We are witnessing a new momentum in critical agrarian studies. In the last two decades, multiple crises around food, feed, fuel, natural resources extractivism, land, finance, labor, migration, environment and human rights have converged. All of these contribute to global resource grabbing in an era of capitalism and climate change which affect the most vulnerable…
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Resisting in the mountains in Mexico: using territory and self-determination to resist COVID-19
Mexico is a diverse country and as such, each region is coping with COVID19 in different ways with the resources they have. Today, I will describe the coping mechanisms of my hometown, Tamazulapam Mixe, a little indigenous community located in the mountains of “Sierra Norte” in Oaxaca, Mexico. Many people know us as ‘the never…
At Crossroads? Covid-19, State and The Peasantry: The Zimbabwean Case
On 30 March 2020 Zimbabwe, a country of 14.3 million people, the government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing a mandatory lockdown for 21 days. This mandatory lockdown movement was only restricted to essential service providers; health care, security services and agriculture were designated as part of the essential services. Two days later the…
Online Masterclass Series: Critical Agrarian Studies
The POLLEN node at the School of Human Ecology at Ambedkar University Delhi has launched of the online Masterclass Series on Critical Agrarian Studies this semester. The Series brings together eminent academics and teachers who work on rural/ agrarian issues in the Global South. For more info about the online course https://politicalecologynetwork.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/masterclass-poster-main.pdf For applying, visit this link: https://forms.gle/z7Pnv1EybzDTziFr7
What do you mean ‘we’? Activists, academics and NGOs in civil society coalitions
Join PLAAS for a webinar on “What do you mean ‘we’? Activists, academics and NGOs in civil society coalitions”. Many activists have argued that the crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic also presents an important opportunity for change, and that now is the time that movements of poor and marginalised people, progressive activists, and critical social theorists…