Tag: lockdown

Farewell to the markets as Self-Sufficiency is Outlawed

Throughout the Western World, fresh and home-produce markets are fast disappearing. People’s markets are not being ousted by progress but by having to compete unfairly with corporate supermarkets. In the past communities open-air fresh produce markets proliferated. Most villages and all towns boasted their multi-stall markets at which local farmers, workshops and even smallholdings could sell their home-produced produce. Here one would find a third-generation barber or shoe smith too. There were butchers whose locally produced fresh meats sustained the local economy.

Freedom Convoy movement spreads across the globe

Canada-inspired Freedom Convoy movement is gaining momentum, with trucker demonstrations kicking off in multiple countries. Canada-style Freedom Convoy protests against Covid-19 limitations and mandatory vaccination spilt into additional countries over the weekend as the movement gained traction globally.