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The Village Against the World (Paperback)
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The Village Against the World (Paperback)
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One hundred kilometres from Seville lies the small village of
Marinaleda, which for the last thirty-five years has been the
centre of a tireless struggle to create a living utopia. This
unique community drew British author Dan Hancox to Spain, and here
for the first time he recounts the fascinating story of villagers
who expropriated the land owned by wealthy aristocrats and have,
since the 1980s, made it the foundation of a cooperative way of
life. Today, Marinaleda is a place where the farms and the
processing plants are collectively owned and provide work for
everyone who wants it. A mortgage is ?15 per month, sport is played
in a stadium emblazoned with a huge mural of Che Guevara, and there
are monthly 'Red Sundays' when everyone works together to clean up
the neighbourhood. Leading this revolution is the village mayor,
Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, who in 2012 became a household name
in Spain after heading raids on local supermarkets to feed the
Andalusian unemployed. As Spain's crisis becomes ever more
desperate, Marinaleda also suffers from the international downturn.
Can the village retain its utopian vision? Can Sanchez Gordillo
hold on to the dream against the depredations of the world beyond
his village?
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