Planted in this Land: Morocco

Share stories from Scotland, Palestine, the Caribbean, Chiapas, Rojava, Sápmi, Turtle Island, Hawai'i, Brazil, and more. Discuss terms like settler colonialism, land reparation, decolonisation, rematriation, and land justice.

Access to land and resources is unequal and unjust, impacting growers all over the world as well as here in Glasgow, in our seed library community. Reading book extracts, poems and manifestos, the group aims to map historic and current connections between diverse experiences of land stewardship, colonisation and resistance.

The study group is open to all who would like to (un)learn colonial and capitalist relationships to land. No prior knowledge is needed. You can view a longlist of proposed texts and make suggestions.

Planted in this Land is organised by Glasgow Seed Library in explicit solidarity with all who resist the occupation, exploitation and destruction of their land. From Palestine to Congo, Haiti to Chiapas, seed sovereignty is not possible without land justice, here or anywhere.

There will be hot drinks available, and you are welcome to bring a snack to share. Numbers will be limited to ensure comfortable capacity. Please send an email to glasgowseedlibrary@cca-glasgow.com to join the group and receive the reading materials.

This month in our in-person group, we will focus on green colonialism and land resistance in Morocco.

References

The feature image is adapted from an engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28 January 1888, depicting the Aignish riot of January 1888, when landless crofters on Lewis confronted their oppressive landowners.

The phrase ‘Planted in this Land’ is borrowed from the words of a Palestinian girl in a short clip widely circulated on social media in December 2023, during Israel’s siege and bombardment of Gaza.