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”In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 loaf of bread and a loaf costing maybe $2.10. If, however, you live in New Delhi, those skyrocketing costs really matter: A doubling in the world price of wheat actually means that the wheat you carry home from the market to hand-grind into flour for chapatis costs twice as much. And the same is true with rice. If the world price of rice doubles, so does the price of rice in your neighborhood market in Jakarta. And so does the cost of the bowl of boiled rice on an Indonesian family’s dinner table. Welcome to the new food economics of 2011: Prices are climbing, but the impact is not at all being felt equally. For Americans, who spend less than one-tenth of their income in the supermarket, the soaring food prices we’ve seen so far this year are an annoyance, not a calamity. But for the planet’s poorest 2 billion people, who spend 50 to 70 percent of their income on food, these soaring prices may mean going from two meals a day to one. Those who are barely hanging on to the lower rungs of the global economic ladder risk losing their grip entirely. This can contribute — and it has — to revolutions and upheaval.
The New Geopolitics of Food — Foreign Policy Magazine
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A must watch documentary concerning the current global monetary system! Especially, if you live in or come from the ‘third world’ like me, this is something you shouldn’t miss whether you think it’s just a conspiracy theory or you find important points in it that truly reflect what is happening in the world today. Questions raised include: What is the meaning of globalization from the viewpoint of corporations? How come world’s richest 1% own 40% of all wealth? How do Western governments, especially the US, twist the arms of most foreign governments without openly declaring war? Who are economic hit men, what do they do to corrupt or coerce foreign leaders, and what additional steps are taken when they fail their mission? Why are some countries heavily indebted? Does the federal reserve control the federal government of the United States? What is money? Is the current global economic system a modern form of slavery; is there an alternative to it? What would a global system without money, politics, or religion be like? If all can agree that the US is an empire, who is its invisible emperor? Is true democracy possible in a monetary-based economy? Is the US really a democracy, are Americans really free; if they are not, what has gone wrong, who are their invisible dictators? How do politicians and the corporate media manipulate or deceive the public? What will it take to change this corrupt system? Are humans inherently selfish or altruistic? Etc.
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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. while perpetuating the racial divide
Martin Luther King’s dream of racial equality is far from reality.
Census Bureau figures show the U.S. on track to be a majority minority nation by 2042. But if the trends of the last 30 years continue, according to a new report, the economic racial divide is set to increase.
The non-partisan group United for a Fair Economy’s (UFE) ninth annual MLK Day report, State of the Dream 2012: The Emerging Majority finds that racial economic divide will remain “disastrously large and will threaten the stability of the entire economy.”
While the numbers of people of color in the nation surge, this fact alone is not enough to change the economic reality. From the report:
In the age of mass media and Citizens United, money buys influence, and the national income and wealth will remain over-whelmingly in the hands of Whites – a small group of Whites at that.
—Read more @Common Dreams
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Now on view at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica is a three person show featuring...
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Laughing in Mongolia
