Monsanto Calls Out the Dogs in St. Louis: New Anger, Old Crimes Point to Reparations, By Don Fitz, Barbara Chicherio and William Smith

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At the October 12, 2013, March Against Monsanto at Monsanto Worldwide Headquarters in St. Louis, scores of police from half a dozen municipalities were there, some with dogs. Growing demands for reparations to the victims of Monsanto's crimes will be heard at aNovember 8-9 "People's Hearing on Monsanto: Crimes and Reparations."

Multiple Police Departments guard entrance to Monsanto. (Photo: Jeff Schaefer)

People’s Hearing on Monsanto: Crimes and Reparations

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A Deep Green Look at Monsanto

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By Don Fitz

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Saturday, November 02, 2013

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The “People’s Hearing on Monsanto: Crimes and Reparations” will both examine the contamination of food by GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and go beyond it. The November 8 hearing in Monsanto’s home city of St. Louis will ask how the company can be held accountable for the range of damage it has done.

Since the majority of those affected by the company are people of color, it is fitting to open the hearing with an explanation of the need for reparations for slave descendants in the US. Reparations must begin with the US acknowledging the horrible crime of slavery and apologizing for it. The apology will establish the framework for discussing financial and other compensations. Learning from this, the People’s Hearing will ask how Monsanto can make reparations to its victims.

The St. Louis hearing will compile a record of Monsanto’s crimes in preparation for an indictment of the company. The Gateway Green Alliance, which is hosting the hearing, invites everyone providing testimony to describe (a) what they are accusing the company of doing, (b) the apology they are seeking for those crimes, and (c) what form they propose that compensation should take.

Occupy the dialectic

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Occupy Monsanto: Occupy the Dialectic

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By Don Fitz

Friday, September 28, 2012

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According to Carmelo Ruiz Marrero, Western powers have been grabbing seeds from the global South for centuries in order to develop new plant breeds. His talk provided a political and historical context to the current global battle around the patenting of seeds and crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Carmelo Ruiz Marrero speaks at GMO Free Midwest, Sept 16 2012

It was September 16, the first day of GMO-Free Midwest, the St. Louis portion of Occupy Monsanto. On the panel with Carmelo was Dr. Ollie Fisher, whose first job after getting his Chemical Engineering degree was working at Monsanto. He left that position after becoming distressed with the way the company uses its technology to subjugate Africa and coerce it into producing food that compromises human health.

Dr. Ollie Fisher speaks at GMO Free Midwest, Sept 16 2012

Priti Gulati Cox was also on the panel “GMOs as a Weapon of Global Domination.” She described effects of GMO crops on her native India. Monsanto advertises heavily to persuade farmers to switch to its new wonder seeds. After multiple crop failures, thousands of Indian farmers have committed suicide, unable to deal with the shame that bankruptcy has brought.

Priti Gulati Cox speaks at GMO Free Midwest, Sept 16 2012

The following day, September 17, Occupy Monsanto sponsored actions across the globe. By beginning with a day of panels, the St. Louis event encouraged a dialectical interplay between thought and action. Dialectics can help understand historical processes that develop over centuries and can guide the growth of a particular struggle.

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