Plantationocene and Contemporary Agrarian Struggles

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ID3775396
AuthorsSaturnino M Borras Jr (0000-0003-3092-7467, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Saturnino M Borra (0000-0002-2719-4154), Jennifer C Franco (0000-0002-7807-1517, China Agricultural University)
Year2024
Volume114
Issue10
Pages2216-2221
Publication date2024-11-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24694452.2023.2224855
PMID39687407
OpenAlexW4385210403
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited33

Wolford's (2021) article on the Plantationocene compels us to reexamine the state of agrarian struggles today in relation to struggles within and against capitalism. Although contemporary agrarian movements are relatively vibrant overall, their movement organizations and alliances tend to be sectoral and localized, and plantation workers remain weakly organized. This commentary argues that agrarian struggles can become more relevant if they are better embedded within broader anticapitalist struggles; conversely, broad anticapitalist struggles are better grounded if they are linked to contemporary agrarian struggles. The Plantationocene scholarship validates this point; moreover, scholarship on the Plantationocene can be enriched by engagement with studies on agrarian struggles

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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