My own research on this lie we’ve been fed for eons: Susan George’s ‘How the Other Half Dies’ (an exposé of the agribiz industry, free download pdf file) … watch also Michael Parenti’s ‘How the West Systematically Underdevelops Poor Countries; then there is HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA. A book by the late Walter Rodney on how Africa became impoverished, as per the above by Susan George, we are told it is because these nations’ people are lazy and have too many children. These countries are in fact rich in resources, they have simply been milked/exploited by the west, and hamstrung in terms of availing themselves of the fruits of those resources. The exposé is available here as a free pdf download. Another good read and watch on topic is ‘AGAINST EMPIRE’ by Dr Michael Parenti downloadable as a free pdf also.

All excellent background information you won’t have been told at elementary school.

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