(2024-07-25). Thousands Of Actions Planned This Fall To End War, Poverty, Racism And Environmental Destruction. popularresistance.org Nationwide — Between September 21 and October 2, 2024, tens of thousands of people will take nonviolent action to protest violence, war, poverty, racism and environmental destruction as part of the 11th annual Campaign Nonviolence Action Days. | Stretching between the International Day of Peace (Sept 21) to the International Day of Nonviolence (Oct 2), over 100 organizations participate in the effort. In 2023, over 5,000+ actions and events were held across the United States and around the world. More than 3,340 actions and events have already been announced for 2024, with thousands more expected to join in…
(2024-07-25). More poverty for the poor. mronline.org 
Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again after decades of decline.
(2024-07-25). Global inequality surges as top 1% capture $42 trillion in new wealth over past decade. nationofchange.org As the wealthiest 1 percent amass unprecedented riches, inequality deepens, posing a dire threat to democracy and the planet, urging a reevaluation of global tax policies.
(2024-07-25). The French government's crisis and the bankruptcy of the New Popular Front. wsws.org Macron can maintain his government in office despite losing the July 7 election only because the NFP works relentlessly to demobilize left-wing, anti-fascist sentiment among workers and youth.
(2024-07-25). 733 Million People Faced Hunger in 2023, Undermining Progress Toward Zero Hunger. devdiscourse.com According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report released by five United Nations agencies, approximately 733 million people worldwide faced hunger in 2023. This figure represents one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa. The report, launched during the G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task Force Ministerial Meeting in Brazil, highlights a significant setback in global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger, by 2030.
(2024-07-25). Dept of Tourism informs public of ICT service outage. sanews.gov.za Dept of Tourism informs public of ICT service outage | The Department of Tourism has cautioned stakeholders and the public from accepting emails from the department's domain, until the widespread information and communication technology (ICT) service outage the department is currently experiencing, has been resolved. | "The Department of Tourism would like to inform stakeholders and the public of a service outage that is causing wide spread disruptions to telephone lines, emails and website related services. Our ICT team is working diligently to restore all services," the department said in a statement on Wednes…
(2024-07-25). Rebecca Lossin: The Multiple Gaze. newleftreview.org Resisting the erasure of working-class life in the American rust belt, the critical photography of LaToya Ruby Frazier combines intimate portraiture with representations of capital's flight. Rebecca Lossin reflects on MoMA's recent retrospective of her work—and on the cultural politics of documentary image-making in an age saturated with the visual.
(2024-07-25). SA firefighters to help fight Canadian fires. sanews.gov.za SA firefighters to help fight Canadian fires | The Working on Fire-Kishugu Joint Venture (WOF-Kishugu JV) is deploying a team of more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to assist with fire fighting efforts. | The Guardian reported on Wednesday that wildfires near the Canadian town of Jasper have forced more than 25 000 to flee one of the country's largest national parks as multiple blazes and thick smoke descended on the Rocky Mountain community. | The report said the town is home to 5 000 full-time residents, alongside 5 000 seasonal workers.
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