Massive Leak Reveals Criminality, Paranoia, Among Corporate Titans. LONDON - February 26 - WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from "global intelligence" company Stratfor.
The emails, which reveal everything from sinister spy tactics to an insider trading scheme with Goldman Sachs (see below), also include several discussions of the Yes Men and Bhopal activists. (Bhopal activists seek redress for the 1984 Dow Chemical/Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India, that led to thousands of deaths, injuries in more than half a million people, and lasting environmental damage.) Many of the Bhopal-related emails, addressed from Stratfor to Dow and Union Carbide public relations directors, reveal concern that, in the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, the Bhopal issue might be expanded into an effective systemic critique of corporate rule, and speculate at length about why this hasn't yet happened—providing a fascinating window onto what at least some corporate types fear most from activists. Monsanto – the black stain on the biotech industry. The Monsanto company does not have a Facebook page.
They are well aware that if they did, it would just become a wall of constant protest. There's good reason for the resentment, too: a long, complicated history including everything from poisoning public waterways to manufacturing Agent Orange, bovine growth hormones, and DDT pesticides. They've become the black stain on the biotech industry to anyone with a CSA subscription and a reusable bag. In fairness, that was the legacy of the "old Monsanto". The company was restarted in 2001 and focuses entirely on agriculture now. In short, I would not want to be head of Monsanto's PR department. A bit on their history: Monsanto has been around since 1901, when they hit the ground running with saccharin, the sugar-substitute still sold in its famous pink packet. By the 1960s their cornerstone brand, Roundup, was commercialised throughout America.
#OpSANTO. Monsantoboycott. Monsanto Re_Enter Vietnam After Agent Orange. Glyphosphate Resistant Canola. _patente_von_monsanto_englisch. Lawsuit Seeks To Invalidate Monsanto’s GMO Patents - National Health Federation - Your voice for health freedom. Archive Category: Articles Lawsuit Seeks To Invalidate Monsanto’s GMO Patents By Rady Ananda Global Research.ca April 07, 2011 “A new invention to poison people ... is not a patentable invention.”
Lowell v. Lewis, 1817 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. The Public Patent Foundation filed suit on behalf of 270,000 people from sixty organic and sustainable businesses and trade associations, including thousands of certified-organic farmers. "As Justice Story wrote in 1817, to be patentable, an invention must not be 'injurious to the well being, good policy, or sound morals of society,'” notes the complaint in its opening paragraphs, citing Lowell v. Plaintiffs condemn Monsanto for prohibiting independent research on its transgenic seeds and for its successful lobby efforts to ban GM food labeling.
Farmers Issue Lawsuit Against Monsanto for Widespread Genetic Manipulation. Anthony GucciardiActivist Post Farmers are taking a stand against Monsanto, launching a landmark lawsuit against the mega corporation for widespread genetic contamination.
The farmers are concerned that Monsanto’s aggressive agenda to genetically alter the planet will ultimately result in a severe threat to the organic integrity of farms worldwide. It is not hard to believe that many ‘organic’ farms have already been contaminated with GMO crops, as nearly 93% of soybeans are now admittedly genetically modified. The Public Patent Foundation originally filed the lawsuit in March of 2011 in a case known as Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto. The organization launched the suit in the name of the very individuals and organizations threatened by Monsanto’s widespread GMO crops: family farmers, farming organizations, and seed businesses. In fact, between 1997 and 2010, Monsanto actually filed 144 lawsuits against American family farmers.
Monsanto GMO Seeds Use to Further Expand Within US. Monsanto. Monsanto. Monsanto. UPDATE 1-DuPont suit claims Monsanto infringed corn patent. Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:31am IST * Suit alleges Monsanto infringed on corn seed patent * DuPont asks for reimbursement, damages (Updates to add information about suit, background) Oct 18 (Reuters) - DuPont's (DD.N) Pioneer seed unit has sued Monsanto Co (MON.N), claiming its archrival infringed on patents that help genetically modified corn seeds germinate.
The suit, filed on Tuesday, is the latest volley in a bitter fight between the duo for dominance in the lucrative U.S. corn seed industry. In a suit filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, DuPont asks that Monsanto reimburse it for any profits gained from the sale of products made with the patents, as well as damages. The suit did not ask for a specific dollar amount. Monsanto Shill And USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Says Government Will Change The Way Citizens Eat :