@mutualaid My friend ended up getting kicked out and had their food thrown away bcuz their relatives didn't consider it "real food". If you could give anything to help them get back their room, it'd be a great help. It's the only place they've been able to secure, but their roommate losing their job this past winter made things harder for them financially. @seelpah/$SeelpahC (please, include 🏘️ in memo). #MutualAid#MutualAidRequest#eviction#TransCrowdfund#lgbtq#Trans#Nonbinary#poverty
.. launched by students to save groceries from the landfill. They’re helping to cut food bills & climate emissions.
"a lot of produce doesn’t make it to grocery store shelves when fruits and vegetables are considered to be misshapen, not the right size or slightly damaged.
.... the problem of oversupply, when too much of one food item is grown or distributed and doesn’t match market demand"- it is dumped!!
A drone view shows informal shacks of the high-density suburb of Masiphumelele extending into a wetland adjacent to Lake Michelle private estate in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Nic Bothma
it's late, i'm tired, but i'm still in need: haven't been able to do my eye exam or replace my broken glasses. Keep me in your thoughts, throw me a dollar(literally singular) if you can via paypal and read my full needs on gfm
You may be privy to or unfamiliar with how the ultra-wealthy are taking advantage of the system. Either way, you’ll find this report by @ProPublica to be staggering. The facts are clear: there is a class war, and we’re losing.
“…it demolishes the cornerstone myth of the American tax system: that everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most.”
> As radical as they might seem, calls for limits on wealth are as old as civilization itself. The Hebrew Bible and Torah recognized years during which debts should be cancelled, slaves set free and property redistributed from rich to poor. In classical Greece, Aristotle praised cities that kept wealth inequality in check to enhance political stability.
> Robeyns points out that extreme wealth “is often tied to immoral and criminal practices”. As evidence, she notes the massive use of tax evasion among ultra-wealthy people and their firms. Whether legal or not, she labels these practices as unethical. Going further, she reminds us that current wealth inequalities have some roots in historical practices such as slavery or military conquests…
> As a growing literature in economics has shown, more wealth at the very top has often meant fewer resources to lift people at the bottom, contrary to the mantra of trickle-down economics. But wealth concentration isn’t just an issue that affects poor people, Robeyns argues — it is an issue for everyone.
> scholars have increasingly documented how democracy can be undermined by the disproportionate political power of media tycoons, rich founders of philanthropic organizations and large political-party donors. Extreme wealth concentration limits governments’ abilities to invest in public goods, such as education, health care and climate-change mitigation.
> the author ponders: “There is so much good that money above the riches line could do, if only it were used for addressing collective problems”
Morning fam! It's the final push to make it to wednesday, and it's been over a week since my gfm got any attention.Sharing is the best way to help me out 🙏🏾💞
@mutualaid The urgency cannot be overstateed as rent which is due in a week. Please, include 🏘️ in memo so I know where this goes. They've already dealt with eviction threats in the past and they can't deal with this again. Venmo/PayPal: @seelpah / CashApp: $SeelpahC
@mutualaid There has been no movement on this ask for Sabi. She wound up covering the hotel fee on Sunday with her mom's social security, which is paid monthly. They have no money for food and need help with replenishing these funds, as well as pay for car insurance and hotel fee for next week. You can copy and paste this message when you circulate this ask to your grids, stories, DMs, and other platforms/accts that share mutual aid. http://linktr.ee/sabilewsounds (send to Ko-Fi link or PayPal)