Twenty-seven key UN agencies have been meeting in the Swiss capital Bern to hammer out a solution to the growing global food crisis. The meeting is expected to produce a plan of emergency and long-term measures to combat the crisis. Inside Story asks how workable such a plan will be and what obstacles it might face.
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out of frustration…and in weakness…
Global Famine: The Lords of Capital Decree Mass Death by Starvation
Food Fights: Predation vs Protection by The Other Katherine Harris
FOOD CRISIS: The greatest demonstration of the historical failure of the capitalist model
Fueling Food Shortages by Ralph Nader + Harry Chapin: Cats In The Cradle
Nobody is asking the right questions. What has caused the rise in food prices. Why? Why is it that countries that were formerly food sufficient now don’t have food? It boils down to the WT, the IMF and the WTO, and “Free Trade.” Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of alleged “Free Trade” is screwing the world. It is time for everyone to wake up!