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video report - peasants fighting fumigation of monsanto pesticides in paraguay

globalisehope | 07.11.2008 23:31 | Bio-technology | Climate Chaos | Social Struggles

This is the tale of an emerging conflict between to totally different vision about agriculture. Filmed in paraguay, end of october 2008. It is a very very hot political issue in paraguay, but apparently doesn`t reach the international eye and ear. Yet.

You find the video at... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-Vtg4bhUY#

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some pictures

08.11.2008 00:15

protecting the pesticides, not the people
protecting the pesticides, not the people

neoliberalism in a nutshell...police helps out deadly agro industry
neoliberalism in a nutshell...police helps out deadly agro industry

these are no criminals
these are no criminals

It is the story of a struggle against the agro industry, with her transgenetic crops, her expensive mechanisation, her pesticides, heavy fertilisers and her strangling of local peasant communities. In the case of paraguay, the investments are being made by brasilian soy farmers that obtain a lot of lands illegally. This model is being promoted by firms like monsanto, cargill and bunge,as well as our supermarkets, meat suppliers, world bank and...even WWF, that fully accepts the use of transgenic soy and its pressure against farmers (as long as it doesn`t promote deforestation in a very direct way), as part of her involvement in the Round Table on Responsible Soy, that is nothing more than a way of greenwashing the totally unethical import of transgenic soy for our animal fodder.

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free markets

08.11.2008 08:52

perhaps the big farmers and bully boys, will be joining the free trade economy and saying WOW LOOK WHAT WE ARE DOING,
people shall feel a lot better buying free trade and recycling the jars etc,and will sleep better.
Monsanto at it again,
why do they do it,

Davey


WWF were scum from the start

08.11.2008 10:56

WWF was formed by hunt scum worried they would run out of species to kill, so it's no surprise they are supporting this. "Conservation" often means "conserve so we can exploit". It's a common phrase used by animal abusers to make them sound green.

veganista


FAIR TRADE

08.11.2008 19:06

Opppss i mean FAIR TRADE and not free trade,
i was a bit confused as we do a lot in our communitys that is free,
how stupid of me to say free trade, Monsanto need a kick in the balls

Davey