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Harvest of Hypocrisy: Farmers Being Blamed for GMO Crop Failures By Glenn Davis Stone
Of all the GMO controversies around the world, the saga of Bt cotton in India continues to be one of the most interesting and important. In the latest chapter, reported by the Business Standard, cotton yields have dropped to a 5-year low, setting off a fascinating round of finger pointing. Continue reading
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US-NATO “Economic Terrorism”: The Collapse of Syria’s Industry and Agriculture By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The Syrian economy is being hit by the combined impacts of the US-NATO sponsored terrorist attacks and the economic sanctions regime. The ultimate objective of the US-NATO covert war on Syria is the destabilization of the Syria economy and the destruction of Syria as a nation state. Continue reading
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Honeybee Problem Nearing A ‘Critical Point’ By Claire Thompson
13 January, 2012 — Grist.org Colony Collapse Disorder is a myth, neurotoxic pesticide causes bee deaths Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012)
6 December 2012 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ltd (non-profit) Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: Israel Is Dangerously Breaking the Ceasefire
Gaza City, December 3, 2012: In the last 4 days, Israelis have arrested 31 fishermen, destroyed a boat, kept another one they say for three years, destroyed 4 motors of the boats. They say also that Israelis are not shooting any more water cannons but real fire, and when they arrest Palestinians, one of their… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 6 October 2012: Israeli soldiers prevent farmers from accessing land
6 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Families Of Marmara Victims File Lawsuit Against IsraelIMEMC – The Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported that 33 family members of Turkish citizens who were shot and killed by the Israeli army when Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara solidarity ship that was heading to Gaza in 2010, filed Continue reading
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EU sides with Monsanto in ‘GMO Cancer Corn’ word war
The European Food Safety Authority has rejected a controversial study by French scientists linking GM corn to cancer. Many in Europe are already calling for stricter controls on GMOs, as farmers weigh the lucrative crops against health concerns. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 22 August 2012: Report: Israel to evict Jericho farmers
22 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 8 Detainees Wounded In Ramon PrisonIMEMC – Palestinians Minister of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that eight Palestinian detainees, imprisoned at the Ramon Israeli prison, were injured after Israeli soldiers broke into their rooms and searched them. … Continue reading
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Coup in Paraguay: Will U.S. Join Latin America in Condemning Ouster of President Fernando Lugo?
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been ousted in what he has described as a parliamentary coup. On Friday, the Paraguayan Senate voted 39-to-4 to impeach Lugo, saying he had failed in his duty to maintain social order following a recent land dispute which resulted in the deaths of six police officers and 11 peasant farmers. Continue reading
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Video: Monsanto / GM: The Hidden Email the White House Hopes to Keep Under Wraps By Dr. Mercola
The White House has refused to release certain portions of a January 11 email sent from a Monsanto-linked lobbyist to top Obama administration policy analyst Peter Schmeissner. The email was requested by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Based on other emails they have already obtained,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 October, 2011: PA: Settlers prevent farmers from harvesting olives
26 October 2011 — VTJP NewsInternational Middle East Media Center Israeli Police Close Two Offices of NGOs in East Jerusalem IMEMC – On Tuesday, Israeli police closed down two offices of non-governmental organizations in East Jerusalem, claiming that the offices were used by Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, without prior Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 October, 2011: Oxfam: Settlers cost Palestinian farmers over $500,000 this harvest
20 October 2011 — VTJP VTJP, the most consistent and comprehensive daily aggregation of news and analysis on Palestine/Israel. News International Middle East Media Center Erekat: Israel is responsible for collapsing of peace process IMEMC – Thursday October 20, 2011 – 18:55, Dr. Saeb Erekat, member of the central committee of Fatah Movement and Palestinian Continue reading
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World Food Program in Somalia: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death? By Thomas C. Mountain
To hear the corporate media tell it, the Shabab resistance in Somalia is to blame for the drought and famine. But ten million people are threatened in the neighboring Ogaden region of Ethiopia, largely populated by ethnic Somalis, many of whom are at war with the Ethiopian dictatorship. Ethiopia restricts the movements of foreigners in… Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: stranglehold on farmers tightens
Between 1991 and the second intifada in 2000, Hate’em exported various produce, including tomatoes, potatoes and flowers, to Israel and Europe. He notes that since then, however, the “borders have become impossible” and he is unable to export his produce. Continue reading
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A concerted effort from Europe against Israeli produce exporter Agrexco By Stephanie Westbrook
This past weekend in the Montpellier, France, over 100 activists from 9 countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco. Delegates from Italy, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Palestine joined the French organizers for two full days of workshops aimed at strengthening the boycott campaign against the Israeli agricultural export giant. Continue reading
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents By Rady Ananda
A landmark lawsuit filed on March 29 in US federal court seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds and to prohibit the company from suing those whose crops become genetically contaminated. Continue reading
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Manifest Haiti: Monsanto's Destiny By Ryan Stock
“A fabulous Easter gift,” commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil. Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable seeds were donated to post-earthquake Haiti by Monsanto. In observance of World Environment Day, June 4, 2010, roughly 10,000 rural Haitian farmers gathered in Papaye to march seven kilometers to Hinche in… Continue reading
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Tell Me Again, Who Made The Desert Bloom? By Lawrence of Cyberia
In December 1945 and January 1946, the British Mandate authorities carried out an extensive survey of Palestine, in support of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The results were published in the Survey of Palestine, which has been scanned and made available online by Palestine Remembered; all 1300 pages can be… Continue reading
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Indian farmers protest colonial practices of land acquisition
Thousands of farmers in India are against the government’s plans to build a new highway. With two-thirds of the country’s population dependent on agriculture, land acquisition turns out to be a sensitive issue. Continue reading
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Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food By Marie Trigona
Worldwide, industrial mono-culture farming has displaced traditional food production and farmers, wreaking havoc on food prices and food sovereignty. This is particularly true for the global south, where land has been concentrated for crops destined for biodiesel and animal feed. In response, peasants and small farmers organized actions in more than 53 countries on October… Continue reading
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