Panama: strikes and protests force climbdown on anti-strike laws A ten-day strike by banana plantation workers in Panama has come to an end after the government…
"No margin for blockades or strikes" announces the Greek PM before tide of labour action A week before the start of a tide of labour action, the Greek Socialist PM…
Farmers stage "rehearsal of total blockade" in Greece Farmers have decided to block the "dialogue on farming" inaugurated at the Presidential Mansion in…
Farmers' offensive brings Greece to standstill After refusal of their demands by the government, the climax of the farmers mobilisation across the country has brought Greece to a standstill. The farmers seem not to fear the legal measures that the judicial authorities are threatening against their action.
Resisting work in harvest time Tad, a combine driver, recounts sabotaging machines in order to get a break from work on Texas farms.
New Zealand Dairy Workers Locked Out New Zealand company Open Country Cheese, part-owned by Talleys and tied to various National Party MPs via New Zealand's Dairy Investment Fund and…
Revolution In The Air: The Historical Significance Of The Green Corn Rebellion Originally published in http://www.oklahomarevelator.com/ republished courtesy of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Goldacre: 'Argument is about capitalism, not food ' Ben Goldacre points to the analogies between the 'organic' food argument and the BigPharma vs homeopathy/'alternative medicine' - mainly that all…
The political economy of hybrid corn Marxist geneticist Richard Lewontin and economist Jean-Pierre Berlan discuss the economics of and role of capital in the production of hybrid…
Technology, research, and the penetration of capital: the case of U.S. agriculture Economist Jean-Pierre Berlan and marxist geneticist Richard Lewontin reveal the politics and…
The theming of the countryside The following article, completed in December 2005, is based on the experience of a relatively short stint living in the rural West Country. This…
Cretan farmers march in Athens in midst of political meltdown Thousands of farmers from Crete marched in the Greek capital under torrential rain demanding financial help in midst of political meltdown
