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Pilger - Dance On Thatcher's Grave, But Remember There Has Been A Coup In Britain
By John Pilger
Source: Johnpilger.com
Thursday, April 25, 2013
In the wake of Thatchers departure, I remember her victims. Patrick Warbys daughter, Marie, was one of them. Marie, aged five, suffered from a bowel deformity and needed a special diet. Without it, the pain was excruciating. Her father was a Durham miner and had used all his savings. It was winter 1985, the Great Strike was almost a year old and the family was destitute. Although her eligibility was not disputed, Marie was denied help by the Department of Social Security. Later, I obtained records of the case that showed Marie had been turned down because her father was affected by a Trade dispute.
The corruption and inhumanity under Thatcher knew no borders. When she came to power in 1979, Thatcher demanded a total ban on exports of milk to Vietnam. The American invasion had left a third of Vietnamese children malnourished.
I witnessed many distressing sights, including infants going blind from a lack of vitamins. I cannot tolerate this, said an anguished doctor in a Saigon paediatric hospital, as we looked at a dying boy. Oxfam and Save the Children had made clear to the British government the gravity of the emergency. An embargo led by the US had forced up the local price of a kilo of milk up to ten times that of a kilo of meat. Many children could have been restored with milk. Thatchers ban held.
In neighbouring Cambodia, Thatcher left a trail of blood, secretly. In 1980, she demanded that the defunct Pol Pot regime the killers of 1.7 million people retain its right to represent their victims at the UN. Her policy was vengeance on Cambodias liberator, Vietnam. The British representative was instructed to vote with Pol Pot at the World Health Organisation, thereby preventing it from providing help to where it was needed more than anywhere on earth.
The corruption and inhumanity under Thatcher knew no borders. When she came to power in 1979, Thatcher demanded a total ban on exports of milk to Vietnam. The American invasion had left a third of Vietnamese children malnourished.
I witnessed many distressing sights, including infants going blind from a lack of vitamins. I cannot tolerate this, said an anguished doctor in a Saigon paediatric hospital, as we looked at a dying boy. Oxfam and Save the Children had made clear to the British government the gravity of the emergency. An embargo led by the US had forced up the local price of a kilo of milk up to ten times that of a kilo of meat. Many children could have been restored with milk. Thatchers ban held.
In neighbouring Cambodia, Thatcher left a trail of blood, secretly. In 1980, she demanded that the defunct Pol Pot regime the killers of 1.7 million people retain its right to represent their victims at the UN. Her policy was vengeance on Cambodias liberator, Vietnam. The British representative was instructed to vote with Pol Pot at the World Health Organisation, thereby preventing it from providing help to where it was needed more than anywhere on earth.
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Pilger - Dance On Thatcher's Grave, But Remember There Has Been A Coup In Britain (Original Post)
polly7
Apr 2013
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MinM
(2,650 posts)1. Pilger is awesome.
mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)2. The woman was a horror story.
Glad I'm around to dance on her and Ronnie's graves.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)3. Fuck that woman!
She is so despicable ... I can't imagine anyone honoring her.
I love Pilger, too. His documentary "Palestine Is Still The Issue" is absolutely fantastic.
mogster
(5,536 posts)4. Splendid piece n/t
lastlib
(23,140 posts)5. Thatcher was a rabid dog.
No words can express my seething hatred for her and her soulmate Ron-Old Rayguns. And the Bushes, all of 'em. And conservatives in general.
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Catherina
(35,568 posts)7. Thanks for posting this excellent article n/t