World | SOCIETY | FOOD With Adela Torres United for a new agricultural paradigm On October 16-18, the Coordination Committee …
Do as I say, but…
World |TOXIC AGROCHEMICALS | DOUBLE STANDARDS With Bert Schouwenburg Do as I say, but… Carlos Amorín 17 | 10 | …
The country is not for sale!
World | TRADE UNIONS | SOLIDARITY Message of solidarity from the International Executive Committee of the IUF The country is …
Sins of the “flesh”?
World | FOOD | MEAT Test tube steaks Sins of the “flesh”? More than 100 companies in the world are …
Milei, Oxfam, and the world’s powerful
Just two days before Argentine President Javier Milei, in one of his most outrageous speeches yet, delivered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, declared that humanity was experiencing its most prosperous and just era, the non-governmental organization Oxfam issued a report on inequality and poverty in which it stated practically the opposite.
The oceans are fast becoming dumpsters
World | ENVIRONMENT | PLASTICS Microplastics pollution The oceans are fast becoming dumpsters The pollution generated by microplastics—those imperceptible, but greatly …
Neither peace nor bread
As in all wars, the worst effects of the Ukraine war are borne by those who are most vulnerable. In this case, the war is also pushing up inflation, causing the prices of certain raw materials, such as cereals, to rise, and potentially increasing the risk of famine in numerous Third World countries.
The pit
As expected, the pandemic exacerbated inequalities between countries and between individuals. In a new and detailed report, Oxfam shows just how vast the gap is.
World champions in greenwashing
The term greenwashing refers to the marketing tactics deployed by companies to appear environmentally friendly to the public. The world’s largest multinational corporations have become experts in the use of such strategies to clean up their images. And the most proficient at it are those that contaminate the most.
From FIFA to UEFA, the hypocrisy of political correctness
The municipality of Munich asked the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that the stadium where Germany and Hungary were to play a game on Wednesday, June 23, be lit up in rainbow colors to protest the anti-LGBTI law passed in Budapest, but the regional sport’s higher-ups denied the request.