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Research paper thumbnail of Corporate Concentration in the Food Industry

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies , 2024

Food industry concentration, or the control of a relatively small number of corporations over the... more Food industry concentration, or the control of a relatively small number of corporations over the food system, has relatively deep historical origins, even if it has reached unprecedented levels since the 1980s. It is not simply that a handful of firms control a particular industry or crop. It is that all levels of the broader food system, including not only the production, processing, trade, and sale of food products but also of farm machinery, seeds, agrochemicals, and other inputs, are now controlled by relatively few and exceptionally large companies. This high level of concentration has determined the broad contours of our industrial food system, as well as our ability to transform it, while also having profound implications for food workers, farmers, consumers, animals, and the environment. This is true of the United States but is the case globally as wel

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Research paper thumbnail of Anthropology and imperialism: Past, present, future

Dialectical Anthropology, 2024

In 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggles in Asia and Africa, Kathleen Gough f... more In 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggles in Asia and Africa, Kathleen Gough famously asserted what is now largely taken for granted within the discipline: anthropology is a child of Western imperialism (1968). Since then, the discipline's engagement with imperialism has, I would argue, flowed in three broad currents-all touched upon in this collection-whose inter-connectedness and intensity have varied over time.

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Research paper thumbnail of Food Activism: A Critical History

Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates - by Ludington and Booker, 2019

This chapter provides a short, critical, history of food activism in the United States. It is a ... more This chapter provides a short, critical, history of food activism in the United States. It is a chapter in: Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates. Edited by Charles C. Ludington and Matthew Morse Booker. UNC Press. 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism

Common Dreams, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Something Left in Latin America - Venezuela and Struggle for 21st Century Socialism

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Research paper thumbnail of Latin American Solidarity: Human Rights and the Politics of the U.S. Left

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Research paper thumbnail of Hurricane Katrina and Bernie Sanders: From Neoliberal Disaster to Political Revolution

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Research paper thumbnail of Scholars and Activism: Can Progressive Scholarship Advance a Left Politics?

New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary INquiry, Mar 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Labor Environmentalism in Colombia and Latin America

Colombia’s coal mines offer a microcosm of events and ideas sweeping Latin America in the twenty-... more Colombia’s coal mines offer a microcosm of events and ideas sweeping Latin America in the twenty-first century. Foreign multinationals ravage the environment to extract resources consumed in the global north. Indigenous and Afro-descended peasants inhabiting valuable regions claim special status as caretakers of fragile natural environments. Radical unions elaborate an anti-imperialist, environmental critique of the
companies that they see as looting their countries. These forces contribute to a twenty-first century socialism
that links indigenous and environmental rights, attacks the privileges of multinationals and the global north, and commits to redistribution and a vision of development that transcends economic growth.

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Research paper thumbnail of Neither Here nor There: Mexican Immigrant Workers and the Search for Home

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Research paper thumbnail of Solidarity, the Labor Movement, and the Challenges of Building a Left in the United States

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Research paper thumbnail of The Left, Labour, and the Future of U.S. Radicalism: The Struggle for Immigrant Rights

New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Sep 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Empire, Labor, and Environment: Coal Mining and Anticapitalist Environmentalism in the Americas

ILWCH, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Inside a Poultry Processing Plant

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Research paper thumbnail of Watching the Chickens Pass By

The Cafo Reader, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Wedded to Work: Class Struggles and Gendered Identities in Ecuador Banana Industry

Identities, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of United Fruit Company's Legacy in Ecuador

Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Tyson Foods, Holly Farms, and the Rise of Big Chicken

Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Latin American Solidarity: The Colombia Coal Campaign

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Research paper thumbnail of We're All Mexicans Here: Poultry Processing, Latino Migration, and the Transformation of Class in the South

The American South in a Global World, 2005

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Research paper thumbnail of Corporate Concentration in the Food Industry

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies , 2024

Food industry concentration, or the control of a relatively small number of corporations over the... more Food industry concentration, or the control of a relatively small number of corporations over the food system, has relatively deep historical origins, even if it has reached unprecedented levels since the 1980s. It is not simply that a handful of firms control a particular industry or crop. It is that all levels of the broader food system, including not only the production, processing, trade, and sale of food products but also of farm machinery, seeds, agrochemicals, and other inputs, are now controlled by relatively few and exceptionally large companies. This high level of concentration has determined the broad contours of our industrial food system, as well as our ability to transform it, while also having profound implications for food workers, farmers, consumers, animals, and the environment. This is true of the United States but is the case globally as wel

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Research paper thumbnail of Anthropology and imperialism: Past, present, future

Dialectical Anthropology, 2024

In 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggles in Asia and Africa, Kathleen Gough f... more In 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggles in Asia and Africa, Kathleen Gough famously asserted what is now largely taken for granted within the discipline: anthropology is a child of Western imperialism (1968). Since then, the discipline's engagement with imperialism has, I would argue, flowed in three broad currents-all touched upon in this collection-whose inter-connectedness and intensity have varied over time.

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Research paper thumbnail of Food Activism: A Critical History

Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates - by Ludington and Booker, 2019

This chapter provides a short, critical, history of food activism in the United States. It is a ... more This chapter provides a short, critical, history of food activism in the United States. It is a chapter in: Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates. Edited by Charles C. Ludington and Matthew Morse Booker. UNC Press. 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism

Common Dreams, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Something Left in Latin America - Venezuela and Struggle for 21st Century Socialism

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Research paper thumbnail of Latin American Solidarity: Human Rights and the Politics of the U.S. Left

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Research paper thumbnail of Hurricane Katrina and Bernie Sanders: From Neoliberal Disaster to Political Revolution

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Research paper thumbnail of Scholars and Activism: Can Progressive Scholarship Advance a Left Politics?

New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary INquiry, Mar 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Labor Environmentalism in Colombia and Latin America

Colombia’s coal mines offer a microcosm of events and ideas sweeping Latin America in the twenty-... more Colombia’s coal mines offer a microcosm of events and ideas sweeping Latin America in the twenty-first century. Foreign multinationals ravage the environment to extract resources consumed in the global north. Indigenous and Afro-descended peasants inhabiting valuable regions claim special status as caretakers of fragile natural environments. Radical unions elaborate an anti-imperialist, environmental critique of the
companies that they see as looting their countries. These forces contribute to a twenty-first century socialism
that links indigenous and environmental rights, attacks the privileges of multinationals and the global north, and commits to redistribution and a vision of development that transcends economic growth.

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Research paper thumbnail of Neither Here nor There: Mexican Immigrant Workers and the Search for Home

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Research paper thumbnail of Solidarity, the Labor Movement, and the Challenges of Building a Left in the United States

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Research paper thumbnail of The Left, Labour, and the Future of U.S. Radicalism: The Struggle for Immigrant Rights

New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Sep 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Empire, Labor, and Environment: Coal Mining and Anticapitalist Environmentalism in the Americas

ILWCH, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Inside a Poultry Processing Plant

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Research paper thumbnail of Watching the Chickens Pass By

The Cafo Reader, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Wedded to Work: Class Struggles and Gendered Identities in Ecuador Banana Industry

Identities, 1999

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Research paper thumbnail of United Fruit Company's Legacy in Ecuador

Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Tyson Foods, Holly Farms, and the Rise of Big Chicken

Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Latin American Solidarity: The Colombia Coal Campaign

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Research paper thumbnail of We're All Mexicans Here: Poultry Processing, Latino Migration, and the Transformation of Class in the South

The American South in a Global World, 2005

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Research paper thumbnail of Solidarity: Latin America and the US Left in the Era of Human Rights

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Research paper thumbnail of Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food

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Research paper thumbnail of Working in the Big Easy: The History and Politics of Labor in New Orleans

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Research paper thumbnail of In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador

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Research paper thumbnail of Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics

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Research paper thumbnail of People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals, and Human Rights

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Research paper thumbnail of Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in the Americas

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