11.09.2016 - 22:27 [ Truthout ]

Food Sovereignty in Rebellion: Decolonization, Autonomy, Gender Equity and the Zapatista Solution

One of the biggest threats to food security the world currently faces is neoliberalism. It‘s logic, which has become status quo over the past 70 years and valorizes global ‚free market‘ capitalism, is made manifest through economic policies that facilitate privatization, deregulation, and cuts to social spending, as well as a discourse that promotes competition, individualism, and self-commodification.