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Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy is an anthology of essays providing diverse perspectives on the dangers of corporate and individual billionaire philanthropic "developments" in agr...
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As the world’s billionaire class reaps record profits and global inequalities further divide nations and communities, this anthology compiled by renown activist Dr. Vandana Shiva pulls back the curtain on how ruthless capitalistic exploitation branded as philanthropic altruism forges a direct path to global destruction. 

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens’ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculturedetails how global philanthrocapitalist organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and affiliated entities effectively monopolize and privatize common land for food production in a manner that jeopardizes public health around the globe.

Through various initiatives, sub-organizations, development schemes, and funding mechanisms, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s empire in particular weaves an intricate network of power and influence designed to ensnare local communities and traditions in an unwavering pursuit of profit and market expansion.

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracycalls to account problematic initiatives that serve to corrode the integrity of democratic institutions, often under a banner of future-oriented innovation. This book lays bare the destructive power of overly capitalistic systems that enable mass human suffering and environmental catastrophe via the entanglement of private investment and public policy.

This democratic emergency is analyzed in detail by leading experts and civil society movements’ leaders, such as: Dr. 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. International organizations and national movements who also participated include 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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Pages: 312
Publisher: Synergetic Press
Imprint: Synergetic Press
Publication Date: 15 February 2022
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780907791911
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction:

Philanthrocapitalism and Colonization in the Digital Age xv

Vandana Shiva

SECTION I: A GLOBAL EMPIRE

Disrupting a World of Traditional Knowledge,

Sovereignty, and Biodiversity 3

Vandana Shiva

An Overview of Bill & Melinda Gates

Agricultural Innovations 17

Navdanya

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the

International Rice Research Institute Alliance 27

Chito P. Medina

SECTION II: PATENTS, GENE EDITING,

AND DIGITAL SEQUENCE INFORMATION

Seed Ownership Through New Gene Editing Technologies 43

Vandana Shiva

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Gene Editing: Unexpected Outcomes and Risks 47

Dr. Michael Antoniou

Megadiverse Countries as Providers of Genetic

Resources & Digital Sequence Information 51

Aid  Jim nez-Mart nez and Adelita San Vicente Tello

SECTION III: BIOPIRACY

Biopiracy of Climate Resilient Seeds 61

Navdanya

Biopiracy Case Studies: GMO Bananas 67

Vandana Shiva & Navdanya International

SECTION IV: GLOBAL AGRICULTURE

The Recolonization of Agriculture 79

Navdanya

A Treaty to Protect Our Agricultural Biodiversity 93

Jos  Esquinas-Alcazar

Ag Tech: Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural

Innovations in Argentina 101

Fernando Cabaleiro

SECTION V: THE THIRD “GREEN REVOLUTION”

The Golden Rice Hoax 109

Vandana Shiva

Why We Oppose Golden Rice 115

Stop Golden Rice Network (SGRN)

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The Dystopia of the Green Revolution in Africa 121

Nicoletta Dentico

The Gates Foundation’s Green Revolution Fails

Africa’s Farmers 129

Timothy Wise

Seeds of Surveillance Capitalism 137

Navdanya

SECTION VI: BIOTECHNOLOGY &

GEOENGINEERING

The Problems with Lab Made Food 143

Vandana Shiva

Software To Swallow: The Intellectual Property

Model of Food 149

Seth Itzkan

Bill Gates’ Climate “Solutions”:

Funding for Geoengineering 151

Dru Jay And Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group)

SECTION VII: GENE DRIVES & THE SIXTH

MASS EXTINCTION

Driven to Exterminate: How Bill Gates Brought

Gene Drive Extinction Technology into The World 163

Zahra Moloo And Jim Thomas (ETC Group)

Gates Foundation Hired a Public Relations Firm

to Manipulate the UN Over Gene Drives 175

Jonathan Latham

Targeting Palmer Amaranth: A Traditionally Nutritious and

Culturally Significant Crop 179

Vandana Shiva

Global Resistance to Genetic Extinction Technology 183

Navdanya

SECTION VIII: MEDIA, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION

Digital Dictators 191

Satish Kumar

The Philanthropic Monopoly of Bill & Melinda Gates 199

Nicoletta Dentico

How the Cornell Alliance Spreads Disinformation

and Discredits Agroecology 215

Community Alliance for Global Justice and Agra Watch

Bt Brinjal: Alliance for Crooked Science & Corporate Lies 219

Farida Akhter

SECTION X: AN EARTH-BASED PHILOSOPHY

A Message from Gaia 233

Navdanya

Contributors 237

Endnotes 239

Index 273