The Land is Ours

The Land is Ours

The Land is Ours is a British land rights campaign advocating access to the land, its resources, and the planning processes.

The group was set up in the 1990's by George Monbiot and other. [Citation
last =Monbiot
first =George
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publication-date =
date =22nd February 1995
year =
title =A Land Reform Manifesto
periodical =The Guardian
publication-place =London
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url =http://www.monbiot.com/archives/1995/02/22/a-land-reform-manifesto/#more-625
issn =
doi =
oclc =
accessdate =2008-08-06]

One of their first campaigns was the occupation of St George's Hill in Surrey by 400 people in 1995. [Citation
last =Nicholson-Lord
first =David
author-link =
publication-date =
date =Apr 30, 1995
year =
title =The peaceful revolutionary behind "The Land is Ours"
periodical =The Independent
publication-place =London
place =
url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950430/ai_n13979985
issn =
doi =
oclc =
accessdate =2008-08-06] The hill is symbolic significant as it was previously seized by the Diggers in 1649 who planted vegetables on the common land there. The group occupied the hill again in 1999 the 350th anniversary of the Diggers occupation.

In May 1996 the group set up "Pure Genius!!" an eco-village on squatted land owned by Guinness in Wandsworth, London. The site was evicted on 15th October 1996.

References

External links

* [http://www.tlio.org.uk/ The Land is Ours website]
* [http://www.monbiot.com/archives/1997/01/01/the-story-of-the-land/ The Story of the Land] on George Monbiot's website.
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=276552421817948576 Video from Pure Genius campaign]


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