What do you know about Samin’s challenge?
Answer:
- Surontiko Samin of a teak forest village began questioning state ownership of forests.
- He argued that the state had not created the wind, water, earth and wood, so it could not own it.
- Soon, he organised a widespread movement with the support of his sons-in-law and other families in his village.
- Some Saminists protested by lying down on their land when the Dutch came to survey it, while others refused to pay taxes or fines or perform labour.