Agrarian class structure and economic development in pre-industrial Europe - Robert Brenner Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the…
Honduras farm workers stage mass land occupations Thousands of rural workers in Honduras have occupied land as part of a dispute with large landowners and the government.
India: workplace resistance increases The labour movement in India is still under the control of bureaucratic leaders and political groups. However, as shown by a strike last year,…
Last train home A documentary focusing on one family of migrant workers, mainly around Chinese New Year. It reveals the conditions they live and work in, and the strain it has on the family, which comes out…
Flight from the land and food riots Excellent article by Wildcat Germany analysing the food crisis and the global agricultural industry under capitalism.
Everyday forms of peasant resistance - James C. Scott "Everyday resistance" is the most common form of opposition to oppression. It consists of…
The Corporation (Documentary) The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary is…
Who owns the land? Peasant struggles in Indonesia An overview with historical background information of peasant struggles and land struggles in Indonesia.
Tomato harvest in Nardo, Apulia: The first self organised strike of the day labourers An account and analysis by Devi Sacchetto and Mimmo Perrotta of a July 2011 strike by ultra…
The pitchforks movement in Sicily A strike and blockade action has started the 16 by the association representing Sicilian truck drivers (Associazione Imprese Autotrasportatori…
McLibel (Documentary) Filmed over ten years by no-budget Director Franny Armstrong, McLibel is the David and Goliath story of two people who refused to say sorry. And…
Food, Inc (Documentary) The film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is…
