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Venezuelan Government Accelerates Land Expropriations Nov 20th 2012, by Chris Carlson Statistic indicate agricultural production in Venezuela has increased in recent years (horadecambio) Minister of Agriculture and head of the National Land Insitute, Juan Carlos Loyo (VTV) Punto Fijo, November 20th, 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has accelerated its policy of land expropriations so … Continue reading
Ecuador’s president responds to ‘leftist’ critics Posted on November 12, 2012 Those who oppose any use of natural resources would condemn our people to perpetual poverty. What’s needed is not a ban on development, but a democratic effort to use the country’s wealth to benefit the people and the environment Rafael Correa by Federico Fuentes … Continue reading
Latin American rural groups urge united action against capital Posted on November 13, 2012 Peasant communities, indigenous peoples and afro-descendants are today the greatest bastion of rebellion and resistance across the world. Against the looting by capital and empire! For land and sovereignty of our peoples! No socialism without feminism! In the last week of … Continue reading
Climate change exposes New York’s deep class divide Posted on November 9, 2012 Hurricane Sandy and the suffering it has caused are intimately related to the business that the dark towers of Lower Manhattan symbolize. In the hardest hit areas, Occupy activists are organizing grassroots relief efforts. by Peter Rugh On Tuesday morning, as New … Continue reading
Frankenstorms and climate change: How the 1% created a monster Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris Williams “If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, … Continue reading
Corporate giants reap billions from hunger by Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, October 21, 2012 The United Nations has warned that world grain reserves have fallen to critically low levels as world food prices have risen to levels close to that of 2008 — a year in which food riots took place in more than … Continue reading
Caracas, 16 Oct. AVN.- Venezuelans consume about 25.7 million tons of food per year, representing an increase of 60 per cent during the last 10 years, informed Tuesday the vice-president of the economic productive area, Ricardo Menendez. In a press conference, Menendez informed that the increase has a positive impact on the average life expectancy … Continue reading
Can we feed earth’s growing population without destroying the environment? Every time there’s a discussion of population growth, someone says the answer is definitely no. Agriculture is a major source of green house gas emissions, so more agriculture will cause more global warming. What’s more, agriculture both uses huge amounts of water and poisons water … Continue reading
THE REAL HUNGER GAMES by Vandana Shiva Asian Age, August 29, 2012 Hunger and malnutrition are man-made. They are hardwired in the design of the industrial, chemical model of agriculture. But just as hunger is created by design, healthy and nutritious food for all can also be designed, through food democracy. We are repeatedly told … Continue reading
by Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, August 23, 2012 More than 2 million square kilometres of Arctic ice that should be there, is not. A few years ago, United Nations models predicted climate change would lead to ice-free Arctic summers within 100 years. Now, some scientists say it could melt away completely within the next … Continue reading
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