The War Against the Commons Shelley F. Greenfield The contributors to this volume

The contributors to this volume of essays from The Humanist Institute all share this concern for the serious challenges that have recently arisen to confront the democratic way of life

Although progress has been encouraging

reassuring honesty

and of breathtaking action and adventure

As physicist Taner Edis shows in this fascinating glimpse into contemporary Muslim culture

The War Against the Commons Shelley F. Greenfield The contributors to this volumeA unique historical account of poor peoples' self defence strategies in the face of the plunder of their lands and labor For five centuries, the development of capitalism has been inextricably connected to the expropriation of working people from the land they depended on for subsistence. Through ruling class assaults known as enclosures or clearances, shared common land became privately owned capital, and peasant farmers became propertyless laborers