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Hi all,<br>
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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.<br>
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<h3>Stop Bush's Biotech Bailout! </h3>
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<p>According to the <a
href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-food-crops_14may14,0,7229990.story">Chicago
Tribune</a>, the White House is attempting to force famine stricken
countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, to adopt <a
href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.cfm">Genetically
Engineered</a> crops tied to a $770 million aid package.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Please take action today and urge your Congresspersons to reject the
Bush Administration's $150 million earmark for Big Biotech.</p>
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"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara</pre>
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