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While millions suffer in poverty and ill-health, the super-rich are getting even richer. It’s only through organising and collective action that we can seek to redress the balance, says ROGER McKENZIE
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IT IS that time of year when thoughts turn to resolutions for the next year. People resolve to get fitter or to change their diets or just to become a better person in some way. 

For the vast majority of people across the world it is more a question of survival. Health rather than fitness. Being able to put food of any sort on the table rather than a dietary fashion change.

Afghanistan is a case in point. The misadventures of the US coalition has left 23 million Afghans — that is more than half the population — without enough food.

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