Workers on Mars mine iridium from a Goldilocks asteroid to keep Mars and Earth running. The Marsies rise up against the M6 alliance and the OPEF Marines invading Mars to reclaim the Happy Valley base for Earth. They shut down a plan to automate their jobs and put them out of work. The Marsies vote for their own representative to advocate for them in negotiations with Earth. The finale ends with a cease-fire that implies more equitable treatment, though it remains unclear whether Mars has fully severed itself from Earth. The season centers on self-determination, collective action, and control over labor and representation.
"Workers whose labor keeps their planet, and Earth, running by mining iridium deposits from the Goldilocks asteroid successfully rose up against the powerful countries comprising the M6 alliance. They also shut down a plan to automate their jobs and put them out of work, and voted for their own representative to advocate for them in negotiations with Earth. It was a season of self-determination, with the Marsies riding their motorbikes along their own version of Guthrie's freedom highway."
""This Land Is Our Land" ends with two major developments. First, a cease-fire between the OPEF Marines, who were invading Mars at the behest of the M6 and killing whoever they needed to reclaim the Happy Valley base for Earth, and the Marsies, who w""
"It's unclear by the end of "This Land Is Our Land" whether Mars has fully severed itself from Earth. But it is clear that the workers whose labor keeps their planet, and Earth, running by mining iridium deposits from the Goldilocks asteroid successfully rose up against the powerful countries comprising the M6 alliance."
"So what comes next? In the immediate future, FAM's spinoff, Star City, set in the Soviet space program in the 1960s, premieres today. Further off is the upcoming sixth season of FAM, which will be its last (and has no premiere date yet)."
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