Australian confronts Monsanto on TPP and GMO
Wikileaks Australian Citizens Alliance- WACA vs Monsanto: TPP Corporate Insider
On Jan 23rd, WACA was joined by stand up comic and activist Shayne Hunter at Monsanto's Head Quarters in, Melbourne, Australia. We gained access to their office and after some creative thinking managed to get Mr Adam Blight, the man responsible for Monsanto's reputation in Australia and New Zealand to come out and speak to us.
As if Monsanto are not evil enough, they are also one of the key TPP Corporate insiders helping to draft the secret text. The TPP agreement is a corporate takeover of all 12 partnering Nations.
There is nothing this agreement won't effect, from food, agriculture, medicine, copyright, research and development, film and Media, all intellectual property, internet freedoms and environmental law.
This is an agreement written by corporations for corporations, that will enable corporations like Monsanto or Chevron or Halliburton to sue Governments who interfere with their investment and profitability, regardless of that countries desired policy or legislation. We urge citizens in TPP partnering Nations to confront their Government and the corporate insiders face to face. Demand they release the text to the public.
No TPP transparency, no TPP DEAL!
WACA -Wikileaks Australian Citizens Alliance-
Website: http://waca.net.au/
on twitter: https://twitter.com/akaWACA
"Mr Adam Blight, the man responsible for Monsanto's reputation in Australia and New Zealand" Seriously.
Adam Blight
Corporate Affairs Lead
Responsibilities:
Manage Monsanto’s reputation in Australia and New Zealand and enhance acceptance of biotechnology through communication and stakeholder engagement strategies in support of business growth.
Work history:
Industry Promotion Manager, Dairy Australia
Communication Manager, Victorian Department of Primary Industries
General Manager External Affairs, CPA Australia
Senior Media Adviser, Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
http://www.monsanto.com/global/au/whoweare/pages/adam-blight.aspx
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- Both literally and figuratively.
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Thank you for bringing this to our attention, solarhydrocan. I can't remember where I read it, but an article showed a graphic of a regular grocery store, and 70% of what was on the shelves was GMO foods. If TPP goes through, we will live in a corporatocracy. Truly fascist. Disaster Capitalism. Shock Doctrine. Neoliberal libertarian Ayn Rand Milton Friedmanville. Our lives will change in ways we can't even fathom right now. We don't know what's coming, as we don't know what's in the damn agreement. Not to mention that they don't have the right to affect our lives without our effing consent in the first place! We can thank our Congressmen/women for this fine mess, both Republican and Democrat. And they started in on this global social engineering project behind closed doors decades ago. Many of the Congressmen/women who started this are probably 6 feet under now. Well at least it looks like the Aussies are taking this seriously. Has anyone heard of any boots on the ground protests over this recently here in OUR country? 
I really have to turn in. I went and watched HipChick's OP with the cows a minute ago. I think I'm calmed down enough to sleep now. Go find HipChick's OP. It will make you smile. 