Collective action in Nandigram

Nandigram incident is particularly important in perspective of collective action.We know that the land was earmarked for an industrial park.Salim group of indonesia was going to set up a chemical hub here. But Before their land could have been seized people took preemptive action and despite of being from different religions and casts they fought collectively.They formed "Bhoomi ucched pratirodh samiti" and it is important to note that till that time no big political gun was associated with them.This movement was called "people's battle against imperialist economic attack" by US attorny general Mr.Ramsay Clark.This movement to my mind was a balence between scott-Popkin argument.They were protecting other's land rights and had also some self interest involved.More surprisingly there were small children also who were also excited and giving support to the protestors probably exhibiting "other centred level of cooperation"which is rare these days.