Transversing the Circuit of Dispossession

This commentary essay highlight how the articles published in this special issue trace the dis/continuities that expose how accumulation of capital hangs on a circuit of labour and land dispossession (through both enclosure and conquest) involving at least four continents - namely Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas (here including the Caribbean). It seizes upon their articulation of geographic points on circuits of dispossession and finds an overall account of how the maritime (and land) routes of mercantile and industrial capital designed the terrain of financial (global) capital: a juridic, economic, and ethic assemblage sustained by dead and living labour.