Thursday, March 09, 2006

food sovereignty is a battle that rages on...

overbite
"Is our society going to use land and agriculture to produce food, to distribute income, and to keep men and women working the land or are we going to hand over the lands to the large plantations that are going to expel the population, to gain a lot of money and to make exports the top priority?"

This is a quote from the landless workers' movement (MST) of Brazil, in regards to the multi-national exploitation of lands for the purpose of export, and the governement abetting of this with the help of propaganda in the media. A familiar story? Read it here overbite

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