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Pathways of transition to agroecological food systems
Adam Parsons
A new report by leading sustainability experts has reaffirmed the case for a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems – fundamental to which is a call for redistributing power back into the hands of those who feed the world.
An alternative vision of farming and food systems has long been upheld by civil society groups and small-scale producers around the world, based on the science of agroecology and the broader framework of food sovereignty. But while many reports and studies have shown how less intensive, diversified and sustainable farming methods can have far better outcomes than today’s corporate-dominated model of industrial agriculture, the question remains as to how we can make the shift towards agroecological systems on a global scale.
Brexit Fear-Mongering
Stephen Lendman
The European Union is fundamentally undemocratic, a flawed system, a sinking ship, a CIA creation.
Paul Craig Roberts explained, citing Ambrose Evans-Pritchard’s September 2000 article, saying:
“DECLASSIFIED American government documents show that the US intelligence community ran a campaign in the Fifties and Sixties to build momentum for a united Europe.”
CIA officials “work(ed) aggressively behind the scenes to push Britain into a European state…The State Department played a role.” Controlling Europe was and remains a core element of US imperial policy.
Union undermines national sovereignty, making it subject to a higher authority, a deplorable state for any country - accepting vassalage over independence.
June 22: Operation Barbarossa’s 75th Anniversary
Stephen Lendman
On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched perhaps the largest ever invasion by one country against another.
Operation Barbarossa involved up to four million combat and support troops - Hitler’s fatal error, miscalculating, overreaching, hubris and arrogance defeating him.
Heroic Red Army efforts smashed the vaunted Wehrmacht, Soviet Russia, not America, most responsible for freeing Europe from the scourge of Nazism.
Addressing Russia’s lower house State Duma, Putin paid tribute to extraordinary Red Army heroism above and beyond the call of duty by any standard, saying:“This day in 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, but Soviet soldiers defended the country to the death. We will always remember their sacrifice.”
Israel’s Military Intelligence Chief Prefers ISIS to Assad in Syria
Stephen Lendman
Israel actively supports ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria, supplying them with weapons, munitions, foodstuffs and medical treatment for their wounded fighters - along with bombing Syrian targets at its discretion.
It’s allied with Washington, NATO and other regional rogue states to topple Assad, eliminate a key rival and isolate Iran, its main Middle East target.
In an address delivered days earlier, Israel’s military intelligence chief General Herzi Halevy discussed war in Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, Hezbollah, Hamas, terrorism, and what he called the growing disparity between Israel and its neighbors - claiming Jewish state strength and stability surrounded by religious extremism and terrorism.
Liberals for Hillary
Stephen Lendman
Progressive politics and political pluralism aren’t Beltway attributes. America was never beautiful - now the greatest threat to world peace. Bipartisan neocons infesting Washington risk the unthinkable.
Many self-styled liberals support Clinton - the most recklessly dangerous presidential aspirant in US history - a neocon war goddess/she devil representing pure evil, a war-profiteer’s dream, backed by Wall Street and other corporate predators.Certain Sanders’ endorsement awaits to be announced, betraying his loyal supporters. Liberal progressive in name only Senator Elizabeth Warren backs her, saying “I’m ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States and to make sure that Donald Trump never gets any place close to the White House.”
A Clinton Presidency: Humanity’s Worst Nightmare
Stephen Lendman
Since Soviet Russia’s 1991 dissolution, successive US administrations governed increasingly lawlessly and recklessly - Bill Clinton worse than his predecessors, Bush worse than him, Obama worst of all, at war with multiple invented enemies throughout his tenure - from inaugural day to the present.
A neocon Hillary Clinton presidency succeeding him risks the unthinkable - possible WW III. America’s rage for dominance, its wanting planet earth colonized, and increasing belligerence toward Russia and China virtually assures eventual confrontation.Unknown is to what extent, but when conflicts begin, they take on a life of their own. Starting them is easy, resolving them another matter entirely.
The War on Weed Is Winding Down – But Will Monsanto Be the Winner?
Ellen Brown
The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing a deadly danger to health, has a wide range of therapeutic benefits. But skeptics question the sudden push for legalization, which is largely funded by wealthy investors linked to Big Ag and Big Pharma.
In April, Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize medical cannabis, a form of the plant popularly known as marijuana. That makes nearly half of US states. A major barrier to broader legalization has been the federal law under which all cannabis – even the very useful form known as industrial hemp – is classed as a Schedule I controlled substance that cannot legally be grown in the US. But that classification could change soon. In a letter sent to federal lawmakers in April, the US Drug Enforcement Administration said it plans to release a decision on rescheduling marijuana in the first half of 2016.
The presidential candidates are generally in favor of relaxing the law. In November 2015, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would repeal all federal penalties for possessing and growing the plant, allowing states to establish their own marijuana laws. Hillary Clinton would not go that far but would drop cannabis from a Schedule I drug (a deadly dangerous drug with no medical use and high potential for abuse) to Schedule II (a deadly dangerous drug with medical use and high potential for abuse). Republican candidate Donald Trump says we are losing badly in the war on drugs, and that to win that war all drugs need to be legalized.
Brexit Referendum Is Non-Binding
Stephen Lendman
All the fuss and bother about Brexit largely ignores its non-binding status - parliament, not voters deciding if Britain stays or leaves the EU, the latter extremely unlikely.
Writing in the Financial Times, British lawyer David Allen Green explained Brexit voting is “advisory,” not “mandatory.” Parliament has final say.
MPs can legally disregard the public’s will either way, they alone empowered to decide the path Britain chooses.
What happens ahead is “a matter of politics not law. It will come down to what is politically expedient and practicable,” said Green.
Various options exist, including supporting Thursday’s outcome, ignoring it, or “re-negotiating another deal and put(ting) that to another referendum” - repeating the process “until voters eventually vote the ‘right’ way,” what’s best for monied interests, not them.
Us v. Them
Stephen Lendman
In July, Republican and Democrat party bosses will choose the two most widely reviled US presidential aspirants in modern memory.
Each is unfit for any public office. Each represents wealth, power and privilege exclusively. Each mocks rule of law principles and democratic values.
Each assures four more years of war at home and abroad. Each says one thing and intends another, their promises made to be broken.
Each threatens world peace. Each represents what demands rejection. On election day in November, vote independent or stay home. Never support any duopoly power candidate. They’re all cut out of the same dirty cloth. Otherwise they wouldn’t be presidential material.
Clinton is an unindicted war criminal/racketeer. Business tycoon Trump likely amassed wealth the old-fashioned way. Balzac once said behind every great fortune is a crime.
Putin at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Stephen Lendman
Called Russia’s Davos, this year’s SPIEF (its 20th annual forum) is one of its “most extensive,” according to Tass, featuring three days of over 100 events - from June 16 - 18.
Attending are representatives of 600 Russian and 500 foreign companies from 60 countries, including America and EU ones - to the displeasure of Washington, wanting Russia increasingly isolated, marginalized, weakened, and transformed into a US vassal state.
Addressing SPIEF’s plenary session, Putin’s remarks were wide-ranging, discussing “systemic problems…besetting the global economy and practically all countries,” as well as expressing an eagerness to restore normalized relations with EU countries, disrupted by hostile US policy.
“We do not hold a grudge, and are ready to meet our European partners halfway. But it certainly cannot be a one-way game,” he stressed.
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