Rice Riots...

Raj — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:51:32 -0600

The Financial Times again distinguishes itself by being the only major newspaper to take the global food price rises at all seriously. On Monday, front page above the fold, an article on the UN's call for $500m in food aid to avoid famine. Yesterday, on rice rationing in the Philippines. Today, front page again, the announcement that the price of rice, a staple for over 2.5 billion people, rose 30% in a single day. ... read more »

Urgent Action in support of Filipino Farmers

Raj — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:05:22 -0700

Across the world, farmers who organise for land reform are targetted by landowners, and their thugs. As the Asian Human Rights Commission notes:

a leader of a group of farmers seeking land reform was wounded in a shooting at 6pm on 30 October 2006. The attack on Ronald Ocson (41), president of the Asao Farmers and Residents Association (AFRA), took place almost three weeks after he and his fellow villagers were also violently allegedly attacked by armed goons of an influential landlord in Barangay (village) Lawis, Balasan, Iloilo.