{"id":364,"date":"2019-01-20T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsm.prolerat.org\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:18:29","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Resources_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Resources_-1.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Resources_-1-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/capitalism-and-food-consuming-hunger\/\">Capitalism and Food: Consuming Hunge<\/a>r<\/p>\n<p>Under capitalism, we recognise a huge mistake among those wanting to see changes for the better \u2013 not that positive changes are undesirable but simply that tinkering with a mechanism (or machine) that has been invented or created erroneously can\u2019t be the best way to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/decision-making-in-socialism-how-to-meet-needs\/\">Decision-making in Socialism: How to Meet Needs?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January \u2013 February 2017 the journals of the American leftist organization Solidarity (<em>Solidarity&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Against the Current<\/em>) published a stimulating article by Sam Friedman entitled \u2018Creating a Socialism that Meets Needs\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/africa-and-the-a-i-d-s-crisis\/\">Health: Africa and the A.I.D.S. Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Causes and consequences of the A.I.D.S. epidemic in Africa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/middle-east-thirsting-for-conflict\/\">Water: Thirsting for conflict<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The likelihood of expected conflict over scarce water resources in the Middle East in<br \/>\nspite of their being enough water on a global scale to meet the needs of all<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/capitalism-an-unnatural-disaster\/\">Capitalism: An unnatural disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The response from international governments to hurrican-stricken Central America has<br \/>\nbeen mediochre<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/how-we-could-feed-the-world\/\">How we could feed the world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>World hunger is not caused by a lack of food<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The United Nations estimates that one eighth of the global population are actually<br \/>\nstarving, while &#8220;the earth could, in theory, feed very many more people than now<br \/>\ninhabit the globe.&#8221;<\/em>(1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/slower-than-the-speed-of-light\/\">Slower than the speed of light<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Capitalism has taken far too long to explore the potential of renewable energy<br \/>\nsources<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/searching-for-scarcity\/\">Searching for scarcity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Few natural resources are scarce, relative to what is needed to sustainably meet human<br \/>\nneeds<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/world-without-accountants\/\">World without accountants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Human and natural resources are wasted by the money system on a vast scale<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>(1) Dimensions of Need &#8211; An Atlas of Food and Agriculture (FAO 1995) p34<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/analysis\/\">In-Depth menu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsocialism.org\/wsm\">World Socialist Movement home page<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitalism and Food: Consuming Hunger Under capitalism, we recognise a huge mistake among those wanting to see changes for the better \u2013 not that positive changes are undesirable but simply that tinkering with a mechanism (or machine) that has been invented or created erroneously can\u2019t be the best way to fix the problem. 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