Academics Stand Against Poverty

"To those people...struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

-John F. Kennedy, 1961

THIS would make the US great!

Pakistan floods.
Expecting flows up to 25,000 tonnes of water per second.
"We are literally drowning in a crisis we did not create. We need COP30 and world leaders to act — now!"
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

On the failure of Gates' Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - hunger increasing in Africa with two-thirds of Africans now unable to afford a healthy diet.
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Exciting news

The Nelson Mandela Essay Competition Awards will be streamed live from Zambia!

🗓 22 Aug 2025 | 10AM–1PM CAT

📺 yale.zoom.us/j/3713192937

Join us in celebrating young African scholars who are shaping the future of Africa. ✨

#YouthLeadership #AfricaFuture

In countries where the median income = the cost of a healthy diet, households at the median would have to spend ALL their income on food to obtain one.
And the 50% living below the median cannot obtain a healthy diet at all.

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva

Shipwreck off the coast of Kerala spills millions of microplastics, shutting down the local fishery industry.
100,000 fisher families receive compensation of INR 1000 (=USD 11.43) each.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Das Kapital in der Homoplutie Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine ne...

Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine neue Aristokratie. Ein Beitrag von @brankomilan.bsky.social:

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

Once again the US Government is burning materials that it had bought for delivery to the world's poorest populations. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Gordon Brown urges Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes at Budget The former Labour prime minister says hitting the

Former UK PM Gordon Brown urges Reeves to hike gambling taxes.

Quite right too.

Too many industries are free-riders, don't bear the cost of their pollution - gambling, processed food, tobacco, airlines, fossil fuels.

They expect public purse to bear the social cost, shareholders take profits.

SCOOP: Contractor Leading Security for Gaza 'Aid' Sites Part of Infidels Biker Group That Seeks to Fight 'Islamic Extremism' The US contract leader, who is supposed to help deliver aid to Palestinians, once promoted Israel as “God’s Chosen Nation" and was previously debarred from contracting with the government.

Meet Johnny Mulford, chosen as chief of security of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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Just an agonising few kilometres away from the starving, thousands of tons of food aid lies wasting in the sun as the Israeli blockade continues.

Gaza is now being systematically starved. The war crime of the 21st century.

REST OF THE WORLD UPDATE: Still watching.

(🎥 BBC)

From the New York Times:

UNRWA urges immediate access to Gaza, as food for entire population stockpiled for over 3 months 'Open the gates, lift the siege, allow UNRWA to do its work and help people in need among them 1 million children,' says agency for Palestinian refugees - Anadolu Ajansı

UNRWA has enough food near the border to feed all of Gaza for 3 months, with equipment & personnel to do this safely.
US/Israel are now providing only a fraction of what's needed, at only 4 sites, where they have killed 1300 (and wounded many more) people seeking food.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Kristof on the Witkoff/Huckebee visit to Gaza.

GNI of the US: $85,000 per person
GNI of Laos: $2,500 per person
New tariff rate the US is imposing on Laos: 40%.

Brazil Achieves Major Hunger Milestone A new U.N. report confirms Brazil has been removed from the FAO Hunger Map after lifting 40 million people out of food insecurity.

Hunger is a choice. Brazil has opted to eradicate it, making stunning progress within just two years.
foodtank.com/news/2025/07...

Gaza update: Limited aid convoys are now reaching some areas under fire, but hunger & hardship are still rampant.

The crisis is not over.

ASAP urges ongoing global solidarity, humanitarian access, & justice for all civilians at risk.

#GazaCrisis #JusticeNow

FAO reports that 2.6 billion human beings, over 30% of the world's population, cannot afford a healthy diet.

www.reuters.com/world/global...
As you read this good news that only 673 million human beings are hungry, also read very carefully the FAO definition of hunger on which that count is based. Here it is:

Nominations are now open for the 2024 ASAP Book Awards.

If you’ve read or written a book on poverty that was published in 2024, why not nominate it?

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Let’s celebrate research that makes a difference.

Details: academicsstand.org

#ASAPBookAwards #PovertyResearch

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The 2024 #ASAPBookAwards are now open!

Have you read or written a book published in 2024 that explores poverty and its solutions?

Nominate it for the ASAP Award!

Deadline: July 31, 2025.

Details: academicsstand.org

#PovertyResearch #AcademicImpact

From the Economist magazine:

For households at their country's median income, a healthy diet is often out of reach.
And, of course, half the world's population live below, often far below, their country's median income.

'Crisis of Disrupted Care': Nearly 800,000 Mpox Vaccines Meant for Africa Wasted Due to Trump USAID Cuts | Common Dreams Nearly 800,000 vaccines for Africa's mpox epidemic are going to waste due to Trump's cuts to USAID. It's one of many ways the gutting of the agency has caused a "crisis of disrupted care" that is caus...

US foreign aid cuts:
Wasted M-pox vaccines
www.commondreams.org/news/mpox-va...
and food burned rather than delivered:
www.commondreams.org/news/usaid-t...

Abrupt decimation of US foreign aid has caused 370,000 deaths so far, about 88 per hour, according to this impact analysis -
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard -
while the richest US households enjoy their big beautiful tax cut.

No UK party currently has what it takes to end poverty, research finds Labour has seen the most significant drop in ambition in its policies to tackle poverty since the 2017 general election.

ASAP Global supports ASAP UK & The Equality Trust in urging the #UK to require public bodies to consider how decisions affect those facing social & economic inequality.

The Big Issue highlights their findings and how parties can do more bigissue.com/news/politic...

#EndPoverty

Nominations are now open for the 2024 ASAP Book Awards.

If you’ve read or written a book on poverty that was published in 2024, nominate it by July 31, 2025.

Let’s celebrate research that makes a difference.

Details: academicsstand.org

#ASAPBookAwards #PovertyResearch

July is Nelson Mandela Month!

Our essay winners wrote on justice, education, and ending poverty, values Mandela lived by.

Join ASAP: take action, and dedicate a few minutes to change during the month of July.

Together, let’s build Mandela’s vision.

#MandelaDay

Here is the full report as published:
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