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** '''2013-05-13''' [http://www.beyondpesticides.org/documents/BowmanvMonsantoSupremeCourtOpinion5.13.13.pdf the decision] | ** '''2013-05-13''' [http://www.beyondpesticides.org/documents/BowmanvMonsantoSupremeCourtOpinion5.13.13.pdf the decision] | ||
===Posts=== | ===Posts=== | ||
| + | * '''2011-01-04''' [http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500395_162-5978152.html AP: Monsanto Strong-Arms Seed Industry] "Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found." | ||
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* '''2012-04-27''' [http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html Ingram Gets His Day In Court - Three Weeks Late] | * '''2012-04-27''' [http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html Ingram Gets His Day In Court - Three Weeks Late] | ||
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| + | * '''2013-03-14''' [http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-protection-act-may-be-voted-for-this-week-in-congress-271/ 'Monsanto Protection Act' to be voted on by Congress] | ||
| + | * '''2013-05-13''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/supreme-court-monsanto_n_3266319.html Supreme Court Rules For Monsanto In Patent Case]: [[Bowman v. Monsanto]] | ||
| + | * '''2013-05-14''' [http://rt.com/usa/wikileaks-monsanto-cables-report-273/ New cables 'expose' US govt lobbies worldwide for Monsanto, other GMO corps] | ||
* '''2013-05-15''' [http://ecowatch.com/2013/supreme-court-sides-with-monsanto-rules-against-farmers/ U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto, Rules Against Farmers]: [[Bowman v. Monsanto]] | * '''2013-05-15''' [http://ecowatch.com/2013/supreme-court-sides-with-monsanto-rules-against-farmers/ U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto, Rules Against Farmers]: [[Bowman v. Monsanto]] | ||
| + | * '''2013-05-19''' [http://www.realfarmacy.com/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/ Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields] | ||
* '''2013-05-25''' [http://www.fancybeans.com/blog/2013/05/25/how-to-really-march-against-monsanto/ How to Really March Against Monsanto] | * '''2013-05-25''' [http://www.fancybeans.com/blog/2013/05/25/how-to-really-march-against-monsanto/ How to Really March Against Monsanto] | ||
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*** The article's explanation of the impossibility of boycotting Monsanto is basically a set of straw-men; nobody is suggesting that a boycott of Monsanto would be effective. Instead, they hope to (a) put market pressure on the intermediaries who have the choice to buy Monsanto products or not, and (b) put pressure on legislators to change the laws so that Monsanto's problematic practices aren't so profitable. | *** The article's explanation of the impossibility of boycotting Monsanto is basically a set of straw-men; nobody is suggesting that a boycott of Monsanto would be effective. Instead, they hope to (a) put market pressure on the intermediaries who have the choice to buy Monsanto products or not, and (b) put pressure on legislators to change the laws so that Monsanto's problematic practices aren't so profitable. | ||
*** ...at least, that's how I understand it. | *** ...at least, that's how I understand it. | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | ===2008=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml Monsanto Terminator Technology -- Worldwide Famine & Starvation]: no date; any other sources for this information? | ||
| + | * http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805 - describes an early incident of Monsanto threatening to sue a farmer for planting their seed (even though he wasn't a farmer and didn't even come into contact with any) | ||
| + | ===2012=== | ||
| + | * http://worldtruth.tv/monsanto-found-guilty-of-chemical-poisoning-in-landmark-case/ | ||
| + | * http://www.trueactivist.com/kenya-bans-all-gmo-monsantos-foods/ | ||
| + | * http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/australias-1st-legal-attack-on-monsanto-for-gmo-contamination-of-organic-crops/ | ||
| + | * http://ogs-silentcrimes.blogspot.com/2012/11/scientist-many-pro-gmo-corporate.html - scientists in bed with Monsanto | ||
| + | * http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/gm-food-banned-in-monsanto-canteen-737948.html | ||
| + | * http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/do-gm-crops-increase-yield.aspx - Monsanto "debunks" several anti-GMO articles | ||
| + | * https://plus.google.com/100520148877423056661/posts/cnxjWAEEXZM - how Monsanto has devastated agriculture | ||
| + | * http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology-and-supply-chain/monsanto-weedkiller-and-gm-maize-in-shocking-cancer-study/232603.article | ||
| + | * http://truth-out.org/news/item/11111-trade-group-funded-by-monsanto-creates-childrens-book | ||
| + | * http://www.disinfo.com/2012/08/walmart-to-sell-unlabeled-gmo-corn-from-monsanto/ | ||
| + | * http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/12/30/monsanto-declared-worst-company-of-2011/ | ||
| + | * http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2012/08/monsanto-loses-to-beekepers-of-yucatan-peninsula/ | ||
| + | * http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/12408-focus-former-monsanto-employee-exposes-fraud | ||
| + | * http://www.alternet.org/food/156195/the_%27monsanto_rider%27%3A_are_biotech_companies_about_to_gain_immunity_from_federal_law/ | ||
| + | ** http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/12295-focus-is-monsanto-about-to-gain-immunity-from-federal-law | ||
| + | * http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2012/07/09/monsanto-slammed-with-up-to-7-5-billion-in-fees-to-farmers/ | ||
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| + | * http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/05/monsanto-roundup-effects-on-honeybees.aspx | ||
| + | * http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/12295-focus-is-monsanto-about-to-gain-immunity-from-federal-law | ||
| + | ** repost: http://mysticpolitics.com/wtf-monsanto-to-gain-immunity-from-federal-law/ | ||
| + | * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/monsanto-lawsuit-organic-farmers-appeal_n_1385693.html | ||
| + | * http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/monsanto-poisons-hawaii/2032 | ||
| + | * http://bit.ly/LpDVCz - Monsanto in Paraguay | ||
| + | * http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/11094-blamed-for-bee-collapse-monsanto-buys-leading-bee-research-firm | ||
| + | ** http://naturalsociety.com/monsanto-bee-collapse-buys-bee-research-firm/ | ||
| + | * http://www.trueactivist.com/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-corn-fields/ | ||
| + | ** https://plus.google.com/116987987149730551614/posts/Wj341Yqyzq8 | ||
| + | * http://infofeeder.info/latest-information/153476-blatant-corruption-exposed-as-eu-blocks-frances-ban-on-monsantos-gmo-maize-david-icke | ||
| + | * http://www.nationofchange.org/mexican-farmers-block-monsanto-law-privatize-plants-and-seeds-1337785224 | ||
| + | * http://www.salon.com/2012/05/14/monsantos_college_strangehold/ | ||
| + | * http://www.alternet.org/world/155376/africa%27s_frankenfoods%3A_monsanto_and_the_gates_foundation_push_genetic_modification_technology_in_kenya | ||
| + | * http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/%e2%80%98no-food-rights%e2%80%99-judge-quits-to-work-for-monsanto-law-firm/ | ||
| + | * http://www.naturalnews.com/035105_Bill_Gates_Monsanto_eugenics.html | ||
| + | * http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/189 - Evil, Inc. (Percy Schmeiser v. Monsanto) | ||
| + | * http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/10/45469.htm Monsanto and Big Tobacco Blamed for Birth Defects | ||
| + | * http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/roundup-ready-plus-monsanto-capitalizes-superweeds-it-created.html | ||
| + | * http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2012/04/06/poland-announces-complete-ban-on-monsantos-genetically-modified-maize/ | ||
| + | * http://www.alternet.org/story/154855/monsanto_threatens_to_sue_vermont_if_legislators_pass_a_bill_requiring_gmo_food_to_be_labeled?page=entire ([http://www.alternet.org/food/154855/monsanto_threatens_to_sue_vermont_if_legislators_pass_a_bill_requiring_gmo_food_to_be_labeled/ alt]) | ||
| + | ** https://rt.com/usa/news/monsanto-sue-gmo-vermont-478/ | ||
| + | * http://www.trueactivist.com/monsanto-shareholder-meeting-infiltrated-by-activist/ | ||
| + | * http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/321268 US government approves Monsanto seed experiment across America | ||
| + | * http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314170511.htm - honeybees and Monsanto | ||
| + | * http://www.croplife.com/article/26329/union-of-concerned-scientists-allege-monsanto-misconduct- | ||
| + | * http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-02/news/31115871_1_monsanto-hacking-group-food-supply | ||
| + | * http://tribune.com.pk/story/345886/agricultural-punjab-rebuffs-monsanto-attempt-to-sell-bt-cotton-seeds-to-farmers/ | ||
| + | * http://www.naturalnews.com/035048_Monsanto_lawsuit_intellectual_property.html#ixzz1nDXcDDrn | ||
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| + | ====Proposition 37==== | ||
| + | * http://www.alternet.org/food/michael-pollan-californias-prop-37-fight-label-gmos-could-galvanize-growing-us-food-movement | ||
| + | * http://naturalsociety.com/end-of-monsanto-prop-37-succeeding-nations-ban-gmo-crops/ | ||
| + | ** http://organicconsumersfund.org/label/prop-37-funders.cfm | ||
| + | * http://www.naturalnews.com/037913_vote_fraud_Proposition_37_election.html | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2012/11/07/prop-37-fails-scientists-cheer/ | ||
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| + | ===2013=== | ||
| + | * http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/how_the_monsanto_protection_act_snuck_into_law/ | ||
| + | * http://www.ibtimes.com/furor-growing-against-obama-over-monsanto-protection-act-1156459 | ||
| + | * http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/farmers_and_food_safety_advocates_lead_monsanto_backlash_partner/ | ||
| + | * http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/senate_appropriations_chair_disavows_monsanto_protection_act/ | ||
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| + | ** http://gmo-awareness.com/2011/05/12/monsanto-dirty-dozen/ | ||
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| + | * http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/28/conservatives-laugh-as-liberals-attack-president-over-non-existent-monsanto-protection-act/ | ||
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| + | ** http://inhabitat.com/monsanto-has-sued-hundreds-of-small-farmers-heads-to-the-supreme-court/ | ||
| + | *** [[Bowman v. Monsanto]]: | ||
| + | **** http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/bowman-v-monsanto-co/ | ||
| + | **** http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/02/bowman-monsanto/ | ||
| + | *** http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seed-Giants_final.pdf | ||
| + | **** "As of December 2012, Monsanto had filed 142 alleged seed patent infringement lawsuits involving 410 farmers and 56 small farm businesses in 27 states, which recently led one judge to brand the company "incredibly litigious"." | ||
| + | **** "Instead of saving seed for replanting, farmers are now constrained to purchasing a combination "cropping system" comprised of high-cost GE seed and the herbicide to which the seed is resistant." ... "Upon purchase, farmers are required to sign lengthy contracts known as "technology use agreements." The contracts prohibit farmers from saving seeds and, among many other intrusive prohibitions, allow companies to access the farmers' records held by third parties, such as the US government." (p. 10 aka "6") | ||
| + | **** Monsanto also sued a seed-cleaner for "aiding and abetting" IP "theft" by cleaning seeds for replanting, among which were (unbeknownst to him) some GM seeds which were not legally re-plantable. (ibid.) | ||
| + | *** [[Organic Seed Growers & Trade Ass'n v. Monsanto Co.]] | ||
| + | **** http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/us-monsanto-lawsuit-idUSTRE81Q1PN20120228 - judge claimed there were no actual incidents of Monsanto suing farmers for "volunteer" GM seed | ||
| + | **** http://gmo-journal.com/2013/02/05/farming-groups-take-on-goliath-in-court/ | ||
| + | **** http://www.rodale.com/research-feed/organic-vs-monsanto-organic-farmers-lose-right-protect-crops | ||
| + | **** http://www.dailytech.com/Monsanto+Defeats+Small+Farmers+in+Critical+Bioethics+Class+Action+Suit/article24118.htm | ||
| + | ** http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/pubs/CFSMOnsantovsFarmerReport1.13.05.pdf | ||
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| + | **** http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=percy_schmeiser | ||
| + | ** http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/monsanto-wins-lawsuit-against-indiana-soybean-farmer | ||
| + | ** http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/12/monsanto-sues-farmers-seed-patents | ||
| + | ** debate: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116951145888391044655/posts/ZEPTCCyrbDq | ||
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| + | * http://devinder-sharma.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-margaret-thatcher-destroyed-public.html - it was profitable as a government enterprise; sold to Unilever, then Monsanto | ||
| + | * http://truth-out.org/news/item/15744-monsanto-wins-patent-battle-with-dupont-to-seize-full-rights-of-gm-seed-patents | ||
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| + | There was a claim in 2010 that [[Blackwater]] had effectively become an arm of [[Monsanto]], leading to at least one report that Blackwater had been ''sold'' to Monsanto, but there doesn't seem to be any confirmation of this. | ||