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By Michael Galant CEPR From 2000 to 2021, the number of US-imposed sanctions increased by 933 percent. Economic sanctions have become a go-to instrument of US foreign policy, but this explosion in economic coercion has taken place with little discussion of the enormous human cost. Today, a growing body of evidence makes clear that broad, … Continue reading
Venezuela launches 180,000-hectare project with MST in the south of the country for agroecological production According to Maduro, 30 thousand hectares of beans will be produced in addition to fruits, papaya, sugar cane, yams and other types of meat. Photo: MST Members of Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) have been working shoulder to shoulder … Continue reading
March 27 at 6:00 pm EST Descripción Join us for our next webinar in the Ecosocialism 101 Series to learn about the fundamentals of agroecology and how agroecological practices are employed to combat climate change and promote food sovereignty in Bolivia. Hear first-hand observations from North Americans who visited Lake Titicaca, the Bolivian Altiplano … Continue reading
By Silvia Ribeiro Food prices rising rapidly, apparently as a consequence of the war in Russia and Ukraine is having serious impact for many populations, exposing the global vulnerability in which the industrial agri-food system dominated by transnational corporations places us. According to United Nations sources, we are on the verge of a new global … Continue reading
Leah Penniman wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Leah is co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black. They are working to repair harm inflicted over the past 400 years, with an eye toward reparations. “Imagine your neighbor stole your cow. A few weeks later the neighbor comes over, laden with remorse, to … Continue reading
A Venezuelan food sovereignty activist explains the need to combat agrobusiness’ complex web of domination in this interview with Venezuelanalysis. By Ana Felicien y Cira Pascual Marquina Ana Felicien works at Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research and is a founding member of the Semillas del Pueblo (People’s Seeds) movement. She researches in the areas of … Continue reading
The Venezuelan Effort to Build a New Food and Agriculture System Christina Schiavoni and William Camacaro Monthly Review In April 2008, as people around the world took to the streets to protest the global food crisis and the lack of political will to address it, a crowd of a different nature gathered in Venezuela. Afro-Venezuelan … Continue reading
Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment Paula Crossfield September 14, 2011 | This article appeared in the October 3, 2011 edition of The Nation. Paula Crossfield is the managing editor of civileats.com. On a hillside overlooking Caracas, Venezuela, Pedro Echavez feeds sweet potato greens to his rabbits. These animals are raised for their meat, but their droppings … Continue reading
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