Abstract
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.
enriched by engagement with studies on agrarian struggles.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2216-2221 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Annals of the American Association of Geographers |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 24 Jul 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the participants at the international conference on the Plantationocene organized by Cornell University for their helpful
comments. We also thank Wendy Wolford and Katie Meehan for their guidance, and the two peer reviewers for their tough but very helpful comments
and suggestions. We would like to thank those who enabled us to work on this paper: TNI for its support to Jennifer C. Franco’s research, the European
Research Council Advanced Grant (No. 834006) and Eva Broer, Veronika Goussatchenko, and Chaya Raghoenath of the ISS Projects Office for all their
support that enabled Saturnino M. Borras, Jr., to work on this publication. We thank Paula Bownas for copyediting the article.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank the participants at the international conference on the Plantationocene organized by Cornell University for their helpful comments. We also thank Wendy Wolford and Katie Meehan for their guidance, and the two peer reviewers for their tough but very helpful comments and suggestions. We would like to thank those who enabled us to work on this paper: TNI for its support to Jennifer C. Franco’s research, the European Research Council Advanced Grant (No. 834006) and Eva Broer, Veronika Goussatchenko, and Chaya Raghoenath of the ISS Projects Office for all their support that enabled Saturnino M. Borras, Jr., to work on this publication. We thank Paula Bownas for copyediting the article.
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