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land reform

SOURCE: Boston Review
5/3/2023

Climate Policy Needs a Return to Land Reform

by Jo Guldi

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the United Nations' international development agenda took its cues from struggles for decolonization from Ireland to India, making the redistribution of rural land a top priority. Is this the key to more effective climate change mitigation?

8/2/2020

The History of the Boycott Shows a Real Cancel Culture

by Mark Holan

Authors, academics, musicians, and others bothered by their work being “cancelled” might consider the original boycott for some needed perspective.