The Global Food Crisis

Submitted by dcjwj on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 3:05pm.
22 May 2008 - 7:00pm
22 May 2008 - 9:00pm

The Global Food Crisis: Why the Free-Market Can't Meet the Needs of Ordinary People

Thursday, May 22nd
7pm
St. Stephen's Church
1525 Newton St, NW

Have you noticed rising prices at the grocery store and gas pump? Working class people are worried about stretching their paychecks, and those 2.8 billion people in the world who live on less than $2 per day are feeling the pressure at extreme levels.

Last year, 75,000 Mexicans protested the rising price of tortillas, and earlier this month, mass strikes and protests rocked Egypt over rising inflation that makes bread and other food unaffordable and unavailable. Currently, skyrocketing prices in Haiti cause many to eat an edible clay as the cheapest nutrition available.

Join a discussion that will examine the role of capitalism and free-market policies in today's global food crisis.

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