It is sheltered by forests of superb chestnut trees, a limpid mountain stream runs before it, while behind tower the rugged sides of the plateau of Larzac, 1970 feet above the sea level.

Rural struggles of the 1960s and 70s, like the “Nantes Commune,” the Larzac, and Sanrizuka in Japan, appear now as the defining battles of our era. In the defense of threatened territories against all ...