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SOMALIA: FAMINE FOR PROFIT AND THE EAST AFRICAN FOOD CRISIS |
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Written by Nile Bowie
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Monday, 22 August 2011 09:52 |
Written by Nile BowiePhotographed by James Nachtwey
Few parts of the world aptly fit the description of hell better than Somalia’s crumbling capital city, Mogadishu; a nation ravaged by imperialism, domestic instability and economic sabotage from foreign forces. Parades of malnourished Africans queuing up to receive rations are trumpeted in thirty second news pieces on most mainstream media outlets, of which offer embarrassingly insubstantial examples of journalism with little...
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 August 2011 09:58 |
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Global genocide - Attacking our food supplies |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:21 |
Getting Used to Life Without Food, Part 1
William Engdahl
Wall Street, BP, Bio-Ethanol and the Death of Millions
My late grandfather, a man of sturdy Norwegian-American farm stock, who later became a newspaper editor and political activist during the First World War, used to say, 'A man can get used to pretty much anything with time, except dying...and even that with some practice.' Well, as fate has it, it seems we, the vast majority of the human race, are about to test that adage in...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:27 |
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Monsanto Wheat causes 45% miscarriage rate! |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 21 May 2011 14:02 |
This letter was provided to us by Paul Tukey (SafeLawns.blog). It was hand delivered to Secretary. Vilsak on Jan 17, 2011. Jim.
Dear Secretary Vilsack:
A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious, and is in much higher concentrations in...
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Rising Food Prices and the Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World |
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Written by Ellen Brown
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Monday, 07 February 2011 21:25 |
“What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” --Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in the UK Guardian
Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in Egypt and Tunisia is a growing global crisis sparked by soaring food prices and unemployment. The Associated Press reports that roughly 40 percent of Egyptians struggle along at the World Bank-set poverty level of under $2 per day. Analysts estimate that food price inflation in Egypt is currently at...
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LPAC Food Policy Memorandum: Kill the WTO; Double Food Production |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 15 March 2010 15:07 |
LPAC Food Policy Memorandum: Kill the WTO; Double Food Production
May 30, 2008 (LPAC)--Over the next months, LPAC will be releasing a series of policy memorandums for use by the entire Democratic party. We present the first one, today, "LPAC Food Policy Memorandum: Kill the WTO; Double Food Production", which is available here, in PDF. [1]
Introduction: It is well established that the world today faces a food crisis, which is brought on by decades of free trade...
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Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2010 15:57 |
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