Deschutes Public Library

This land is our land, the fight to reclaim the commons, a presentation of the Media Education Foundation in cooperation with On The Commons ; directed by Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally ; written by David Bollier & Jeremy Earp ; produced by Jeremy Earp & Andrew Killoy

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videorecording

Grade 11+Higher education

This land is our land

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Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2010

a presentation of the Media Education Foundation in cooperation with On The Commons ; directed by Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally ; written by David Bollier & Jeremy Earp ; produced by Jeremy Earp & Andrew Killoy

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the fight to reclaim the commons

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works. In This Land is Our Land, acclaimed author David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests. Placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Bollier shows how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites

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Fight to reclaim the commons