Behind Irish outpouring of relief for Navajo
Since the article only very lightly touches on it and some may be understandably confused about the "solidarity" between the Irish and Native Americans, the "Potato Famine" was only so deadly in Ireland to the Irish due to years of colonial rule -- not because the only food in Ireland were rotten potatoes.<p>Ireland had plenty of food at the time. They even continued to export food to England. It's just that due to systematic oppression, Irish natives couldn't afford anything that weren't (now blighted) potatoes.<p>That's where the parallel comes from with the Native Americans.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)</a>