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Animal Diseases: Time to Expose Really Dangerous Corporate Lies

The diseases scares are lies with tremendous consequences for farmers, for food, for animal diversity, for control of and harm to populations through vaccines.

(PHILADELPHIA) - The Food Modernization and Safety Act empowers DoD and Department of Homeland Security to mass slaughter animals here in the event of an animal disease outbreak.

No need for the disease to be dangerous, or even exist. A declaration by the CDC is enough for military to roll out and begin killing.

House Passes Bill Striking Preemptively at EPA`s Regulation of Farm Dust

The bill was opposed by environmental protection and health policy groups.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill (HR 1633) that would establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter in order to limit federal regulation of "nuisance dust" in areas in which such dust is regulated under state, tribal, or local law.

Proponents of the bill were concerned about the possibility that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency would regulate so-called "farm dust," particulates kicked up in the air during normal farming practices.

Is Rwanda`s Cut-Throat Leader About to Leave Power?

The wary blur of President Kagame’s 2017 promise to relinquish power.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A Rwandan newspaper, the Chronicles, reported that the former rebel leader and all-powerful iron-handed leader of Rwanda said, “I will not be around as president come 2017”.

On the issue of whether or not President Kagame will amend the constitution allowing him to remain in power, the Chronicles quoted President Kagame saying, “...on this issue, I am almost taking it personal with people who keep asking...

Tribunal verdict vs. 6 agrochemical TNCs hailed, urgent action on recommendations urged

International organizations and intergovernmental institutions to uphold human rights and the welfare of populations, and protect of biodiversity and ecosystems by subordinating the interests of corporations pursuing patents.

(BANGALORE, India) - Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International hailed the verdict of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) against the world’s six largest agrochemical companies Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont and BASF after a historic four-day session that culminated in Bangalore, India yesterday.

Victims and survivors of the pesticide industry from all over the world, represented by PAN International, testified before a distinguished international jury to indict the “Big 6” for human rights violations.

Medical Marijuana Research: U.S. Ardently Supports It

Lies, damned lies and statistics!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This headline will come as a violent surprise to 300 million Americans. This story was prompted by an article by Paul Armenteno of NORML, from a Washington Post exchange by Tennessee Congressman Steven Cohen, who wants the Obama Administration to change cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II.

And Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, who responded by stating that the government, "ardently supports medical marijuana research".

Merkley Demands Changes to Help Oregon Timber Workers Get Jobs

Merkley says proposed changes would bring more accountability.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Though Oregon’s timber counties have among the highest unemployment rates in the Northwest, a recent report from the Department of Labor’s Inspector General revealed that millions of dollars in stimulus funds were used by contractors employing foreign workers to perform forest thinning work.

Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew proposing changes to the H-2B foreign worker visa program that would help prevent similar incidents in the future.

Busan summit must not miss vital opportunity to end aid dependency says ActionAid

Currently just 55% of aid worldwide is 'real aid' according to ActionAid’s Real Aid 3 report released earlier this year.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The international community must seize the chance to put countries in the driving seat of their own development, anti-poverty agency ActionAid says, as the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness opens in Busan, Korea.

ActionAid is calling for donors to agree to fund developing country government plans which directly benefit poor communities and enable citizens to hold their governments to account.

Saving Nutritional Supplements: A Battle For Nature, Truth, and Life Itself

The Rockefellers involvement with eugenics and genocide are well known.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - We know how hard people are fighting now to save the economy, to stop the wars, to prevent more nuclear power plants, mountain top mining, fracking, and more drilling, to stop genetic engineering, and incredibly importantly - save our farmers and ranchers.

But what is happening to supplements is little noticed but is of ultimate importance. The battle to save supplements is a battle to save nature and the accumulated wisdom of thousands of years of using it to heal.

Genetically Modified Crops - Contamination without Representation

If Oregon allows GM sugar beets to be deregulated, we may not stand a chance against full federal deregulation of all GM crops.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A public hearing is being held in Corvallis, Oregon this Thursday, November 17th to determine if Genetically Modified sugar beets will be deregulated in Oregon.

Meanwhile, the public comment period maybe just a local distraction giving way to full federal deregulation without any representation of organic and conventional crop farmers.

Georgia Dems Celebrate Civil Rights Even as they Crush Black Farmers

Congressman David Scott allowed US farmers and ranchers who were coming for redress of years from rigged markets by the multinational meat packers, to be mocked for simply seeking a rule - a rule!

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Democratic Party of Georgia and Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials is having a 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Freedom Rides.

To this they have invited Congressman David Scott, the man who ran the infamous house committee that laughed at the very idea of justice and fair markets for the little guy.