A belligerent spain holland . Its only britain, the novice grabbing grain and what are the real mechanisms of play when it comes to the neo liberal global food system . Well, this is the un secretary general in nature. The nation lead is so silent on us ok. Patient of syria is which fields claim the black Sea Green Initiative was crucial to saving the poor of africa and around them. Its always the founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute, which is just reported on i m. F. World Bank Collusion in the coming up of ukraines global food supply system. Shes previously testified before, but the us congress and the u. N. G joins me now from nairobi. Can you thank you so much for coming on. I mean, there wasnt much coverage of the advert. Good russia summit to last week. So perhaps it was easier to understand the nature of nations from big Corporate Media that the black Sea Green Initiative killed by pollutant is going to stop africa. Why is that . That was your policy director,
Pentagon procurement but this, in the life of the fact of 2020 twos budget is 877000000000. 00 from the us public money and defense. You can couldnt account for overall if its 3 point one trillion an assets last year at 4400000000 and tract and venture in the us navy, 5200000000. And the royal in the us air force variance compared to the ledger. And remind us of what you were talking about when it came to waste and it was corruption. As regards the u. S. Military Industrial Complex as well, i was part of a group. There were just trying to fix things. And depending on and i think the main focus of my work was i was working on our applications of technology and the excessive complexity which led to rising cost costs always go up faster than the budget. So as a result, weapons get boston get, get bonded never decreasing quantities and modernization rates. The decrease the average age of weapons in the inventories increases, which which uh, creates a demand for even higher budgets because
This is not about they would against all was this is really about the United Nation speakers, which are clearly demonstrating that as off just last week or so, only 3 percent of the food commodities exported from ukraine under this initiative have gone to low income countries. So i dont know if the general disturbing idiotic just been callous and being lazy at best to have perhaps. Now, how do you characterize the ukraines farm land and how the Food Industry works in ukraine . Because the, your recent report seems to suggest over many years, really the i m f and will bank to in the institutions along with profit tearing. Big companies have carved the whole of your bread bucks, basket up, especially after the cool in 2014, when a parent visa lensky was elected in a way to say, live were going to stop privatization. The privatization is, is the process now as well . Thats a very important point that he just made. Most of the world does not realize that under the foreign debt, ukraine has
A u. S. Military strategist, of 20 years. Yall gives his Ground Breaking eightys report along with subsequent reports. Hes written over the years or more relevant today than ever this while the United States, the country with the highest military budget in the world, arguably spins out of control when it comes to defense. Pouring weapons into ukraine is part of the nature of proxy. What with russia, he joins me for todays episode from arlington in virginia. Chuck, thanks so much for coming on. You know, just last weeks going on the ground. We had larry larry wilkerson, the former chief of staff to the secretary of state, and he said, people are building extensions to their homes in virginia and maryland. Youre going to have to rim claim does a, just a very briefly about your revelations and the i understand that was taken on board at the time you went to, you know, put in jail for revealing an edge corruption or incompetence when it came to pentagon procurement but this, in the light o
And we know that rushes are good far terms of putting a duncan, what was the last, what do we know that the flu, your it was country elect, expressive dental. They hadnt been any unconstitutional or redeemed changes, and would have to uh know, said their own peoples vast resources in our country and we can get to the take advantage of that potential. I think that we can develop our partnership in training and educating professionals. I remember that i had and they put it back to 00. What was that . Was the president , not into my apologies that of getting this out into his counterpart. So russian present button and then until the end of what about uh they actually the key thing that i took away from that was, you need this out front of the russian president for is independence rush. I helped in some way with i will bring more on that later on in the day. But if im out, lets o for this out. Now, big sciences is up next on the impact, then well be back of the top of the hour with the lat