Merchants ally themselves with the Kings to repress landowners who charge taxes for trade routes across their land. The Industrial Revolution starts in England and spreads to Europe. Mass migration to the city takes place. The first socialist revolution takes place in Russia. The Great Depression is followed by another World War and another socialist revolution takes place in China.
Many colonies gain independence but are still financially dependent on capitalist countries.
The Portuguese colony of Guinea Bisseau gains independence in 1973. Pace News Consider the roles of multinational corporations, Third World debt, food politics and trade barriers in fueling poverty and environmental destruction in the world's poorest countries. United Nations Features literacy projects in Mali, Thailand, Costa Rica and New York that are making a difference. Wes Jackson, originator of Natural Systems Agriculture and Mas Masumoto, organic farmer, describe their efforts to promote an awareness of the problems surrounding how we grow our food and how we treat the land. Illustrates with reference to the Wodaabe tribe of Niger and the Dogon peoples of Mali.