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''Not to be confused with [[privatisation]] and [[demutualisation]].'' | |||
'''Enclosure''' is the process by which [[commons]] are converted into [[Private Property|private property]], usually violently by a [[State (Polity)|state]] and resulting in worsening ecological conditions, increased unhappiness among the lower classes and economic inefficiencies. | '''Enclosure''' is the process by which [[commons]] are converted into [[Private Property|private property]], usually violently by a [[State (Polity)|state]] and resulting in worsening ecological conditions, increased unhappiness among the lower classes and economic inefficiencies. | ||
== Examples of Enclosure == | |||
* Eviction of peasantry from common land in Western Europe (notably the [[United Kingdom|UK]]) from the 1100s to 1800s and subsequent [[policing]] of peasantry, wiping out the European peasantry and creating the [[Working Class|working class]]. | |||
* Police raids to destroy or government [[co-optation]] urban [[Squatting|squatter]] communities in the late 20th century. | |||
== Examples of Resistance to Enclosure == | |||
=== Uprisings === | |||
* [[German Peasants' War]] | |||
* [[Kett's Rebellion]] | |||
* [[Midland Revolt]] | |||
* [[Western Rising]] | |||
* [[Zapatista Revolution]] | |||
=== Organisations === | |||
* [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]] ([[South Africa]]) | |||
* [[Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee]] ([[India]]) | |||
* [[Diggers (England)|Diggers]] ([[United Kingdom|England]]) | |||
* [[Fanmi Lavalas]] ([[Haiti]]) | |||
* [[Homeless Workers' Movement]] ([[Brazil]]) | |||
* [[Landless Peoples Movement]] ([[South Africa]]) | |||
* [[Landless Workers' Movement (Brazil)|Landless Workers' Movement]] ([[Brazil]]) | |||
* [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]] ([[India]]) | |||
* [[Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign]] ([[South Africa]]) | |||
* [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] ([[Mexico]] and [[Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities|MAREZ]]) | |||
[[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]] | [[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts]] | [[Category:Concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 27 November 2019
Not to be confused with privatisation and demutualisation.
Enclosure is the process by which commons are converted into private property, usually violently by a state and resulting in worsening ecological conditions, increased unhappiness among the lower classes and economic inefficiencies.
Examples of Enclosure
- Eviction of peasantry from common land in Western Europe (notably the UK) from the 1100s to 1800s and subsequent policing of peasantry, wiping out the European peasantry and creating the working class.
- Police raids to destroy or government co-optation urban squatter communities in the late 20th century.
Examples of Resistance to Enclosure
Uprisings
Organisations
- Abahlali baseMjondolo (South Africa)
- Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (India)
- Diggers (England)
- Fanmi Lavalas (Haiti)
- Homeless Workers' Movement (Brazil)
- Landless Peoples Movement (South Africa)
- Landless Workers' Movement (Brazil)
- Narmada Bachao Andolan (India)
- Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign (South Africa)
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Mexico and MAREZ)