John Pilger We Can't Keep Eating Like This -

: In the 1970s, the U.S. General Accounting Office found that a majority of American food aid was directed toward "politically acceptable" regimes rather than the hungriest nations.

: Countries like Sierra Leone, which consistently voted against U.S. interests at the UN, were denied aid despite desperate need. The "Personal View" Controversy john pilger we can'T keep eaTing like This

Pilger’s reports on the global food system were so provocative that the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in the UK took the unprecedented step of requiring a "disclaimer" before and after his films. Broadcasters had to explicitly state that Pilger was expressing a "personal view," a move intended to distance the network from his scathing critique of Western institutional power. Why the Message Persists : In the 1970s, the U

: Pilger was a fierce critic of "compliant media" that portrayed food crises as unavoidable tragedies rather than the results of specific policy decisions. interests at the UN, were denied aid despite desperate need

In his signature crusading style, Pilger argued that global hunger is not a "natural" disaster or a simple matter of scarcity, but a calculated geopolitical tool used by powerful nations—predominantly the United States—to control weaker regimes. The Core Argument: Food as a Weapon