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Shiva: India needs her small farmers For food security, livelihood security, peace and democracy

Commentary, April, 06 2007 Vandana2 Shiva
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India is a land of small farmers, with 650 million of her 1 billion people living on the land and 80 per cent farmers owning less than 2 ha of land. In other words, the land provides livelihood security for 65 per cent of the people, and the smal...

Shiva: From Corporate Land Grab to Land Sovereignty (Bhu Swaraj)

Commentary, February, 02 2007 Vandana2 Shiva
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"There is a sacred tie between the tiller and the land. Any attempt to snap the relationship is bound to face opposition".

Shiva: Coke Pepsi and the Politics of Food Safety

Commentary, September, 06 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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In a democracy, a ban on harmful products and activities is an expression of citizens' freedoms and rights. Bans protect citizens from hazards to health and the environment. That is why smoking has been banned in public places. That is why ozone-d...

Shiva: India Drowning in Pesticides

Znet Article, August, 13 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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The issue of toxics and poisons in our food system has once again moved to the contre of national concern. CSE's study on pesticides in Coke and Pepsi shows that three years after the Joint Parliamentary Committee, no action has been taken by the ...

Shiva: Corporate Rule = Facism

Commentary, August, 10 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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Terror in Dadri - "Urja" Nagar (Power City) become "Ujar Nagar" (City of Devastation)

Shiva: W.T.O. IS DEAD, LONG LIVE REE TRADE

Znet Article, July, 30 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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The Doha round negotiations collapsed once again at the Mini Ministerial in Geneva on 23rd July 2006. Martin Khor of Third World Network reports from Geneva that when asked of the Doha Round is dead or in intensive care, Mr. Kamal Nath, India's Co...

Shiva: End of Cheap Oil, The Global Energy Crisis and Climate Change

Commentary, June, 26 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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The increase in oil prices has led to protests, which have moved to the center stage of Indian politics, displacing the protests against reservations in medical and engineering colleges.

Shiva: The Great Grain Robbery by Agribusiness MNC's

Znet Article, June, 21 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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Wheat is called "Kanak" or gold in India, both because fields of wheat look like fields of gold as the "Rabi" (Winter) crop ripens in North Indian farms, and also because wheat is the farmers gold in the land of the 'roti' and 'chapatti'. As the ...

Shiva: The US Ð India Nuclear Agreement

Commentary, April, 21 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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India, a civilisation built on renewable energy and biodiversity economies is currently at a cross roads - will she continue on its renewable energy path based on biodiversity, and energy equity, or will she follow the non-sustainable energy path ...

Shiva: The US â€“ India Nuclear Agreement

Commentary, April, 21 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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India, a civilisation built on renewable energy and biodiversity economies is currently at a cross roads - will she continue on its renewable energy path based on biodiversity, and energy equity, or will she follow the non-sustainable energy path ...

Shiva: Wheat Imports: Will India Reverse To A Ship To Mouth Existence?

Commentary, February, 18 2006 Vandana2 Shiva
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On February 2, 2006, a mere two months before the rabi harvest of wheat, the government announced duty-free import of five lakh tonnes of wheat. The justification is the bringing down of retail prices, which have been rising over the last few mont...

Shiva: Beyond the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong

Commentary, December, 26 2005 Vandana2 Shiva
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Hong Kong will go down in history with Seattle and Cancun, both in terms of people's resistance in the streets and the resistance of developing countries within. Total failure of the WTO Doha round was averted by the fig leaf of withdrawal of expo...

Shiva: From Doha to Hong Kong, via Cancun

Znet Article, December, 12 2005 Vandana2 Shiva
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The WTO Ministerial at Hong Kong has already failed. For the corporate world it has failed because smaller, poorer developing countries are starting to have a say in outcomes of WTO negotiations. With the backing of peoples power on the streets th...

Shiva: Trade Liberalisation Is Not Development

Commentary, December, 10 2005 Vandana2 Shiva
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It is an irony of our times that WTO and fair trade are now being presented as "development". The enlargement of free markets for global corporations in agriculture, services, and industrial products through the Doha Round is being referred to as ...

Shiva: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace

Book, November, 26 2005

By Vandana Shiva

With 'Earth Democracy', Shiva uncovers their link to the rising tide of fundamentalisms, violence against women, and planetary death.

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