A slum housing for the poor and homeless in Miami Florida. Florida has been hit hard by the housing market crash. Photography: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesYou see that "food terrorism" and what to do? Conspiracies evil taint articles on grocery store shelves?
If you are Buddy Dyer, Mayor of Orlando, Florida, you can think of a group of feeding the homeless and in one of your city parks. It is that Dyer is widely quoted calling the activists with Chapter Orlando food not bombs - "food terrorists". In recent weeks, not less than 21 persons were arrested in Orlando, home of Disney World, to distribute free meals in a park.
Food not bombs is an international organization, fighting hunger. As its name indicates, it is against the war. Its Web site home page reads:
"Food not bombs actions vegan free and vegetarian meals with those who are hungry in over 1,000 cities worldwide protest war, of poverty and the destruction of the environment." With more than 1 billion people go hungry every day, how can spend us another dollar on war? »
Chapter Orlando implements a distribution of meals every Monday morning and evening Wednesday in the Town Lake Eola Park. Recently, Orlando police were were arrest of those who serve food, such as Benjamin Markeson. He was perplexed, saying:
"We believe that it is terrorism in the arrest of people trying to share food with poor and hungry people in the community to meet the need of the community." And everything we do is to come us to the Park and we share food with the poor and the hungry. "I know how that is considered as terrorism".
Attorney Shayan Elahi knows, either. It represents the Orlando food not bombs in court. He filed an injunction against the city in the judicial circuit court ninth of Florida, which is chaired by the Chief Justice that Belvin Perry Jr. j. Perry is recently in the press as the no-nonsense in the murder of Casey Anthony trial, is happening now in Orlando. While the courtroom of judge receives coverage of coverage on cable networks, Elahi hope that Perry will have the time to personally decide on tabling.
At issue is an act of the city, the order, "Power group", which requires groups to obtain a licence to serve the food, even free of charge, to groups of 25 or more. These licenses are granted to any group only twice per year. Orlando food bombs pas has used both his licence allowed this year.
The Association for civil rights in Florida called Mayor Dyer to apologize for its designation of the food group not bombs as terrorists. The criminal act should not be feeding more than 25 people, but that more than 25 people need food. Attorney Elahi between repression and planned gentrification of downtown Orlando:
"The Mayor began the development of downtown Orlando Council, and its aim was basically to push everyone... that did not fit their idea of which should be in downtown." We are trying to report to the Mayor that times have changed, that everyone is now hurting and many more people from sharing the food not bombs are workers poor. »
Message base of food not bombs is incorporated in a resolution adopted the week last by the U.S. Conference of mayors calling on Washington to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible strategically, redirect funding to meet the human vital need here at home.
Central Florida has been very hard by the recession and is among the top locations for foreclosures and bankruptcies. The UN food and Agriculture Organization a world that food warning, prices should remain high for the rest of the year and beyond. Earlier this year, food prices hit levels seen during the 2007-08 food crisis that sparked unrest in poor countries around the world. Mass demonstrations and a general strike in Greece against austerity measures planned are closing Athens.
One of the most famous songs to Disney World, near Lake Eola Park, is called "this is a small world". Its refrain: "there are so many things that we share and that it is time that we are aware / after all, it is a small world.". Turn fantasy into reality. Sharing of food should not be a crime.
• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.
© 2011 Amy Goodman; distributed by King Features Syndicate
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