Author:
Borras Saturnino M.,Franco Jennifer C.,Ra Doi,Kramer Tom,Kamoon Mi,Phyu Phwe,Ju Khu Khu,Vervest Pietje,Oo Mary,Shell Kyar Yin,Soe Thu Maung,Dau Ze,Phyu Mi,Poine Mi Saryar,Jumper Mi Pakao,Mon Nai Sawor,Oo Khun,Thu Kyaw,Khine Nwet Kay,Naing Tun Tun,Papa Nila,Htwe Lway Htwe,Reang Lway Hlar,Jay Lway Poe,Jai Naw Seng,Xu Yunan,Wang Chunyu,Ye Jingzhong
Abstract
AbstractThis paper examines the situation of rurally rooted cross-border migrant workers from Myanmar during the Covid-19 pandemic. It looks at the circumstances of the migrants prior to the global health emergency, before exploring possibilities for a post-pandemic future for this stratum of the working people by raising critical questions addressed to agrarian movements. It does this by focusing on the nature and dynamics of the nexus of land and labour in the context of production and social reproduction, a view that in the context of rurally rooted cross-border migrant workers necessarily requires interrelated perspectives on labour, agrarian, and food justice struggles. This requires a rethinking of the role of land, not as a factor in either production or social reproduction, but as a central component in both spheres simultaneously. The question is not ‘whether’ it is necessary and desirable to forge multi-class coalitions and struggles against external capital, while not losing sight of the exploitative relations within rural communities and the household; rather, the question is ‘how’ to achieve this. It will require a messy recursive process, going back and forth between theoretical exploration and practical politics.
Funder
H2020 European Research Council
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Agronomy and Crop Science
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