Land Reform Politics and the Panic Over Overpopulation

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This chapter explores the historical context of land reform politics and its connection to the panic over overpopulation in the decolonizing world, specifically focusing on the severe famines post-World War II era and attributing them to European empires, authoritarian politics, and examples like Mao's Great Leap Forward and the famines in India. It also delves into Britain's refusal to provide aid during these famines.

Featuring Jo Guldi on the global history of the long land war—a war over everything from agrarian reform to tenant rights, from India and China to England and Ireland, from the late 19th century through the present—and into the future. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Buy Blood Red Lines at haymarketbooks.org/books/1519-blood-red-lines Buy Abolition for the People at haymarketbooks.org/books/2095-abolition-for-the-people