{"product_id":"grabbing-back-essays-against-the-global-land-grab-paperback","title":"Grabbing Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Reid Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eVandana Shiva\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLand grabs are a global phenomenon of our times, driven by the ever increasing demands of both global corporations and the governments with which they are allied. But as this powerful and timely book demonstrates, ordinary citizens, small farmers and ordinary citizens around the world are standing up to defend their own with passion and ingenuity, and they are recording successes that are both extraordinary and inspiring. --Oliver Tickell, Editor, \u003ci\u003eThe Ecologist\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClimate change ravages the earth, while wealthy elites try to grab as much of the world's diminishing resources as possible. As Vandana Shiva writes, land is life. But land, and the struggle to possess it, is also power--colonial and corporate power, to be sure, but also the power of the dispossessed to rise up and call for an end to the global land grab. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrabbing Back\u003c\/i\u003e maps this struggle, bringing together analyses that uncover the politics of cultivation and control. In this unprecedented collection, on-the-ground activists join forces with critically acclaimed scholars to document the commodification and consumption of space, from foreclosed homes to annihilated rainforests, from ecotourism in Sri Lanka to the tar sands of Montana, and to outline the strategies and tactics that might the destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith contributions by Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky, Max Rameau, Grace Lee Boggs, Michael Hardt, Ahjamu Umi, Ben Dangl, and many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore Praise for \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Part of the reason that knowledge about the current global land grab is so uncertain is the paucity of perspectives and analysis in defining the problem. This book fills the gap admirably.\" --Raj Patel, author of \u003ci\u003eStuffed and Starved\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe acquisition, control, and exploitation of land, as well as the simultaneous dispossession of land-based and peasant communities, is central to the processes of both colonialism and capitalism. As Fanon reminds us, egalitarian governance and stewardship of land is fundamental to the struggle for liberation and self-determination for all oppressed peoples. This makes \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Back\u003c\/i\u003e a necessary study for anticapitalist and anticolonial movements. --Harsha Walia, author of \u003ci\u003eUndoing Border Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrab back this sparkling mosaic of essays as a treasure of our new-old knowledge commons. Together these pieces replace dichotomies with dialectics, making explicit the inseparability of land and collective life. Together they restore the vital concept of social ecology in resistance to relentless and increasingly apocalyptic capitalism, with emphasis on its second contradiction: its impossibility on a finite resource base. --Maia Ramnath, author of \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Anarchism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As the forces of thanatos leave no stone unturned in their quest to dominate the entire planet, this anthology provides a much needed antidote. Weaving together accounts from around the world, the authors advocate building grassroots movements aimed at subverting capital's incessant assault on our lives and land.\"--George Katsiaficas, author of \u003ci\u003eAsia's Unknown Uprisings\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Never perhaps has the land question been so crucial for anti-capitalist movements, as we are witnessing a global process of enclosure that privatizes lands, waters, forests, displacing millions from their homes, and placing monetary gates to what we rightly considered our commonwealth. It is essential then that we understand what motivates this drive and its effects in all their social and spatial dimensions. \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Back\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through this process, identifying the \"reasons\" and actors behind this global land-grab and, most important, introducing us to the struggles that people are making across the world to resist being evicted from their lands and to reclaim the earth. \" --George Caffentzis, Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasha Ross is an activist and journalist. He is currently a member of the Earth First! Journal Collective and a co-founding moderator of the Earth First! Newswire. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003econtinent.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScience and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Singapore Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife During Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press 2013). He has also translated works from French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770101072160,"sku":"9781849351942","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4013e8c781f1485586b89cd8f9ccfe6c.webp?v=1780364355","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/grabbing-back-essays-against-the-global-land-grab-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}