Monsanto, Christa, and Me

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Monsanto, Christa, and Me

By Veena Trehan

Last Sunday, I reread the Washington Post internet article “In My Twin Sister’s Suicide, There Were Many Victims”. Author Christa Parravani describes her identical twin’s rape and subsequent death. Below the wintertime photo of two hooded girls was an ad for Monsanto. I stared in shock.

“Improving agriculture, improving lives”, it said on the image of two happy farmers.Choose a value system: American ideals or Christian teaching. Reference the “pursuit of happiness” or serving the least among us. Visionary leaders of all stripes direct us to care for our most vulnerable.

We must look, with a clear and steady gaze, at the unbearable pain of so many today.

We must cleanse our society of the greed and violence that debauches it.

We must stop tolerating conditions of excessive debt, violent sexual abuse and other agonies that rob our fellow humans of their will to live.

We must stop the pervasive Monsanto advertising – whether through the media, Google, or billboards – from reaching us. No longer should they be allowed to obscure their role in creating prisons of desperation and rows of corpses.

Our government must stop ignoring urgent priorities. It must halt the epidemic of sexual violence and prosecute those responsible, and promote organic, sustainable farming. Serving and protecting humanity, not corporate interests, is its raison d’etre.

This core values must illuminate our path and shape tomorrow’s world. Starting today.

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