082 refusal to let or sell property
"Owners of houses or other buildings or property may refuse to offer them for rent or sale to certain persons or groups for a variety of reasons. This method, which has been widely applied in the United States against the black population and other groups, was also widely used in nineteenth century China against Christian missionaries—for Westerners were regarded as “barbarians” and “foreign devils.”"...
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Larzac peasants campaign to block expansion of military camp (The Battle of Larzac), 1971-1981
The plateau of Larzac is a limestone karst plateau located in the southern Massif Central area of France, extending between Millau (Aveyron region) and Lodeve (Herault region). The area is mainly agricultural and the economy relied mostly on sheep br...
South Koreans stop plan for nuclear waste dump on Gulup Island, 1994-95
In the 1980’s and 90’s South Korea’s nuclear industry was growing, and the Korean environmental and anti-nuclear movement grew along with it. During the 1980’s, over fifty percent of the country’s electricity came from nuclear power, so that by the e...
Kenyan Kamba tribe successfully resists colonial livestock control by the British, 1938
In the early 1900s livestock, often the currency of exchange, formed the foundation of the Kenyan Kamba tribe’s economy. A family’s herd size determined its wealth. As Britain colonized Kenya, this localized provisioning enabled the Kamba to remain r...
Maori New Zealanders occupy Raglan Golf Course, win back land rights, 1975-1983
During World War I, the New Zealand government seized burial grounds and traditionally valuable land from the Tainui Awhiro people to build an air base and bunker. Ten years after the end of the war, in 1928, the Public Works Act codified the governm...
Romanian environmentalists protest plan to mine gold using cyanide in Rosia Montana heritage area, 2002-2013
Rosia Montana is a small group of villages in Alba County, Romania rich in minerals, especially gold and silver. Various groups have mined Rosia Montana for centuries. The area has a vast network of pre-Roman Empire gold mines, which serve as histori...
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