CANNIBALISM UNDER COMMUNISM
Por Márcio Sabedotti
In the 20th century, millions of people died of hunger in countries that proclaimed themselves champions of social justice. This book dismantles the "official" version of these events and shows how, in various communist regimes, hunger was not a historical accident, but a tool of power. When the State controls food, information, and fear, an empty plate ceases to be a tragedy and becomes a technology of domination – in some cases, leading to the ultimate limit of dehumanization: cannibalism.
Based on documents, archives, survivor testimonies, and international academic research, the work reconstructs the path from bureaucratic decrees, collectivization plans, and crop confiscation to the moral collapse of entire communities. The Holodomor in Ukraine, the Great Famine in China, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, North Korea, and other episodes are analyzed in detail, always under the same central question: what happens to the human condition when the State transforms hunger into a political method?
In this book you will find:
The definition of manufactured hunger and its difference from natural hunger.
Detailed case studies of famines in communist regimes that led to situations of cannibalism.
An analysis of the role of propaganda, censorship, and state lies in concealing these tragedies.
Ethical discussion on political responsibility, historical memory, and denialism.
Reflections on why, even today, these mass crimes are downplayed, minimized, or erased from public debate.
This is a book for those who wish to confront uncomfortable facts, understand the relationship between ideology and large-scale violence, and reclaim the memory of victims who have been kept silent for decades.
