TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kerssen,Tanya M.
TI  - Grabbing power: the new struggles for land, food and democracy in northern Honduras 
T2  - Land & sovereignty series
SN  - 9780935028430
AV  - HD 1531 K41g 2013
U1  - 338.1097283/1 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oakland, CA
PB  - Food First Books
KW  - Peasants
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Honduras
KW  - Aguán River Valley
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Land use, Rural
KW  - Campesinos
KW  - Actividad política
KW  - Historia
KW  - Agricultura
KW  - Aspectos económicos
KW  - Aguán River Valley (Honduras)
KW  - Rural conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. From bananas to palm oil -- The Aguan 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 -- Pt. 2. 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? -- Pt. 3. The new Aguan movements: land, resistance and food sovereignty -- The new cycle of struggle: a sketch of two Aguan movements -- Fighting fragmentation, constructing unity -- Peasant-controlled palm oil: the case of Salam? -- From palm oil to food sovereignty -- Conclusion: grabbing power back
N2  - Grabbing Power explores the history of agribusiness and land conflicts in Northern Honduras focusing on the Agu n Valley, where peasant movements battle large palm oil producers for the right to land. In the wake of a military coup that overthrew Honduran president Manuel Zelaya in June 2009, rural communities in the Agu n have been brutally repressed, with over 60 people killed in just over two years. United States military aid--spent in the name of the War on Drugs--fuels the Honduran government's ability to repress its people. A strong and inspiring movement for land, food and democracy has grown over the last two years, and it shows no sign of backing down
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