Italy. 1950. The need for agrarian reform in Southern Italy was recognized by everybody. At the time, the Italian Parliament was discussing agrarian reform. However, poor peasants of Calabria started occupying uncultivated land. This occupation is not taking over the land - peasants worked the land, harvested crops, and gave the owner the usual share of the harvest, which varied from 30 to 40 per cent. The average holdings of Roggiano Gravina peasants and agricultural workers were from two to four acres (the minimum land holding for a peasant family to assure an acceptable standard of living being from 15 to 20 acres). Occupation of one or two acres per family still didn’t solve the basic problems of living. The occupation was peaceful, with no police or carabinieri present. The man in center, Oreste Rossini, has a family of five, had land holdings of three acres and was a very active pupil in the evening school of the Centro.