#politics

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More members of Just Stop Oil have been sent to prison.

Firstly, this (again) seems disproportionate, but secondly, the state is starting to assemble a group of climate martyrs whose voice is likely be amplified.

As Gaie Delap says: 'They didn’t listen to the scientists, they didn’t listen to their constituents, so we had to cause disruption in order to communicate the seriousness of humanity’s predicament'!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/01/just-stop-oil-protesters-jailed-climbing-gantries-block-m25

The global food system is patterned by high levels of sectoral concentration (and quasi oligopolies). This is having significant impact on people's ability to find nutritious food, on our ability to combat the drivers of climate change, and on the plight of the workers in this global economic sector.

To combat exploitation, hunger & further damage to the environment we will need to localise & democratise food production, but that's not going to be easy!


https://theconversation.com/the-global-food-system-is-owned-by-an-ever-smaller-number-of-companies-its-damaging-our-health-our-communities-and-the-planet-232414