GMW:_Gene_Traders_-_New_book_edited_by_Brian_Tokar

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GMW:_Gene_Traders_-_New_book_edited_by_Brian_Tokar

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Available now! Order online at www.genetraders.org

 

Read the introduction by Brian Tokar

http://www.genetraders.org/images/introduction.pdf

 

Gene Traders:

Biotechnology, World Trade, and the Globalization of Hunger

Edited by Brian Tokar

 

" Most people have a gut unease at the prospect of genetically altered food. This

book will make it clear why that queasiness is absolutely justified. Clear,

concise, well-reported, and appropriately angry, Gene Traders is an important

document in a crucial debate. " - Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and

Enough

 

Genetically engineered agriculture is spreading around the world due to global

trade agreements and the aggressive tactics of international financial

institutions, governments, and agribusiness corporations.

 

In this broad and comprehensive survey, seven authors show how the interplay of

trade policy, " development " politics and biotechnology increases dependency and

hunger, while compromising the survival of traditional farmers and their

communities.

 

Gene Traders opens with a revealing look by editor Brian Tokar at the evolution

of the global movement for food sovereignty that has been sparked by genetic

engineering.

 

S'ra DeSantis makes the connections between trade deals like NAFTA and the FTAA,

genetically modified corn, and the contamination of Latin American crops.

 

Aziz Choudry describes how World Trade Organization's " intellectual property "

rules promote monopoly rights and biopiracy.

 

Brian Tokar examines the World’s Bank promotion of dubious biotech schemes in

the name of sustainability and a new " Green Revolution. "

 

Mwananyanda Mbikusita Lewanika and Lawrence Tsimese report from Africa about

Zambia’s food aid crisis and the continent's tough choices on food security.

 

Shiri Pasternak explains how food aid has become food dumping and displaced

agricultural communities.

 

Devinder Sharma deconstructs world hunger and the myths of biotech agriculture

" feeding the world. "

 

Available now! Order online at www.genetraders.org.

 

Gene Traders:

Biotechnology, World Trade, and the Globalization of Hunger

Edited by Brian Tokar

 

 

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“Read Gene Traders and see with new eyes! Brian Tokar brings us a gold

mine of in-depth investigations showing exactly how corporations and

global institutions are systematically manipulating governments,

farmers and public opinion to gain control over our food supply. Gene

Traders provides the detail and insight we need to take part in the

global democracy movement to reverse this catastrophe.”

 

-- Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and

coauthor of Hope’s Edge

 

“Most people have a gut unease at the prospect of genetically altered

food. This book will make it clear why that queasiness is absolutely

justified. Clear, concise, well-reported, and appropriately angry, Gene

Traders is an important document in a crucial debate.”

 

-- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Enough

 

Genetically engineered agriculture is spreading around the world due to

global trade agreements and the aggressive tactics of international

financial institutions, governments, and agribusiness corporations. In

this broad and comprehensive survey, seven authors show how the

interplay of trade policy, “development” politics and biotechnology

increases dependency and hunger, while compromising the survival of

traditional farmers and their communities.

 

Gene Traders opens with a revealing look by editor Brian Tokar at the

evolution of the global movement for food sovereignty that has been

sparked by genetic engineering.

 

• S’ra DeSantis makes the connections between trade deals like NAFTA

and the FTAA, genetically modified corn, and the contamination of Latin

American crops.

 

• Aziz Choudry describes how World Trade Organization’s “intellectual

property” rules promote monopoly rights and biopiracy.

 

• Brian Tokar examines the World’s Bank promotion of dubious biotech

schemes in the name of sustainability and a new “Green Revolution.”

 

• Mwananyanda Mbikusita Lewanika andLawrence Tsimese report from

Africa about Zambia’s food aid crisis and the continent’s tough choices

on food security.

 

• Shiri Pasternak explains how food aid has become food dumping and

displaced agricultural communities.

 

• Devinder Sharma deconstructs world hunger and the myths of biotech

agriculture “feeding the world.”

 

Order online at www.genetraders.org, or make your check payable to Toward

Freedom, PO Box 468, Burlington, VT 05402. Phone: 802-657-3733.

Copies are $14 each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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