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| I and the public know, what every school child learns. Those to whom evil is done, do evil in return.
-- W. H. Auden |
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The bombing of Yugoslavia represented a significant and shocking turn of international affairs. It was an overwhelming and unprovoked attack on a largely helpless nation struggling to hold itself together in the face of international threats, pressure, and sanctions.
But it was more than that. Although a blatant breach of international law and NATO's own charter, the bombardment was justified by a novel and Orwellian concept: "humanitarian intervention."
by David Orchard
Note: For Immediate Release by David Orchard, Quebec City, 24 March 2005
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Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto, spoke today at a UN meeting in Bangkok - harshly criticizing his governments' efforts to promote field-testing and commercialization of Terminator seeds (plants genetically-modified to render seeds sterile at harvest time).
"The Canadian government has acted shamefully. It is supporting a dangerous, anti-farmer technology that aims to eliminate the rights of farmers to save and re-use harvested seed," said Schmeiser. "Instead of representing the good will of the Canadian people or attending to the best interests of the Biodiversity Treaty, the Canadian government is fronting for the multinational gene giants who stand to win enormous profits from the release of Terminator seeds around the world."
Note: News Release: ETC Group, 11 February 2005
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On Feb. 22 in Brussels, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced that Canada would be sending forces to Jordan to help train Iraqi police and, although Canadian troops are not officially in Iraq, Canadian Maj. Gen. Walter Natynczyk (with the support of Ottawa) has been the second top-ranking soldier in that country in his role as deputy commander of the U.S. Army's Third Corps.
What exactly is it that Canada is helping out with? Across much of the world, and above all in North America, there is a deafening silence about what is actually happening in Iraq.
Note: By David Orchard, StarPhoenix (Saskatoon), March 11th 2005
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A confidential document leaked today to ETC Group reveals that the Canadian government, at a United Nations meeting in Bangkok (Feb 7-11), will attempt to overturn an international moratorium on genetic seed sterilisation technology (known universally as Terminator). Even worse, the Canadian government has instructed its negotiators to "block consensus" on any other option.
"Canada is about to launch a devastating kick in the stomach to the world's most vulnerable farmers - the 1.4 billion people who depend on farm saved seed," said ETC Group Executive Director Pat Mooney speaking from Ottawa. "The Canadian government is doing the dirty work for the multinational gene giants and the US government. Even Monsanto wasn't prepared to be this upfront and nasty. Canada is betraying Farmers' Rights and food sovereignty everywhere."
Note: For immediate release, February 7, 2005, ETC group.
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"Graduate students and younger faculty are often put under tremendous pressure to 'find ways' to generate external support for their research. They have to 'go where the money is' rather than pursue areas of inquiry that might be of greater interest, but would not generate the high levels of funding associated with the research," said Donald Stein, Asa G. Candler Professor of emergency medicine and neurology at Emory University.
Environmental Media Services
Contact: Elisabeth Ensley, Environmental Media Services, 202/463-6670;
Carlyn Foster, Fenton Communications, 202/822-5200
Note: For Immediate Release, Monday, October 20, 2003.
Copyright © 2003 Environmental Media Services
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