Mark Bittman, food journalist, author and columnist for The New York Times, recently published an article telling people, “Don’t Ask How to feed the 9 Billion.” Instead he suggests asking, “How can we help end poverty?” because, as Bittman argues, hunger and malnutrition are side effects of poverty and a flawed food system, not of […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
15 Years Since WTO Uprising! CAGJ & Central Cinema present “This is What Democracy Looks Like”
CAGJ & Central Cinema Present: This is What Democracy Looks Like Screening and discussion with filmmaker Jill Friedberg Sunday November 30, 2014 2:30pm – Doors Open 3pm – Film Showing 5:30-6:30pm – Happy Hour at Central Cinema Central Cinema 1411 21st Ave (corner of Union and 21st in the Central District) Seattle Tickets: $7 in […]
Another Court Victory for Familias Unidas por La Justicia
The farmworker union Familias Unidas Por la Jusitica has won another court case! The union has been organizing for workers rights and a fair contract at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm and calling for a Driscoll’s and Sakuma berries boycott until a fair contract is signed. The recent court case forces policy changes around visitors to […]
“Fast Track” for New Corporate Trade Deal Trans-Pacific Partnership Looms
Hundreds of corporate negotiators (like Wal-Mart, Zymogenetics, and Cargill) and government officials are meeting in secret to draft a massive new trade agreement they call the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Skeptics are calling it NAFTA on steroids. The TPP would tear down trade regulations in Pacific rim countries from Vietnam to Chile under an agreement […]