Three global food crises in the last 15 years – each one worse than the last – are not a mere coincidence, but expected byproducts of imperialist policies that enable profiteering from plunder, famines, and destitution especially for the Global South.
Today, a compounding poly-crisis of climate emergencies, soaring energy prices, and escalating warmongering among imperialists is exacerbating the food crisis and confronting the working peoples of the Global South. In contrast, the global billionaire class in imperialist countries has hit the jackpot – increasing their wealth by U2.7 billion a day since 2020.