President Rodrigo Duterte launched the “Philippine Drug War” or Oplan Double Barrel (or Operation Double Barrel), in reference to two barangay-government and Philippine National Police (PNP)-coordinated campaigns, is aimed at “the neutralization [ie. killing] of illegal drug personalities nationwide”. Duterte…
New California Law AB- 2178 – A State of Hunger
It is reasonable for the state to regulate many things, like pesticides or nuclear power, but feeding the hungry is not one of them. Particularly when nearly 5 million people in California go hungry each month. The California Association of…
New Law Could Force Hungry to Eat Out of Garbage Cans
Please call Governor Brown at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to veto AB- 2178, Limited Service Charitable Feeding Operation. Food programs all across the state could be told to stop sharing free meals with the hungry if this becomes law.…
The 30th Anniversary of the first arrest of Food Not Bombs
August 15, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of the first arrests of Food Not Bombs for “making a political statement” by sharing free food with the hungry. Nine volunteers were arrested at the entrance of Golden Gate Park by a…
AMERICANS, IS YOUR PASSPORT UP TO DATE?
I stepped into the first cabin on the train from Belgrade to Budapest. A silver-haired older gentleman sat against the window on the forward facing bench. When the conductor arrived I handed him my blue American passport. I could…
AMERICA’S HUNGER GAMES
The tragic logic of a collapsing empire.Nearly one in eight Americans face hunger. For these 42 million people, the suffering is unfortunately only going to getting worse. Most of us are familiar with the nagging worry that we might not…