#1502 Conflict, Climate, Capitalism and Famine
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Global Food Prices Are at A Record High - The Takeaway - Air Date 6-22-22
We speak with Ukrainian-American Anna Nagurney, Chair in Integrative Studies at the Isenberg School of Management at The University of Massachusetts - Amherst about the latest on Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian food exports.
Ch. 2: Why War in Ukraine is Causing Apocalyptic Famine - RealLifeLore - Air Date 6-30-22
Explaining why the geopolitical destabilization of the war in Ukraine may be part of Russia's plan and what actions the world can take to reduce the famine
Joining us from Mogadishu, Somalia, Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says poorer countries in Africa aren't able to financially compete with richer countries to afford basic staples like wheat.
Ch. 4: For Bread: On capitalism's global food crisis - Prolekult - Air Date 7-2-22
An overview of the fundamental factors driving the global food crisis. The piece looks at the way fertilizer has shaped agriculture, the composition of agricultural capital, and the environmental crisis' impact on agriculture globally.
We speak with food systems experts Sofía Monsalve Suárez and Rachel Bezner Kerr about how to prevent a looming global food shortage.
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli lays out what it would take to build a more equitable, sustainable food system that nourishes all people and asks us to widen our perspectives before eating our next meal.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 7: Are Food Shortages Coming to the United States? - David Pakman Show - Air Date 4-20-22
Are food shortages really coming to the United States, as some are claiming?
Ch. 8: Why War in Ukraine is Causing Apocalyptic Famine Part 2 - RealLifeLore - Air Date 6-30-22
Explaining the slow-moving famine already underway before the start of the war in Ukraine
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Requesting a Culture Wars episode - Phil from California
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on our coverage of the culture wars
Referenced:
#1479 Torturing Children and Families in the Name of Protecting Them (Trans Rights)
#1470 Distorting History and Banning Books is a Power Play of Exclusion
#1453 The Tea Party Too (School Board Backlash and the Dark Money Behind It)
#1501 Navigating Post-Roe America
#1374 Tell Stories, Not Myths - Columbus and the Centrality of Colonialism
#1431 Stealing Native Children and Their Future
#1492 The Great Replacements (Conspiracy vs Reality)
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard (https://theobard.bandcamp.com/track/this-fickle-world)
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: Photograph of a cluster of golden wheat grains on a white surface. A small, colorful figurine of a globe rests on top of the grains.
Credit: "Globe and wheat. Global wheat shortage." by Jernej Furman, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Slightly cropped
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| 0:00.0 | During today's episode, I'm going to be telling you about REN WREN, to new way to fight |
| 0:08.9 | climate change by funding climate solutions and the campaign for climate policy. |
| 0:14.4 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award winning best of the left podcast in which |
| 0:19.0 | we shall take a look at how the war in Ukraine is exacerbating the food crisis that was already |
| 0:24.4 | underway in a world of climate chaos and capitalism driving resources to the brink. |
| 0:30.6 | Clips today are from the takeaway, real life lore, democracy now, pro-local on YouTube, |
| 0:37.2 | and a TED Talk with additional members only clips from the David Pakman show and real life |
| 0:42.8 | lore. |
| 0:43.3 | It's not only gas prices that are up this year. |
| 0:52.1 | According to the United Nations, global food prices remain close to record highs that |
| 0:56.8 | they reached in March, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 1:01.3 | In the U.S., the Consumer Price Index for Food is at more than 14% since 2020, and that |
| 1:07.0 | number is much worse in other places. |
| 1:10.1 | In Lebanon, for example, which gets the majority of its wheat from Ukraine, the CPI is |
| 1:14.7 | up over 3,000%. |
| 1:17.5 | Yes, 1,000 since 2020. |
| 1:21.3 | One significant factor in these high food prices, a Russian blockade of Ukrainian exports. |
| 1:26.4 | It's having a cascading effect that's threatening the world's food security, especially in |
| 1:31.9 | the most food vulnerable nations. |
| 1:35.2 | Last month, during an event organized by the U.S. State Department, UN Secretary-General |
| 1:39.9 | issued a warning. |
| 1:42.0 | Global hunger levels are at the new high. |
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