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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 01:38 PM Mar 2012

Occupy, social justice groups blockade entrance to Monsanto

"We are calling for a ‘global class-action’ against Monsanto,” said Steven Payan, one of the Davis protest organizers. “We are joining the world in solidarity to demand a ban on all GMO foods and hold Monsanto accountable for its actions throughout history from Agent Orange to Deforestation to current and past deaths to preying on small farmers through a broken court system and also through International Free Trade Agreements.”

http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2012/03/16/occupy-social-justice-groups-blockade-entrance-to-monsanto/?

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Soon will be at your local WalMart.....yum, yum, have some more chemicals that will have you growing something inside you that only your Doctor will like......to take out.....

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Occupy, social justice groups blockade entrance to Monsanto (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP

Enviros should not be co-opting Occupy. gulliver Mar 2012 #1

I was thinking the same thing. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #2

If that message is INEQUALITY which has been MindMover Mar 2012 #5

IMO protests need to be quite focused to get results and get the message across. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #9

I think the message of INEQUALITY has and is being transmitted.... MindMover Mar 2012 #10

understandable concern, however 5 occupy groups have joined cause.... MindMover Mar 2012 #3

The message of occupy has everything to do with the environment. Cleita Mar 2012 #4

Occupy protests against the tyranny of corporate governing. Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #6

One of the top five concerns of OWS IS the environment nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #11

It is a great poster but the creator could have used a copy editor. Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #7

Ahh, a spelling bee champ or maybe English major.... MindMover Mar 2012 #8

When it comes to evil corporations, Monsanto is definitely.... chaska Mar 2012 #12

gulliver

(13,180 posts)

1. Enviros should not be co-opting Occupy.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 01:42 PM

Mar 2012

The message of occupy does not need to be diluted.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

2. I was thinking the same thing.

Reply to gulliver (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 01:44 PM

Mar 2012

Occupy needs to stay on message rather than degenerating into the "my pet issue is most important" crap, which turns protests into a joke.

MindMover

(5,016 posts)

5. If that message is INEQUALITY which has been

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 01:54 PM

Mar 2012

with us since the beginning of man......in this reality that is.....then what does degenerating mean in your thought....?.....I could say that protesting inequality is like protesting the color of the sky......