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Barbuda Fights Enclosures and Neoliberal Dispossession After Hurricane Irma
Dr. Matthew Quest, Latino Media Collective
01 Aug 2018
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The attempts by the neoliberal government of Antigua to dispossess and enclose Barbuda, where traditional communal land rights have persevered till this day, are continuing, but not without vigorous resistance from Barbudans themselves. They've even enlisted Robert DiNiro to shill for them.

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