Comments on: Destroying GM Crops as an Act of Self-Defense http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/using-civil-disobedience-to-fight-gm-crops/ The Politics and Practice of Sustainable Living. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Corbie http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/using-civil-disobedience-to-fight-gm-crops/#comment-5524 Corbie Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:06:02 +0000 http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/using-civil-disobedience-to-fight-gm-crops/#comment-5524 I think this is absolutely legitimate. Monsanto has been suing farmers who grow non-GMO crops near fields where Monsanto's corn is grown, charging them with "stealing" the GMO corn's genetic material. Removing the GMO corn is a reemptive strike against being sued out of existence by Monsanto. It's simple self-preservation. I think this is absolutely legitimate. Monsanto has been suing farmers who grow non-GMO crops near fields where Monsanto’s corn is grown, charging them with “stealing” the GMO corn’s genetic material.

Removing the GMO corn is a reemptive strike against being sued out of existence by Monsanto. It’s simple self-preservation.

]]> By: Dan Van Riper http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/using-civil-disobedience-to-fight-gm-crops/#comment-5476 Dan Van Riper Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:42:56 +0000 http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/using-civil-disobedience-to-fight-gm-crops/#comment-5476 An excellent action. Note how the justice system was all ready to do the usual and defend their corporations from the threat of farmers. In the absence of outside pressure, the default setting for this court is to always find in favor of their corporations. In France, the same as in the US. But all judges are politicians. This court reacted to this situation the same way courts do in the US, the punitive actions by the court were kept limited because of the united demands of the community. Why was the punishment mild? To defuse the resistance. If this was one or two farmers reacting to this terrorist attack by Monsanto, then some French version of the so-called "Patriot" Act would have kicked in and the farmers would have been detained illegally, denied habeas corpus and locked away for the rest of their lives... which is how how community reactions to corporate terrorism are treated here in the US. The lesson of this story is to never go it alone, the courts will stamp you out. If you go out to defend your community from corporation terror, make sure your community is with you... or you will become a silent victim of state terrorism. An excellent action. Note how the justice system was all ready to do the usual and defend their corporations from the threat of farmers. In the absence of outside pressure, the default setting for this court is to always find in favor of their corporations. In France, the same as in the US.

But all judges are politicians. This court reacted to this situation the same way courts do in the US, the punitive actions by the court were kept limited because of the united demands of the community.

Why was the punishment mild? To defuse the resistance. If this was one or two farmers reacting to this terrorist attack by Monsanto, then some French version of the so-called “Patriot” Act would have kicked in and the farmers would have been detained illegally, denied habeas corpus and locked away for the rest of their lives… which is how how community reactions to corporate terrorism are treated here in the US.

The lesson of this story is to never go it alone, the courts will stamp you out. If you go out to defend your community from corporation terror, make sure your community is with you… or you will become a silent victim of state terrorism.

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