The new battles against enclosure

"They hang the man and flog the woman / That steals the goose from off the common / But let the greater villain loose / That steals the common from the goose."

As pressure on public land grows from developers and the privatisation of public space, this article from the Guardian examines the New Commons movement that aims to protect, from privatisation and enclosure, common ground and the well-used green spaces in between and on the edge. 

Read the article here