Radiohead help fight Third World poverty

Posted on March 13th, 2002.

Radiohead and Ewan McGregor are taking part in an advert for the anti-poverty charity War On Want. The advert will be launched today as part of the charity’s Tobin Tax Day. The charity wants a tax introduced on currency speculation. War On Want claims currency speculation by Western speculators destabilises the economies of developing countries. The charity is asking for a tax of a fraction of one per cent to calm currency markets and raise funds for development. The advert is expected to be shown in an edited form in cinemas nationwide, with the original version streamed on the charity’s website, waronwant.org. [from NME]

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