Raj Patel
@rajpatel.org
Research Prof at U Texas,, author of "Stuffed and Starved", co-director of "The Ants & The Grasshopper" http://antsandgrasshopper.org, co-author "Inflamed", out now!
Curious about why the Indian government might arrest an activist over the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty? Bloomberg News' site says the quiet part with graphics: Adani Enterprises and Coal India's stock price accompany the story. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Curious about why the Indian government might arrest an activist over the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty? Bloomberg News' site says the quiet part with graphics: Adani Enterprises and Coal India's stock price accompany the story. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The current US administration makes it easy to forget that Europe has been in the imperialism business for longer. The Funambulist's latest issue - Follow the Money - has the receipts. thefunambulist.net
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The current US administration makes it easy to forget that Europe has been in the imperialism business for longer. The Funambulist's latest issue - Follow the Money - has the receipts. thefunambulist.net
What problems can public food procurement solve for? At least 15 different things, with 52 different ways of tackling them. Balancing mechanisms and goals is the proper object of politics. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What problems can public food procurement solve for? At least 15 different things, with 52 different ways of tackling them. Balancing mechanisms and goals is the proper object of politics. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Last week, the WFP announced that 318 million people face acute food insecurity. My friend and colleague Erin Lentz led a team asking 'do the numbers add up?' Answer: no. The WFP likely undercounts 1 in 5 in crisis. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Last week, the WFP announced that 318 million people face acute food insecurity. My friend and colleague Erin Lentz led a team asking 'do the numbers add up?' Answer: no. The WFP likely undercounts 1 in 5 in crisis. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
You should know about the largest far-right network in history. This is as comprehensive a mapping of India's far right as I've seen: incredible journalism and data visualization. caravanmagazine.in/politics/unv...
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
You should know about the largest far-right network in history. This is as comprehensive a mapping of India's far right as I've seen: incredible journalism and data visualization. caravanmagazine.in/politics/unv...
Four groups of toxins in food lead to >$1.4 trillion in healthcare costs. Chances that the chemical industry will ever pay the bill: zero. www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Four groups of toxins in food lead to >$1.4 trillion in healthcare costs. Chances that the chemical industry will ever pay the bill: zero. www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
That social movements are on the front lines of polycrisis isn't new. What's exciting is that their polysolutions are getting high-level airtime. Abahlali baseMjondolo presented theirs at SADC yesterday www.pressreader.com/south-africa...
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That social movements are on the front lines of polycrisis isn't new. What's exciting is that their polysolutions are getting high-level airtime. Abahlali baseMjondolo presented theirs at SADC yesterday www.pressreader.com/south-africa...
Excellent new FoE report out on how USDA’s Commodity Food Purchasing Favors Industrial Agriculture by buying from conglomerates - esp Tyson - rather than sustainable farmers foe.org/resources/us...
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excellent new FoE report out on how USDA’s Commodity Food Purchasing Favors Industrial Agriculture by buying from conglomerates - esp Tyson - rather than sustainable farmers foe.org/resources/us...
Naomi Klein is in brilliant form in her latest essay, linking surrealism, Zionism, Zohran and a vision for the antithesis of fascism in Equator: www.equator.org/articles/sur...
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Naomi Klein is in brilliant form in her latest essay, linking surrealism, Zionism, Zohran and a vision for the antithesis of fascism in Equator: www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Consumption of beef in China will decline this year and fall again in 2026, while pork has hit a "structural plateau", and the egg market is glutted. But chicken is everywhere. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Consumption of beef in China will decline this year and fall again in 2026, while pork has hit a "structural plateau", and the egg market is glutted. But chicken is everywhere. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Public Option to Stop Price Gouging is spreading. Avi Lewis has it as a plank in his platform for NDP leadership in Canada. lewisforleader.ca/ideas/public...
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Public Option to Stop Price Gouging is spreading. Avi Lewis has it as a plank in his platform for NDP leadership in Canada. lewisforleader.ca/ideas/public...
It's International Food Workers Week, and the Food Chain Workers Alliance is showing what it is to be in solidarity with the people who make eating possible. foodchainworkers.org/portfolio/fo...
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's International Food Workers Week, and the Food Chain Workers Alliance is showing what it is to be in solidarity with the people who make eating possible. foodchainworkers.org/portfolio/fo...
Thea Riofrancos' Extraction is thoughtful, rigorous, engaged, and unafraid to look at the international demands made of us here in the US. It's a model of political logic and solidarity. Buy www.theariofrancos.com/extraction then listen: thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thea Riofrancos' Extraction is thoughtful, rigorous, engaged, and unafraid to look at the international demands made of us here in the US. It's a model of political logic and solidarity. Buy www.theariofrancos.com/extraction then listen: thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...
From an incredible shortlist, it was an honour to hand Omar El Akkad the National Book Award for non-fiction this year. His speech left not a dry eye in the house. He, and his book, deserve your attention. the.ink/p/omar-el-ak...
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
From an incredible shortlist, it was an honour to hand Omar El Akkad the National Book Award for non-fiction this year. His speech left not a dry eye in the house. He, and his book, deserve your attention. the.ink/p/omar-el-ak...
The Lancet's series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health is a landmark. The hard part, always, is to shape policy to match the science. www.thelancet.com/infographics...
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Lancet's series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health is a landmark. The hard part, always, is to shape policy to match the science. www.thelancet.com/infographics...
Now that I can post freely about books, there's quite a backlog. First, get your library to get a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Land Politics. (30% discount below) Ian Scoones lists the reason to read it and, as always, he's right: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Now that I can post freely about books, there's quite a backlog. First, get your library to get a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Land Politics. (30% discount below) Ian Scoones lists the reason to read it and, as always, he's right: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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More fox-guarding-henhouse climate news: > 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
More fox-guarding-henhouse climate news: > 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In Sudan, "in the Gezira, farmers and agricultural workers have been organizing [for] a food sovereign future". Excellent analysis by Nisrin Elamin transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In Sudan, "in the Gezira, farmers and agricultural workers have been organizing [for] a food sovereign future". Excellent analysis by Nisrin Elamin transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
Amid the horrors of police killings in Rio, Timo Bartholl shares some hope: food sovereignty in the favelas. Yet another reason, if you don't yet, to subscribe to PI's The Internationalist. act.progressive.international/the-internat...
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Amid the horrors of police killings in Rio, Timo Bartholl shares some hope: food sovereignty in the favelas. Yet another reason, if you don't yet, to subscribe to PI's The Internationalist. act.progressive.international/the-internat...
Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty in a country with the greatest number of extremely poor people. But "poverty is continually being created and recreated under the institutions of capitalism." So after Kerala's win, what next? www.thenewsminute.com/voices/the-p...
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty in a country with the greatest number of extremely poor people. But "poverty is continually being created and recreated under the institutions of capitalism." So after Kerala's win, what next? www.thenewsminute.com/voices/the-p...
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
Systems Change Now or Never: a short note from La Via Campesina's Third Nyéléni Global Forum, to which I was honoured to be invited. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Systems Change Now or Never: a short note from La Via Campesina's Third Nyéléni Global Forum, to which I was honoured to be invited. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
Fixing Food Systems Will Take More than Good Intentions - V sensible thoughts from IPES-Food heavyweights Shalmali Guttal, Sofia Monsalve and Pat Mooney foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fixing Food Systems Will Take More than Good Intentions - V sensible thoughts from IPES-Food heavyweights Shalmali Guttal, Sofia Monsalve and Pat Mooney foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
Bodega association now supports NYC city-run grocery - another sign that the Mamdani campaign knows how to build a coalition www.supermarketnews.com/food-accessi...
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bodega association now supports NYC city-run grocery - another sign that the Mamdani campaign knows how to build a coalition www.supermarketnews.com/food-accessi...
We Are Still Not Counted As Human – an interview with S'bu Zikode, explains everything you need to know about how the largest post-apartheid movement in South Africa formed. darajapress.com/publication/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We Are Still Not Counted As Human – an interview with S'bu Zikode, explains everything you need to know about how the largest post-apartheid movement in South Africa formed. darajapress.com/publication/...