The Land Issue 10 Summer 2011
| Special Edition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprisings, and reflecting on current technological controversies. |
| COMMENT |
| Thanks George, but No Thanks |
| Simon Fairlie laments George Monbiot's conversion to nuclear power. |
| The Inevitable Surplus of Offices |
| Is turning empty offices into homes a silly idea? |
| For All who from their Labours Rest |
| Meet the patron saint of precarious living. |
| NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES |
| CAP Payments Clear as Mud; Action on GMOs; Reclaim the Fields; Spelman’s Spoutings; Leaked G20 Report; University of East Anglia in a Spin |
| IN PRAISE OF LUDDITES |
| Mr Lud’s Song |
| Theo Simon traces the history of the Luddite revolt through its songs. |
| Fire Brand |
| As a public relations ploy, Ned Ludd was a brilliant success. |
| King Ludd in the Countryside |
| The rural south catches up with the northern uprisings. |
| Lessons from the Luddites |
| Kirkpatrick Sale on the contemporary relevance of the Luddite message. |
| Luddism through the Ages |
| Episodes from the Technology Resistance Movement. |
| From Techno to Tao |
| The Ornamental Hermit’s proposal for a post-materialist Arcadia. |
| Technology and Equity |
| Simon Fairlie explains why new agricultural technologies keep people poor. |
| Technology as if People Mattered |
| Appropriate is the key word, says Patrick Mulvany. |
| Four Reasons Why Technology Doesn’t Save Time |
| It creates as much work as it saves, argues Simon Fairlie. |
| Synthetic Biology |
| Jim Thomas describes a new techno threat to the land. |
| The Luddites and Biopolitics |
| David King discusses alarming new trends in the life sciences. |
| In Vitro |
| A new film explores the downside of techno babies. |
| Slow Evolution is Co-Evolution |
| Suggestions for a Luddite Manifesto for the 21st century. |
| The Material Impact of Cyberspace |
| Martin Pedersen and Nina Moeller investigate. |
| Man, Bytes, Dog |
| In 1984, James Gorman foresaw the coming of the pet home computer. |
| A Techno Recipe for Making Nature the Friend of Capital |
| Sian Sullivan explains what’s cooking. |
| INDIA |
| Gandhi on Technology |
| The world’s most successful Luddite discusses tactics. |
| Peepli Live |
| A village tragicomedy brings Indian agriculture to international attention. |
| The Largest Wave of Suicides in History |
| P Sainath on the epidemic of farmer suicides in India. |
| Impressions of the New India |
| Despite technology, India survives, reports Jyoti Fernandes. |
| Agricultural Futures |
| Ed Hamer on commodity speculation and its effects on agriculture. |
| Feedback on "Meat" |
| Feedback on Meat Simon Fairlie responds to people commenting on his treatment of carbon farming. |
| Romanian Reminiscences |
| Ingrid Glendenning tells it like it used to be. |
| CHAPTER 7 |
| Localism |
| Chapter Seven’s guide to the great planning upheaval. |
| War Against the Poor |
| Scrapping squatting won’t cure the housing crisis, writes Adam Payne. |
| Look Out for Loppsi |
| Low impact living is under threat in France, reports Gill Barron. |
| Gentrifying Brutalism |
| Mike Hawkins reviews Owen Hatherley’s Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain. |
| A Thousand Huts in Scotland |
| Reforesting Scotland launches a resurgence in forest dwellings. |
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