The most powerful responses to hunger aren’t coming from boardrooms, they’re coming from organised communities. Read Raj Patel’s article, which is part of Seeds of Sovereignty – Contesting the Politics of Food dossier, here: / @_RajPatel.

Food can also be used as a weapon of war, as seen in Syria and more recently in Palestine: As we can all see right now, Israeli forces have been implementing actions with the aim of starving the population in Gaza.

Hunger is not a crisis. It’s a strategy. A result of war, colonialism, corporate greed, and a world designed to keep people powerless.

Who gets to decide what we eat in a world of overlapping crises? . Conflict, climate collapse, and extraction deepen hunger across the globe. Food sovereignty means more than feeding people through adjustments to the food system, it's about transforming the politics behind it.

‘Real transformation means reclaiming democracy, sovereignty, and justice in how we produce, own, and share energy.’ . Read the article by @brenobringel, wich is part of the dossier ‘Energy Transitions: Just And Beyond’ here:

We must reject the illusion of a greenwashed transition and push for an alternative that centres people and planet, not profit.

Local energy cooperatives, communal solar projects, territorial governance: these are real examples of energy democracy already unfolding. But they need global alliances.

The true challenge is political: democratising, decentralising, and decommodifying the energy system. It’s not just about access, it’s about power, sovereignty, and justice.

Fossil and green capitalism are ‘two sides of the same coin.’ The logic of endless growth hasn’t been challenged, it’s just greener.

Dominant approaches to energy transition are not dismantling fossil capitalism. They’re reinventing it. Presented in the language of sustainability, corporate extractivism persists.

Leia o artigo do nosso associado, Frederico Lyra, publicado em A Terra é Redonda (2024): _.@lyrafred @aterraeredonda1.

Longe de decisões isoladas ou resultados eleitorais, essa dinâmica reflete um padrão mais amplo nas democracias ocidentais, em que o "centrismo extremo" facilita a reestruturação institucional e, ao mesmo tempo, desacredita sistematicamente as alternativas de esquerda. @lyrafred.

Em meio a crescentes tensões políticas e impasses institucionais, as eleições de 2024 na França refletem mais do que uma ameaça da extrema direita: elas mostram a erosão democrática impulsionada pelo centro.

Read Frederico Lyra’s piece, published at A Terra é Redonda (2024), in our website _.@lyrafred.

Far from isolated decisions or electoral outcomes, this dynamic reflects a broader pattern across Western democracies, one in which “extreme centrism” facilitates institutional restructuring while systematically discrediting left alternatives. _.@lyrafred.

Amid growing political tensions and institutional deadlocks, France’s 2024 elections reflect more than a far-right threat: they show democratic erosion driven from the centre.

Raj Patel also wrote a valuable piece for our dossier 'Seeds of Sovereignty: Contesting the Politics of Food'. READ: @_RajPatel

Our associate @_RajPatel has published a valuable piece on strategies for collective political action in the polycrisis, particularly in the context of food. Building on Fanon and Gramsci, he offers key insights on social reproduction, food and solidarity.

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