Primitive Accumulation

This is something fairly old that I just happened on in the last few days--but there's no law that says a blog can only be about current stuff. This is definitely worth calling to the attention of anybody who, like me, missed it the first time around.

For the Record had a couple of great posts back in August on the subject of primitive accumulation, under the title "Industrial-Corporate Capitalist Coercion": Part 1: “Enclosure” and the Privatization of the English Commons, and Part II: The Clothier’s Delight, or the rich Men’s Joy, and the poor Men’s Sorrow, wherein is exprest the Craftiness and Subtility of many Clothiers in England, by beating down their Workmen’s Wages.