Freedom's on the march!
In another effort to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, ... dammit!!
To help Monsanto, Bush forbids Iraqi farmers from using their own seeds.
New legislation in Iraq has been carefully put in place by the US that prevents farmers from saving their seeds and effectively hands over the seed market to transnational corporations. This is a disastrous turn of events for Iraqi farmers, biodiversity and the country's food security. While political sovereignty remains an illusion, food sovereignty for the Iraqi people has been made near impossible by these new regulations.
"The US has been imposing patents on life around the world through trade deals. In this case, they invaded the country first, then imposed their patents. This is both immoral and unacceptable," said Shalini Bhutani, one of the report's authors.
"The US has been imposing patents on life around the world through trade deals. In this case, they invaded the country first, then imposed their patents. This is both immoral and unacceptable," said Shalini Bhutani, one of the report's authors.
Our freedom-loving, moral leader.
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