I think we should abandon the phrase 'Irish Potato Famine'. The potato crop, which for a variety of reasons Irish peasants relied upon, failed. Food continued to be exported from the island and little was done by the English colonial government to alleviate the situation. In fact, they thought that it was a good thing that Irish had a choice of starvation or emigration – it suited their colonial purposes.
Thus capitalism (the market) and imperialism combined to create the famine, not crop failure. The potato crop failed in Scotland as well and led to hunger, but did not lead to famine because of English government action. Matt. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33073): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33073 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109121147/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
