"Every five seconds, a child under 10 dies of hunger.  – Thirty-five million people die each year from hunger or its immediate aftermath. – One billion people are permanently and severely malnourished and the situation is becoming increasingly catastrophic." (Jean Ziegler)   In his latest book “Mass Destruction – the... » read this article

Editorial comment: It's NOT CAPITALISM that's the source of our high standard of living, says Michael Parenti in this fabulous video from 2007. Time to drag it out once again and then again and again. The Capitalists have done EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER to stop the good life from spreading... » read this article

Editorial comment: "The right to food is a human right. It protects the right of all human beings to live in dignity, free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The right to food is not about charity, but about ensuring that all people have the capacity to feed themselves in... » read this article

Interview with Jean Ziegler by Gilles Toussaint: Introduction and translation by Siv O'Neall Introduction The victims are the poor, the former subsistence farmers in Africa who have been deprived of their land and whose countries now have to import food at exorbitant prices, due to the speculation in agricultural commodities... » read this article

Editor's Note: Frances Moore Lappé's essay below kicks off our forum on the food movement. Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, Eric Schlosser, and Michael Pollan have contributed replies. For years I’ve been asked, “Since you wrote Diet for a Small Planet in 1971, have things gotten better or worse?” Hoping I don’t... » read this article

South Sudan: Another Kitchen-Garden? Its was expected; nevertheless, the announcement that agricultural development will be among the top cooperation priorities between Israel and South Sudan has raised fresh, deep fears in Cairo and Khartoum that intensive farming techniques and dams construction will end up depriving Sudan and Egypt from a... » read this article

This 3-part series of interviews with Dr. Vandana Shiva about the future of food is one of the most contentious, revolutionary, profound, and important discussions of any, we have had to date on Food News. This is more than about the safety of biotechnology; its about the ability of all... » read this article

National Call for Solidarity with the British Uprising PROTEST POLICE TERROR IN LONDON We urge you to help organize protests at British consulates, BBC News offices and other sites in cities across North America. Endorse and circulate this call of action in solidarity with the British uprisings We call on... » read this article

Editor's Note: Axis of Logic Columnist Siv O'Neall urged us to publish this film documentary. After viewing it, we entreat all Axis of Logic Readers to watch this inspirational and informative film by Jamie Doran. It reveals how the ingenuity and selfless work of people in extreme poverty can bring... » read this article

Editor's Note: The corporate media call the poor youth who have been striking back in England "looters, rioters and criminals". For decades, the same media has been telling them they should have all those things in the shop windows they see in television ads and shop windows every day when they can barely feed their... » read this article

Sukant Chandan gets it right - pointing his finger directly at Cameron.  The British Prime Minister has vowed that rioters will pay for what they've done, as he addressed Parliament in the wake of clashes that engulfed the country. What started as a peaceful protest against police shooting a man in... » read this article

The first priority must be to restore calm and peace to Tottenham. This is vital for the safety and wellbeing of all Londoners. As Tottenham's Labour MP David Lammy has also said, justice can only follow a thorough investigation of the facts, but to understand those facts, we must have... » read this article

The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory. The group is widely blamed for causing a famine in Somalia by... » read this article

HUMAN WRONGS WATCH Military expenditure amounted to 1630 billion dollars in 2010, i.e, 236 dollars per person in the world. Meanwhile, UN asks for 16 dollars to save each one of the over two million children needing urgent life-saving actions if they are to survive in drought-affected countries in the... » read this article

Slow Food International continues to make progress on its ambitious pledge to create 1,000 vegetable gardens in every African community participating in its Terra Madre network. The aptly named “A Thousand Gardens in Africa” is now in its most active stage as coordinators fundraise for future gardens, inaugurate new gardens,... » read this article

Early last month, pharmaceutical titan Merck became the latest multinational to pledge allegiance to the CEO Water Mandate, the United Nations' public-private initiative "designed to assist companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices." But there's darker data beneath that sunny marketing: The CEO Water... » read this article

30 June 2011 At a press conference Wednesday, US President Barack Obama reiterated his determination to impose trillions of dollars of spending cuts on the elderly, the sick, school children and college students. He appealed to congressional Republicans to agree to a handful of minor tax increases on the wealthy... » read this article

Coal miners have marched on Blair Mountain in 1921 and 2011. In 1921, West Virginian coal miners took up arms against coal companies in the largest insurrection since the American Civil War. On Blair Mountain, miners with red bandanas tied around their necks (the origin of the term ‘redneck’) battled... » read this article

Editorial Comment: To the Mayor of Orlando and the Orlando Cops: Axis of Logic asks, How low can you go? We offer a huge Thank You! to the wonderful people at Food Not Bombs in Orlando for the work you are doing and to all the activists who ask all... » read this article

The world's largest commodities trader is issuing a stock sale, and critics say the firm causes spikes in food prices. The rapid rise in prices for food, fuel and commodities has been disastrous for the world's poor, including Indonesian market vendor Lia Romi. But it's a bonanza for multinational trading... » read this article