A recent attack on Marion Nestle starts to make sense if you're far less kind to the Make America Healthy Again movement than Marion has been. newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/marion-and...

Hamba Kahle Njoki Njehu - Njoki and her partner Soren Ambrose, who died in 2020, were such vital forces in the alter globalisation scene in the 2000s. I'm deeply grateful for all they taught me. globaljusticeecology.org/rest-in-powe...

Lights, Camera, Authoritarianism! Progressive.International's Reactionary International dossier has a fantastic new entry, on national chauvinism on film and phone, from India to Israel to Hungary to the US. buff.ly/yGlB6dc

The flames of xenophobia in South Africa are burning. Yesterday's deadline for exodus could have been far worse, but things still looking grim. Richard Pithouse is excellent on this Al Jazeera panel. aje.news/34io1l

How is South Africa dealing with immigration?

Anti-migrant groups had given a deadline to undocumented foreigners to leave by June 30.

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Armed xenophobic groups are moving through poor and working-class neighbourhoods in South Africa right now. Progressive.International is fundraising for Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Congolese Solidarity Campaign's efforts to get people to safety. Please help if you can. chuffed.org/project/stan...

Support Migrants Facing Far-Right Xenophobia Terror in South Africa

Right now, South Africa is witnessing a coordinated campaign of xenophobic violence — led by March and March, a Durban-based anti-migrant organisation aligned with the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP),…

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Congratulations Neal Haddaway and team on the launch of Edible Empire, a new podcast on the hidden costs of our food system, from food imperialism to the fight for something fairer. I’m excited for the series, and to hear the episode I’m in! thesalmonandthetomato.org/edibleempire...

Xenophobes declared a June 30 deadline for migrants to leave South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo secretary-general Thapelo Mohapi went viral with this piece about the last time xenophobia burned across the country. iol.co.za/news/opinion...

The connection between the violence in Belfast and the humanitarian disaster in Durban isn't an accident. Progressive International have sent an alert. Here's some background. open.substack.com/pub/classwor... progressive.international/observatory/...

David Bacon's black and white photography is always heartstopping. Use it to find out about what Coachella was before it was #Coachella, out now in the excellent US rural news source BarnRaiser barnraisingmedia.com/for-coachell...

For Coachella Farmworkers, the Grape Strikes of the 20th Century Cast a Long Shadow

Bending his stiff joints, he took a shovel and, in the weeds, dug out the entrance to a mole burrow to show me how he placed the trap. The sun on the brim of his sombrero cast dark shadows across his…

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Operation Dudula & March and March set a 30 June deadline for migrants to leave #SouthAfrica. ~10,000 are now penned in a Durban field — and the state's response is to deport them, not protect them. The world's gaze is Pretoria's weak spot. Don't look away. mg.co.za/news/south-a...

Xenophobia sparks humanitarian crisis: 8000 gather at Durban transit site

Over 8000 Malawian nationals have gathered at Durban's Sherwood Community Hall, seeking repatriation after a wave of xenophobia and violence in South Africa. The situation is tense, with residents…

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Last week saw the funeral of Edgar Morin, who coined #polycrisis. He meant it as an indictment of compartmentalized, technocratic, elite thinking. Its second life has been stranger: a sophisticated ¯\(ツ)/¯ for those who cry 'fire!' while letting it burn. newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/where-the-...

Loka Ashwood and team have an incredible dataset on who owns what in agribusiness. Shells, subsidiaries, and executives are catalogued and linked. A gift for anyone curious about who, exactly, runs the world food system. acre.wisc.edu/big-ag-network

Joy's Great Democrat Here's an appreciation of Carlo Petrini and his politics from my newsletter. If you're not signed up, join in here! Carlo Petrini died on the evening of 21 May,...

Joy's Great Democrat

Here's an appreciation of Carlo Petrini and his politics from my newsletter. If you're not signed up, join in here! Carlo Petrini died on the evening of 21 May, at...

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The anti-Congolese xenophobia in Durban is horrific. It's particularly scandalous that one of the parties fanning the flames was invited to the SACP's conference. More here: progressive.international/movement/art... richardpithouse.substack.com/p/a-moment-o...

Dzonot & Toh UPDATE: Please sign this petition to support Sergio Oceransky Beneath Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula there is a waterworld. The cenotes — a Spanish word derived from the Mayan dzonot, meaning abyss — form...

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UPDATE: Please sign this petition to support Sergio Oceransky Beneath Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula there is a waterworld. The cenotes — a Spanish word derived from the Mayan dzonot, meaning abyss — form a...

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I don't often circulate petitions, but this one could do with 15 seconds of your time. Sergio Oceransky's persecutors don't like the limelight and your attention can bring it to them. c.org/W4pJ9g9pjv

Firma la petición

Stop the Criminalization of Sergio Oceransky, Human Rights and Environmental Defender

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Arizona leads the way in SNAP enrollment declines as the US government makes it harder than ever for working people to access food. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Remember Covid? The next pandemic could emerge from industrial factory farms being funded by the World Bank Group (IFC). 📽️Watch the video and share >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U79p...

Who is Funding Factory Farming? | World Bank’s Hidden Role in Climate Crisis

When we talk about climate change, most people think about fossil fuels. But there’s another major driver that often gets overlooked: factory farming. Industrial livestock production is fueling…

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progressive.international/wire/2026-05... If you're in the US, see you on the streets: maydaystrong.org

As war and political turmoil disrupt fertilizer and fuel supplies globally, agroecology is a way to build resilience in a destabilized world. Listen to episode two of Agroecology Uprooted now! www.iatp.org/agroecology-...

Agroecology Uprooted Episode Two: Growing Resilience

Around the world, farmers adopting agroecological practices are rebuilding their soil, growing an abundance of food, and decreasing their reliance on external inputs. As war and political turmoil disr...

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One element of the of the polycrisis is violence, and peasants have always been on its front lines. The brilliant Jun Borras and Maria Malaya de la Tierra explain www.tni.org/en/article/c...

In the US war on the poor, the rich are scoring one victory after another. Most recently, following Trump's bill, enrollment in food assistance is falling at the same time as prices are rising and wages are falling behind.

In the US, there are plenty of reasons to oppose the upcoming Farm Bill, the SNAP cuts foremost among them. The National Young Farmers Coalition lists them, and makes it easy to contact representatives to express outrage: youngfarmers.quorum.us/campaign/HR7...

If a worker earned Rs 10000 per month in 2015, they would need Rs 15,466 per month in 2026. Most earn far less. Excellent reporting from Anumeha Yadav themigrationstory.com/post/our-wag...

In 2003, Florida produced 242 million boxes of oranges... 25 years later it's 12 million. Why? Climate change, private equity, disease, developers. A brilliant long-read slate.com/business/202...

Canadians! If you're curious about public groceries, you need to join this A-list deep dive, later this week. fcn-rcn.ca/uncategorize...

Public Grocery Stores Webinar – Food Communities Network

Join this webinar brought to you by Food Communities Network and Food Secure Canada to dive deep into a public option for grocery stores.

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"All gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession" Meatpackers' strike against JBS wins! www.foodmanufacturing.com/labor/news/2...

🚌 Fast buses. 🏙️ Green social housing. ⚡ Public utilities. 🛠️Union-made batteries. What do these all have in common? They’re part of a winning strategy for a Working Class Climate Agenda. Climate+Community has the details: stopgreedbuildgreen.org

If you're in Toronto next month, come say hi. I'll be at the Culinaria Research Centre and other fine folk, trying out some new ideas. Tix are free, get 'em here: www.eventbrite.com/e/raj-patel-...

Raj Patel on "The Polycrisis and its Gravediggers"

A talk with activist and scholar Raj Patel on community climate change resilience.

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Sergio Oceransky is out of jail, but not yet free. His press conference is now live here: www.facebook.com/CEPAD.GDL