Tag Archives: Starvation

Might is Right: Podcast

Posted on June 9, 2026 by odeboyz

The Iranian war is raging but 7500 miles away Cuba is starving. The USA is using the Medieval tactic of starvation to achieve regime change. This is a *Crime against humanity* but, of course, it doesn’t count because a superpower … Continue reading →

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Need Anyone Starve?

Posted on October 23, 2024 by odeboyz

Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations … Continue reading →

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Workhouses: did Charles Dickens get it wrong?

Posted on December 16, 2016 by odeboyz

Britain was a swaggeringly confident country in 1834 with a firm belief in laissez-faire economics. Yet they created a tightly regulated centralised welfare system which deleted localised authority by imposing national standards. Every aspect of the new system was laid … Continue reading →

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