Tag: usaid
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#MorningMonarchy: October 3, 2016
Endless war, flying robots and a basket of currencies + this day in history w/Pope protest and our song of the day by Sylvan Esso on your Morning Monarchy for October 3, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2016
American arms, general purge and pocket politics + this day in history w/The Riot Act and our song of the day by Hot Hot Heat on your Morning Monarchy for August 1, 2016.
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U.S. Aid Workers Given Experimental #Ebola Drug
from japantimes.com: Two American aid workers infected with Ebola are getting an experimental drug so novel it has never been tested for safety in humans and was only identified as […]
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Bangladeshi farmers caught in row over $600,000 GM aubergine trial
from theguardian.co.uk: Farmers growing a landmark genetically modified food crop in Bangladesh – Bt brinjal, or aubergine – have found themselves at the centre of a power struggle between the […]
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US farmers flood fields with dangerous poison to fight Monsanto superweeds
from jonrappoport.wordpress.com: You’re a farmer. Season after season, you watch your fields being taken over by Monsanto superweeds, which are resistant to the herbicide Roundup. What are you going to […]
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How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others
The New Alliance was announced in conjunction with the G8 meeting last Friday. Under the scheme, some 45 corporations, including Monsanto, Syngenta, Yara International, Cargill, DuPont, and PepsiCo, have pledged a total of $3.5 billion in investment in Africa.
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hillary holds first-ever mass meeting of US ambassadors
from politico: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called top envoys from U.S. embassies to gather in Washington on Monday (feb1) for a wide-ranging foreign policy meeting. Ambassadors from almost […]
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Reports Suggest White House Pressured Vilsack to Approve GM Alfalfa
from grist: As I reported last week, the USDA announced late Thursday it would allow the planting of genetically modified alfalfa, the nation’s fourth-largest crop, without restriction. Was the decision […]