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!
47,900,000 Americans, including one in five children, were food insecure in 2024. That was before restrictions to SNAP and higher food prices. The Trump administration has since ceased publication of these reports. Read the final one, by the dedicated USDA ERS team, here ers.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
47,900,000 Americans, including one in five children, were food insecure in 2024. That was before restrictions to SNAP and higher food prices. The Trump administration has since ceased publication of these reports. Read the final one, by the dedicated USDA ERS team, here ers.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
Clara Mattei does it all and if you're anywhere near Tulsa, Free - the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation - is always worth attending. Here's some of the conversation Clara and I had there about the food system www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbU... www.freefreeforum.org
Hunger Is the Point: The Capitalist Food System Explained | Raj Patel
We grow enough food to feed everyone, yet hunger keeps rising. Raj Patel explains how the capitalist food system produces “cheap food”, making hunger predictable, and profitable.
In this…
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January 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Clara Mattei does it all and if you're anywhere near Tulsa, Free - the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation - is always worth attending. Here's some of the conversation Clara and I had there about the food system www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbU... www.freefreeforum.org
Fascinating insight from US corn economics: the most profitable farmers spend the *least* on fertilizer. blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2024/04/are-...
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Fascinating insight from US corn economics: the most profitable farmers spend the *least* on fertilizer. blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2024/04/are-...
Public grocery stores are on the way in New York. How might they work in Canada? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Public grocery stores are on the way in New York. How might they work in Canada? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Merrill Goozner shares how RFK Jr's new US dietary recommendations, skewed towards the dairy and meat industry, derive from the best science money can buy. gooznews.substack.com/p/advisors-t...
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Merrill Goozner shares how RFK Jr's new US dietary recommendations, skewed towards the dairy and meat industry, derive from the best science money can buy. gooznews.substack.com/p/advisors-t...
It's an incredible effort of imagination to see how much better the world might be with less crap in it. The Anthropause, out today, is Stan Cox's wonderous hymn to the joys of less stuff and more connection. Read it! bookshop.org/p/books/anth...
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It's an incredible effort of imagination to see how much better the world might be with less crap in it. The Anthropause, out today, is Stan Cox's wonderous hymn to the joys of less stuff and more connection. Read it! bookshop.org/p/books/anth...
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 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...
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...
Shyam Benegal's wonderful Satyajit Ray documentary was funded by the Indian Ministry of Information. Copyright law and public media being what they are, you can now watch it for free at the Internet Archive archive.org/details/dli....
Satyajit Ray : Ministry of Information, Films Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division.A biographical film is on Satyajit Ray, one of India's most significant film makers, who...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Shyam Benegal's wonderful Satyajit Ray documentary was funded by the Indian Ministry of Information. Copyright law and public media being what they are, you can now watch it for free at the Internet Archive archive.org/details/dli....
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
The last Guardian article by the great Nina Lakhani is a beautiful survery of her six years' environmental justice reporting. It's a beautiful valediction, and a reason to follow her new work at drilled.media www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
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January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The last Guardian article by the great Nina Lakhani is a beautiful survery of her six years' environmental justice reporting. It's a beautiful valediction, and a reason to follow her new work at drilled.media www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prisoners For Palestine says activist Teuta Hoxha needs hospitalisation but has been denied treatment while in prison.
Jailed Palestine Action activist ends 60-day hunger strike as health fails
Prisoners For Palestine says activist Teuta Hoxha needs hospitalisation but has been denied treatment while in prison.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Prisoners For Palestine says activist Teuta Hoxha needs hospitalisation but has been denied treatment while in prison.
“In this moment of clear, acute, and mounting violence against the people of Venezuela, silence is complicity.”
🇻🇪 Statement from the Cabinet of the @progintl.bsky.social on the US invasion of Venezuela.
progressive.international/wire/2026-01...
🇻🇪 Statement from the Cabinet of the @progintl.bsky.social on the US invasion of Venezuela.
progressive.international/wire/2026-01...
“A criminal act of imperial aggression.”
Statement from the Cabinet on the US invasion of Venezuela.
progressive.international
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
“In this moment of clear, acute, and mounting violence against the people of Venezuela, silence is complicity.”
🇻🇪 Statement from the Cabinet of the @progintl.bsky.social on the US invasion of Venezuela.
progressive.international/wire/2026-01...
🇻🇪 Statement from the Cabinet of the @progintl.bsky.social on the US invasion of Venezuela.
progressive.international/wire/2026-01...
Clara Mattei founded the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation - FREE - just a few months ago. Already, it's a hub for praxis not just in Tulsa, but far beyond. Here's our conversation on the food system: youtu.be/BXZu39LWgm0
More Food, More Hunger: How Capitalism Turned Food Against Us
Food is more abundant than ever – but between rising prices, food insecurity, and a crisis of food affordability, we’re getting sicker and hungrier at the same time.
In this live FREE (Forum for…
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December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Clara Mattei founded the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation - FREE - just a few months ago. Already, it's a hub for praxis not just in Tulsa, but far beyond. Here's our conversation on the food system: youtu.be/BXZu39LWgm0
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...
New York's Good Food Purchasing Program matters far beyond NYC - here's how, and why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-y...
Cultivating Community: Why Values-Based Food Purchasing Matters
Across New York, farmers are growing more than food. They’re growing relationships, strong local economies, and the resilience our communities need in the face of climate disruption, fragile global…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New York's Good Food Purchasing Program matters far beyond NYC - here's how, and why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-y...
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...
I've been thinking through 'polycrisis', finding its rise and fall helpful to think with. The Transition Security Project invited me to bend those ideas their way, and I'm very pleased with how they turned out: transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
Polycrisis: A Breviary
Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.
transitionsecurity.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've been thinking through 'polycrisis', finding its rise and fall helpful to think with. The Transition Security Project invited me to bend those ideas their way, and I'm very pleased with how they turned out: transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
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...
There aren't many places in the US that weave serious climate policy analysis with grassroots action, but the Climate + Community Institute is one. I'm proud to be on their advisory board and, this Giving Tuesday, would love for you to join me in supporting them. secure.actblue.com/donate/clima...
Donate to Climate and Community Institute
Show your support with a contribution.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
There aren't many places in the US that weave serious climate policy analysis with grassroots action, but the Climate + Community Institute is one. I'm proud to be on their advisory board and, this Giving Tuesday, would love for you to join me in supporting them. secure.actblue.com/donate/clima...
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NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
Polycrisis: A Breviary
Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.
transitionsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
transitionsecurity.org/polycrisis-a...
I couldn't stop thinking about a 1950s pre-show before an Alamo Drafthouse screening of One Battle After Another. It's now online, and hints at why US culture wars over Christmas are so politically charged. #ChristmasExplorersClub www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIEu...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I couldn't stop thinking about a 1950s pre-show before an Alamo Drafthouse screening of One Battle After Another. It's now online, and hints at why US culture wars over Christmas are so politically charged. #ChristmasExplorersClub www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIEu...