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  • Lit Review Shows Depth of Research Linking Pesticide-Induced Effects on Immune System, Leading to Disease Outcomes

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  • Pesticides Harming Immune Cell Function Linked to Elevated Breast Cancer Rate in Young Women

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  • Public Urged To Tell EPA That It Is Time To Stop Killing Biodiversity with the Weed Killer Atrazine

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  • Initiative in the European Union Embraces Organic as a Climate Solution, as Fires Accelerate in the U.S.

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  • Multiple Studies Link Adverse Effects on Female Reproductive Health with Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure

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  • Federal Court Reverses Genetically Engineered Crop Deregulation Adopted by First Trump Administration

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  • August 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : August 2010 Posted on August 20, 2010 August 11, 2010 FYI : New Evidence Shows US Role in Lumumba’s Death New Evidence Shows U.S . Role in Congo’s Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death by Stephen R . Weissman August 1, 2010 Fifty years ago , the former Belgian Congo received its independence under the democratically elected government of former prime minister Patrice Lumumba . Less than seven months later , Lumumba and two colleagues were , in the contemporary idiom , rendered” to their Belgian-backed secessionist enemies , who tortured them before putting them before a firing squad . The Congo would not hold another

  • July 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : July 2010 Posted on July 28, 2010 July 28, 2010 The Value of Nothing Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy thegardenmovie.com To read the first chapter , For more information on The Value of Nothing visit Raj’s author page at http : us.macmillan.com author rajpatel Continue reading The Value of Nothing” Tweet Posted on July 28, 2010 July 28, 2010 Congressional Testimony on Hunger Contributing Factors and International Responses to the Global Food . Crisis Watch Full Size Video Tweet Posted on July 28, 2010 July 30, 2010 Raj Patel on CNN Tweet Posted on July 28, 2010 July 29, 2010 UCF Global Perspective Raj discusses how individuals

  • June 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : June 2010 Posted on June 29, 2010 Women v Wal-Mart , Ten Years On It has taken nearly a decade , but the class action suit brought on behalf of over one million women looks , almost , like it’ll make it to court reports Women’s eNews That day in court is likely to bloody Wal-Mart . As one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs puts it : Continue reading Women v Wal-Mart , Ten Years On” Tweet Posted on June 25, 2010 The Third Time as Toilet Paper I ended yesterday’s discussion on the G20 with the suggestion that in deciding whether governments or financial markets run the world , it was becoming increasingly clear that the answer is :

  • April 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : April 2010 Posted on April 26, 2010 April 22, 2010 Ay You fergot la yoghurt Just in case you were wondering , the volcano in Iceland is an anarchist A fine article from the Reykjavík Grapevine . Tweet Posted on April 23, 2010 April 22, 2010 And the Horse You Rode In On A fascinating academic article has been circulating recently , comparing the energy it takes to run a conventional farm with that required on an organic one . If you’re interested in the real’ costs that go into your food , then the cost and benefits of energy use should certainly be high up there . And this study delivers . What makes it particularly good is the

  • March 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : March 2010 Posted on March 30, 2010 March 30, 2010 Hurdles in Thinking about Hunger- A Letter to the New York Times The New York Times seems quite happy to trot out the standard myths about how Africa is waiting to be tossed the left-belt of genetically modified food Here’s a response to a piece that the paper published a little while ago , by John Collins Rudolf , that offers perhaps the only attempt we’ve seen at addressing some of the issues that Eric Holt-Gimenez , Annie Shattuck and I raised in our Nation magazine piece a few months back . Predictably , Rudolf offers no new evidence , but the triumph of this dodgy thinking

  • February 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : February 2010 Posted on February 28, 2010 February 20, 2010 Right to the City 2 David Harvey : The Right to the City New Left Review September-October 2008 http : www.newleftreview.org view=2740 The Right to the City Examining the link between urbanization and capitalism , David Harvey suggests we view Haussmann†s reshaping of Paris and today†s explosive growth of cities as responses to systemic crises of accumulation–and issues a call to democratize the power to shape the urban . experience Continue reading Right to the City 2” Tweet Posted on February 28, 2010 February 20, 2010 The Right to the City 1 My friend Bill K

  • January 2010 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : January 2010 Posted on January 29, 2010 Class Mobility in the United States George Carlin has a fine line about how it’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it Yet it’s one of the most pervasive myths that America is the place that will reward hard work and application . One of the ironies of the spread of free market fundamentalism is that with the spread of free markets , it has become increasingly difficult to move up or down a class . A fine study a few years ago by David Leonhardt and the New York Times looked at class in America over the past three decades . Do click on the link for more , but

  • December 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : December 2009 Posted on December 29, 2009 July 28, 2010 Raj Patel on the World Food Crisis Raj Patel details the events leading up to the World Food Crisis on SBS Dateline News aired : 1st of May 2008 Watch Full Size Video Tweet Posted on December 27, 2009 February 13, 2010 Durban†s bedtime stories : Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle continues Published in Pambazuka News 2009-12-16, Issue 462. In a house in a leafy Durban suburb , lightly festooned with Christmas decorations , a TV is playing the Adam Sandler movie Bedtime Stories’ . Across scenes of gumballs falling from the sky and Roman gladiator races , our hero tries to get

  • November 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : November 2009 Posted on November 30, 2009 The Value of Nothing UK Animation Continue reading The Value of Nothing UK Animation” Tweet Posted on November 30, 2009 Cineforum Climate Change Conference Cineforum Climate Change Conference event , discussion on new economic paradigms , with Malini Mehr . More information here Wallacespace , 22 Dukes Road , London , WC1H 9PN Tweet Posted on November 27, 2009 December 2, 2009 Buy Nothing Day The Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the day when US consumers rush to the shops , and spend until their eyes bleed . But tomorrow doesn’t inevitably have to involve running around with a

  • October 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : October 2009 Posted on October 30, 2009 Destroying African Agriculture The ever thoughtful Walden Bello tells the long history of the destruction of African agriculture , via Foreign Policy In Focus Destroying African Agriculture Continue reading Destroying African Agriculture” Tweet Posted on October 30, 2009 Agricultural Fascism in Bolivia Roger Burbach , whose 1980 book Agribusiness in the Americas blew open the story of corporate power and food on this continent , has sent his latest thoughts on agribusiness and Bolivia . Continue reading Agricultural Fascism in Bolivia” Tweet Posted on October 30, 2009 Brazil : Increasing

  • September 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : September 2009 Posted on September 30, 2009 November 2, 2009 The Brass Liberation Orchestra does Whole Foods Continue reading The Brass Liberation Orchestra does Whole Foods” Tweet Posted on September 30, 2009 November 2, 2009 Land Grabs in Pakistan African countries aren’t the only ones where you can see land grabs If you live in Asia , the sport of the rich can also be seen there . In Pakistan , a new website Zamana tells of the larceny happening there , even though the country is already at extreme risk of hunger Predictably , the World Bank and IMF are up to their necks in this mess Important . reading Tweet Posted on September

  • August 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : August 2009 Posted on August 30, 2009 November 2, 2009 Hello world Welcome to WordPress . This is your first post . Edit or delete it , then start blogging Tweet Posted on August 10, 2009 November 2, 2009 This Land Is Whose Land At President Obama†s inauguration , Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger thumped out this splendid tune , a rendition of Woodie Guthrie†s classic This Land Is Your Land The most delightful verse appears at around 2:25 Continue reading This Land Is Whose Land Tweet Posted on August 4, 2009 November 2, 2009 It wasn’t easy , but nothing is Normal service will soon resume here at Stuffed and Starved . After

  • May 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : May 2009 Posted on May 17, 2009 November 2, 2009 Hunger I’m very much looking forward to seeing the new film by Steve McQueen no , this Steve McQueen about hunger-striking IRA prisoners , entitled Hunger I’ll write about that when I’ve seen it , but in the meantime , here’s another film , La Faim hunger’ in French that remixes ideas of hunger , gluttony , desire and fear . It’s an entirely captivating eleven minutes long , and one of first 1970s stabs at computer animation . Continue reading Hunger” Tweet Newsletter Join Raj's email list Leave this field empty if you're human : Search for : Search Follow Raj Patel Latest on Twitter

  • April 2009 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : April 2009 Posted on April 6, 2009 November 2, 2009 Back from the Dead The site’s back It had been overrun by spammers , and until I’ve patched the site , you’ll not be able to contact me . Hope to fix this soon , though Tweet Newsletter Join Raj's email list Leave this field empty if you're human : Search for : Search Follow Raj Patel Latest on Twitter Tweets by RajPatel Events No Events Links That Raj Likes Agricultural Policy Agroecology in Action American Stomach Archein Bitten – New York Times Black Looks Civil Eats Cook Here and Now Food First Global Issues Grist Marion Nestle's Food Politics Mark Bittman Pig Penning Scott

  • January 2007 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : January 2007 Posted on January 15, 2007 November 2, 2009 Thanks for stopping by My first book , Stuffed And Starved is now available It’s a story of the global food system , about why there are one billion overweight people and nearly a billion going hungry , and about the millions of people who are fighting back . The book has an accompanying website here Continue reading Thanks for stopping by” Tweet Newsletter Join Raj's email list Leave this field empty if you're human : Search for : Search Follow Raj Patel Latest on Twitter Tweets by RajPatel Events No Events Links That Raj Likes Agricultural Policy Agroecology in Action

  • April 2006 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : April 2006 Posted on April 21, 2006 UnFreedom Day Asikhululekile The 27th April marks the day in South Africa on which the first free elections were held in 1994 : Freedom Day , is how the government consecrated the event . The end of Apartheid has been followed by arrangements that are less detestable , but not by much . Inequality is up in what was , by state policy , one of the world’s most persistently unequal societies . Not to worry , you might counter . If inequality is increasing , it’s not because the poor are getting poorer , but that there’s a few people getting richer an augury of redistribution and high income for all

  • March 2006 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : March 2006 Posted on March 31, 2006 You have been part of the solution Today , the Women of Ward 80 marched on their councillor , Bhekisisa Elliot Xulu . Like many councillors , Xulu is corrupt . The litany of allegations against him reads like a career in crime . You might wonder why the ANC allows so many corrupt councillors to operate so blamelessly . Well , it turns out that Xulu has struggle credentials : he was part of the United Democratic Front in the 1980s , and this , it seems , is his trump card . Having successfully associated himself with an at the moment unimpeachable moment in the New South Africa†s memory , he has

  • February 2006 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : February 2006 Posted on February 24, 2006 Once more with feeling In the same place where the Peoples’ Power Revolution ousted Ferdinand Marcos twenty years ago today , there’s turmoil again . Meanne : writes A state of National Emergency or Proclamation 1017 has been declared by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The emergency rule gives the military and the police the power to arrest and use force against whosoever they perceive as ‘enemies†There are now threats of more political repression and curtailment of peoples†rights . And the situation is bound to get worse . Opposition Senator Aquilino Pimentel has called for an emergency

  • January 2006 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : January 2006 Posted on January 31, 2006 More Desai Correspondence For those following the Ashwin Desai struggle , some more news , this time from the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa.After writing this and having received a message in return to which I do not have access , they have responded by writing this Continue reading More Desai Correspondence” Tweet Posted on January 30, 2006 The Sunday Times Reports Ashwin Desai’s Reinstatement in 2003 More news on Ashwin Desai’s campaign . Turns out that the Sunday Times in 2003 printed an article celebrating Ashwin’s reinstatement at the University of Durban-Westville text-only

  • December 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : December 2005 Posted on December 31, 2005 Optimism of the will If there’s one struggle that’s looking on the up at the moment , it’s the fight to get Ashwin Desai’s job back at the Centre for Civil Society where I work . Ashwin’s one of few veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle who has neither self-destructed nor self-enriched . Click here for a fine interview with him in Z Magazine , and here for an excerpt from his excellent We are the Poors The uncompromising honesty of his analysis might explain why , now , he’s being banned from the University of KwaZulu-Natal , as the University refashions itself as a credentialing

  • November 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : November 2005 Posted on November 27, 2005 Solidarity fer later I’m reminded by Hogarth , writing in today’s South African Sunday Times that in the 1970s , when the CIA wanted to spread propaganda , they’d plant a story in the foreign press . The U.S . media would then pick it up , et voila News . It worked well with the as far as we know , utterly baseless story that Cuban soldiers were raping women in Angola , which was picked up by the Guardian , New York Times and Washington Post Continue reading Solidarity fer later” Tweet Posted on November 22, 2005 Go home and make new lies Here†s some follow up to last week†s Fucker

  • October 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : October 2005 Posted on October 31, 2005 Gone in 60 Seconds On Saturday , Brainy and I went to this counterprotest , where we marched against the people who shoot immigrants coming across the border . No , not the Bureau of Homeland Security , but the people who shoot without a licence the Minutemen . Continue reading Gone in 60 Seconds” Tweet Posted on October 25, 2005 Pakistan Quake Oxfam is pointing out the obvious once again , but it really doesn’t hurt to restate people in the aftermath of the South Asian earthquake are being allowed to die . The UN is finding it unusually hard to raise cash . The Beeb reports Oxfam as saying

  • September 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : September 2005 Posted on September 30, 2005 Negroponte and the World’s Most Expensive Lightbulb News on the wires yesterday was that Nicholas Negroponte and the other pointy heads at MIT†s media lab have decided to release details of a 100 laptop so that kids in the Global South can own their own computer , and finally straddle the digital divide . Continue reading Negroponte and the World’s Most Expensive Lightbulb” Tweet Posted on September 29, 2005 Time for forced evictions The American Civil Liberties Union have recently persuaded a New York judge to release a further set of pictures from Abu Ghraib despite the embarrassment

  • August 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : August 2005 Posted on August 24, 2005 The Future is Japanese Brainy has come up with the goods again . Even though I’m still on the road now in Bangalore doing primary research for me book on the world food system , it turns out that you can already buy it in Japan At today’s rates , Amazon.co.jp are slashing the price of the book from its GBP12.99 cover price to , er , GBP 14.81. Still , I urge everyone to go out and buy it . It’ll save me the hassle of actually writing the damn . thing Tweet Posted on August 16, 2005 Quick update on Kennedy Road Still on the road today in Bangkok so a short post . But the very very good news is

  • June 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : June 2005 Posted on June 16, 2005 Worrying Silence Right . That’s me on the road . For three months . I’m in Senegal today , experiencing an extreme contradiction . A nice man in the bar from which I write is singing some fantastic Wolof tunes . Good . He’s accompanied by a Bontempi organ , with the cha-cha-cha drumbeat turned up very loud indeed . Bad . Not sure I can stand it for much longer . But before I flee , a : note Continue reading Worrying Silence” Tweet Newsletter Join Raj's email list Leave this field empty if you're human : Search for : Search Follow Raj Patel Latest on Twitter Tweets by RajPatel Events No Events Links

  • May 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : May 2005 Posted on May 31, 2005 Headline of the moment Fewer cheese-rollers injured than usual Update And the article is pretty damn funny too . You crazy . Brits Tweet Posted on May 31, 2005 The ANC†s Winter of Discontent Couple of weeks back , I wrote about the march by folk in the Kennedy Road informal settlement , who protested with other residents of their ward here in Durban to unseat their ANC previously Democratic Alliance , and National Party before that councillor . A full article†s up at the Voice of the Turtle co-written with the estimable Richard Pithouse . So here†s an update . The ANC responded valiantly and

  • April 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : April 2005 Posted on April 26, 2005 Guess I’m not quite over my Star Wars issues quite . yet As Father Ted once put it , fascists are men who wear black and run round telling people what to do . Priests are well more drink And so it is with Imperial officers here Tweet Posted on April 23, 2005 Taking the Sith Okay , I think I’ve worked out the last of my Star Wars issues . It has taken a good couple of days , and a great deal of sneaking around the rubbish bins of Skywalker Ranch rooting around for discarded hard-drives and , when that failed , long hours of communion with The Force . Finally , though , Class Worrier is happy to

  • March 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : March 2005 Posted on March 30, 2005 Apologies for Tyrants Back when The Voice of the Turtle was a paper-bound beast , Apologies for Tyrants used to be a regular feature . Chris over at the Virtual Stoa is back from his Easter travels . He stopped off in Libya , where he collected a splendid piece of evidence regarding Moammar Ghedaffi’s VW Beetle , a document that will undoubtedly feature in an encomium to the man once he cashes in his chips . Check it out Tweet Posted on March 30, 2005 Bruiser from Bulawayo Norm in anticipation of the Zimbabwean elections today , offers some words from MDC stalwart Eddie Cross , who claims I have

  • February 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : February 2005 Posted on February 24, 2005 Landless Militancy : A guide We’ve a splendid new article over at the Voice of the Turtle , freshly posted . It’s an overview of , and exhortation to , the political cadres that are formed within every Brazilian Landless Peasant Movement land occupation . And it’s far more compelling than its title The Training of Political Cadres : theoretical structure , experiences and present situation suggests . Here’s a sneak preview . Continue reading Landless Militancy : A guide” Tweet Posted on February 23, 2005 Outposts of tyranny Hmm . How odd . Today’s mass action on campus , for which there

  • January 2005 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : January 2005 Posted on January 22, 2005 Not much I’ve had access to the internet for the whole week , and have failed to comment sensibly on Mark Thatcher a splodge of wonga Prince Harry Natives and Colonials or the British torture pictures in Iraq Operation Ali Baba These examples of aristocracy and racism can be so overwhelmingly depressing that one might not know where to begin . And if one is overwhelmed , here’s a start . Richard Pithouse’s beautiful essay on Fanon I’m off to Northern Zululand for two weeks , so I’ll have an excuse for not writing until the beginning of February . But do read Richard’s piece if you’ve a chance

  • December 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : December 2004 Posted on December 15, 2004 Happy new year I’m just putting the finishing touches to an article on the World Forum on Agrarian Reform – an object lesson in how powerful democracy can be , and why so many are keen to stifle it . Read it here Continue reading Happy new year” Tweet Posted on December 15, 2004 We’re All Going to Die 5 I’m back again , but not for long . Just long enough to tell a couple of stories of why I’ve been a less than diligent blogger . In the best tradition of Class Worrier’s We’re All Going To Die series , here’s a wailing article on Zimbabwe and Mbeki’s responsibility to intervene I’ve

  • November 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : November 2004 Posted on November 24, 2004 Who wants to be a millionaire As one does when one has a teetering pile of deadlines and a nasty stomach bug derived from having runny Brie with Tariq Ali at lunch me Ali Brie I’ve been spending time at the Kids section of the Bureau of the Public Debt And I’ve learned a great deal . I strongly recommend the teacher’s guide entitled Money Math : Lessons for Life In it you’ll be directed to Continue reading Who wants to be a millionaire Tweet Posted on November 23, 2004 Food , glorious A couple of years back , The Voice of the Turtle saluted Think Again’s Queer Youth Manifesto The accolade

  • October 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : October 2004 Posted on October 26, 2004 Great Conversations About Monetarism 1 Last week , I was at a fine conference put on by the School of Development Studies here at the University of KwaZulu-Natal . Among the presentations was one by the splendid Jonathan Michie who reports a July 1980 debate about the link between wages and inflation . Continue reading Great Conversations About Monetarism 1” Tweet Posted on October 20, 2004 The World Bank leads the way A comic press release from the World Bank today , which warns us that Alien Species On The Rise The World Bank is very concerned about invasive alien species because of the

  • September 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : September 2004 Posted on September 30, 2004 Instagag f(x 6y+3 walks into a bar . Got any sandwiches f(x 6y+3 asks the . barman Sorry , 8221 he replies . We don’t cater for functions . 8221 Via Li Update Continue reading Instagag” Tweet Posted on September 28, 2004 Burgeoning peasant underclass found A couple of days ago I received an email from a friend with the following joke in : it 1. Go to www.argos.co.uk the website of a retail catalogue store 2. Type ‘Chav†into the search . box 3. See what you . get Continue reading Burgeoning peasant underclass found” Tweet Posted on September 22, 2004 The Japanese all over Cheney’s

  • August 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : August 2004 Posted on August 28, 2004 The Yes Men The Yes Men , bless them , are out in force in NYC . Read about them , and Plague of Locusts about to be unleashed on the godless , here Tweet Posted on August 28, 2004 Mark Thatcher Ha Ha Ha The news of Mark Thatcher’s arrest has been causing much rubbing of hands here in South Africa . Always nice to see a comeuppance , and doubly nice that his odious mother is reportedly upset’ . Among the many articles on it at the Guardian , John O’Farrell’s is worth a look Continue reading Mark Thatcher Ha Ha Ha” Tweet Posted on August 28, 2004 I$NY Friend of a friend is an agronomist for New

  • July 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : July 2004 Posted on July 26, 2004 My new home Well , here I am , at the Centre for Civil Society where I’m busy finding my feet , meeting the ace people here , and discovering bunny chow More thoughtful posting will resume once feet are found , folk are faced , and bunnies . consumed Tweet Posted on July 23, 2004 London and me I’m not a fan of London , and every time I return , I hone my reasons for not liking it here . So , for instance , the fly Emirates” logos plastered all over the umpires in today’s test series : rubbish Continue reading London and me” Tweet Posted on July 22, 2004 Told you so Yes indeedy . I’ve said before

  • June 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : June 2004 Posted on June 28, 2004 UNCTAD XI Martin Khor of the Third World Network tells us that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s 11th session ended in a rather good spirit with some useful results for developing . countries Continue reading UNCTAD XI” Tweet Posted on June 26, 2004 We†re All Going to Die 4 The Guardian reported last week that Ron Oxburgh , chairman of Shell , is “really very worried for the planet” . In an interview in today’s Guardian Life section , Ron Oxburgh , chairman of Shell , says we urgently need to capture emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide , which scientists think

  • May 2004 Raj Patel

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    Skip to content Raj Patel Website of author , film-maker and academic , Raj Patel Menu Home Events Academic Film Books International Journalism Meet Raj Month : May 2004 Posted on May 26, 2004 We’re all going to die 2 Helpful news from the Department of Homeland Security today of a non-specific threat to the US mainland this summer . John Ashcroft has also chimed in with the news that the face of Al-Qaeda is changing terrorists now move around with their families to avoid detection , and try to pass themselves off as European-looking Continue reading We’re all going to die 2” Tweet Posted on May 26, 2004 These are a few of my favourite things Chris reminds us that in the world of social scientists , British sociologists are generally considered the shabbiest . This prompts me to consider

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