Re: [Marxism] What do Koreans think

[Nestor Gorojovsky <nmgoro@xxxxxxxxx>]

Excuse me, Sam, are you hinting that the DRPK is starving the population 
on purpose, just because Stalinist leaders are evil? This is a honest 
question. Can´t understand your posting, as an answer to mine, in any 
different way.

Sam B escribió:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Néstor Gorojovsky <nmgoro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I suspect, however, that any Korean worker or peasant has read it
>> North of the 38th Parallel would agrre in at least one thing: that the
>> people of Korea are as worthy of care by socialists as the people of
>> the Soviets was.
> 
>>From Amnesty International
> April 2009
> 
>    A 2008 survey by the WFP and the Food and Agricultural Organisation
> (FAO) of 53 counties in eight provinces indicated that almost three
> quarters of North Korean households had reduced their food intake. The
> majority of families had stopped eating protein-rich foods and were
> living on cereals and vegetables. Many people were forced to scavenge
> for wild foods which are poor in nutrition and may cause digestive
> problems. According to the WFP and FAO, one of the leading causes of
> malnutrition among children under the age of five is diarrhoea caused
> by increased consumption of wild foods.
> 
> 
>    Despite the food shortages reaching critical levels, the government
> has failed to seek international cooperation and assistance needed to
> ensure minimum essential levels of food for the whole population. Due
> to strained relations, North Korea in March 2009 refused to accept any
> further food aid from the USA. The government also told five US
> humanitarian aid organisations to leave North Korea by the end of
> March 2009. Similarly in 2008, North Korea did not request assistance
> from South Korea, the biggest donor of rice and fertilizer in previous
> years.
> 
> Full: 
> <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA24/008/2009/en/4bb85801-163f-4d4a-8127-30fea661b82a/asa240082009en.html>
> 
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