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Challenging the Gates Foundation’s problematic agricultural development programs and supporting African-led, socially and ecologically responsible agriculture.

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Great to see progressive coverage of Tim Schwab's important investigation into Gates! Hear Tim in conversation with activists confronting Gates in Public health, education & agriculture Dec 6 Town Hall Seattle townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

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"from the so-called diseases of the poor, to agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, to US educational standards, Gates has ruled over these projects with a clear ideology of how the world should work...elevating the primacy of the private sector, promoting the importance of #IP" 2/

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"The way Bill Gates practices charity is categorically different from the way you or I do. Gates ... assembles a small group of consultants and experts at the foundation's half-billion-$$ corporate headquarters to decide what problems (and solutions) are worth his time..." 3/

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"Then the Gates Foundation floods money into universities, think tanks, newsrooms, and advocacy groups, giving them both a check and a checklist of things to do. Suddenly, Gates has created an echo chamber of advocates pushing for political discourse toward his ideas." 4/

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Thank you Stacy Malkan for these highlights! Seattlelites - come hear the author in person in conversation with Gates' hometown critics in public health, education, African ag Town Hall Seattle Dec 6: townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

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We can attest to the disproportionate power of Gates in setting ag policy in Africa! Come hear Kenyan Farmer & Advocate Daniel Maingi on the topic Town Hall Seattle Dec 6! townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

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We are so excited for this conversation tomorrow, WED Dec. 6 at Town Hall Seattle! Tickets at door, sliding scale, free if 22 & under! Please share widely!

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Seattle educator & activist Jesse Hagopian: There has been no single force as destructive for public education as Gates. Full event recording: youtube.com/watch?v=6vs4KI… #standardizedtesting #commoncore #education #K12education #Seattleschools #youth #publicschool #teachers

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#BillGates has pushed for #privatization & #patents in health. UW #publichealth expert Steve Gloyd explains how protecting corporate “property” has cost lives & led to huge numbers of preventable deaths by withholding needed HIV treatments #bigpharma #TheBillGatesProblem #disease

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Mariam Mayet (ACBio) explains how #billionaire philanthrocapitalists, US govt have steamrolled over African #agriculture #policy by pushing for privatized seed frameworks & #GMOs Learn more at richappetitesfilm.com Ep 2: #Seeds #Africa #biotechnology #philanthrocapitalism

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The Gates Foundation’s work is less about solving poverty & more about promoting #BillGates as a kind of savior for the global poor, as @Tim Schwab explains in his book #TheBillGatesProblem #philanthrocapitalism #taxtherich #billionaires Full recording: youtube.com/watch?v=6vs4KI…

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#BillGates avoids billions of $$ in tax obligations by donating to the Gates Foundation. The Foundation invests that money in a range of corporations, including #fossilfuels & agrochemical companies, operating as an investment bank but subject to very minimal taxation #taxtherich

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Help CAGJ & AGRA Watch tackle the unaccountable power of the Gates Foundation! We need your support to keep up the pressure, since Gates continues to fund the failing green revolution and ignore agroecology! tinyurl.com/FundCAGJ #CultivatingConnections #FoodSovereignty

Help CAGJ & AGRA Watch tackle the unaccountable power of the Gates Foundation! We need your support to keep up the pressure, since Gates continues to fund the failing green revolution and ignore agroecology! tinyurl.com/FundCAGJ

#CultivatingConnections #FoodSovereignty
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New data from GRAIN show large-scale tree and crop planting projects for #carbon offsets are fuelling a new #landgrab in the global South. Over 9.1 million hectares, mostly in Africa, are at risk. Details: grain.org/e/7190

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Billions in #carbon credits, but at what cost? GRAIN dataset exposes how fossil fuel giants & "carbon cowboys" are driving land grabs in the global South, displacing communities and deepening the climate crisis. grain.org/e/7190

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The real cost of #carbonoffsets: GRAIN data shows how schemes led by companies in the global North are seizing community lands in the global South. We must resist these modern-day #landgrabs and focus on real #climate solutions. grain.org/e/7190

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Whose Stories? Our Stories! Join us on 3/11 at MOHAI for WTO Collective Memory Sharing with welcome by CAGJ’s Heather Day and Special Guest Walden Bello. Register now! mohai.org/event/whose-st…

Whose Stories? Our Stories! Join us on 3/11 at MOHAI for WTO Collective Memory Sharing with welcome by CAGJ’s Heather Day and Special Guest Walden Bello. Register now! mohai.org/event/whose-st…
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3/22-23 2-DAY ART & REVOLUTION CONVERGENCE! Learn how arts organizing, artists and performers were at the center of the mass nonviolent direct-action that led to the shutdown and collapse of the 1999 Seattle WTO Summit. Info & registration links: bit.ly/artandrevoluti…

3/22-23 2-DAY ART & REVOLUTION CONVERGENCE! Learn how arts organizing, artists and performers were at the center of the mass nonviolent direct-action that led to the shutdown and collapse of the 1999 Seattle WTO Summit. Info & registration links: bit.ly/artandrevoluti…
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6/26 Join us for Gates’s Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy, a webinar with movement leaders who will critically examine Gates’ legacy—and strategize how to confront the power of billionaire philanthropy. Register now tinyurl.com/GatesPowerGrab…

6/26 Join us for Gates’s Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy, a webinar with movement leaders who will critically examine Gates’ legacy—and strategize how to confront the power of billionaire philanthropy. Register now tinyurl.com/GatesPowerGrab…