The World Is Not for Sale

Farmers Against Junk Food

François Dufour author Gilles Luneau author José Bové author Anna de Casparis translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Verso Books

Published:17th Oct '02

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The World Is Not for Sale cover

Recounts the dramatic events of their famous demonstration against McDonald's and examines the issues behind the resulting campaign

Jose Bove, a French farmer, has become a leading figure in the global anti-capitalist protests. This book tells his story and examines the issues behind the WTO protests in Seattle, November 2000: the industrialization of agriculture in a global economy and the environmental damage this is causing.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.

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 *

ISBN: 9781859844052

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 355g

238 pages

2nd edition