By Ian Angus, Derek Wall, Judy Rebick
Author note: Judy Rebick (Forward), Derek Wall (Foreword to the British edition), Ian Angus (Editor, Introduction)
Publish 12 months note: First released July 1st 2009
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While organizations proceed with company as traditional, weather switch is speedily increasing the distance among wealthy and negative, based on this crew of anticapitalists from 5 continents. Their essays the following disguise issues from nutrients shortages and carbon buying and selling to views from indigenous peoples, and the authors make a compelling case that saving the realm from weather disaster would require even more than tinkering with expertise or taxes.
They argue merely radical social switch can hinder irreversible harm to the earth and civilization.
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Government subsidies account for 30% of farm revenue in the world’s 30 richest countries, a total of US$280 billion a year,8 an unbeatable advantage in a “free” market where the rich write the rules. Part 2: Starving the Poor 39 The global food trade game is rigged, and the poor have been left with reduced crops and no protections. In addition, for several decades the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have refused to advance loans to poor countries unless they agree to “Structural Adjustment Programs” that require the loan recipients to devalue their currencies, cut taxes, privatize utilities, and reduce or eliminate support programs for farmers.
P. 11 18 UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Key Statistics Of Food And Agriculture External Trade. lang=EN&dir=exp&country=100 19 J. Madeley. Hungry for Trade: How the poor pay for free trade. Cited in Ibid 20 M. ” and “Editorial. ” Food First Institute. org 21 World Food Summit. htm 22 La Vía Campesina. ” (1996) http://www. pdf 23 Paraphrased and abridged from Ibid 24 La Vía Campesina. org/main_en/index. option=com_content&task=view&id=483&Itemid=38 25 By way of comparison, this year Canada will spend $1 billion on the illegal occupation of and war in Afghanistan Part 2: Starving the Poor 47 26 Jubilee Debt Campaign.
Ending World Hunger in Our Time. Oakland Institute, 2005. pdf. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. Global Summary for Decision Makers. pdf 11 Francis Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins, Peter Rosset. World Hunger: Twelve Myths. (Grove Press, New York, 1998) p. html 13 IRRI Press Release, April 4, 2008. ” News Release, April 2, 2008 15 These figures are taken from the companies’ most recent quarterly reports, found on their websites. Because they report the numbers in different ways, they can’t be compared to each other, only to their own previous reports.