Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits
Entries Tagged as 'Poverty'
The Chemist’s War during Prohibition
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Dictatorship · Hidden History · Poverty
Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
After years of gross mismanagement by the city’s leaders and the big three car manufacturers of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, who continued to make vehicles that Americans no longer wanted to buy, Detroit today has an unemployment rate of 28 per cent, higher even than the worst years of the Great Depression.
Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food
November 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Worldwide, industrial mono-culture farming has displaced traditional food production and farmers, wreaking havoc on food prices and food sovereignty. This is particularly true for the global south, where land has been concentrated for crops destined for biodiesel and animal feed. In response, peasants and small farmers organized actions in more than 53 countries on October 15 for International Food Day as an initiative of Via Campesina, one of the largest independent social movement organizations, representing nearly 150 million people globally.
Tags: Gen-food · Globalization · Latin America · Poverty


















