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DR. VANDANA SHIVA

“The American people should see that corporations have abandoned them long ago,” says scientist, environmentalist, and food justice activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, named one of the seven most influential women in the world by Forbes magazine.  “The people will have to rebuild democracy as a living democracy.”

Dr. Shiva has been fighting corporate takeover in every area in her native India, combating a nuclear plant one week and patented, genetically modified seeds another. She advises American activists how they can fight the merging of corporations and government at home and around the world. Understanding the Corporate Takeover http://www.vandanashiva.org/?p=678

[en] Auftaktrede beim Attac-Kongress «Jenseits des Wachstums» in Berlin, 20.5.2011. Die Inderin Vandana Shiva ist Umwelt- und Bürgerrechtlerin, Trägerin des alternativen Nobelpreises,Vorsitzende des International Forum on Globalization, Mitglied des Club of Rome und des Exekutivkomitees des Weltzukunftsrates.

Lunacy of Economic Growth

The Impact of Globalization on Food and Water

Planting the Seeds for Change

The Future of Food