Stark, grim, risible history of bigotry & ideology over humanity.
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Sudan gets even worse due to USAID stop:
‘He noted that ERRs are reaching out to the European Union, as well as UN agencies, to try and fill the gap left behind by USAID. If nobody steps up, Kuka warned that hundreds of thousands of people will starve and die from malnutrition-related diseases.
“We are speaking about 1.8 million people who benefit from these kitchens. What does it mean if they can no longer get food?” asked Kuka.‘“
Al Jazeera · Sudanese starve as soup kitchens close and warring parties block aid
So… This is normal?
#usda fires people that are hired to protect #america from #famine and #economic catastrophy. Probably will be bragging about it by next week or so
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usda-fired-expert-invasive-pests-can-decimate-crops-rcna194913
NBC News · USDA fired the experts on invasive pests that can decimate crops
How mamy will the Great Trump Famine claim?
1. No more farm labourers.
2. Potash from Canada tariffed.
3. Tariffed imported food from Mexico and Canada.
4. No more global consumers of Made in America.
Enjoy the famine your omnipotent Chairman Trump-Putin is creating for you.
#USpol #Ecology #Famine #Tariffs #Hubris #GreatFamine #FourPests
Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups are scrambling. What’s happening on the ground? https://www.byteseu.com/800574/ #APTopNews #BenjaminNetanyahu #BobKitchen #business #DonaldTrump #Famine #GazaStrip #GeneralNews #Hamas #HumanitarianCrises #Israel #IsraelGovernment #IsraelHamasWar #JonathanCrikx #KarlBaker #MiddleEast #Religion #ShainaLow #UnitedNations #WarAndUnrest #WorldNews
Not to be alarmist...well, maybe, but a #famine will be incoming for the United States. Famines under capitalism tend to take the form of "there's food, we promise, it just happens to be too expensive for you to afford", so...you've technically been under famine conditions for a little while, but it's about to get a whole lot worse. Your latest administration has completely slashed agricultural subsidies, drained a reservoir in California, and levied tariffs on the three countries it imports the most food from. This is a good time to remember that many revolutions are preceded by famines, and it's time for you to start preparing and start organizing with anyone you can, before you're starving — which, again, I'm sorry to say, it's going to happen.
Talk openly about it; this is the time you can do it safely, and that window is going to be short. Find anyone, literally anyone, who is willing to talk back about the possibility of organizing together. It can be as simple as a mutual aid group, to try to afford bulk food more cheaply together when this happens, but we here, the people of the imperialized world, your fellow workers, are hoping that you will do more, and fight to end both famine and fascism in your country once and for all, no matter what it takes.
Judge orders #Trump to pay millions in #USAID funds
The judge gives the govt 1 day to resume #ForeignAid payments after a contentious hearing in which a #DOJ lawyer couldn’t say whether funds had been unfrozen as ordered.
The Trump admin on Tues was ordered to pay hundreds of millions in foreign assistance funds that have been in limbo despite the judge’s directive that #aid resume. Trump’s broad pause in aid has led to #chaos globally & dire warnings about escalating #famine & disease.
BBC: 'People will starve' because of US aid cut to Sudan
"The freezing of US humanitarian assistance has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food kitchens set up to help people left destitute by Sudan's civil war, the BBC has learned....
It is estimated that nearly two million people struggling to survive have been affected."
www.bbc.comSudan conflict: USAID cut hits people 'screaming from hunger'Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.
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This is not just something that happens to the crops. It happens to us. As crops start failing, and they will, there will be spikes in prices and ultimately famines due to populations not served. When people aren't getting what they need, they don't sit passively by. There will be unrest. It will get ugly fast. We can plan for some shortfalls if they happen intermittently. But as they become more the norm, that's a big problem.
Our oligarchs imagine that they personally will always have the most money, so first access to things that run short. And they're comfortable with large numbers of others suffering and dying . So we shouldn't get too complacent and assume that things will somehow work out. That isn't the plan they have.
We need to restore democracy and federal institutions that operate in the best interest of the people. And we need to focus on stopping climate change, by seriously retooling the parts of our economy that are egging it on. The oligarchs see climate change as a business opportunity, a chance to sell to desperate people at jacked up prices. They're not interested in stopping it, just being in control of what people will cry out for and pay money for.
#Infrastructure in British #India:
"Natural drainage of Bengal was disturbed due to construction of a network of #railway embankments resulting in formation of poorly drained “compartments” in different areas of Bengal. This led to excessive silting, damaged crop production, increased chance of flooding and created stagnant water pockets that were apt for water-borne diseases like cholera and malaria."
Excerpt from: https://learn.culturalindia.net/bengal-famine-1943.html
#famine #starvation #agriculture #rice #Bangladesh #Churchill #wwii #transport #railways #railTransport #crops #colonialism #BritishEmpire #BritishRule
Cultural India · The Bengal Famine of 1943 – Causes, Effects, DeathsThe Bengal famine of 1943 was one of the most devastating famines in history and claimed approximately 2.1-3 million lives.
Meanwhile:
“Half of Sudan’s population faces high levels of acute food insecurity (24.6 million people), among whom 8.5 million people face an emergency or famine-like situation according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report.”
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) InternationalSudan malnutrition crisis: MSF renews call for immediate action to prevent death and starvation | MSFAction must be taken now to prevent even more avoidable death from malnutrition in Sudan.
New #SecretaryOfState #LittleMarco disses #USAID, which oversees global distro of US #famine suppressing #FoodAid, #emergency #health #relief programs in more than 100 countries of being #OutOfStep with U.S. #politics.
#DJT attack dog threatens to end federally funded foreign #ReliefAaid programs that consume 1% of #Federal budget, stating the "agency may be #abolished consistent with applicable law".
This aligns with #billionaire bro #MelonHusk rants who has vowed in a series of #SocialMedia screeds to destroy USAID, calling it a “criminal organization.”
The United States' system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump's order for a 90-day freeze on nearly all US foreign assistance.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9p7n8vl9o #Trump #TrumpCarnage #Politics #Republicans #Famine #HumanitarianAid
www.bbc.comUS famine monitor offline amid Trump funding freezeThe Famine Early Warning System Network is used to predict and prevent famines around the world.
Trump’s order to halt most #ForeignAid has intensified #humanitarian crises & raised questions about the #UnitedStates’ reliability as a global leader.
In #famine-stricken #Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a #WarZone have shut down.
In #Thailand, #war #refugees w/life-threatening #diseases have been turned away by hospitals & carted off on makeshift stretchers.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Nationalism #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/asia/trump-usaid-freeze.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU4.jBI0.oogbZ7uNmnh2&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The New York Times · How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
Has anyone seen the 'International community' recently? Asking for a friend.
#Gaza #Genocide #ethniccleansing
#Sudan #Famine
Major bad #ClimateCrisis news just published in today's #Guardian - "Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for #humanity poll of hundreds of scientists finds - World’s top #climate scientists expect #GlobalHeating to blast past 1.5C target.
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the #planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed.
Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( #IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met."
Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with #famine, #conflicts and mass #migration, driven by #heatwaves, #wildfires, #floods and #storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck.
Numerous experts said they had been left feeling hopeless, infuriated and scared by the failure of governments to act despite the clear scientific evidence provided.
“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”
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This conference from #GreenSoftwareFoundation is so frustrating to watch... They only talk about carbon emissions. They completely ignore the human cost! It's not just about #CO2 emissions! We're reaching the point where we're running out of resources. We're running out of petrol, rare metals (lithium, cobalt, etc) required to make batteries. We're running out of farmable land, which will cause a food crisis and famines.