Grabbing Power The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras

Name: Grabbing Power The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras
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ISBN: 9780935028430

ISBN-10: 0935028439

ISBN-13: 9780935028430

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tanya M. Kerssen

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Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Institute for Food & Development Policy/Food First Books
Publication date: 2/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440



Foreword



Introduction


Map of Honduras



From Bananas to Palm Oil



The Aguï¿½n Valley: Land for the People



The Decline of Agriculture and the Rise of the Maquila



Grabbing Land and Power: The New Agro-Oligarchs



Militarization and the War on Drugs: Security for Whom?



The War on Peasants



Palm Oil and the Corporate Food Regime



The Making of a "Food-Like Substance"



Subsidizing Corporate Expansion



Free Trade and Fast Food



Greening the Regime, Part 1: Fueling the "Green" Economy



Greening the Regime, Part 2: Ecotourism or Eco-colonialism?



The New Aguï¿½n Movements: Land, Resistance and Food Sovereignty



The New Cycle of Struggle: A Sketch of Two Aguï¿½n Movements



Resisting Fragmentation, Constructing Unity



Peasant-Controlled Palm Oil: The Case of Salamï¿½



From Palm Oil to Food Sovereignty



Conclusion


Appendix: Declaration of the International Human Rights Observatory of Aguï¿½n


Stay Informed & Get Involved


Acronyms


Notes


References


Index



Women Maquila Workers Resist



Hurricane Mitch: Disaster Capitalism and Grassroots Alternatives



The Oleochemicals Industry



USAFD's "Feed the Future" Initiative



The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (by Annie Shattuck)



Honduras' Charter City: An Assault on Sovereignty



History of Land Deals at Former CREM Site



The FNRP: Roots and Evolution of a Social Movement (by Tyler Shipley)



Plantation Workers Speak Out



North-South Solidarity and Activist Research



Palm OH Imports



Installed Capacity to Produce Biodiesel