Twenty-First-Century Land Grabs

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9201880
AutoresFred Magdoff (autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume65
Fascículo6
Páginas1
Data de publicação2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
EditoraMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-065-06-2013-10_1
OpenAlexW2058540695
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16

Land grabs—whether initiated by multinational corporations and private investment firms emanating from the capitalist core, sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, or state entities such as China and India—are now in the news constantly. For example, in July 2013 the Colombian ambassador to the United States resigned over his participation in a legally questionable effort to help the U.S. corporation Cargill use shell companies to amass 130,000 acres of land. This land was supposed to be used for agricultural production, but there is also land being grabbed for other purposes—such as mining or to construct roads, buildings, and dams. In human terms, land grabs mean real people and families are dispossessed. When people lose access to their land, they also lose their means to obtain food, their communities, and their cultures.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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