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Sabrina Espeleta
@sabespeleta.bsky.social
International Programmes @WaronWant - I follow topics on food sovereignty, food & migration policies. Tweets mainly in English/Español/Italiano.
"Corporate consolidation has increased in most of these sectors and four of them - seeds, pesticides, agricultural machinery and animal pharmaceuticals - meet the definition of an oligopoly, in which four companies control more than 40% of a market "
grain.org/e/7284
Top 10 agribusiness giants: corporate concentration in food & farming in 2025
New report by ETC Group & GRAIN reveals how extreme corporate concentration in agribusiness lets a handful of giant companies rig prices, capture governments, and erase alternatives—accelerating c...
grain.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Why are your water bills going up? Why is housing getting more expensive? 🤔

There’s rarely just one reason — but one of the biggest — and least talked about — is financialisation.

Watch our new video to find out what that means.👇
April 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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🏘️NEW: UK property market is now the NUMBER ONE choice for overseas investment in real estate.

📰 Our new report with Adam Almeida explores the rise of institutional investors in the UK housing market.

🧵Let's start with “Build to Rent”
February 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Argentina’s government is carrying out violent raids on Indigenous communities – arresting activists and falsely accusing them of causing the fires raging across Patagonia.

This is a calculated move by a repressive government to steal land for profit.

Read on to understand why 🧵⬇️
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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📅 19 February 2025
🕑 12:00-13:30 (BrusselsTime)
📍 Online public event with
🚜🧑‍🌾🌾 and EU Institutions 🇪🇺
🇺🇳 #UNDROP The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants & Other People Working in Rural Areas
➡️ www.eurovia.org/events/19-de...

#PeasantsRightsNOW
#DerechosCampesinosYA
#DroitsPaysans
February 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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In the past two years, floods ruined soybeans growing in Brazil, a hurricane destroyed millions of $$ worth of crops in Jamaica and drought hit Sri Lankan rice

This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24

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February 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Thames Water is in trouble. Here's what you need to know.👇🧵
February 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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US workers have set up the first Whole Foods union with UFCW in Philadelphia. Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant. Here's their story:
Whole Food workers in Philly are voting on forming a historic union today.

If they win they'll be the first union at the massive, Amazon owned supermarket chain.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0gU...
The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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25 years so, $130bn of Global South debt was cancelled in the last 'debt jubilee'. It's time for another.

Along with our allies @debtjustice.bsky.social, @cafod.bsky.social & others, we're calling on the UK to cancel unjust debts & back a fair UN debt framework. act.debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
Cancel Debt, Choose Hope
Join the biggest global movement for debt cancellation in twenty-five years. Campaigners and activists around the world are uniting to demand action on unjust debt. It’s a huge year for the campaign –...
act.debtjustice.org.uk
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Fossil fuel companies like are investing big 💰 in highly-toxic, fossil-fuel based pesticides & fertilisers – and we need to start paying attention.

Read our article to find out how fossil-fuels are landing on our plates, and what needs to change: waronwant.org/news-analysi...
Toxic harvest: fossil fuel pesticides on our plates
Deadly toxic pesticides and fertilisers derived from fossil fuels are destroying the health of people and planet.
waronwant.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM