Food Riots and Protests Worldwide

nivek

nivek

As Above So Below
The freedom farmer protests in the Netherlands are growing into a global movement. It has now spread to Germany, Poland, and Italy in Europe, but also in countries across the world… Farmers and citizens collectively rise up to protest their governments' destructive climate policies and other shortages that threaten livelihoods and the global food supply… Let the summer of food riots begin!









 
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As Above So Below
Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns

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David Beasley, head of the U.N. World Food Program, said its latest analysis shows that "a record 345 million acutely hungry people are marching to the brink of starvation" — a 25% increase from 276 million at the start of 2022 before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The number stood at 135 million before the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

"There's a real danger it will climb even higher in the months ahead," he said. "Even more worrying is that when this group is broken down, a staggering 50 million people in 45 countries are just one step away from famine."

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Farmers in the Netherlands fight against another governmental attack on food security and supply

Officials have created a ‘nitrogen crisis’ and are blaming the farmers as the sole culprit of this emission crisis. As a result, Dutch farmers see their livelihoods threatened by plans for new regulations limiting nitrogen oxide emissions.

Of course, cowshit releases ammonia, but the country’s largest emitter of NOx are the industry and transportation.

In the span of five days, the initially peaceful protests have escalated, resulting in tractor blockades on motorways, the burning of hay bales, the emptying of a slurry tanker on the street and violent riots outside the house of Environment Minister Christianne van der Wal.

According to De Volkskrant (national press), the protest have gone too far:

“This is no longer a normal protest but an attack on democracy. … There is no simple solution. The most radical farmers are coming together in a cocktail of feelings of injustice, anti-state thinking and a totally alternative idea of reality. Social media play a major role here, and the search for an antidote has barely begun. … To get the genie back in the bottle the police and the judiciary need to first of all show the protesters where the limits lie.”

Violent farmer protests in the Netherlands

Dutch farmers have expanded their protests against new regulations aimed at reducing nitrogen oxide emissions. On Monday, they blocked access roads to supermarket distribution centres in several places across the country. The umbrella organisation of supermarkets warned of supply shortages on the shelves. The political institutions are now being put to the test, the national press comments.

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Standingstones

Standingstones

Celestial
Have you noticed…. Because we are so self centered in this country, there are countries rioting across the globe. People are pissed about government politicians taking care of themselves and not the populace. Maybe this is a sign that real change might be coming. We shall see….
 
nivek

nivek

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Farmers Across Europe Protest in Solidarity with Dutch Farmers as Green Agenda Takes Away Their Farms with Food Shortages Looming

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Farmer protests are sweeping across much of Europe this week, mainly to join in solidarity with Dutch farmers in the Netherlands, because new government policies to reduce “nitrogen” emissions threaten to shut down almost 50% of the nation’s farms.

Given the fact that the Netherlands is the second largest exporter of food in the world, with only the United States exporting more food globally, these actions happening “across the pond” have significant impacts for those of us living in America as well.

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