145 - MERIP

March/April 1987

Middle East Report 145 examines the political economy of hunger amid plenty in the region.


From the Editors (March/April 1987)	The Editors
Articles
Bullets, Banks and Bushels	Karen Pfeifer, Joe Stork
The Yellow Brick Road	Vahid Nowshirvani
New Lands Irrigation	Douglas Gritzinger
Iraq’s Agrarian Infitah	Robert Springborg
Public Law 480: “Better Than a Bomber”
The Language of Food	Kathy Funk, Jean-Jacques Dethier
“Food Security”
Alignments in the Horn	Dan Connell
Ethiopia and the Politics of Famine Relief	Gayle Smith
Ethiopia’s Contras
Food Aid Diversion	Steve Askin
Special Reports
Palestinians Arrested in Los Angeles Witch Hunt	Judith Gabriel
Israel Cracks Down on Jewish Peace Activists
Letter from Algiers	Anthony B. Toth
Reviews
The Fate of the Family Farm	Karen Pfeifer