Be the first to comment!March Against Monsanto: Zminijietna participates in Saturday’s Valletta march
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Zminijietna – Voice of the Left said today that “Monsanto represents the GMO industry which should be opposed for various reasons and Zminijietna will be participating in the March Against Monsanto on Saturday 31st May in Valletta, together with other NGOs.”
Zminijietna added, “GMO corporations are carrying out irreversible processes on agriculture. Besides, cross-contamination from one GMO field to another can take place. These corporations have not managed to prove that there is no long-term damage on humans and the ecology.
“The GMO industry is increasing the exploitation of farmers, by making them fully dependent on material required for GMO production in the process. This comes at the expense of food diversity and autonomy of farmers on the land in which they work. Class inequality increases through GMO production.”
Zminijietna said that “through GMO production, agricultural land is used for profit maximisation of a few transnational corporations. Such corporations fuel the capitalist system and neo-liberal policies which are resulting in global inequalities and hunger.”
“Zminijietna joins leftist, green and progressive forces in the call for an immediate halt to the TTIP agreement, an agreement that will give more power to Multinational Companies, such as Monsanto. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA should be subject to an impact study, to a democratic discussion in the European Parliament and within civil society, and to full transparency before proceeding. It should also be subject to a referendum, Zminijietna concluded.
On Saturday 24th May, 2014 activists from more than 50 countries and in more than 300 cities around the world united to March Against Monsanto.
The Clean Movement- Malta is organising the event in Malta, which takes place in Valletta on Saturday 31st May. Meeting at 9.30am at Pjazza San Gorg, Valletta, those present will march up Republic Street towards Pjazza de Valette, where they will be releasing to the media a declaration with the title: “Clean Food – A right or a privilege? We want to be in control of our food or will we allow others to do it for us.”
