over Seed, Food, Health, Knowledge

…and the Earth
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The report gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge and global health systems, manipulating information and eroding our democracies.  Over the last 30 years it has emerged as a major force, able to derail the international agenda and push our future and the future of our planet towards extinction and ecological collapse.

Throughout the   report, we see how the patterns of technocratic solutionism, powered by an unholy alliance between big-capital, science and technology institutions and states, are embodied by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and  put into accelerated action through philanthropic development. Through its various initiatives, sub-organizations, development schemes and funding mechanisms, the Gates weave an intricate web of wide-ranging power and influence, obscured through all its separate strands. The report addresses a large part of this web of power. A power which deliberately ignores the past failures of the very technologies they wish to push, and which disregards any potential problem their initiatives might yield, power focused primarily on profit and market expansion.

This democratic emergency is analysed in detail by leading experts and civil society movements’ leaders, such as Vandana Shiva, Farida Akhter, José Esquinas Alcàzar, Nicoletta Dentico, Fernando Cabaleiro, Seth Itzkan, Dru Jay, Satish Kumar, Jonathan Latham, Aidé Jiménez-Martínez, Chito Medina, Zahra Moloo, Silvia Ribeiro, Adelita San Vicente, Ali Tapsoba, Jim Thomas, Timothy A. Wise. The report counts on the participation of international organisations and national movements, such as ETC Group, Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Watch, Soil4Climate, Bioscience Resource, GM Watch, Naturaleza de Derechos – Argentina, Masipag – Philippines, Terre à Vie – Burkina Faso, UBINIG – Bangladesh.

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Français: Synthèse du Rapport : “Gates to a Global Empire” – Aux Portes d’un Empire Mondial

Português: Síntese do Relatório: “Gates to a Global Empire” – Portões para um Império Global

Italiano: Sintesi del Rapporto: “Gates to a Global Empire” – Gates verso un Impero Globale

Español: Síntesis del Informe “Gates to a Global Empire”– Gates hacia un Imperio Global

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COVER AND CREDITS

INTRODUCTION 

ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL EMPIRE OVER LIFE, THROUGH MONOCULTURES, PATENTS AND MONOPOLIES, BY RUPTURING A WORLD OF DIVERSITY, SELF ORGANIZATION AND FREEDOM – Vandana Shiva

SECTION 1 – ONE EMPIRE OVER SEED, BIODIVERSITY, AND KNOWLEDGE 

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ONE EMPIRE OVER SEED: CONTROL OVER THE WORLD’S SEED BANKS  – Vandana Shiva

BMG FOUNDATION AND IRRI: CORPORATE HIJACK OF RICE SCIENCE – Chito P. Medina

OWNING SEEDS THROUGH PATENTS AND NEW GENE EDITING GMO TECHNOLOGIES –  Vandana Shiva

GENE EDITING: UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES AND RISKS – GM Watch, Technical advisor: Dr Michael Antoniou

SECTION 2 – BIOPIRACY – THE PLUNDER OF BIODIVERSITY AND KNOWLEDGE

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DIGITAL BIOPIRACY TO UNDERMINE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES THAT PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENT BIOPIRACY

A TREATY TO PROTECT OUR AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY – Josè Esquinas-Alcazar 

BEYOND GREEN GOLD: MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES AS PROVIDERS OF GENETIC RESOURCES AND DIGITAL SEQUENCE INFORMATION – Aidé Jiménez-Martínez and Adelita San Vicente Tello

PIRACY THROUGH PATENTS

BIOPIRACY OF CLIMATE RESILIENT SEEDS – Navdanya

BANANA BIOPIRACY THROUGH GMO BANANA – Vandana Shiva

CAMPAIGN – ‘NO GMO BANANA’ – Navdanya

AN OPEN LETTER TO QUT’S DR JAMES DALE, THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY – Mantasa

SECTION 3 – ONE EMPIRE OVER AGRICULTURE

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GATES AG-ONE AND THE RECOLONISATION OF AGRICULTURE – Navdanya

GATES AG ONE IN ARGENTINA – Fernando Cabaleiro

COLONISING AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE FAILED GREEN REVOLUTION

BILL & MELINDA GATES: THE DYSTOPIA OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA – Nicoletta Dentico

GATES FOUNDATION’S GREEN REVOLUTION FAILS AFRICA’S FARMERS – Timothy A. Wise 

SEEDS OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM: THE THIRD “GREEN REVOLUTION” – Navdanya

SECTION 4 – ONE EMPIRE OVER FOOD: FORCE-FEEDING US GMOs AND FAKE FOOD

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PROMOTING FAILED GMOS

THE GOLDEN RICE HOAX – Vandana Shiva

WHY WE OPPOSE GOLDEN RICE – Stop Golden Rice Network

INDIAN MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT HEEDS PUBLIC CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON BT BRINJAL

BT BRINJAL: ALLIANCE FOR CROOKED SCIENCE & CORPORATE LIES – Farida Akhter

FAKE FOOD

LAB MADE BREAST MILK AND LAB MADE MEAT – Vandana Shiva

SOFTWARE TO SWALLOW: IMPOSSIBLE FOODS SHOULD BE CALLED IMPOSSIBLE PATENTS – Seth Itzkan

SECTION 5 – ONE EMPIRE OVER MEDIA, HEALTH AND EDUCATION

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MEDIA AND LOBBY EMPIRE

THE POWER OF PROPAGANDA AND THE LANGUAGE OF PERSUASION – Nicoletta Dentico

MESSENGERS OF GATES’ AGENDA: HOW THE CORNELL ALLIANCE SPREADS DISINFORMATION AND DISCREDITS AGROECOLOGY – Community Alliance for Global Justice / AGRA Watch

COLONISING EDUCATION

DIGITAL DICTATORS – Satish Kumar

PEDAGOGY OF FREEDOM – Satish Kumar

COLONISING GLOBAL HEALTH

THE PHILANTHROPIC MONOPOLY OF BILL & MELINDA GATES – Nicoletta Dentico

SECTION 6 – ONE EMPIRE OVER THE EARTH: AMPLIFYING CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCELERATING THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION

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THE SUGAR DADDY OF GEOENGINEERING: BILL GATES’ FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS AND FUNDING FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE ENGINEERING – Dru Jay and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group

DRIVEN TO EXTERMINATE: HOW BILL GATES BROUGHT GENE DRIVE EXTINCTION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE WORLD – Zahra Moloo and Jim Thomas, ETC Group.

SCIENTIFIC TERRORISM IN BURKINA FASO – Tapsoba Ali De Goamma

GLOBAL RESISTANCE TO GENETIC EXTINCTION TECHNOLOGY –  Navdanya

GATES FOUNDATION HIRED PR FIRM TO MANIPULATE UN OVER GENE DRIVES – Jonathan Latham

BIODIVERSITY, GMOS, & GENE DRIVES OF THE MILITARISED MIND – Vandana Shiva

CONCLUSION 

GAIA SPEAKS…

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