Taking Utopian Thinking Seriously
Blog | Melissa Gordon | Nov 4, 2019
“Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten…
Labor in the Food System
The movement for food justice cannot thrive in a system where food and farm workers are exploited, criminalized and hungry. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Labor in the Food System
Vigan’s Public Market: The Commons in the Hands of Farmers and the Poor
Blog | David Bacon | Sep 26, 2019
In the last two or three decades, the food sovereignty movement has been reinventing an institution – the farmers’ market…
The Forest Farms Still Stand: Indonesia’s Krui Forest Farmers Persist in the Face of Capitalism’s Relentless Squeeze
Blog | David Gilbert | Sep 11, 2019
One January morning in the middle of Indonesia’s rainy season I joined a few activist-ecologist friends for an eight hour…
Escaping the Circle of Poison in the US
Blog | Miriam Osman | Sep 6, 2019
This July, the EPA announced that it would not ban Chlorpyrifos, allowing their sale for non-household use to continue to…
Parity pricing: for climate and economic justice
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 30, 2019
This post was originally published at Pesticide Action Network: North America. I went home to Iowa back in July, and…
Capitalism, food, and social movements: The political economy of food system transformation
Academic Publication | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 28, 2019
Download the full version here. Do foodies need to know about capitalism? Everybody trying to change the food system—farmers, farmworkers,…
The People Went Walking: How Rufino Dominguez Revolutionized the Way We Think About Migration Part III
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 22, 2019
This publication was edited by Luis Escala Rabadan. This publication is the final part of a three part Issue Brief…
La gente se iba andando: Cómo Rufino Domínguez transformó nuestra manera de pensar acerca de la migración Parte III
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 22, 2019
Traducción por Rosalí Jurado y Alan Llanos Velázquez, Edición: Nancy Utley García y Luis Escala Rabadán. Esta publicación es la…
The People Went Walking: How Rufino Dominguez Revolutionized the Way We Think About Migration Part II
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 16, 2019
This publication was edited by Luis Escala Rabadan. This publication is the second part of a three part Issue Brief…
La gente se iba andando: Cómo Rufino Domínguez transformó nuestra manera de pensar acerca de la migración Parte II
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 16, 2019
Traducción por Rosalí Jurado y Alan Llanos Velázquez, Edición: Nancy Utley García y Luis Escala Rabadán. Segunda de tres partes…
Farmworkers Rise Up Against Trump and Labor Exploitation
Blog | David Bacon | Aug 12, 2019
Marchers take part in the Farmworker March for Dignity 2019, on August 4, 2019, in Whatcom County, Washington. David Bacon …
The People Went Walking: How Rufino Dominguez Revolutionized the Way We Think About Migration Part I
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 8, 2019
This publication was edited by Luis Escala Rabadan. This publication is the first part of a three part Issue Brief…
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