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OCA Calls for Consumer and Supreme Court Sees No

Tourist Boycott of Arizona Problem with Genetic Pollution
Quote of the Week
Stand up for human rights, boycott Arizona! from Monsanto’s GE Alfalfa
Arizona’s controversial Senate Bill 1070 is a law
that legalizes and promotes racial profiling. SB 1070
“Will an In the first Supreme Court case dealing
with the hazards of genetically engineered
undermines basic civil rights in the United States,
obliging law enforcement agencies to demand docu-
undocumented crops, a federal court injunction against
Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa,
mentation from all (non-white) people who might be
undocumented workers or immigrants lacking a visa.
immigrant from the justices showed little concern about the
safety or inevitable genetic pollution of bio-
Please join us in telling Gov. Brewer that consumers
and tourists will boycott Arizona until this unjust
Ireland be accosted? tech crops. Justice Antonin Scalia suggested
that the threat to conventional or organic
law is repealed: www.is.gd/bSp3J Probably not. growers was minor and manageable.
“It makes it more difficult for them (farm-
Climate Chaos and Geoengineering
Monsanto, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, Bill
Will Latino fathers ers not planting Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa) to
have a field of 100 percent non-genetically
Gates, and a swarm of get-rich-quick corporations
are telling anxious world politicians and the Obama
bringing their engineered (alfalfa), but that’s not the end of
the world,” Scalia said. organicconsumers.org/
Administration not to worry about impending cli-
mate catastrophe. They’ll take care of the problem
sons to Little monlink.cfm

Bolivia’s Climate Summit

with GE crops, animals, and trees; agrofuels derived
from plantations of GMO corn and soybeans & mono-
League baseball From April 17-24, more than 35,000
culture plantations of sugar cane and palm oil; and
other hi-tech, potentially apocalyptic schemes such
camp be targeted? grassroots delegates from 140 nations, repre-
senting social movements and small farmer
as blasting sulfate particles into the stratosphere to
reflect the sun’s rays; dumping iron particles in the
Perhaps. Will organizations, traveled to Cochabamba,
Bolivia for the World People’s Conference
oceans to nurture CO2-absorbing plankton; and fir-
ing silver iodide into clouds to produce rain. www.
the thousands of on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother
Earth. This “People’s Climate Summit” rep-
is.gd/bSpdT
farm workers who resents an alternative to the failed December
2009 Copenhagen talks where developing
The Rights of Mother Earth
During his presentation at the UN Climate Confer-
harvest our food be nations and the rights of the planet were fun-
damentally and shamefully ignored.
ence in Copenhagen in December 2009, President
Evo Morales of Bolivia proposed a global referendum
automatic suspects? We have posted a short introductory video
outlining the goals and expectations of the
that would tackle the root causes of climate change.
Below are the questions he proposed.
Certainly.” summit here: www.is.gd/bStjy

1. Do you agree with re-establishing harmony with Help OCA On Facebook!

-Statement from United Farm Workers
nature while recognizing the rights of Mother There’s a lot happening on OCA’s Facebook
President Arturo S. Rodriguez regard-
Earth? Fan Page these days. We have over 25,000
ing Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s
2. Do you agree with changing this model of over- fans and add close to 1,000 more each week!
decision to sign Senate Bill 1070 target-
consumption and waste that the capitalist system There’s a lot of fun discussion and it’s a good
ing immigrants in Arizona, 4/22/10
represents? place to catch up on food and farming related
3. Do you agree that developed countries reduce news. Just for fun, we have set a goal to have
and re-absorb their domestic greenhouse gas 35,000 Facebook fans, but we need your help.
emissions so that the temperature does not rise more than 1 If you’re on Facebook, become a fan! Recommend us to your friends on
degree Celsius? Facebook! Visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/organicconsumers
4. Do you agree with transferring all that is spent in wars to pro-
tecting the planet and allocate a budget for climate change that Help Spread the Organic Revolution
is bigger than what is used for defense? OCA and our international network of organic consumers and farmers
5. Do you agree with a Climate Justice Tribunal to judge those who understand that we have a positive life-affirming solution for the global
destroy Mother Earth? Take the survey online: www.is.gd/bSt5q food, health, and climate crisis: organic food, farming, and ranching.
But to get out our all-important message we need your support. Please
OCA on the Radio send us a tax-deductible donation today. All donations this week will
Listen to OCA Director Ronnie Cummins on Meria Heller’s Organic receive a Millions Against Monsanto bumpersticker! Please donate
Transitions radio as he talks about his trip to the Cochabamba People’s and write “Monsanto Sticker” in the comments field to receive your
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Eco-Socialist revolution. www.is.gd/bStpm

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