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September, 2004 Vol.5. NO9 ....................................................Pages 12 and 13
Another
Biodemocracy Victory It was another bad day for Monsanto and the Biotech Bullies and another victory for the grassroots. Recently, Trinity County, CA, became the second county in the nation to ban the production of genetically engineered (GE) crops and animals. By a vote of three to one, Trinity County Supervisors moved to ban GE crops and animals in order to protect Trinity’s local economy, including its growing organic sector, and the environment. This decision comes in the wake of a March 2 ballot victory by voters in another Northern California county, Mendocino, banning GE crops. In November four more of California’s 59 counties (Marin, Butte, Humboldt, and San Luís Obispo) will be voting on ballot measures to ban genetically engineered organisms (GMOs). Monsanto, the Farm Bureau, and the Bayer Corporation have vowed to crush this growing Biodemocracy movement, but public opposition to gene-altered crops has put the industry on the defensive. On May 10, Monsanto was forced to cancel plans to commercialize GE wheat, while other GMOs in the pipeline — including trees, fish, and biopharmaceutical crops, are facing increasing opposition, not only in the U.S., but across the world. Trinity’s GE ban has been supported by a broad cross-section of county residents, including organic consumers, farmers, businesses, home gardeners, nurseries, social workers, students, church people, teachers, environmentalists, government employees, and investment, computer, and health professionals. Raw Power The Bush-Cheney campaign is racing toward November. But it isn’t only running toward the raw power it loves. It’s running away from the punishment it fears. In a late-breaking story, From the Wilderness.com’s Wayne Madsen maps out the lines of force in the current Plame and Chalabi scandals, showing them to be nodes of interpersonal influence and compromise that may soon crack the administration in half. The neocons’ dark alliance with the right wing of Israeli politics has brought them enormous power. But it’s unstable power, vulnerable to legal sanction and due process at the right pressure points. As Watergate proved decades ago, even a dying legal infrastructure can still throw a few jabs once in a while - if the CIA wants it to. (fromthewilderness.com) Deadline to Advertise in The Sun-News is September 20, call 471-5177 and leave your name and number if you want to advertise.
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Inside This Issue
"A Small but
Another Biodemorcracy Book Reviews ...............15
Energy Indipendence Ever Wonder? .............11
Film Museum
Five Weapons Sites
Generic Drugs Under
Have a Wild and
It's Easy, Convenient, "living From Soul!" ... 15
North Central NM
OCA Organizing "Only in America" ...... 5 Organic Pet Foods ....... 9
Paul Horn: Journey Poisoning Consumers.. 11 Raw Power ................ 12
The Man with the Wanted ....................... 6 Weird News ............... 14 What Are They Up To? .8
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