Check out the English, Arabic, Spanish, French, and Portuguese versions of our collective statement below: We, the Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South (CASAS), are writing this statement to express our solidarity with the People of Palestine who are currently the victims of a genocidal attack and other war crimes from Israel in Gaza…
New publication alert! In her article in The Journal of Peasant Studies, Sinem Kavak (CASAS member) provides insightful analyses of cross-class alliances in Turkey. Abstract: This article explores the complexities of agency in contemporary territory-based mobilisations in the countryside by focusing on water struggles in Turkey. Using a historical-spatial approach, it combines agrarian political economy…
New publication alert! Estevan Coca, (CASAS member), Gabriel Soyer, and Ricardo Barbosa Jr have a new article in IDS Bulletin titled ‘Matopiba’s Disputed Agricultural Frontier: Between Commodity Cropsand Agrarian Reform’. Abstract: Matopiba’s agricultural frontier has been at the center of political and scientific debates since its establishment in 2015. However, the impact of agribusiness expansion…
New publication by Nikhil Deb (CASAS member) and Louise Seamster has a new article in Sociology of Development titled ‘Socioenvironmental Injustice across the Global Divide: Slow Violence and Institutional Betrayal in Bhopal and Flint’. Abstract: This paper explores the connections between two seemingly disparate cases of socioenvironmental injustice: Flint’s water crisis in Michigan, USA, and…
New publication alert!In her article in Journal of Agrarian Change, Angela Serrano Zapata (CASAS member) provides a historical analysis of the palm oil industry in northeastern Colombia. Abstract: In this paper, I argue that the cumulative effects of coercive and indirect labour discipline enable firms to reorganize production. Through a historical analysis of the palm…