Magazine

July/August 2008: Food and Hunger

Volume 42, Number 4

This summer Canadian Dimension takes a look at food and the global crisis surrounding it. We delve into the slow food movement, revisit the green revolution, and examine the destructive impact of increasing soy production. Mix in a healthy dose of cutting edge economic analysis on the US financial crisis and our usual selection of book reviews and columns and the summer issue of CD is a veritable feast.

Just to stir things up, we’ve got John Saul on the politics of the suspense novel and his ten best list for some light summer reading. Don’t forget to check out our art and politics section with a look at the world of politics and music, from conscious hip hop to political baroque choirs! As always, we take a look at the important progressive social action happening across Canada in our Around the Left in 60 Days section.

• Regulars

• The Horowitz Paragraph
  Gad Horowitz
• The Structural Roots Of Hunger, Food Crises And Riots
  Editorial
• One Native Life
  Richard Wagamese
• Feminist Ramblings
  Bernadette Wagner
• On the Edge
  Lesley Hughes

• Focus on Food

• The (Not So) Sudden Crisis of the Global Food Economy
  Tony Weis
• Big Soy: The Underside of the Industry
  Angela Day
• Slow Food Picks Up Speed
  Brett Anningson
• The Green Revolution Revisited
  Josh Brandon
• Perspectives on the U.S. Financial Crisis
  Sam Gindin & Leo Panitch

• Arts and Politics

• Guilty Pleasures of Political Crime Fiction
  John Saul
• Promoting Intelligence: Toronto Duo Stokes the Fire of Original Hip Hop and its Political Roots
  Kevin Bottero
• Music, Faith & Politics: Regina’s Luther Bach Choir
  Joyce Green

• All That’s Left

• Human Rights Are an Olympic Sport
  Simon Black
• Saskatchewan’s Nuclear Wars
  Marita Moll
• Review: Food Politics
  Sandra Sukhan
• Review: Safe Food
  Sandra Sukhan