Raj Patel

Rupa Marya

Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world The coronavirus pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory illnesses such as gastrointestinal disorders and asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism and violence. Climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body: our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, however, this groundbreaking book illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. Inflammation is connected to the food that we eat, to the air that we breathe, and to the diversity of microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain development to our immune system. It’s connected to the number of traumatic events we experienced as children and to the trauma endured by our ancestors. It's connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice. Raj Patel, renowned political economist and New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician Rupa Marya to offer a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. Decolonization is to heal what has been divided, reestablishing our relationship to the earth and to each other. Combining the latest scientific research and scholarship on globalization, the stories of Marya's work with patients in marginalized communities, activist passion, and the wisdom of indigenous groups, Inflamed points the way toward a deep medicine that has the potential to heal not only our bodies but the world.

Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

Inflamed

Jason W. Moore

Introduction -- Cheap nature -- Cheap money -- Cheap work -- Cheap care -- Cheap food -- Cheap energy -- Cheap lives -- Conclusion

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet

A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

The author shows how free-market fundamentalism has distorted how people value the world and shows how people can exercise their democratic rights to reclaim the markets so that they can work for, rather than against, social change. Original.

How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

The Value of Nothing

markets, power and the hidden battle for the world food system

Stuffed and starved

Yedi Ucuz Şey Üzerinden Dünya Tarihi

průvodce kapitalismem, přírodou a budoucností naší planety

Dějiny světa na příkladu sedmi laciných věcí

Today, in the West, we appear to have the world on our plates, regardless of source or season. But this apparent luxury of choice is only possible because rural communities the world over have had their choices taken away. To understand how our supermarket shopping makes us complicit in denying freedom to the world's poorest, and how we ourselves are poisoned by our choices, we need to think about the way our food comes to us. Having worked with international policy makers, visited local farming collectives in Brazil and Mexico, investigated the all-powerful distribution networks, and gone behind the scenes in the kitchens of Europe's McDonald's restaurants, Raj Patel is able to take a long and wide view of food production and tell the story of commercial greed and helpless hunger that lies behind every meal we eat.

Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System

Stuffed and Starved

Eric Holt-Giménez

Annie Shattuck

'In this very timely book, two of the world's most prominent critics of the global food system, Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel, dissect the causes of hunger and the food price crisis, locating them in a political economy of capitalist industrial production dominated by corporations and driven by the search for profits for the few instead of the welfare of the many. The picture that emerges is a political economy of global production that is failing badly in terms of feeding the world and is itself contributing to the spread of inequalities that promote hunger.' Walden Bello, president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines 'I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in issues related to food distribution/markets, the current global crisis, the role of capitalism and international organisations, and hopes for an alternative future. I would also recommend, since food is such an intrinsic part of our lives, society, culture and economies, that this book be read by everyone with a concern for our present, our future, and our rights – and specifically our right to food.' Manmeet Kaur, Development in Practice, vol 20, no. 7, September 2010 Erosion of local and national control Food Rebellions! takes a deep look at the world food crisis and its impact on the global South and under-served communities in the industrial North. While most governments and multilateral organisations offer short-term solutions based on proximate causes, authors Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel unpack the planet's environmentally and economically vulnerable food systems to reveal the root causes of the crisis. By tracking the political and economic evolution of the industrial agri-foods complex, Food Rebellions! shows us how the steady erosion of local and national control over their food systems has made African nations dependent on a volatile global market and subject to the short-term interests of a handful of transnational agri-food monopolies. A powerful handbook Food Rebellions! is a powerful handbook for those seeking to understand the causes and potential solutions to the current food crisis now affecting nearly half of the world's people. Why are food riots occurring around the world in a time of record harvests? What are the real impacts of agrofuels and genetically engineered crops? Whose interests are being advanced by Africa's 'new' Green Revolution? And why are the thousands of farmer-led 'islands of sustainability' flowering across the landscapes of the global South being ignored by policy-makers? What are hundreds of peasant farm organisations, civil society organisations, and concerned researchers doing about the crisis? Finally, what can you do? Democratising food systems Food Rebellions! suggests that to solve the food crisis, we must change the global food system — from the bottom up and from the top down. On one hand, farmers utilising sustainable approaches to production need to be supported, and farmer-to-farmer agroecological knowledge must be spread. At the same time, food and farm advocates need to work in local, national and international policy arenas to open dialogue, demand transparency and change the 'rules' currently holding back agroecological alternatives. The book frames the current food crisis as a unique opportunity to develop productive local food systems as engines for sustainable economic development. Hunger and poverty, the authors insist, can be eliminated by democratising food systems and respecting people's right to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and to food-producing resources — in short, by advancing food sovereignty. If you're an African non-governmental organisation of limited funds, please email info@pambazukapress.org to arrange a complimentary copy of this ebook (Adobe PDF). Ebook orders within the United Kingdom include VAT. A FAHAMU BOOKS AND PAMBAZUKA PRESS PUBLICATION

Crisis and the Hunger for Justice

Food Rebellions!

Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today’s planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding—and reclaiming—the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century.

Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world. The Covid pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory illnesses such as gastrointestinal disorders and asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism and violence. Rising numbers of climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body—our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, this groundbreaking work illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. Inflammation is connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the diversity of the microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain’s development to our immune system’s functioning. It’s connected to the number of traumatic events we experienced as children and to the traumas endured by our ancestors. It’s connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice. Raj Patel, the renowned political economist and New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with the physician Rupa Marya to offer a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. Decolonizing heals what has been divided, reestablishing our relationships with the Earth and one another. Combining the latest scientific research and scholarship on globalization with the stories of Marya’s work with patients in marginalized communities, activist passion, and the wisdom of Indigenous groups, Inflamed points the way toward a deep medicine that has the potential to heal not only our bodies, but the world.

Revised and Expanded Edition "For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves, Stuffed and Starved is indispensable." —Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight. To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India’s wrecked paddy-fields and Africa’s bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea. What he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa. Yet he also found great cause for hope—in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains the steps, from seed to store to plate, to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.

The Hidden Battle for the World Food System - Revised and Updated

This book is an authoritative but uniquely accessible and highly illustrated guide to good acoustic design practice for architects, interior designers and acoustic professionals. It provides a user-friendly introduction to architectural acoustics and acoustics technology where the market is crowded with dense and technical texts. It will go through each typology in turn explaining the key acoustic concepts with highly illustrated and international case studies that demonstrate cutting-edge practice and technology, innovative design techniques and common challenges and solutions.

A Guide to Integrated Thinking

Architectural Acoustics

'Tegenwoordig kennen mensen van alles de prijs, maar van niets de waarde.' Met deze beroemde woorden van Oscar Wilde opent Raj Patel zijn boek, waarin hij aantoont dat het een misvatting is om de prijzen van artikelen te beschouwen als een manier om de wereld te waarderen. De kosten van hamburgers bijvoorbeeld zijn veel hoger – denk aan overgewicht en hartkwalen – dan hun prijs in fastfoodketens doet vermoeden. We krijgen gsm’s haast gratis bij een abonnement, maar vergeten dat het noodzakelijke erts (coltan) gedolven wordt in de mijnen van Congo door vrouwen die in slechte omstandigheden en met het risico op mishandeling en verkrachting nog geen 140 euro per jaar verdienen. Aan de hand van deze en andere voorbeelden vraagt Patel zich af op welke andere manier we de waarde van de wereld kunnen uitdrukken en hoe we de balans in de maatschappij kunnen hervinden. Hij focust daarbij op de rol van de politiek in de mondiale economische crisis in combinatie met de klimaat- en voedselcrisis.

Waarde van niets

Look into the Universe to find the way and meaning of our day to day lives. An intriguing book of rythmic and melodic poems that shares knowledge and wisdom about life's greater mysteries. An interesting and very enjoyable read that enhances one's outlook on life and one's evolving perspective. Dealing with modern day challenges which universally relates to people of all cultures and societies, Musings Before Midnight offers great insight into philosophies and practicalities of life through metaphors that are woven into artistic pieces of literature.

Musings Before Midnight

Optimize YouTube and turn it into a steady source of revenue! YouTube can be quite the lucrative source of income for those willing to invest the time and effort. Are you looking to explore the prospects of making money with YouTube, but have no idea where to start? Look no further, as this step by step guide breaks down everything from choosing a niche to monetizing YouTube. Resources in this eBook includes: * How to choose your niche * Methods of brainstorming video ideas * Qualities of a successful video * Video and channel optimization * How to gain exposure and subscribers * Extensive monetization tactics * And much more! Make the most out of YouTube by employing the best strategies for exposure and monetization today!

The Ultimate Guide to Building a Channel, Optimizing Videos, and Monetizing YouTube

YouTube Success

Feminism, Global Capital and Solidarity from Zimbabwe

Resistance in a Time of Fascism

Christopher Scoates

Thurston Moore

Ulrich Krieger

"1975 was a seminal year politically, socially, and culturally--the Vietnam War ended, the British Conservative Party elected Margaret Thatcher as its first female leader, Microsoft was registered as a trademark, Saturday Night Live made its debut, and Motorola obtained a patent for the first mobile phone. It also heralded a number of landmark albums: David Bowie's soul-infused Young Americans; Brian Eno's critically acclaimed Discrete Music; and Lou Reed's highly controversial Metal Machine Music, subtitled *The Amine b Ring. Following on the heels of Reed's Bowie-produced album Transformer (which included the hit "Walk on the Wild Side"), his concept album Berlin, and his highest-charting album Sally Can't Dance, Metal Machine Music came as a radical departure. Devoid of lyrics, melody, harmony, and any semblance of a traditional musical structure, the album was widely reviled by critics and consumers alike. While the album may have come as a shock to Reed's audience, its conceptual foundations were established more than a decade earlier. Reed had been at the epicenter of the New York underground since the early 1960s as part of Andy Warhol's Factory scene and as a co-founder of rock band The Velvet Underground. With Metal Machine Music, he saw an opportunity to establish his credentials as a composer alongside avant-garde figures such as John Cage, who famously incorporated chance and experimented with unorthodox instruments, and La Monte Young, who pioneered repetitive drone composition and is recognized as a groundbreaking practitioner of minimalism in music. Their collective approach to composition, rules of time, silence, and sound informed the musical landscape of Reed's album, which is composed of guitar feedback, distorted noise, and tape loops among its many unconventional elements. Today, forty years after its release, the album is recognized as a seminal composition in avant-garde music circles. In 2009, Reed collaborated with the acoustic specialists at the Arup Engineering SoundLab to record Metal Machine Trio, a concert inspired by Metal Machine Music and performed at New York's Blender Theater with musicians Ulrich Krieger, Sarth Calhoun, and guest John Zorn. Using state-of-the-art technology developed by Arup, the performance was recorded using a full-sphere surround-sound technique that captures the exact timing, strength, and direction of the sounds, as well as the true sound of the space itself. Lou Reed, Metal Machine Trio: The Creation of the Universe, published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name mounted at Cranbrook Art Museum in 2015, explores the historic and musical significance of Reed?s seminal album, and Arup?s process of capturing a full ambisonic recording of the 2009 performance."--Publisher's website.

The Creation of the Universe

Lou Reed, Metal Machine Trio

«Cheap» ne veut pas simplement dire «bon marché». Rendre une chose «cheap» est une façon de donner une valeur marchande à tout, même à ce qui n’a pas de prix. Ainsi en va-t-il d’un simple nugget de poulet. On ne l’achète que 50 centimes, alors qu’une organisation phénoménale a permis sa production : des animaux, des plantes pour les nourrir, des financements, de l’énergie, des travailleurs mal payés... Déjà, au XIVe siècle, la cité de Gênes, endettée auprès des banques, mettait en gage le Saint Graal. Christophe Colomb, découvrant l’Amérique, calculait ce que valent l’eau, les plantes, l’or... ou les Indiens. Au XIXe siècle, les colons britanniques interdisaient aux femmes de travailler pour les cantonner aux tâches domestiques gratuites. Jusqu’à la Grèce de 2015, qui remboursait ses dettes en soldant son système social et ses richesses naturelles. Le capitalisme a façonné notre monde : son histoire, d’or et de sang, est faite de conquêtes, d’oppression et de résistances. En la retraçant sous l’angle inédit de la «cheapisation», Raj Patel et Jason W. Moore offrent une autre lecture du monde. De cette vision globale des crises et des luttes pourrait alors naître une ambition folle : celle d’un monde plus juste.

Comment notre monde est devenu cheap. Une histoire inquiète de l'humanité

International Agrarian Restructuring and the Practical Ethics of Peasant Movement Solidarity

Adele Oliveri

Ogni volta che compriamo una banana, il 45 per cento di ciò che paghiamo va al rivenditore, il 18 per cento all’importatore, il 19 per cento è assorbito dai costi di trasporto, mentre alla compagnia che controlla la piantagione spetta circa il 15 per cento. Al contadino resta meno del 3 per cento. Evidentemente c’è qualcosa che non va in un modello così iniquo di distribuzione, che non riguarda peraltro solo i beni alimentari. Il prezzo da noi pagato per ogni cosa, dal cibo ai beni di consumo, è sistematicamente distorto. Il mercato non riesce a valutare con equità il valore del lavoro, i bisogni delle persone, le necessità delle generazioni future. E quando i prezzi sono ancorati al nulla anziché ai valori reali siamo di fronte a un baratro. Oggi che il neoliberismo è saltato fragorosamente per aria è più che mai necessario tornare alla radice dei problemi. È questo l’obiettivo del lavoro di Raj Patel: un’indagine stringente che fornisce gli strumenti per riflettere in modo nuovo sul mondo, sul valore delle cose, sul senso di ciò che facciamo.

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