by summers@summeronline.net | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Local farmers in India’s Gujarat have fought back against the economic monopoly of the World Bank by finally convincing the US Supreme Court to hear their case against the World Bank’s financial lending arm. In an unprecedented move the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in... by summers@summeronline.net | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The IFC & The World Bank. Boosting “shared prosperity” by ‘knowingly profiting from the financing of murder’ As the US Supreme Court emerges as the far better court for justice than the alternative ICJ, ever more disturbing allegations against the World Bank’s... by summers@summeronline.net | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The World bank, in addition to it numerous failings continues to actively promote export oriented industrial agriculture rather than encouraging food security. Funding by the World bank is heavily biased to profit making crops such as coffee & cut... by summers@summeronline.net | Aug 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
PepsiCo in India has offered to stop pursuing four small farmers whom it accuses of growing a variety of potatoes registered for exclusive use in one of its product lines. PepsiCo, which owns brands like Pepsi, Lays, Gatorade & Quaker Oats, not only... by summers@summeronline.net | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sterilized farmers pursue France’s Dow Chemical for damages A couple of decades ago in Central America several banana plantations used a powerful pesticide called Nemagon. The side effects were devastating. That chemical sterilized farm workers on a mass...