Lorenza Arango, Sai Sam Khan, Doi Ra, Itayosara Rojas, Yunan Xu, CASAS’ members, have published an article in Third World Quarterly with Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Moges Belay, Jennifer C. Franco, Tsegaye Moreda & Chunyu Wang. Abstract: Resistance to extractivist land grabs is diverse in character and trajec-tory, at least those in Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar…
Month: October 2025
Book Review: “The Morality of Revolution: Reeducation Camps and the Politics of Punishment in Socialist Mozambique, 1968–1990” By Benedito Machava
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane has published this book review in South African Historical Journal. This book review states that: “In The Morality of Revolution, Benedito Luís Machava offers a groundbreaking and unsettling exploration of the carceral imagination of the Mozambican post independence state.(…) This work stands as a major contribution to Africal political history, the…
Pesticides and food sovereignty: (dis)connections and challenges for agrarian movements
Soledad Castro-Vargas, Carol Hernández Rodríguez, Grettel Navas, Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Yunan Xu & Daniela Ayelén Marini, CASAS’ members have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Agriculture has become increasingly dependent on pesticide use, with significant growth over the past three…
Illicit drug crop economies and food sovereignty
CASAS’ members Miryam Nacimento & Sinwa Naw has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: This article explores the intersections between food sovereignty and illicit drug crop (IDC) economies, centering the experiences of coca, cannabis, and poppy growers. We argue that…




