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Month: January 2011

“The Great Food Crisis of 2011” by Lester Brown

Posted on 25th January 2011 by Benno Hansen

As the new year begins, the price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food riots are spreading across Algeria. Russia is importing grain to sustain its cattle herds until spring grazing begins. India is wrestling with an 18-percent annual food inflation rate, sparking protests. China is looking abroad for potentially…

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Nile water match

Posted on 19th January 2011 by Benno Hansen

Last fall I was just about to write a bit about Egypt threatening the Nile upstream countries not to increase their use of the river’s water when… I don’t know why I didn’t. A 1929 treaty by the then British colonial rule reserved 80% of the Nile’s entire flow for Egypt and Sudan but May…

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US ecowar soundtrack by Woody Guthrie

Posted on 8th January 2011 by Benno Hansen

The 1913 Italian Hall Massacre a tragedy that occurred on December 24, 1913 in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely yelled “fire” at a crowded Christmas party. [Wikipedia] The Ludlow Massacre the violent deaths of 19 people…

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World food prices record high but no riots… yet

Posted on 6th January 2011 by Benno Hansen

Here we go again… BBC / Global food prices at ‘record high’, says UN / World food prices at fresh high, says UN. [2:20] “The price of rice – critical for many developing countries – is more stable. One reason, perhaps, why food protests have not been repeated.” “Rising food prices will have an effect…

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27 Jun

BBC News - Tracking where Russia is taking Ukraine's stolen grain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/61790625

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»Paramilitære og kriminelle har øget kontrollen med områderne ved hjælp af vold mod landsbyerne, og staten gør intet for at beskytte dem. De mennesker, der forsøger at beskytte jorden og miljøet, har i stigende grad ryggen mod muren«

https://politiken.dk/debat/art8850399/14-%C3%A5rige-Breiner-gik-sin-s%C3%A6dvanlige-rundtur-som-vagt-i-en-lille-bjergby.-P%C3%A5-hjemturen-blev-han-dr%C3%A6bt-af-skud

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20 Jun

"One cannot imagine that millions of tonnes of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while in the rest of the world people are suffering hunger ... This is a real war crime."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-blockade-ukrainian-grain-exports-is-war-crime-eus-top-diplomat-2022-06-20/

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14 Jun

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13 Jun

BBC News - Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Two bodies found in search for missing pair
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61786946

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