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The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy

The Death of Horatio Alger - 0 views

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poverty

shared by The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 28 Mar 09 - Cached
  • The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 28 Mar 09
     
    More blasphemy. This time, evidence of a relative absence of wage mobility in the present day US and the rise of a class hierarchy.
Asif Sheeraz

Watch Lahore attack death toll rises to 20 - 0 views

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shared by Asif Sheeraz on 30 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Asif Sheeraz on 30 Mar 09
     
    LAHORE : According to fresh reports at least 20 persons were killed and 50 were wounded in terrorists firing and grenade attacks in Manawa Police Training School on Monday.
Bakari Chavanu

The Greatest Threat to Global Food Security: Capitalism - 0 views

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food capitalism

shared by Bakari Chavanu on 09 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Certainly one of our most fundamental of human needs is our ability to grow and procure adequate nutrition.
  • Giant multinational corporate entities like Cargill, Nestle, Monsanto, ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland
  • US Agribusiness spent $137 million on lobbying efforts to promote corporate interests through the purchase of favorable legislation
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  • In fact, 95 percent of US soy, and 86 percent of US corn is genetically modified[iii].
  • Food Stamps for over 46 million Americans suffering in poverty 
  • Despite record farm profits (2012 saw the highest profits since 1973), the recent passage of the $1 trillion Farm Bill expands pay-outs to millionaire farming entities
  • Cargill, one of the largest food producers in the world and the world's largest privately-held corporation, boasted nearly $134 billion in sales last year alone[vii], more than the GDPs of Ecuador, Honduras, Laos and Serbia combined.
  • As of 2011, the United States Federal Drug Administration, tasked with ensuring the safety of America's food supply, inspected only 6 percent of domestic food producers and 0.4 percent of imports[viii]
  • According to the CDC, foodborn pathogens sicken 48 million people in the U.S. each year, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.
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