Land grabbing generally refers to large-scale land acquisitions
Close your eyes. Now, think of your home. What are you picturing? Maybe you’re picturing a certain room or building, or quite possibly your own backyard. Maybe it’s a general area, like your city or town, rather than a specific location. But whatever you’re picturing, it’s probably a physical place. Your place. Now, imagine it’s gone.
That’s a land grab.
Land grabbing generally refers to large-scale land acquisitions, whereby companies, governments, and individuals buy up large tracts of land in poor, developing countries. This process dislocates and displaces the people who live on the land, without compensation or a voice in the matter.
In an attempt to rectify this injustice that has gone on for far too long, Oxfam has enlisted the help of Coldplay and their fans.
Oxfam, an international organization that works to fight poverty and injustice worldwide, is in the process of launching a new campaign called Oxfam GROW. The GROW campaign is an attempt to persuade the World Bank to take a leading role in fighting against land grabs. The British band Coldplay is helping to spearhead the initiative through a new fan-fueled music video.
Directed by Mat Whitecross, Coldplay’s longtime video director, and set against an acoustic audio recording of Coldplay’s song ‘In My Place,’ the video asks for fan submissions that echo the theme of displacement. Fans can submit videos and photographs in which they are doing something normally done at home, i.e. shaving, in the totally ‘wrong place.’
I wanted to create the feeling of people being out of place in order to illustrate the suffering that so many people experience because of land grabs, explained Whitecross.
Fans can go to the ‘In My Place Film’ site, by March 20th, to submit their films and photos. Whitecross will then stitch together the fan content for an exclusive video to play along with the song.
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- New Hamburg land grab a ‘strike at the historic heart’on May 13, 2024 at 3:00 am
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- China’s Land Grabon May 10, 2024 at 5:25 am
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- Modi Vows to Protect Dalit and Adivasi Land Rights in Jharkhandon May 11, 2024 at 5:54 am
Infiltrators grabbing land of dalits, adivasis in Jharkhand; your vote will boost Modi's fight against it: PM at Chatra.
- China’s Land Grabon May 10, 2024 at 5:25 am
Concerns grow over the threat China's ownership of U.S. real estate poses, especially near critical infrastructure and military installations.
- ConCourt dismisses Zim farmers R2 billion claim over land grabson May 7, 2024 at 10:58 am
The Constitutional Court earlier this week ruled that a R2 billion claim against the South African government for damages suffered due to land grabs in Zimbabwe was made too late.
- Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.on May 6, 2024 at 12:33 pm
The nearly one-million acre national monument protects areas tribes called home before being forcibly removed by the federal government, as well as places where tribal citizens hunt, pray, and gather ...
- Biden’s latest land grab is actually a desperate vote grabon April 24, 2024 at 11:00 pm
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- Stopping land grabs by foreign adversarieson April 21, 2024 at 5:00 pm
"During the 2024 legislative session, I supported efforts to stop these land grabs, and protect Indiana farm ground and our food supply chain," Zimmerman said in a news release. The release notes ...
- Land grabon March 25, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Over 175 years ago, Brigham Young and the first company of Latter-day Saints entered the Salt Lake Valley in search of land to practice their faith without interference. Their pursuit was not unique.
- End of an era: Fr Dolan's brave fight against deceit, abuse and land grabbingon February 23, 2024 at 1:00 pm
He was harassed and threatened by politicians for fighting for victims of human rights violations. He also waged war against land grabbing and abuse of power which earned him many enemies.
- Fight land grabbing to increase production - DP tells govton June 1, 2023 at 4:42 am
KAMPALA - ;The Democratic Party (DP) has asked the Government to tighten its fight against land grabbing so as to increase production.; According to DP, the country’s economy is grappling ...
- A retired Georgia couple is fighting back against a railroad company that wants to take land their family has owned for generationson May 13, 2023 at 1:28 am
Betsy Sanz, a litigation fellow with the Institute for Justice, said: "We look forward to standing up for these property owners in their fight against this unconstitutional land grab." ...
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