World Food Day 2008: Vegetarianism against global hunger COMMOM PRESS RELEASE 16 October 2008 On 7-8 October 2008, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations marked the anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights which assures everyone's entitlement 'to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food'. Sixty years after signing that declaration of good will, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is planning the celebration of World Food Day 2008 set to 'highlight the plight of 923 million undernourished people in the world'. What went wrong? Why are almost one billion people still excluded from the most basic of Human Rights in the 21st century? "Every child who dies of hunger in today's world has been murdered," accused Jean Ziegler, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Indeed, how can any society calling itself civilized accept that while worldwide every five seconds a child dies because she or he is hungry, around 1.5 billion cows and bulls and an astronomical number of other farm animals are being fed with a huge share of available crops? More than the populations of USA, Canada and the EU do not have enough to eat National and international decision makers have initiated a multitude of projects and campaigns in their fight against hunger; unfortunately, nothing has improved the situation. The non-stop misery caused by hunger calls urgently for fresh strategies, of which vegetarianism must be one! In the interest of justice and humanity the present wasting of 7-16 kg of grain or soy beans, up to 15,500 liters of water, and 323 m2 of grazing land that yields just one kilo of beef cannot be allowed to continue. 23 September 2008 was 'Overshoot Day' - milestone when humanity will have used all the resources nature will generate this year Considering that globally, we now require the equivalent of 1.4 planets to support our lifestyles, 'Overshoot Day' should be a wake-up call for politicians and individuals alike. With the aim of helping people in need, saving the environment and boosting public health, the reduction or the end of eating meat is the easiest and most beneficial way ahead. The fact that we do have more than enough resources to feed everyone must no longer be compromised by the greed for meat. Bunny Huggers, UK www.bunnyhuggers.org.uk Contact: info@bunnyhuggers.org.uk Association Végétarienne de France http://www.vegetarisme.fr/ Centro Vegetariano, Portugal http://www.centrovegetariano.org/ European Vegetarian and Animal News Alliance (EVANA) www.evana.org EVA vzw - Ethisch Vegetarisch Alternatief, Belgium www.vegetarisme.be Globetransformer http://www.globetransformer.org/ Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA), USA www.JewishVeg.com Romanian Vegetarian Society http://www.svr.ro/ Swiss Union for Vegetarianism www.vegetarismus.ch Vegan Society Austria http://www.vegan.at/ Yoga in Daily Life International http://www.yoga-in-daily-life.org/ The Press Release is online: http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=38147&lang=en ============= Petition to the UN 'Food vs Feed' – 'appeal to the United Nations and its agencies to stop ignoring vegetarianism and instead study its multi-faceted benefits, with the aim of incorporating them into future strategies for a world without hunger http://un.evana.org/ - (23 languages) The Press Release online: http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=38147&lang=en

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Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for Twenty-First Century Activists By Jason Del Gandio Link: http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/4019 Radicals have important messages to deliver but are too often caught up in the passion of their causes that they lose sight of effective communication—which is their biggest tool. Crucial to the cause is the ability to speak with clarity and intelligence and not to underestimate the challenge of breaking new ground and winning new converts. Activists often suffer from a credibility gap because of their lack of a coherent message and lack of strategic delivery. Rhetoric for Radicals addresses and helps solve these problems. It provides the all-important communication skills necessary to be effectively heard. If you accept that communication creates the social world, then you will agree that changing the way we communicate can change the world. Rhetoric for Radicals provides practical guidelines for public speaking, writing, conversation, persuasion, political correctness, propaganda analysis, street theatrics and new languages. Chapters include: • Streets, Rhetoric, and Revolution • A Call for Rhetorical Action • Skills for the Multitude • The Power of Language • Body Rhetoric • Twenty-First Century Radical Rhetoric Geared to college-aged radical activists and organizers, this book will also appeal to activists of any age who want to sharpen their messages. Jason Del Gandio is a lecturer at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is a post-Seattle activist who has worked on globalization and free/fair trade issues, anti-war campaigns and Latin American solidarity.

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