We have a record hunger crisis in the world. About 645 million people go hungry as the global military spends a record $2.9 trillion. Nearly one in three people on Earth can't afford a healthy diet. This is the central finding of the 2026 edition of the UN's State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI), released on July 21. This puts the figure at 2.69 billion people, or 32.7 percent of the global population. The annual report was produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO). It found that 645 million people, or 7.8 percent of humanity face chronic hunger in 2025. Measured by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale, 2.1 billion people, more than one in four human beings, lack regular access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food. Inflation has also increased the cost of a healthy diet. It rose to 4.28 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars per person per day in 2025, up from 2.94 in 2017. Some 150 million children under five have stunted growth and cognitive impairment from a lack of protein, essential fatty acids, iron, zinc, and vitamin A. Many have anemia and starvation. This goes on while we have the wealthiest people on Earth, like Elon Musk, having record profits. This is a product of a greedy capitalist system that promotes exploitation instead of human liberation. This is why I don't believe in isolationism, as the harms of others overseas will cause us harm, as life has the right to exist, irrespective of nationality, and for moral reasons. That is why a radical redistribution of political and economic power is necessary to solve these issues, as the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said almost sixty years ago.
Donald Trump has done another attack on a CNN reporter, who is a woman. CNN's Kristen Holmes just asked Trump a legitimate question about Jon Ossoff's comments on a key aide. Then, Trump dismissed her and personally attacked Ossoff. The White House's social media account disrespected Holmes by calling her disgraceful and an embarrassment to her profession. The White House later sent another post attacking Holmes' children by saying that her children will see her as callous and vindictive. Trump said that Holmes must be quiet, called her fake news, and a loud, boisterous person (this is a sexist remark that advances the old lie that women in the workplace must be quiet). Trump is a piece of work, and still many conservatives support this liar, Donald Trump. There is no political, economic, or spiritual excuse to support Trump's sexism, habitual lying, xenophobia, racism, and imperialistic actions overseas (like his invasion of Iran). To CNN's credit, they defended Holmes in a statement saying that she is the most respected and accomplished journalist covering the White House. Trump is all about control, and he is the personification of white racist mediocrity and the sexist manosphere movement all combined into one. That is why the Golden Rule makes perfect sense. You can easily answer a question sent by a journalist without using vitriol or ad hominem attacks. Fascists hate an independent media, we must support journalists who hold that far right authoritarian in the White House accountable for his actions.
Blanche refusing to pledge that the Justice Department will have independence from the White House shows his cowardice. The function of the DOJ is to act independently, not being a total shill for the Trump regime. Blanche claimed that Trump has not and will not ask him to prosecute specific individuals. Blanche has overseen the department's prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by Trump during his first term. Therefore, we have a choice to make. Either we have democracy or tyranny. There is no other way to put it, because our instrinct rights are being under attack from book bans, the targeting of black museums, and the unjust firing of thousands of black women from federal jobs. We know that the 60 largest planned data centers could poroduce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future ot line their own pockets.
One of the biggest black sellouts of our generation, Museveni of Uganda is sending Ugandan troops to Gaza as proxies to promote U.S. imperialism. These troops are sent to Gaza as part of the U.S. backed International Stabilization Force (ISF), placing the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) at the attempt of the West to disarm Palestinian resistance and transform the Palestinian territory into a U.S. dominated colony. Videos have been posted by Ugandan soldiers who brag about desiring to go to Gaza. This act comes after the August 6th vote in Uganda's parliament to promote the deployment. Defense Minsiter Kiryowa Kiwanuka told MPs that Trump supported this effort by his invitation. This agenda is to strip Palestinians self-determination in Gaza and all over the West Bank. The Palestinians (in contrast to the terrorist group Hamas and the far-right wing war criminal complicit government of Benjamin Netanyahu) are a oppressed people who experienced dispossession, occupation, blockade, and repeated Israeli military assaults. The ongoing genocide in Gaza has been condemned by people from across the political spectrum too. Uganda will join other proxies within the ISF from Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania. Therefore, imperialism is wrong and bourgeoisie sellouts like Museveni should have his actions condemned.
Trump praising Kim Jong Un, who is a dictatorship should never shock anyone. Trump wants to significantly scale back joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises over disagreements he has with South Korea on the Iranian War. While this is going on, North Korea has built its nation's armed forces and illegal nuclear weapons program during the few years. North Korea has sent soldiers to fight in Ukraine, because North Korea has a political alliance with Russia including China. China is trying to be a stronger superpower with alliance, trade deals, and other tactics. The autocrats of Russia, China, and North Korea desire a stronger military and political alliance to grow their hegemonies. This is the pretext of the battle in the 21st century between democracy and authoritarianism. North Korea has a new guided missile destroyer. Trump has been skeptical about his allies in Europe and South Korea which plays into the hands of Putin, Xi, and Kim who desire America to be destabilized. The Iranian war was not only unjust but a disaster that has harmed the American economy in many ways.
By Timothy
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