Via Campesina on The Global Food Crisis

Raj — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:15:27 -0600

So here's a response from Via Campesina to the food price crisis. I imagine that in the wake of the food riots, the temptation to say 'told you so' must have been overwhelming to the representatives of farmers' and landless peoples' movements around the world.

But instead they've an admirable critique of some of the dominant myths about the way our food comes to us, about who wins and loses from the high prices, and what to do about it. Their solutions are ones that have been proposed for decades. The question is whether anyone will listen to them now, or whether the shock doctrine will prevail here too, with food corporations seeking to privatise the food system yet further. ... read more »

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Via Campesina on The Global Food Crisis