[Sustain] Alert: Stop Bush Forcing Genetic Engineered Crops As Food Relief

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

This alert highlights a perfect example of what Naomi Klein has called 
'Disaster Capitalism'. The Bush administration is using the world food 
crisis as a lever to force genetically engineered crops on 
post-colonized countries needing food aid. Please take a moment to 
follow the link and send an email to Congress.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24651&t=


      Stop Bush's Biotech Bailout!

According to the Chicago Tribune 
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-food-crops_14may14,0,7229990.story>, 
the White House is attempting to force famine stricken countries, mostly 
in sub-Saharan Africa, to adopt Genetically Engineered 
<http://www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.cfm> crops tied to a $770 
million aid package.

The Bush Administration's $150 million earmark for GE crops is a thinly 
veiled attempt at subsidizing biotech corporations and advancing the 
genetic contamination of organic and non-ge crops in famine stricken 
countries. GE crops are untested and are largely unwanted by the 
majority of the planet's population. Dozens of countries around the 
world currently ban the cultivation of any genetically engineered 
varieties as they have yet to be proven safe for the environment or for 
human consumption. Additionally, GE crops have not been demonstrated to 
significantly increase yield, but rather force farmers into a deadly 
spiral of toxic agrichemicals and patent monopolies.

The root cause of hunger abroad has more to do with so-called free trade 
agreements and market speculation, than crop yields and patented hybrid 
crops. Impoverished countries need to be allowed to regain their food 
sovereignty to avoid deepening the current crisis.

Please take action today and urge your Congresspersons to reject the 
Bush Administration's $150 million earmark for Big Biotech.

 >>Learn More <http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_12407.cfm>

-- 
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." -- Che Guevara

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