
The World Is Not for Sale
Farmers Against Junk Food
Verso Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 17. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-1-85984-405-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this lively and hard-hitting book Jose Bove and Francois Dufour recount the dramatic events of their famous demonstration against McDonald's and examine the issues behind the resulting campaign, which has now stretched from France and Seattle around the world.
Reviews / Votes
Today McDonald's, tomorrow the world. * Times * Naomi Klein's No Logo, Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, The Silent Takeover by Noreena Hertz and now Bove's book are the bibles of the anti-capitalist movement. * Guardian * Critics frequently accuse the opponents of economic globalization of not presenting any alternative ... The World is Not for Sale couldn't prove them more wrong. * Red Pepper * In tune with the movement for which it will become a core text. * Independent * The peasant leader regarded as a hero in the battle to save France from fast food and free trade is bringing his revolt across the channel to protest against the 'perversion' of British agricultural policy. * Sunday Times * ... a call to action, and a timely reminder of the principle: 'Think globally, act locally.' * Food Magazine * A vivid testament to the extraordinary potential when local communities, heroic direct actionists and employees come together in creative alliances against corporate power. * New Statesman * ... an engaging account of two twentieth-century heroes who, in their fight for sustainable agriculture, have embraced the larger vision for a more just, healthy, and harmonic global community. * clamor magazine * It is refreshing to read informed argument by people who are both left wing and who, as working farmers, know what they are talking about. * Socialist Review *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-405-2 (9781859844052)
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Persons
Jose Bove farms in the Aveyron, France.
Francois Dufour is a farmer in Normandy and is General Secretary of the French Farmers' Confederation.
Francois Dufour is a farmer in Normandy and is General Secretary of the French Farmers' Confederation.
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Foreword
Preface
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