Forest of Dean, UK community farmers resist land grab ON one side is a millionaire land-grabber propped up by fellow rich landowners, councillors, a judge…
The scene of the action: a wildcat strike in Barbados - Constance R. Sutton Constance R. Sutton's dissertation on the 1958 wilcat strike by Barbadian sugar workers.
Food and climate A series of articles by Out of the Woods looking at the past, present and future of food production and climate change.
Capitalist agriculture: class formation and the metabolic rift In this fourth installment on our series on food and climate, we look at the dynamics of capitalist…
Continuing the fight for economic justice: the Barbadian sugar workers' 1958 wildcat strike - Constance R. Sutton History of the 1958 sugar cane workers' wildcat strike in which workers at two…
A short history of the 'Star of Peru' Bakery Workers' Federation (FOPEP) On 10 April 1887 a few dozen bakery employees in Lima got together to launch the ‘Star of Peru’ (Estrella del Peru) Bakery Workers’ Society (SOPEP: Sociedad de Obreros Panaderos Estrella del Perú), affiliating to the Universal Union Artisans’ Confederation as federated branch No 9.
Climate, class, and the Neolithic revolution Climate change helped make human civilisation possible. Does it now threaten its existence?
The moral economy of the English crowd in the eighteenth century - E. P. Thompson E. P. Thompson's ground-breaking article on the English food riots of the 1700 and 1800s.
Guilt, choice, and responsibility in the austerity kitchen Some thoughts on low-income cooking, health, guilt, and the punishment of the poor.
Complete insanity: the U.S. and North Korea Obama sentences thousands of Koreans to die of starvation for...some reason.
Flight from the land and food riots Excellent article by Wildcat Germany analysing the food crisis and the global agricultural industry under capitalism.
