More hunger, less food at food banks in New York City

This video from the USA is about Food not Bombs.

By Alan Whyte:

New York City: With hunger on the rise, food banks supplies running low

In New York City, the capital of world capitalism and home to the greatest concentration of billionaires and multimillionaires on the planet, over 1.3 million people—including 400,000 children—go hungry during the course of the year. Moreover, the emergency food kitchens to which they are forced to turn are running low on supplies. These are the stark findings of a series of recently released reports.

With hunger on the rise throughout America, food banks across the country are running out of food. The deepening economic crisis has increased the need for food for many people under conditions in which government supplies and supermarket donations are greatly reduced compared to previous years. It appears that private donations are also declining, particularly from ordinary working people, who themselves face greater difficulty making ends meet.

People are handing meals back to food banks because they cannot afford the fuel to cook the food: here.

France: social cuts announced over Christmas holidays: here.

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