March for 'the total decommodification of land' in Durban, South Africa
Today, Abahlali baseMjondolo, from a base on more than seventy ongoing land occupations, and with a membership in good standing approaching 80 000, organised a major march in Durban against control over the allocation and management of land by the state and capital. The march follows promises of a new top down land reform programme by the ruling African National Congress, which is split between neoliberal and kleptocratic factions.
‘Rough and ready work’: The Special Infantry Corps
Cotters and squatters: housing's hidden history
Sicilian Fasci movement, 1893-4
A short history of enclosure in Britain
Simon Fairlie describes how the progressive enclosure of commons over several centuries has deprived most of the British people of access to agricultural land. The historical process bears little relationship to the “Tragedy of the Commons”, the theory which ideologues in the neoliberal era adopted as part of a smear campaign against common property institutions.
1975-83: Maori New Zealanders Occupy Golf Course in Struggle for Tribal Lands
Paternalism and rural protest: the Rebecca riots - Lowri Ann Rees
The Wave Hill walk-off, 1966-1975
The rich at play: foxhunting, land ownership and the Countryside Alliance
Published in 2002 this small book looks at the links between the then upcoming ban on hunting with hounds, landownership and class relations in the British countryside. Written at a time when the 'Countryside Alliance' were receiving a lot of media coverage the text aims to debunk the idea that fox hunting is solely an animal rights issue and is instead directly related to rural class relations. Written by Red Star Research, Published by Revolutions Per Minute.
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