'I am Jewish. I am Israeli. My parents were in Auschwitz. I am not going to support genocide, am I? I am here with Palestine.'

New report from Union of Concerned Scientists. At the $1 Tn trough of government funding around the food and farm bill, the food and ag sector spends more on lobbying than either defence or oil & gas. ucsusa.org/sites/default/…

the pomegranate that fruits one in one year

can fruit one thousand;

and the world is so large

so beautiful

-Nâzim Hikmet in Richard Pithouse's beautiful new piece for Mail & Guardian
mg.co.za/thought-leader…

The 1% largest #farms control 70% of the global #land , while small & medium-scale farmers are being squeezed out. 🌎
A fair #FoodSystem is only achieved by land distribution.

👉New IPES-Food report: ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

this is extraordinary. Must watch interview.

‘Like a mini Gaza’: IDF raid on Nur Shams causes worst West Bank destruction in decades therealnews.com/like-a-mini-ga…

A rebellion for humanity on American campuses: Richard Pithouse brings moral clarity to Mail & Guardian mg.co.za/thought-leader…

“Poor environmental regulation is down to the stranglehold industrial agriculture has on politics – at every level. It’s about political capture.” Nina Lakhani shares a blockbuster report from Union of Concerned Scientists Omanjana Goswami, PhD ucsusa.org/resources/wast…
theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you're looking for ways out of the climate change-induced home insurance crisis, as Rana Foroohar is in the Financial Times, head over to Climate and Community Project for excellent analysis climateandcommunity.org/insurance-cris… ft.com/content/7745d8…

Imprisoned engineer and editor Prabir Purkayastha's new book is ‘Knowledge as Commons’: What happens to the world when science is sold for profit scroll.in/article/106380…

🧵To understand what's happening in San Francisco today, you must examine the extremist politics of the 'Network State' cult.
For the @NewRepublic, I wrote about Balaji Srinivasan, an influential tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” SF.
Read➡️ newrepublic.com/article/180487… ⬅️

🎧Tune into the first episode of our podcast miniseries: 'Who Will Control the Food System?':
Big Tech jumping on the food band wagon
👉Click, listen & share: bit.ly/1-ETC-Pod #UNDROP #FoodSovereigntyNow La Via Campesina (Official EN) AFSA IT for Change European Coordination Via Campesina GRAIN A Growing Culture

Front page of the Boston Review is an article for our times: '“Repression Is Always a Lesson'. Richard Pithouse interviews S’bu Zikode, leader of South Africa's shack dwellers’ movement, thirty years after apartheid’s end. bostonreview.net/articles/repre… #SouthAfrica #Apartheid

I was shocked how police provoked violence in what was peaceful student protest. Police ran into crowd of students, pushed & arrested students. Violence was from police. ⁦UT Austin⁩ ⁦Texas DPS⁩ ⁦Jay Hartzell⁩ ⁦Sharon Wood⁩ ⁦Council Member Alison Alter⁩ ⁦KUT Austin⁩

The freedom to protest is integral to our democracy.

UT Austin students have a First Amendment right to freely express their political opinions — without threats of arrest and violence.

If you or someone you know needs legal support, call the Austin Lawyers Guild: 512-817-4254

UT Austin students chanting “You don’t scare us” even as countless militarized Texas Troopers swarm their campus, attack their protest, and bring in horses. This movement will not be stopped.

Defend Luciano Canfora! Pierre Vesperini explains why Italy's Giorgi Meloni is suing an 81 year old philologist. nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

Very pleased to spend some time with Olivier De Schutter at the IPES-Food meetings, and to celebrate his splendid book. Precise, concise and deeply learned, Olivier offers a brilliant manifesto for a world after 'economic growth'. plutobooks.com/9780745350233/…