"The crisis is not an argument for more industrial agriculture. The crisis is the industrial system. The answer is to build something different: locally embedded, ecologically grounded, democratically governed food systems that don’t collapse every time an empire goes to war." @tammois.bsky.social

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Using Nyéléni as a backdrop, Raj argues that debt is central to maintaining a neo-colonial food system. It demonstrates how IMF-imposed austerity & predatory Microfinance create a vicious cycle that locks countries into ecologically destructive export agriculture and prevents food sovereignty.

Since the Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change ahead of the 2022 election 31 new projects or extensions of existing projects have been waved through: 27 by Tanya Plibersek and four by the man who replaced her, Murray Watt. satpa.pe/JCmAeUE

open.substack.com/pub/tammijon... I wrote a short piece about why solidarity is both intrinsic to and transcends food sovereignty.

Historic win for small-scale livestock farmers wanting to build micro-abattoirs as we lose access to the big ones! Viva! afsa.org.au/media-releas...

As @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social set their sights on ‘productivity’ & ‘deregulation’ this term of parliament (oh, so, so neoliberal) …they turn the other cheek to the Great Australian Gas Heist. A nation rich in resources…and poor in political talent 🤦🏻🤷🏼 #auspol

Indeed, shared this interview w many today. Longer read/listen but worthwhile

📍 BREAKING📍 Elon Musk is out. Now read Joe Fassler's latest on how DOGE’s work was a years-long strategy to remake America's government by far-right groups -- whose influence on Trump may tilt the U.S. toward autocracy. Read more: buff.ly/FfblMPg

Mobs of Israelis march through Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs" and "may your village burn", while trying to convince us that saying "Free Palestine" is genocidal.

Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.

🔥Time to stop the great food heist And we know what to do.... my new article for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

international systems of accountability for crimes against humanity established in the wake of the holocaust destroyed at the behest of “the light unto the nations” so that it can do its own genocide. our shame will be eternal.

IPC warns that 93% of the population in Gaza us rapidly approaching famine - made far worse when the ceasefire ended in early March. The world cannot sit idly by as starvation is being used as a weapon in this conflict. www.ft.com/content/2356...

Great commentary from @richarddenniss.bsky.social re what @albomp.bsky.social government needs to do in its second term #auspol

This is DEADLY serious.

New on Critical Takes: How "national champions" from Brazil and China are becoming global giants in the meat industry. criticaltakes.org/society-and-... Fascinating take from @katesievert.bsky.social and co-authors on power shifts in an industry with huge effects on health, workers and nature.

"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.

Can sovereign debt restructuring uphold human rights and economic justice? Join @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, Zane Dangor & more for a bold conversation on rethinking the rules. 🔊 Join us online (bit.ly/3Ymwmt1) or in person in DC (bit.ly/3YmylNZ) 📅 Apr 21 | 3–5 PM ET

“When a segment of the population is first targeted, it won't stop there. Eventually it’s going to be used against the labor movement and any Americans who want to stand up for justice. So we were happy to join together with other unions in saying, ‘We are going to resist this.’”

"Financiers and tech oligarchs closest to the Trump admin build wealth not by producing things or investing in societal infrastructure, but by a mix of speculation, predatory private equity, and corporate welfare from the government," wrote Van Jackson: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

The Trump tariffs are an opportunity for Global South countries to shift production away from exports to the imperial core and toward meeting human needs and national development objectives.

This week, Luke Martin, the chief executive of Salmon Tasmania, confirmed that salmon was being harvested for human consumption from infected pens: “Yes, absolutely, and that’s standard.” - Gabriella Coslovich with a shocking exposé of salmon industry practices in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au ⤵️

I'm with Kelly here: deeply interested in leftism as a political project but have no interest whatsoever in leftism as a subculture. the stakes of leaving this behind are hopefully clearer by the day

Coalition proposes gas export levy! If Labor match this Australia could receive tens of billions in new revenue Its time for some brave politics that puts the interests of Australians ahead of foreign gas companies

tough to read this one

The only people eating Tasmanian farmed salmon now are the people who don’t know how it’s farmed #auspol

Breaking up is hard to do johnquigginblog.subs...

US is no longer part of Australia's economic and geopolitical future, says @johnquiggin.bsky.social: "This creates an opportunity to finally engage fully with our region and become, politically and economically as well as geographically, an Asian nation." #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Governments must act now to avoid the next pandemic - intensive poultry sheds are food for flu afsa.org.au/act-now-to-s...

🚨State-backed meat giants are reshaping global #foodsystems —at huge cost. With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others: 🌍Drive deforestation ⚖️Dodge antitrust rules 💰 Exploit tax loopholes 🍽️ Worsen food access 📢 Time to rein them in! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies

We have to change unhealthy production models at the root of novel & dangerous forms of avian flu. nautil.us/the-unnatura...

♀️🌍Women grow, sell, buy & cook our #food. Yet they’re excluded from land, finance & key decisions shaping #foodsystems. Gender equality is essential for just #foodsystems. 🚨If we sideline women, we skew food systems toward BigAg profit, instead of feeding people. #Internationalwomensday #IWD2025

I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour—protect the skate. Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...

What he said!

"There was a protest at a gas conference, and the next day, the South Australian Parliament changed the law. The next day they criminalised protest. "If protest was ineffective, why would they do that?" - Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social at our #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2025 #auspol

Important piece by our @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Only political will can end world #hunger & confront its major drivers : conflict, poverty, inequality, economic shocks & escalating climate change. There's enough food to go around. But a lack of political will to get it to the hungry.

"Dr Shanta Barley told the Climate Integrity summit, organised by the Australia Institute, that “multiple, independent and peer-reviewed lines of evidence have now come to the same conclusion” about carbon sequestration schemes in Australia and around the world."

"Yemen’s Houthis have announced they are ready to attack Israel if it reneges on its ceasefire deal with Hamas and resumes its assault on Gaza." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

"This is the 'genius' deal that our Government has done," Malcolm Turnbull can't believe how bad the AUKUS deal is. Listen to him explain exactly how poor it is on on our After America podcast back in November. Full ep here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/standin...

‘The largest US government workers’ union & an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the #USAID’ Case example of why #unions are crucial to fight dictators. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Fireside genocide.

If the Aust Govt does not denounce this immediately, we are complicit in approving ethnic cleansing of a historic level

As North Queensland floods and Victoria burns, remember that Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved 4 monstrous coal mines just before Christmas that will produce 900 million tonnes of carbon pollution. Plibersek's coal approvals endanger us, our future and our way of life.

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

Thx @tammois.bsky.social you might also find this interesting #SoldDownTheRiver ‘Be Brave. Make Change’ Always was, always will be Aboriginal water. @unimelb pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/alw...

Been reading this with a view to a campaign around (lack of) smallholder & First Nations’ water rights. Excellent book.

#insiders Dutton is lying about electricity bills being 44% less with #nuclear‼️ #auspol #AusVotes25