The World Is Not for Sale: Farmers Against Junk Food

by Bove, Jose; Dufour, Francois; Casparis, Anna De; Klein, Naomi; Luneau, Gilles

• ISBN13: 9781859844052
• ISBN10: 1859844057
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-17
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, fellow at the Nation Institute and author of The Shock Doctrine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Naomi Klein
Preface	ix
Gilles Luneau
List of abbreviations	xiii
PART ONE TWO FIGHTING FARMERS
McDonald's: Bove's Story	3	(16)
McDonald's: Dufour's Story	19	(13)
Jose and Francois: Thirty Years Preparing the Ground	32	(21)
PART TWO THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF INTENSIVE FARMING
The Beginnings of Junk Food	53	(25)
Farming Against Nature	78	(28)
The Factory Farm	106	(17)
PART THREE WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
Sharing the Land	123	(22)
Freedom from `Free Trade'	145
Postscript: Seattle-on-Tarn	171
AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
Jose Bove Interviewed in New Left Review	195
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 From social protest to a critique of society: some key dates in the history of the Farmers's Confederation	213
Appendix 2 The Charter for Sustainable Farming: farming that respects the farmer and meets the needs of society	218
Appendix 3 Useful addresses	221