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Native American Prophecy
When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colours, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow.

posted by Lorenzo 12:59 PM

 

BIOPIRATE BOOTY & FRANKENFOODS FOR ALL

Thanks to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a host of "free trade" agreements, it is completely legal for a large corporation to patent and own the genes of individual plants, animals, indigenous medicines and even humans. The WTO states that all member countries must honor all patents filed in the U.S. or face economic sanctions, also known as cross retaliation. In other words, the U.S. can legally impose economic sanctions on Mexico if the Mayan people use their traditional herbal medicines without paying royalties to transnational corporations like Dow Chemical, which now owns patents on some of these thousand- year- old remedies. Heck, it's even legal to patent the genes of the shaman who gives you that medicine. Since the mid-90s, there has been a deluge of U.S. patent applications on human genes of tribal peoples all over the world. Thanks to the WTO, even your genes can be legally owned by corporations or individuals. And now the Bush Administration plans to use a secret trade tribunal of the WTO to force Frankenfoods down the throats of Europeans and consumers worldwide. Ticked off? Do something about it:

Join the OCA and other public interest groups protesting against the WTO and Frankencrops in Sacramento, California (June 20-25) and/or travel on an escorted OCA delegation to attend the historic teach-ins and protests at the next international WTO Ministerial meeting in Cancun Mexico (Sept. 4-11) http://www.organicconsumers.org/wto_cancun.htm

posted by Lorenzo 7:30 PM