These are among the symptoms of the crisis of the global peasantry in the neoliberal era. The first focus of neoliberal reform in the countryside has been to turn the global peasantry into agribusiness consumers. We say: “Remove your protections, and let us deal with the consequences.”’The third target of neoliberal reform of the countryside is peasant land. The entire world’s manufacturing, construction and mining currently employ only 800 million people: clearly, the global peasantry cannot be absorbed into industry. The crisis of the global peasantry sits at the centre of all other crises, and we have to solve it.