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Is This Sweat, or Am I Crying?: A Worker's History of Farm and Food in the United States

Taylor Thornburg, January 13, 2022

Taylor Thornburg traces the history of capitalist agriculture from its origin in English feudalism, through the development of 'New World' slavery and Southern sharecropping, to its contemporary industrial integration with the U.S. fast food industry. As Thornburg details, through it all, farm and food workers have fought back against one of the most viciously reactionary stratum of capital, the agricultural landowners. Read Article.