peasants
Chinese Resettlement Abroad Is Starting to Freak Some People Out
Chinese entrepreneurs and peasants in search of a better life are migrating to Laos, Russia, and other neighboring nations, producing an influx that threatens to dominate local economies and unsettle the natives.
Colombian Trade Unionists Keep Getting Assassinated
Four days ago, 53-year-old peasant leader Roberto Cortes was assassinated in front of his son by two gunmen on a motorbike. A day earlier, Sergio Ulcue Perdomo, a peasant leader from Cauca department, was killed. Two weeks before that, 37-year...
Midnight Sabotage with Transylvania's Anti-Fracking Activists
Farmers, peasants, and eco-warriors are leading the fight against Romania's gas giants, who, they claim, are illegally seizing land and conducting seismic testing. I spent time with some of the more radical anti-frackers one recent night in...
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