Stories by John Feffer
John Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus.
It would be the diametric opposite of 'disaster capitalism.'
Posted on Jun 16, 2008
Six countries talk peace while preparing for war.
Posted on Feb 16, 2008
From torture to warrantless wiretapping, the Bush administration's approach to terrorism has defied legal standards at all levels.
Posted on Aug 1, 2007
The bipartisan push to protect American empire has served us poorly in the post-Cold War era. A group of progressive analysts offer a rethink.
Posted on Jun 19, 2007
A few courageous individuals who want Americans to radically rethink the food on their plates are trying to boost farmworker wages.
Posted on Jul 12, 2006
The global jury is still out on whether GMOs are a boon or a bust.
Posted on Feb 16, 2006
Americans remain largely oblivious to the intrusions of the pharmaceutical industry into our kitchens. Across the pond, however, the Europeans are wising up.
Posted on Nov 22, 2005
No matter how many salads you find on the menus of McDonald's and Burger King, the oversized hamburger will always be what fast-food customers reach for first.
Posted on Oct 20, 2005
South Korea's agricultural crisis -- hiding in plain sight -- is what led this farmer to commit suicide at Cancun's 2003 WTO meeting.
Posted on Aug 29, 2005
The multibillion-dollar nanotech industry wants to change what you eat at the molecular level.
Posted on Jul 18, 2005
Though North Korea's thriving new restaurant scene may seem like trivial news, this new trend is actually a key economic and social indicator of change.
Posted on Jun 10, 2005
Not only does the world hate us, a new poll shows that for the first time most countries want us to get the hell out of the driver's seat.
Posted on Apr 14, 2005
With its mega-portions and big-box mentality, Costco is changing the way the Japanese shop and eat.
Posted on Dec 17, 2004
William Weaver and his fellow seed savers are preserving fruits and vegetables against the homogenizing pressures of agribusiness.
Posted on Sep 25, 2004
It'll take more than lawsuits to solve America's obesity problem but proponents of the new 'Cheeseburger Bill' aim to remove this option altogether.
Posted on Apr 27, 2004
The only force capable of checking the excesses of the world's lone superpower is the American public, and the polls suggest that we may be ready to do just that.
Posted on Oct 6, 2003
An effective U.S. foreign policy would be literally compassionate and conservative – two words George Bush and his posse of neocons know little about.
Posted on Jun 25, 2003
Transatlantic stalemate: While Europe restricts genetically engineered food at home, the United States is spreading its seed around the globe.
Posted on Apr 29, 2003
Korean cuisine has drawn the ire of animal rights groups in the West. But in a truly tolerant world, we should be able to have our dogs and occasionally eat them, too.
Posted on Jun 14, 2002
