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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · 16d

"To those people...struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

-John F. Kennedy, 1961

THIS would make the US great!

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 16d

Between 2020 and 2024, $771 billion in Pentagon contracts went to just five firms:

· Lockheed Martin ($313 billion)
· RTX (formerly Raytheon, $145 billion)
· Boeing ($115 billion)
· General Dynamics ($116 billion) and
· Northrop Grumman ($81 billion)

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Sep 3

Pakistan floods.
Expecting flows up to 25,000 tonnes of water per second.
"We are literally drowning in a crisis we did not create. We need COP30 and world leaders to act — now!"
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

www.itv.com

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 27

On the failure of Gates' Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - hunger increasing in Africa with two-thirds of Africans now unable to afford a healthy diet.
equ6u.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/SMJ...

Africa Hungry for Change, not more Green Revolution

equ6u.r.a.d.sendibm1.com

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 22

Exciting news

The Nelson Mandela Essay Competition Awards will be streamed live from Zambia!

🗓 22 Aug 2025 | 10AM–1PM CAT

📺 yale.zoom.us/j/3713192937

Join us in celebrating young African scholars who are shaping the future of Africa. ✨

#YouthLeadership #AfricaFuture

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 15

In countries where the median income = the cost of a healthy diet, households at the median would have to spend ALL their income on food to obtain one.
And the 50% living below the median cannot obtain a healthy diet at all.

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 13

Shipwreck off the coast of Kerala spills millions of microplastics, shutting down the local fishery industry.
100,000 fisher families receive compensation of INR 1000 (=USD 11.43) each.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva

www.theguardian.com

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Makronom @makronom.bsky.social · Aug 8

Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine neue Aristokratie. Ein Beitrag von @brankomilan.bsky.social:

Das Kapital in der Homoplutie

Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine ne...

makronom.de

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 7

Once again the US Government is burning materials that it had bought for delivery to the world's poorest populations. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

www.nytimes.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 7

Former UK PM Gordon Brown urges Reeves to hike gambling taxes.

Quite right too.

Too many industries are free-riders, don't bear the cost of their pollution - gambling, processed food, tobacco, airlines, fossil fuels.

They expect public purse to bear the social cost, shareholders take profits.

Gordon Brown urges Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes at Budget

The former Labour prime minister says hitting the

www.bbc.co.uk

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 7

Meet Johnny Mulford, chosen as chief of security of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
zeteo.com/p/scoop-ghf-...

SCOOP: Contractor Leading Security for Gaza 'Aid' Sites Part of Infidels Biker Group That Seeks to Fight 'Islamic Extremism'

The US contract leader, who is supposed to help deliver aid to Palestinians, once promoted Israel as “God’s Chosen Nation" and was previously debarred from contracting with the government.

zeteo.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 24

Just an agonising few kilometres away from the starving, thousands of tons of food aid lies wasting in the sun as the Israeli blockade continues.

Gaza is now being systematically starved. The war crime of the 21st century.

REST OF THE WORLD UPDATE: Still watching.

(🎥 BBC)

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 3

From the New York Times:

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 3

UNRWA has enough food near the border to feed all of Gaza for 3 months, with equipment & personnel to do this safely.
US/Israel are now providing only a fraction of what's needed, at only 4 sites, where they have killed 1300 (and wounded many more) people seeking food.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

UNRWA urges immediate access to Gaza, as food for entire population stockpiled for over 3 months

'Open the gates, lift the siege, allow UNRWA to do its work and help people in need among them 1 million children,' says agency for Palestinian refugees - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 2

Kristof on the Witkoff/Huckebee visit to Gaza.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · Aug 2

On @msnbc.com with @velshi.com, talking about the catastrophe in Gaza, and fearing that the Witkoff visit was not a spur to action but a substitute for it: www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Kristof: Witkoff’s Gaza trip ‘a substitute for action – not a spur to it’

President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U-S Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are now the highest ranking U-S officials to visit the Strip since 2009. It's not immediately clear who was in ...

www.msnbc.com

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 1

GNI of the US: $85,000 per person
GNI of Laos: $2,500 per person
New tariff rate the US is imposing on Laos: 40%.

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hunger is a choice. Brazil has opted to eradicate it, making stunning progress within just two years.
foodtank.com/news/2025/07...

Brazil Achieves Major Hunger Milestone

A new U.N. report confirms Brazil has been removed from the FAO Hunger Map after lifting 40 million people out of food insecurity.

foodtank.com

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gaza update: Limited aid convoys are now reaching some areas under fire, but hunger & hardship are still rampant.

The crisis is not over.

ASAP urges ongoing global solidarity, humanitarian access, & justice for all civilians at risk.

#GazaCrisis #JusticeNow

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 30

FAO reports that 2.6 billion human beings, over 30% of the world's population, cannot afford a healthy diet.

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 30

www.reuters.com/world/global...
As you read this good news that only 673 million human beings are hungry, also read very carefully the FAO definition of hunger on which that count is based. Here it is:

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 29

Nominations are now open for the 2024 ASAP Book Awards.

If you’ve read or written a book on poverty that was published in 2024, why not nominate it?

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Let’s celebrate research that makes a difference.

Details: academicsstand.org

#ASAPBookAwards #PovertyResearch

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 24

Want to learn how we can eradicate poverty and build a fairer world?

🌍 Check out our YouTube channel by the Global Justice Program & Academics Stand Against Poverty for insightful videos and events! 🎥👇

youtube.com/@YaleGlobalJ...
Subscribe and stay informed!

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 22

The 2024 #ASAPBookAwards are now open!

Have you read or written a book published in 2024 that explores poverty and its solutions?

Nominate it for the ASAP Award!

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Details: academicsstand.org

#PovertyResearch #AcademicImpact

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 20

From the Economist magazine:

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Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 19

For households at their country's median income, a healthy diet is often out of reach.
And, of course, half the world's population live below, often far below, their country's median income.

Academics Stand Against Poverty @acadsap.bsky.social · Jul 19

US foreign aid cuts:
Wasted M-pox vaccines
www.commondreams.org/news/mpox-va...
and food burned rather than delivered:
www.commondreams.org/news/usaid-t...

'Crisis of Disrupted Care': Nearly 800,000 Mpox Vaccines Meant for Africa Wasted Due to Trump USAID Cuts | Common Dreams

Nearly 800,000 vaccines for Africa's mpox epidemic are going to waste due to Trump's cuts to USAID. It's one of many ways the gutting of the agency has caused a "crisis of disrupted care" that is caus...

www.commondreams.org

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