Food Not Bombs’ Nick Cooper visits to discuss the organization and the attack by the city. Ingrid Bond talks about tonight’s Houston Mayoral debate. Why rich countries must fix the environment.
Food not Bombs’ Nick Cooper speaks.
Food not Bombs’ Nick Cooper speaks.
Nick Cooper will spend some time on Politics Done Right discussing “Food not Bombs.” Among the things he will discuss are:
- The genesis of the organization in Houston.
- How they are organized.
- The reason for centralizing on vegan food only.
- The reasons for moving around the Houston Downtown area.
- And much more.
More importantly, Houston has been ticketing/fining individuals in the organization as they feed the hungry. They have accumulated thousands of dollars in fines. They must raise money to pay the city for doing a good deed the city could have used available resources to accomplish.
Nick Cooper is an American drummer, record producer, and composer best known for his work with Free Radicals. Nick is also an activist with Indymedia, Food Not Bombs, a writer for the Free Press Houston, and Houston Peace News. He is also a documentary filmmaker, a workshop facilitator, a student of Capoeira Angola, and a visual artist.
Ingrid Bond on tonight’s Houston mayoral debate.
Ingrin Bond, Democratic Chair for precinct 227 in River Oaks, visits Politics Done Right to discuss tonights Houston Mayoral debate. Some of the things she will discuss are:
- Where and the time of tonight’s debate?
- Who is hosting the debate?
- Who is emceeing the debate?
- Which mayoral candidates will be participating?
Ingrid Bond was raised in Maryland. She moved to Mississippi as a high school senior. She is a registered Professional Engineer who graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS in Petroleum Engineering in 1982. She is an effective community organizer and is a part of the Bayou Blue Democrats Club.
Rich countries must fix the environment.
Whenever one reads stories about the games rich countries play when discussing the environment, it should infuriate all who want a sustainable world. The Common Dreams article “Oxfam Slams Rich Nations for Using ‘Financial Wizardry’ to Skimp on Global Climate Funding” is probative.
With global finance leaders set to gather in Washington, D.C. this week for the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Oxfam is warning rich countries against using accounting gimmicks to artificially inflate their global climate funding commitments.
The international humanitarian group estimated in an analysis released Monday that low- and middle-income nations will need an additional $27.4 trillion at minimum by 2030 to “fill financing gaps in health, education, social protection, and tackling climate change”—as well as addressing the damage already inflicted by intensifying extreme weather and other consequences of fossil fuel use.
Interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other powerful central banks have compounded the financial struggles of poor nations as debt servicing costs rise, putting critical public investments at risk.
“But despite the dire economic situation facing the poorest countries today, and much political discussion of the trillions needed to tackle poverty, inequality, and climate change, there is no indication that rich countries are willing to pay the true price of a fair and sustainable future,” Oxfam said Monday. “In fact, there is a risk that rich-country finance ministers meeting in Washington this week will celebrate progress on reforms that deliver just 0.1% of the climate and social spending gap in low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs) between now and 2030. And that they will do so through financial wizardry that doesn’t cost them a cent.”
The group pointed specifically to the recent replenishment process for the International Development Association, a member of the World Bank Group ostensibly dedicated to aiding poor nations with grants and loans.
“Although IDA20 saw a record replenishment in 2021, this was not a result of increased donor contributions. In fact, donor contributions declined and the increased allocation was only achieved through the financial wizardry of ‘balance sheet optimization,'” Oxfam noted. “Now, with IDA20 commitments again being frontloaded due to mounting crises, there are fears that IDA is facing a ‘financial cliff’ in the near future.”
Oxfam also criticized “green bonds” and other such “financial innovations” that—while positive-sounding and potentially beneficial on the margins—ultimately provide minimal benefit relative to what’s necessary to help avert climate catastrophe in nations that did the least to cause the crisis.
Industrialized nations are responsible for environmental pollution around the world. It is their responsibility to clean it up. Most do not understand the degree to which wealthy countries offloaded their environmental responsibility around the world for their capital appreciation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the rest of the world.
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