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Raj Patel is a British born academic, journalist, activist and writer ^[1] who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States for extended periods. He is best known for his 2008 book, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.

According to Naomi Klein 'Stuffed & Starved' is "One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind, and a gift to a world hungering for justice."

Biography

Born in London, Patel received a B.A in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from Oxford, a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics and gained his PhD in Development Sociology from Cornell university in 2002. He has been a visiting scholar at Yale and the University of California, Berkeley. As part of his academic training, Patel worked at the World Bank, World Trade Organization and the United Nations. He has since become an outspoken and noted critic of all of these organizations, and has been teargassed on four continents protesting against his former employersCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

He is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, a Fellow at Food First, also known as the Institute of Food and Development Policy, and a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The Voice of the Turtle.^[2]

In 2007 he was invited to give the keynote address at the University of Abahlali baseMjondolo graduation ceremony. In 2008 he was asked to testify on the global food crisis before the House Financial Services Committee in the USA. He is regularly interviewed on the BBC, NBC, Al Jazeera, NPR etc.

Academic Writing

Journalism

A list of journalism available online by Raj Patel

Interviews and video debates with Raj Patel

External Links

Wiki Links

Abahlali baseMjondolo
Via Campesina
MST
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Zapatistas)
Slow Food
Landless Peoples Movement

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^ RajPatel.com - About. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.
^ RajPatel.com - About. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.

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[1] RajPatel.com - About. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.

[2] RajPatel.com - About. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.

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 '''Raj Patel''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] born [[academic]], [[journalist]], [[activist]] and [[writer]] <ref>[http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 RajPatel.com] - About. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.</ref> who has lived and worked in [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]] and the [[United States]] for extended periods. He is best known for his 2008 book, [[Stuffed and Starved|''Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System'']].
+According to [[Naomi Klein]] 'Stuffed & Starved' is "One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind, and a gift to a world hungering for justice."
 == Biography ==
-Born in [[London]], Patel received a B.A in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from [[Oxford]], a Masters Degree from the [[London School of Economics]] and gained his PhD in Development Sociology from [[Cornell]] university in 2002. He has been a visiting scholar at [[Yale]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. As part of his academic training, Patel worked at the [[World Bank]], [[World Trade Organization]] and the [[United Nations]]. He has since become an outspoken and noted critic of all of these organizations, and has been teargassed on four continents protesting against his former employers.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} Patel was one of many organizers in the 1999 protests in downtown [[Seattle]], WA, and has organized in support of [[Food sovereignty]]. More recently he has lived and worked extensively in [[Zimbabwe]] and in [[South Africa]]. He was refused a visa extension by the [[Mugabe]] regime for his political involvement with the pro-democracy movement.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} He is associated through his work on food with the [[Via Campesina]] movement, and through his work on urban poverty and resistance with [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the [[Landless Peoples Movement]].  He has written a number of influential{{Fact|date=October 2008}} criticisms of various aspects of the policies and research methods of the [[World Bank]] and was a co-editor, with Christopher Brooke, of the online leftist webzine [http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org The Voice of the Turtle].
+Born in [[London]], Patel received a B.A in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from [[Oxford]], a Masters Degree from the [[London School of Economics]] and gained his PhD in Development Sociology from [[Cornell]] university in 2002. He has been a visiting scholar at [[Yale]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. As part of his academic training, Patel worked at the [[World Bank]], [[World Trade Organization]] and the [[United Nations]]. He has since become an outspoken and noted critic of all of these organizations, and has been teargassed on four continents protesting against his former employers<ref>[http://www.citizinemag.com/calendar/details/4-last-sunday-raj-patel-author-of-qstuffed-and-starvedq.html Citizine]>/ref>. Patel was one of many organizers in the 1999 protests in downtown [[Seattle]], WA, and has organized in support of [[Food sovereignty]]. More recently he has lived and worked extensively in [[Zimbabwe]] and in [[South Africa]]. He was refused a visa extension by the [[Mugabe]] regime for his political involvement with the pro-democracy movement. He is associated through his work on food with the [[Via Campesina]] movement, and through his work on urban poverty and resistance with [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]]and the [[Landless Peoples Movement]].  He has written a number of influential criticisms of various aspects of the policies and research methods of the [[World Bank]] and was a co-editor, with Christopher Brooke, of the online leftist webzine [http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org The Voice of the Turtle].<ref>[http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 RajPatel.com] - About. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.</ref>
-He is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the [[University of California at Berkeley]], a Fellow at [[Food First]], also known as the Institute of Food and Development Policy, and a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the [[University of KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[South Africa]].
+He is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the [[University of California at Berkeley]], a Fellow at [[Food First]], also known as the Institute of Food and Development Policy, and a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the [[University of KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[South Africa]].[http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org The Voice of the Turtle].<ref>[http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 RajPatel.com] - About. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.</ref>
 In 2007 he was invited to give the keynote address at the University of [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]] graduation ceremony. In 2008 he was asked to testify on the global food crisis before the House Financial Services Committee in the USA. He is regularly interviewed on the BBC, NBC, Al Jazeera, NPR etc.
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 *[[Landless Peoples Movement]]
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 == References ==