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Whilst the world is trying to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. 

In today’s episode we dive into the role of large multinational companies in the food system and what citizens and campaigners can do to shift power in favour of people and planet. We speak to Nina Holland, who is a researcher and campaigner on food and agriculture at Corporate Europe Observatory. 
Her motto: “If you want to win a fight, you need to know what you're up against and how the system works.“ As many citizens and activists are figuring out how to challenge the disproportionate power of corporations in political decision making and our lives, we hear from Nina about the tricks, narratives, and the solutions that she sees. 

Keen to learn more about how to challenge corporate power - whether in the food system or beyond? Grab a coffee or tea and listen in on the conversation! 

Learn more about Nina's work and context:
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2022/12/not-so-soft-killing-eus-farm-fork-strategy
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2022/03/loud-lobby-silent-spring
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2021/10/leak-industrial-farm-lobbies-coordinated-attack-farm-fork-targets

Whilst the world is trying to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. We kick off this new series on Food Justice with those who are growing the food that is on our plates: farmers. 
This episode features not one but two leaders of La Via Campesina – the worlds’ biggest movement of peasants, indigenous peoples and rural workers. Anuka De Silva is a young peasant leader of the Sri Lankan Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR); and a member of the  International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina. And Morgan Ody is a vegetable farmer from France with a long history in unionising, who recently took over as general coordinator of the global movement. 
Coming from different contexts, climates, and generations, they are uniting in their struggle for a more just and sustainable food and agricultural system. Tune in to hear how they are experiencing these challenging times, what food justice means to them and of course how they are organizing to be heard and make change happen. 
Resources and calls to action:
Call for Solidarity with French Social Movements! Stop Police Violence NOW!Call to Action : 17 April – International Day of Peasant Struggles Call to Action : 08 March 2023 – International Working Women’s Day *2023 | March News Wrap: Highlights from La Via Campesina Members Worldwide

La Via Campesina's promotional video for the 8th ConferenceLearn more about Anuka’s organisation: Monlar websiteLearn more about Morgan’s context: Confédération Paysanne websiteRead more about the food price crisis: FAO State of Food Insecurity 2022Civil society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CISPM) call to governments 

We recently held a powerful conversation on intersectional and interconnected movement-building in collaboration with the Fight Inequality Alliance. It was our very first live podcast recording that many of you attended. This is your chance to catch up if you missed it or listen again, as there was much to reflect on!
This conversation featured an  amazing panel of activists and movement leaders including Njoki Njehu (FIA), Tasneem Essop (CAN I’nal), Emilia Reyes (Campaign of Campaigns) and was hosted by Nadia Fabela (FIA) and Barbara van Paassen (host People vs Inequality podcast)

Together we explored: 
How  the climate and inequality movements are coming together? What are challenges and opportunities to bring these important voices together at a time of great need?How do different movements (and constituencies) analyse the current context and articulate alternatives? What options for cross-learning and what is needed for systems change/ re-imagining?What options for cross-learning and what is needed for re-imagining and systems change?

To find out more about the work of our guests and their call to actions check out:
 
FIA: https://www.fightinequality.org/.
Campaign of Campaigns: https://www.campaignofcampaigns.com/index.php/en/ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrWSWQCnRY1cmG40ZcrIzQ/videos. Twitter @Global_Demands.
Climate Action Network International: https://climatenetwork.org/ and https://dont-gas-africa.org/

To hear previous episodes of this podcast with these speakers:
Emilia Reyes: https://podfollow.com/people-vs-inequality-podcast/episode/3ce7c35e289354290086b567f4b81334ea1d1f6b/view
Njoki: https://podfollow.com/people-vs-inequality-podcast/episode/18124a146516178a17d07de04a9221ce1e831231/view
Tasneem: https://podfollow.com/people-vs-inequality-podcast/episode/4c716bf4b3c397ee2f848178eae8cf3980eff246/view
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A short message from us at the People vs Inequality Podcast to share with you an exciting event and live podcast recording we are hosting on the 25th of August.

Together with the Fight Inequality Alliance we invite you to join: A conversation on intersectional movement-building. 

How are the climate and inequality movement coming together? What are challenges and opportunities to bring these important voices together at a time of great need?

Sign up now! https://fightinequality.org/intersectional-movement-building 

We also invite you to share your feedback on our podcast to help us learn and grow. It would be greatly appreciated! 

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“Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith.” Our fourth and last episode on emergent agency is a story of a family-initiated spontaneous response to the hardships the pandemic and lockdowns brought upon urban-poor mothers. Veggies for Good is a social enterprise that started from a basketball court sale, then moved online, directly linking farmers to urban consumers and providing livelihoods to urban-poor women. We speak to Ditsi Carolino, a filmmaker turned social entrepreneur that was driven to action when she met Dorina, who would walk six hours a day to get food to feed her family during the lockdown. We hear how together they managed to create a thriving ethical business, learned as they went and adapted to fast-changing circumstances. A human story about solidarity, entrepreneurship and making a real difference in the lives of people.

To find out more about Ditsi's work with Veggies for Good  check out:

https://opinion.inquirer.net/129533/dorina-and-the-dumagats

https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/261599-initiative-helps-dumagat-farmers-sell-produce-metro-manila/
https://www.facebook.com/Veggies4GoodPH/

http://philippinesociology.com/veggies-for-good-social-networks-for-service-delivery-and-crisis-response-in-times-of-covid-19-initial-findings/

The People vs Inequality podcast is a production by Barbara van Paassen (creator and host) and Elizabeth Maina (producer). This episode is part of a short special series in collaboration with the Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid-19 research project, which is led by Oxfam GB and funded by the Atlantic Fellowship on Social and Economic Equity based at the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. The research aimed to understand positive lessons from civil society’s responses in the pandemic. The research report will be out soon, keep in touch to hear more!

Accountability is one of those words often used but too little practised. How to make it practical and deliver for people, especially in times of crisis and lockdown when it is literally about life and death? In the third episode of the Emergent Agency series, we speak to Narayan Adhikari.
Narayan is the co-founder and lead for the Nepal Accountability Lab, and is passionate about getting citizens voices heard. We hear how this young organization, and their civic action teams, were able to adapt and respond effectively during the pandemic; how they supported stranded migrants and communities that lacked information and basic services in a time of lockdown. We find out how young people found new and engaging ways to tackle misinformation and got governments to open up and respond to people’s needs. We hear about the biggest lessons from the pandemic and what that means for making accountability truly responsive to communities – in all their diversity.

To find out more about  Narayan  and his  work  check out:
https://accountabilitylab.org/about-us/country-office-nepal/  
http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/05/nepal-new-covid-19-hotspot-cure-citizen-engagement/  

The People vs Inequality podcast is a production by Barbara van Paassen (creator and host) and Elizabeth Maina (producer). This episode is part of a short special series in collaboration with the Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid-19 research project, which is led by Oxfam GB and funded by the Atlantic Fellowship on Social and Economic Equity based at the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. The research aimed to understand positive lessons from civil society’s responses in the pandemic. The research report will be out soon, keep in touch to hear more!