Monsanto -- Why You Should Join the Global Movement and Protest on Saturday

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http://www.alternet.org/take-action/5-most-horrifying-things-about-monsanto-why-you-should-join-global-movement-and-protest

5 Most Horrifying Things About Monsanto -- Why You Should Join the Global Movement and Protest on Saturday


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1. Profiteering poisonous chemical company posing as agribusiness.

Remember the horrors of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War, when the US military designed a chemical warfare program and used the herbicide and defoliant Agent Orange to kill and maim 400,000 people (estimated by the Vietnam government), and ultimately cause birth defects for 500,000 children? Monsanto made that possible.

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2. Building a monopoly, putting farmers out of work.

There is nothing more quintessentially American than the independent family farmer; and there is nothing more un-American than stomping out that farmer’s livelihood to bolster your corporate monopoly. Monsanto is attempting this as it sues small farmers out of their livelihoods time and again.

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3. Controlling the food, privatizing the water.

Half of the Earth’s population will live in an area with significant water stress by 2030, according to estimates from the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development. Corporations like Monsanto (along with Royal Dutch Shell and Nestle) are vying for a future in which free water supply is a thing of the past, and private companies control public water sources.

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4. Running the FDA, writing its own protection laws.

Ex-Monsanto executives run the United States Food and Drug Administration, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the American public.

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1. New Paltz New York Peace Park @ 2:00 PM

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2. +1

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3. Chicago -Federal Plaza Adams and Dearborn

Meet at 12pm-march at 1pm

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4. +1

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5. Short youtube clip: Vandana Shiva's message about this global March

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6. NYC - Union Square

MAY 25/DAY OF INFO: Wear Red! Bring creative signs and props!

1 pm Rally: Union Square
2 pm March: Union Square
3 pm Teach Ins/Discussions: Washington Square Park
5 pm Community Assembly Washington Square Park

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7. K&R

Ex-Monsanto executives run the United States Food and Drug Administration, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the American public.

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8. Portland Oregon, Holladay Park Fountain by Lloyd Center

11AM
IdleNoMore rally first at 10am

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10. possibly a big day...