a couple of short talks, then move on to Commercial Road for about 11.30 to join with the Palestine Solidarity protestors outside Barclays Bank. Then we’ll move on to Cascades about 12.15 and sing there
You could also help make placards and banners for the event at this session, organised by Turning Tides on 9th November.Please let us know you are coming. If you can bring card and sticks, that would be great.
No new fossil fuels — no new finance public or private, no new approvals, licenses, permits, or extensions. The provision of sufficient, consensual climate funding to realise this commitment everywhere.
A rapid, just and equitable phase out of existing infrastructure in line with the 1.5C temperature limit and a global plan, like a Fossil Fuel Treaty,to ensure that each country does its part.
New commitments for international cooperation to drastically scale up climate finance delivery and technology transfers to ensure renewable energy access, economic diversification plans, and Just Transition processes so that every country and community can phase out fossil fuels.
Stop greenwashing and claiming that offsets, CCS or geo-engineering are solutions to the climate crisis.
Hold polluters responsible for the damage they’ve caused and make sure it’s coal, oil, and gas corporations that pay reparations for climate loss and damage and for local rehabilitation, remediation and transition.
End fossil fuel corporate capture. No to corporations writing the rules of climate action, bankrolling climate talks or undermining the global response to climate change.
This year we are celebrating 30 years of the Fairtrade Mark in Britain This means 30 years of farmers using the power of Fairtrade to drive positive change in their communities.
So, we’re expecting an extra special Fairtrade Fortnight from 9th to 22nd September.
The theme is Be the Change, spotlighting how YOU can Be the Change, by choosing Fairtrade every time.
Our goal is more than people just being aware, it’s about them encouraging an active choice to support over 2 million Fairtrade farmers and workers across 58 countries, wherever possible, to ensure they can earn a fairer wage.
You can also download the 30th anniversary report, ‘Growing Our Movement For Change,’ which contains the most recent information on the impact of decades of work to achieve fairer prices.
Since Fairtrade certified products first hit the supermarket shelves, Fairtrade has not only pioneered a unique, more equitable way of doing trade – and shown how it makes a tangible difference – it has become the world’s most recognised and trusted ethical label.
Despite this success, our global food system still isn’t fair. Farmers are part of a chain in which power is unfairly distributed. They are frequently forced to sell their crops for less money than they cost to grow. The climate crisis is making conditions more and more challenging for farmers.
So, let’s spread the word, support Fairtrade producers and call for trade justice.
The Future is Fair
It’s a simple message: choose Fairtrade now and help save our favourite foods. More of us choosing Fairtrade means extra income, power, and support for those communities, as they work to build sustainable and prosperous futures.
Fairtrade Fortnight in the Portsmouth area
We do have plenty of plans for Portsmouth but let us know if you can add anything to this list:
An exhibition in the Central Library from Saturday 7th September for 2 weeks
A Fairtrade service at St Mary’s Church Portsea on Sunday 8th September at 4 pm with preacher Cllr Hugh Mason and Fairtrade refreshments. More details here
A Fairtrade stall in the Cascades Shopping Centre on Thursday 19th September with chocolate and bananas to try.
A Fairtrade breakfast at the Anglican Cathedral on Sunday 15th September This is after the 8 am, 9.30 and 11.00 services.
Posters around the City
Talks to community and faith groups
2. SPREAD THE WORD
We need action taking place in every part of the country to spread the word about the power of Fairtrade. Whether it’s a coffee morning, a quiz night, social media post or something completely different, we look forward to hearing more about what’s going on in your area. Visit our Resource Library for more tools and ideas on how to spread the word.
3. BUY FAIRTRADE
Choosing Fairtrade now can help save the future of our favourite foods. You can find out all about different Fairtrade commodities on our Buying Fairtrade pages – you might be surprised!
In Pharmanomics, Global Justice Now director Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences.
The big pharmaceutical firms are more interested in profit than health. This was made clear as governments rushed to produce vaccines during the Covid pandemic. Behind the much-trumpeted scientific breakthroughs, major companies found new ways of gouging billions from governments in the West while abandoning the Global South. But this is only the latest episode in a long history of financialising medicine – from Purdue’s rapacious marketing of highly addictive OxyContin, through Martin Shkreli’s hiking the price of a lifesaving drug, to the 4.5 million South Africans needlessly deprived of HIV/AIDS medication.
Since the 1990s, Big Pharma has gone out of its way to protect its property through the patent system. As a result, the business has focused not on researching new medicines but on building monopolies. This system has helped restructure our economy away from invention and production in order to benefit financial markets. It has fundamentally reshaped the relationship between richer and poorer countries, as the access to new medicines and the permission to manufacture them is ruthlessly policed. In response, Dearden offers a pathway to a fairer, safer system for all.
Nick Dearden’s book is about the structural foundations of a global market in life-saving medicines. A market dependent on taxpayer subsidies, but designed to strip both rich and poor governments of the power to improve health. An essential read for those that care about saving lives, and that want the system changed. — Ann Pettifor, author of A Case for the Green New Deal
Pharmanomics brings together detailed investigative research with lessons from the frontlines of the fight for access to medicines. It exposes a global apartheid in which a few mostly white male Pharma bosses make billions while billions of people are left without essential medicines. It exposes how the problem of medical monopolies is not a few rule-breakers but the rules themselves. Most crucially, it shows how the system which put profits over people’s lives was man-made, and how through collective action people can unmake it, for everyone’s health. — Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General
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