OCA attended Rage Against the War and the Deep State protest on Sunday in Washington, D.C., the place a number of thousand activists, impressed by a robust roster of audio system with rising various media and fashionable assist, Jimmy Dore, Dennis Kucinich, Kim Iversen, Ron Paul, Tulsi Gabbard, and others took the primary tentative steps towards constructing a brand new nationwide anti-war motion. 

Beneath the banner, “Not a Penny Extra for Ukraine,” the rally put forth the decision for a brand new alliance between political independents, anti-war libertarians (“Resolve America’s Home Crises First” relatively than constructing a worldwide Empire) and real anti-war, anti-imperialist radical populists. 

Following up on the DC protest, OCA might be becoming a member of the brand new anti-war coalition and touring to Austin, Texas in April for a nationwide gathering of the Motion for a Folks’s Occasion, the place we consider a brand new politically unbiased populist coalition has the potential to develop crucial mass, not solely round an anti-war platform, however, within the long-term, forge alliances round civil liberties, rural financial improvement, meals, farming, environmental, and pure well being points. Extra particulars forthcoming.

In this 20-minute video (considered by 230,000 individuals) anti-Ukraine Warfare march organizer and Folks’s Occasion founder Nick Brana talks with Redacted podcaster Clayton Morris (1.72 million subscribers) in regards to the present existential/nuclear disaster posed by the US/NATO proxy warfare in Ukraine and the potential for uniting a crucial mass of People to push for ending the warfare, abolishing the CIA and the Deep State, and slashing army spending. 

Watch the video

Watch Dennis Kucinich’s powerful speech at the rally

Watch Kim Iversen’s interview with longtime leftist journalist Chris Hedges on the necessity for a brand new anti-war Motion right here (Chris Hedges was horrible on COVID, however he appears proper on monitor on the necessity to finish the warfare)

Watch Kim Iversen’s interview with former Congressman and libertarian chief Senator Ron Paul (father of present Republican Senator Rand Paul) right here

Saul Elbein reviews: 

“A brand new survey has discovered that 78 p.c of People need federal farm funding to prioritize meals for individuals over feed for livestock.

The Johns Hopkins Heart for a Livable Future and the farm advocacy group Farm Motion printed the bipartisan survey of 1000 individuals on Thursday.

It represented the primary time these teams requested explicitly about American crop subsidies — a type of federal help overwhelmingly spent on rising crops to feed beef and dairy cattle, chickens and pigs.”

The survey is a part of a broader marketing campaign that seeks a normal reversal in American meals coverage — with these subsidies being one in all its most contentious points.

It’s a part of Farm Motion’s…Food Not Feed Summit in Washington D.C.,…which seeks to rally change round a proposal to make as a lot federal assist out there for vegatables and fruits as for feed grains.

“America is absolutely in a disaster in relation to meals and agriculture,” Farm Motion President Joe Maxwell advised The Hill.

Farm Motion believes these subsidy applications assist an unsustainable and unhealthy American weight-reduction plan and meals system.”

Study extra: People Need Farm Subsidies To Go to Human Meals, Not Animal Feed: Survey

Sam Husseini writes: 

“The institution has a complete set of instruments it has employed to forestall the left and proper from uniting in opposition to warfare and different institution machinations.

In 2016, Trump’s stance in opposition to Muslim immigrants was a galvanizing drive to push individuals into their partisan containers. However assume it by means of. The US authorities fueling the Syria warfare by funding proxies is basically what turned proud individuals into determined refugees. And the left and proper within the US had been largely against that. However they ended up preventing a couple of results of a coverage they each opposed. The left and proper agreed on the basis of the issue however ended up battling over the symptom.

The basis downside was perpetual warfare, dropped at you by the Democratic and Republican Events…

There may be an anti-establishment heart. Being pro-peace is on the core of that. However it’s hardly restricted to that.

Warfare wants individuals to be in concern. So, sure to civil liberties — because the left and proper have come collectively to oppose the surveillance state. However left-right cooperation extends past even this: Opposition to pandemic pronouncements. Cease company corruption and Wall Avenue destroying Primary Avenue and different weakening of the citizenry. Cease the monopolistic energy of Large Tech and Large Media and their collusion with Large Authorities, manipulations of public opinion, criminal justice reform, drug warfare, training and far else.

A working class particular person with liberal sympathies has extra in frequent with a working class particular person with conservative sympathies than both have with institution elites.” 

Learn extra: Collapse of the Peace Motion, Half II: Left-Proper Cooperation

Paul Holmbeck, IFOAM Organics Worldwide chief in Denmark, writes: 

“‘Regenerative’ has momentum. New partnerships, organizations, finance instruments and certifications pop up each day. These of us who’ve been working to advertise regenerative natural practices for many years—together with the natural pioneers at Rodale Institute who coined the time period ‘regenerative agriculture’ within the 80s—can rejoice. All newcomers specializing in soil regeneration, biodiversity and local weather: Welcome!

However let’s distinguish between severe regenerative actors, like farmer allies working for practices and insurance policies much like these we work for in IFOAM… and people like Syngenta, the place the ill-defined ‘Regen Ag’ permits Syngenta to re-brand itself as a ‘regenerative’ champion whereas persevering with with pesticides as its core enterprise.

Regenerative momentum is partly defined by this engaging, simply exploited ambiguity. Claiming regenerative targets and practices additionally helps delay the extra formidable political steps wanted to handle crises in meals safety, local weather and lack of biodiversity. Regeneration additionally simply feels proper. The craftsmanship appeals to farmers. And Hollywood has made soil horny. Respect. Allow us to be impressed by the soil and panorama aesthetic in regen PR. We have to talk with extra coronary heart about what we struggle FOR in organics!

We should additionally name out greenwashing. And the repeated false claims of regen being ‘past natural.’ It’s not. These claims are all the time based mostly on comparisons between regenerative ASPIRATIONS (most targets) and natural ensures (minimal requirements). All regenerative aspirations are already firmly embedded within the worldwide natural rules in IFOAM. After all, our distinctive world infrastructure of requirements and certification offers shoppers an actual assure, not out there from ‘regenerative.’ Regardless of this, the regenerative concept is competing for the ‘sustainable various’ area amongst meals corporations, retailers, philanthropists and coverage makers. There may be actual danger that main company, NGO and philanthropic pursuits set a gorgeous however diffuse ‘regenerative’ agenda drawing coverage, farmers, funding streams and market focus away from the true meals techniques change that organics and agroecology characterize.

To recapture momentum Regenerative Organic Certification was launched within the U.S., constructing further social, local weather and animal welfare steps on USDA natural requirements. Corporations like Tradin Organic are already promoting licensed regenerative natural merchandise…” 

Learn extra: The Natural Sector Should Reply to Regenerative Momentum

Timothy Smart and Sharon Anglin Deal with report: 

“A high-level delegation from the Mexican authorities visited Washington in January to debate a collection of bilateral commerce points, one in all them being U.S. authorities and biotech business claims that Mexico’s intention to limit imports of genetically modified corn in 2024 violates the brand new Agricultural Biotechnology provisions within the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that changed NAFTA in 2020. Three years in the past, the Mexican authorities introduced its intention to part out using the herbicide glyphosate and the importation of GM corn, citing each public well being and environmental causes.

U.S. and Mexican agribusiness pursuits responded with a requirement that the U.S. authorities threaten Mexico with a USMCA commerce dispute, arguing that the brand new USMCA provisions assure their rights to export GM corn to Mexico. Mexico is the most important export marketplace for U.S. corn, practically all of which is genetically modified. The Mexican authorities has proven a willingness to barter the 2024 deadline, delaying the prohibition on GM feed corn imports, which represent the overwhelming majority of US exports to Mexico. Business representatives proceed to demand commerce motion from the U.S. authorities.

However does the Mexican motion truly violate the Agricultural Biotechnology provisions of the USMCA? Senior commerce lawyer on the Institute for Agriculture and Commerce Coverage (IATP) Sharon Anglin Deal with did an in depth textual analysis of the settlement earlier this 12 months and concluded that Mexico isn’t obligated to simply accept GM corn exports from the USA if it has respectable considerations about public well being or the atmosphere…” 

Study extra: No Foundation for U.S. To Dispute Mexico’s GM Corn Import Ban 

Longtime OCA ally and famend pediatrician Dr. Michelle Perro writes: 

“Because the introduction of the time period probiotics in 1965… the plethora of knowledge and merchandise out there will be overwhelming. Moreover, as new research lend additional data concerning the microbiome and its operate as an organ, learn how to greatest assist our mutual cohabitants particularly for infants will be daunting. 

A fast overview – the intestine microbiome offers a broad vary of capabilities together with the next:

• The digestion of particles from meals into dietary merchandise,
• Detoxing of xenobiotics,
• Assist of intestinal cell lining integrity,
• And immune system modulation. 

Over the previous decade, our data of microbial operate has turn out to be extra fine-tuned.  There may be now a larger understanding of the intestine microbiome in relation to varied scientific situations corresponding to being pregnant. The assorted situations that may happen throughout being pregnant corresponding to metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and intestinal permeability can shift the maternal inflammatory state, which may negatively have an effect on the fetus…” 

Study extra: Probiotics for Mothers and Infants: Well being or Hype?

Jake Johnson reviews: 

“Anxious and indignant residents of East Palestine, Ohio, gathered for a city corridor Wednesday night time hoping to get solutions in regards to the potential well being impacts of a large prepare derailment and chemical spill that put their small village within the nationwide highlight.

However those that wished to listen to immediately from the corporate on the heart of the poisonous catastrophe — Norfolk Southern — pulled out of the occasion hours earlier than it started, expressing considerations about ‘the rising bodily risk to our staff and members of the group… stemming from the rising probability of the participation of outdoor events.’

Information that firm officers could be a no-show infuriated East Palestine residents who’re anxious in regards to the health and safety of their households within the wake of the prepare crash — and the next launch of hazardous chemicals such because the carcinogen vinyl chloride into the environment and waterways.”

Learn extra: ‘A Slap within the Face’: East Palestine Residents Livid as Norfolk Southern Skips City Corridor

For 25 years, the OCA has labored to advertise and broaden the natural motion and struggle in opposition to greenwashing and fraud, whereas connecting the dots between wholesome meals and farming and the opposite burning problems with our time: peace, sustainability (what we now favor to name Regeneration), pure well being, freedom, and justice. 

We’re perennial optimists, blessed with what our Finnish-American neighbors in Northern Minnesota name “sisu,” a cussed optimism within the face of adversity and overwhelming obstacles. We consider that the darkest hour that we live by means of “is simply earlier than the daybreak.” We’re on the verge of an amazing grassroots rising. 

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