Midnight Notes 10: New Enclosures by the Midnight Notes Collective is a compelling, deeply analytical exploration of modern enclosures and the forces reshaping our world. This issue examines how debt, privatization, ecological imperialism, and media narratives constrain communities and reproduce inequality. Essays cover diverse global struggles: The Debt Crisis, Africa and the New Enclosures traces economic exploitation; Holding the Green Line tackles Israeli ecological imperialism; and pieces on Egypt, China, and the U.S. dissect environmental, social, and political enclosures.
The issue also looks at grassroots resistance and local struggles—from land battles in Zurich to activism in Jay, Maine, and critical reflections on Mandela, Massachusetts. Contributions from Michaela Brennan, George Caffentzis, Steve Colatrella, Dan Coughlin, Silvia Ici, Peter Linebaugh, Monty Neill, David Riker, John Roosa, and John Willshire Carrera provide rigorous analysis, personal insight, and practical strategies for understanding and countering enclosures. Designed to be both read and used, New Enclosures blends theory, reportage, and visual storytelling to challenge how we think about ownership, space, and collective resistance in the 21st century.
