Grabbing Back

• Featuring new essays by Noam Chomsky, Michael Hardt, Vandana Shiva, and others, this collection brings together some of the foremost writers on land, economics and development.• Eminent domain is just the tip of the iceberg in the international land-grabbing scheme. Between private and public institutions any of our common and private land could be taken for a greater “purpose.” • The enclosure of the commons doesn’t simply change our relationship to the land, it dramatically changes our relationship to each other. This book shows us what we are truly at risk of losing.• This book addresses the multifaceted impacts of land grabbing, examining the environment, indigenous issues, transnational trade, and post-industrial blight.