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Corporations Are The New Conquistadors : Ukraine

February 19, 2015 By Andrey Panevin 5 Comments

Ukraine has become a nation synonymous with the daily headlines, from the trail of western intervention and subversion that lead to a violent coup in 2013 to the devastating civil war that has torn the nation apart. These stories, as crucial as they are to investigate, have provided the perfect cover for international corporations to exploit Ukraine’s resources.

This exploitation accelerated when Ukraine declared its independence in 1992. From this period onward, Ukraine has experienced the colonization of its vastly important agricultural sector. International agribusiness and biotechnology firms have steadily been reforming Ukraine’s agricultural laws in order to eventually allow for an explosion in the production of genetically modified organisms.

Recent efforts to speed up this annexation of Ukrainian agriculture have been documented by the Oakland Institute. Their fact-sheet on the “Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture” shows how the law firm Frishberg and Partners found loopholes in a moratorium on Ukrainian agricultural land sales. The law firm suggested a two-pronged approach to circumventing this moratorium, which remains in force until January 1, 2016. These loopholes are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the multinational effort to subdue and mold a potentially lucrative agriculture market for maximum profit. While Ukraine currently enforces a ban on GMO products, it has become apparent that this is a temporary state of affairs.

The stage was set for the impending removal of this ban when Ukraine and the EU signed an association agreement in 2014.

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Health & Lifestyle, National News Tagged With: agribusiness, agriculture, American imperialism, biotechnology, capitalism, Cargill, Chemonics International, colonialism, corn, Corporate America, corruption, cows, DuPont, EuroMaidan, Europe, European Union, Eurozone, farming, food, foreign aid, Frishberg and Partners, genetic engineering, Genetically modified organisms, GMO Food, GMOs, Human Rights, IMF, imperialism, International Monetary Fund, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, ISAAA, land, land grabs, land rights, livestock, local food, Maidan, meat, Monsanto, Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, Oakland Institute, Ukrainian Seed Association, UkrLandFarming, United States Department of Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, US State Department, US-Ukraine Business Council, USAID, USUBC, Wall Street, War, wheat

Mining The Earth & Fracking The World: A Long Walk For The Climate

January 20, 2015 By Kate Lanier Leave a Comment

Every week, Kate Lanier assembles the most important global energy and climate news. This week includes:

New Mexicio: Diné youth are so concerned about corporate exploitation of underground resources, including oil and uranium, that they have embarked on a prayer walk of 200 miles. This first walk honors “The Long Walk of the Diné People to Ft. Sumner, New Mexico.” Other walks will follow this year.

Colombia: The underground Ocensa pipeline, carrying 650,000 barrels of crude/day between the huge Cusiana-Cupiagua oilfield to the Caribbean coast, built only about 15 years ago, has eroded campesinos’ farmland and led to severe loss of income. Campesinos sued BP in the UK seven years ago. The court case is nearing conclusion.

India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will invest $100 billion in solar power and put solar plants “atop canals: efficient and cheap land use, and reduce water evaporation from the channels underneath.” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is quite impressed.

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, National News Tagged With: #NoKXL, Allan Adam, Argentina, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Ban Ki-Moon, BP Oil, Canada, canals, capitalism, China, climate, Climate change, coal, Colombia, Colorado, Congress, Crow Creek Sioux, Davos, Democratic Party, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, diesel fuel, Diné, Earl Ray Tomblin, education, electric automobiles, electric cars, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, extinction, first Nations, fracking, global warming, Green Party, Greg Grey Cloud, Guatemala, hydraulic fracturing, India, indigenous, inequality, iron, John Hofmeister, Keystone XL, Keystone XL North, land use, liquid nitrogen gas, LNG, Louisiana, Macondo, Mapuche, methane plume, Mexico, mining, Mitch McConnell, Montana, NAFTA, Narendra Modi, NASA, Native Americans, Nebraska, New Mexico, ocean, oceans, offshore wind, oil, oil prices, OPEC, Patagonia, petroleum, pipelines, Pope Francis, renewable energy, Republican Party, Russia, Schlumberger Ltd, science education, Senate, Sioux, solar, solar energy, Somalia, sustainable energy, Terrajoule, Texas, Turkey, UK, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States Department of Commerce, United States Department of the Interior, United States Senate, uranium, US State Department, Vatican, water, West Virginia, wind, World Economic Forum, Yellowstone River

Obama Can’t Undo His War Crimes with Legacy Politics

January 14, 2015 By Ali Salaam 4 Comments

President Obama has presided over policies that have resulted in horrific war crimes against civilians (mainly children), a corrupt corporatocracy, and a dragnet surveillance state. Yet in a last ditch effort to preserve his legacy, he is pursuing policies that will pacify the public’s view of his crimes, which are no different than most other presidents before him regardless of political party. We must realize that he will only pursue legacy policies up to the point it upsets his masters in the banking industry that installed him in office, just like most other presidents since Woodrow Wilson.

The argument given by Obama apologists leading up to the 2012 re-election was that if we re-elected him he would end the wars, the surveillance, the corporate/banking collusion, and the erosion of the Bill of Rights.

The line must be drawn at dead children. This is the commander in chief and he had every ability to stop these atrocities in a timely fashion. It is very important that we as a people distinguish between pragmatism and compromise. Being against the bombing of children is not being a purist; it is being human.

Filed Under: Elections, National News Tagged With: 9-11, Aaron Swartz, Afghanistan, Africa, AIPAC, al-Nusra, American imperialism, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Assata Shakur, Bahrain, banks, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Bill Kristol, CIA, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Corporate America, Cuba, dead children, democracy, Democratic Party, drones, Edward Snowden, Egypt, election 2012, Elizabeth Warren, endless war, Evo Morales, famine, Federal Reserve, freedom of the press, Gaza, George W. Bush, GITMO, Guantanamo Bay, history, Hugo Chavez, Human Rights, hunger, imperialism, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace, Joe Biden, John Kerry, John Perkins, journalism, Julian Assange, kill list, Latin America, legacy politics, Libya, Lindsey Graham, Lupe Fiasco, Malcolm X, Mali, MENA, Middle East, Mitt Romney, Monsanto, Monsanto Protection Act, Moses, New York Times, NSA, Obama Legacy, Occupy Wall St., Occupy Wall Street, oligarchy, Operation Cast Lead, OWS, Pakistan, PATRIOT Act, police, police militarization, Privacy, Protective Edge, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Saudi Arabia, September 11, September 11th, Sheldon Adelson, Somalia, surveillance, too big to fail, Torture Tuesdays, United States Bill of Rights, US State Department, Wall Street, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Woodrow Wilson, Yemen, Zionism

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