This Land Is Our Land
September, 2007
'E'RE TOLD THAT LAND REFORM ABROAD IS BAD, BUT CORPORATIONS HAVE CONSOLIDATED AMERICAN FAMILY FARMS FOR DECADESWith President Hugo Chavez's legislative approval, Venezuelan soldiers and peasant militias are commandeering privately owned farms and burning sugarcanefields to the ground as landlords watch. Although poor Venezuelans are gleeful at the prospect of land reform, large-scale agricultural collectivization has a spotty history. Joseph Stalin's forcedredistribution in 1929 resulted in mil...
