Skip To Main Content
Raj Patel on Muck Rack

Raj Patel

United States
As seen in: Amazon Web Services, Medium, The New York Times, HuffPost, Nature, Reuters, The Guardian, Wiley Online Library, International Journal of STD & AIDS, Los Angeles Times and

Get in touch with Raj

Contact Raj, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

‘No Land! No House! No Vote!’ Lessons from South Africa’s Shack Settlements

|
By Raj Patel
| Berliner Gazette
The Hlanganani Branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo in Salt Rock, South Africa, is producing a livelihood for its community on previously unproductive and underutilized land. Photo: Pan Africanism Today Twenty years ago, shack dwellers in Durban founded Abahlali baseMjondolo, which is now the largest movement of poor people in post-apartheid South Africa. Its members practice a ‘living politics’ of assemblies, mandates, and recall, treating the ballot as a tool rather than a destination.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026

|
By Raj Patel
| rajpatel.org
In what’s likely to be the last good news for several months, the FAO’s food price index nudged down this month. Good grain harvests in the Black Sea have pushed cereal prices lower, weak Chinese demand helped dairy prices, and low ethanol prices in Brazil helped producers switch to making sugar. FAO Food Price Index The relief is unlikely to last. Grocery prices soared after the spike of 2022 and remain roughly 35 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Why I Refused To Write A “Perfect” Book?

|
By Raj Patel
| Youth Ki Awaaz
June 20, 2026 I am Raj Patel, the author of The Artist Era. To The Artist Era, this book is a beautiful and deep reflection of an artist who just knows how to think, feel & love. It isn't a structured...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 239 licensed articles (269 Total)