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The newest campaigns or information about the Food Not Bombs movement.

These updates made on November 25, 2013

Garam Masala - When Bread Becomes Butter for Protests

SAY NO TO WALMARTS LOW WAGES
Attend a Black Friday Protest Near You!

Fast Food Forward

Fast Food Forward is a movement of NYC fast food workers to raise wages and gain rights at work. It is part of the national movement of low-wage workers fighting for a better future. When we make enough to live - instead of barely getting by - our community and economy benefit. Fast Food Forward joins the momentum of the Black Friday strikes and other low-wage worker struggles to build community engagement, hold corporations and their CEOs accountable, and to raise wages so that all Americans can prosper.

U.S. CITY GOVERNMENTS TRY TO STOP FOOD NOT BOMBS

Authorities have recently told volunteers to stop feeding the hungry in Worcester, Sacramento, Olympia, Taos, Boulder, Raleigh, Portland, Seattle, Santa Monica, Birmingham, and Chico.

Lets SNAP to it! - National action to protest cuts in Food Stamps

The first round of cuts in SNAP (food stamps) will happen on November 1, 2013 just in time for tens of thousands of people to face a harsh Thanksgiving. Please contact your local group to find out the details.

Food Stamp Decrease Set For November :(

FLYERS TO HAND OUT AT THE LETS SNAP TO IT ACTIONS
Sample flyer to organize your local protest

Stop The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Have you heard? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is a stealthy policy being pressed by corporate America, a dream of the 1 percent, that in one blow could: offshore millions of American jobs, free the banksters from oversight, ban Buy America policies needed to create green jobs and rebuild our economy, decrease access to medicine, flood the U.S. with unsafe food and products, and empower corporations to attack our environmental and health safeguards.

Closed-door talks are on-going between the U.S. and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam; with other countries, including China, potentially joining later. 600 corporate advisors have access to the text, while the public, Members of Congress, journalists, and civil society are excluded. And so far what we know about what's in there is very scary!

Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact
TPP: Corporate Power Tool of the 1%
www.exposethetpp.org

THE FOOD NOT BOMBS FREE SKOOL
Apply today for the 2014 summer season in Taos, New Mexico - USA

Working into the evening.

The Food Not Bombs Free Skool

The principle purpose of the Food Not Bombs Free Skool is to strengthen the organizing skills of people volunteering in the peace, social justice and enviornmental movements. We invite you to share and seek knowledge in the areas of social change, economic justice, peace, generosity, diversity, responsibility and a sustainable future. Please send us your application today! THE FOOD NOT BOMBS FREE SKOOL

Monsanto Trying to Take Over Both Food Supply and Government
Genetically modified (GM) plants are grown from seeds engineered to resist insecticides and herbicides, add nutritional benefits and improve crop yields. Corn, cotton, potatoes and wheat are among many other crops grown in the US that are being genetically modified. Some believe they can lead to health problems and harm the environment. Opponents have pushed for mandatory labelling, though the federal government and many scientists say the technology is safe. Proponents contend that plants grown from GMO seeds allow farmers to grow more food using less resources.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 the US Department of Agriculture said a strain of GM wheat was found on a farm in Oregan. The wheat strain was developed by Monsanto and last tested in 2005, but never put into use in the face of worldwide opposition to genetically engineered wheat.

The U.S. congress is set to hand billions to Monsanto while making huge cuts in the food stamp program.

Food stamp program under attack

MASTER PLAN TO DESTROY INDONESIA
The beautiful islands of Indonesia is under threat
Food Not Bombs activists in Indonesia shared the Master Plan formulated by The Boston Consulting Group at One Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts which will cause much poverty and distruction of the beautiful landscape in Indonesia. Huge coal and gold mines connected to new sea ports by a system of trains will drive thousands from their land and poison the water and sea. This plan is already underway and must be stopped. Please organize in your community, outside all Indonesian embassies and the offices of Boston Consulting. World wide dates of action comming soon.
STOP BOSTON CONSULTING GROUPS ATTACK ON INDONESIA

President Obama Uses a Sledgehammer Against Dissent
Support Food Not Bombs volunteer Jeremy Hammond
Jeremy Hammond will have his sentencing on September 6th. Jeremy volunteered with Food Not Bombs in the Chicago area. He was arrested and faced 30 years in prison for exposing computer files showing that the government and corporations take illegal covert action to stop legal protest against corproate interests.Hammond was facing more than 30 years in prison, charged with hacking into the computers of a private security and intelligence firm called Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, when he agreed to a plea agreement of one count of computer hacking. Stratfor traffics in "geopolitical intelligence, economic, political and military forecasting," according to its website. Yet, after Hammond and others released 5m emails from Stratfor's servers to WikiLeaks, it became clear that the firm engages in widespread spying on activists on behalf of corporations. Coca-Cola hired Stratfor to spy on the group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Dow Chemical hired Stratfor to spy on the activists who were exposing Dow's role in the cyanide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984 that killed an estimated 8,000 and injured thousands more.
The Global Intelligence Files

SMASHING HUNGER SQUASHING CAPITALISM FALL 2013 TOUR
with Food Not Bombs cofounder Keith McHenry
Food Not Bombs co-founder can speak to your community or school about the history, principles and current actions of the movemnet. This is a great way to help start a Food Not Bombs group in your communinty or encourage more participation in your local chapter.
SMASHING HUNGER SQUASHING CAPITALISM FALL 2013 TOUR TOUR

ART NOT WALMART
Join Shari in making art together every Tuesday at Art Queen in Joshua Tree, California, from 3-5 PM. Start your own Art Not Walmart project in your community. Walmart is killing towns all over the world. ART NOT WALMART