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Shiva: Victory In Cancun
Commentary, October, 18 2003
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Cancun stands as a victory of democracy over dictatorship, of fairness over injustice, of the South over the North, of the poor over the rich, of people over profits, and of life over death.
Shiva: Coke : Hazardous Even Without Pesticides
Commentary, September, 26 2003
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Coke : Hazardous Even Without Pesticides
Shiva: W.t.o. Agreement On Agriculure
Commentary, September, 11 2003
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The Agreement on Agriculture should be called a Cargill Agreement. It was former Cargill Vice-President, Dan Amstutz, who drafted the original text of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. Opening Southern markets and converting peasant agri...
Shiva: Biotech Wars: Food Freedom Vs Food Slavery
Commentary, June, 25 2003
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Monsanto through the U.S. government, is trying desperately to reverse its failing fortunes by creating markets for its genetically engineered crops (GMOs) through coercion and corruption.
Shiva: Biotech Wars: Food Freedom Vs. Food Slavery
Commentary, June, 16 2003
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Monsanto through the U.S. government, is trying desperately to reverse its failing fortunes by creating markets for its genetically engineered crops (GMOs) through coercion and corruption.
Shiva: Bechtel And Blood For Water: War As An Excuse For Enlarging Corporate Rule
Commentary, May, 13 2003
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Within a month of the start of the war against Iraq, the real victor is
Shiva: The Crisis Of Potato Growers In U. P.
Commentary, April, 25 2003
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: THE HARVEST OF TRADE LIBERALISATION POLICIES
Shiva: Globalisation And Its Fall Out
Commentary, April, 06 2003
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Neither Prosperity nor Peace
Shiva: On Pests, Weeds And Terrorists: Weaving Harmony Through Diversity
Commentary, December, 03 2002
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Lack of harmony characterizes our times -- There is disharmony between humans and nature, between religions, between cultures, between genders. Non-sustainability, injustice, war are different expressions of disharmony which has its roots in a wo...
Shiva: In Praise Of Cowdung
Commentary, November, 17 2002
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In India we worship cow dung as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Gobur-dhan puja is literally the worship of gobur (cowdung) dhan (wealth).
Shiva: Terrorism As Cannibalism
Commentary, January, 25 2002
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Year 2001 will be etched in our memory as a year in which the vicious cycle of violence was unleashed worldwide. Of the Taliban bombing the two thousand year old images of peace, the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Shiva: Doha: Saving Wto, Killing Democracy
Commentary, December, 04 2001
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Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having "removed the stain of Seattle". Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to free-trade treaties and agenda...
Shiva: Biotech Companies As Bioterrorists
Commentary, November, 06 2001
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While the public is preoccupied by an anthrax scare, another act of bio-terrorism is threatening India's farmers and our rich biodiversity.
Shiva: Solidarity Against All Forms of Terrorism
Commentary, October, 03 2001
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18th September was the day for solidarity with victims of the September 11th terrorist attack on the U.S. I joined the millions to observe two minutes silence at 10:30 a.m. for those who lost their lives in the assault on the World Trade Centre an...
Shiva: Stopping Biopiracy
Commentary, September, 06 1999
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The patents on the anti-diabetic properties of karela, jamun, brinjal once again highlight the problem of Biopiracy - the patenting of indigenous biodiversity related knowledge.
Shiva: Monsanto's Expanding Monopolies From Seed to Water
Commentary, July, 17 1999
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Over the past few years, Monsanto, a chemical company, has positioned itself as an agricultural company through control over seed the first link in the food chain. Monsanto now wants to control water, the very basis of life.
