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Farmers, Consumers, Taxpayers Protest at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Shareholder Meeting to Expose Runaway Corruption, Greed, and Speculation by the 1%
For Immediate Release 5/22/12 Wed. May 23rd 4:30 pm Thompson Center (Randolph & Clarke) in Chicago On Wed. May 23rd Family Farm Defenders will be joining Stand Up Chicago and other allies for a … Continue reading
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America’s Mad Cow Crisis
By: John Stauber, founder of the Center for Media and Democracy, co-author of Mad Cow USA Published on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Common Dreams Americans might remember that when the first mad cow was confirmed in the United States … Continue reading
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ALL OUT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANT STRUGGLE – April 17th & 18th in Chicago!
Following the massacre, on April 17, 1996, of 19 landless workers during a march in Brazil for agrarian reform, Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in conjunction La Via Campesina declared April 17th the International Day of Peasant Struggle. Family Farm … Continue reading
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Free Trade is NOT Free – Why We All Need to Oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
By: John Kinsman, president, Family Farm Defenders Published on Monday, March 12, 2012 by www.commondreams.org Reposted by the CapTimes on March 17, 2012 www.madison.com There are always winners and losers in free trade. The winners are the 1% – the … Continue reading
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Family Farm Defenders Declares its Solidarity with International Longshore Workers – Denying Workers The Right to Organize is a Gross Violation of Food Sovereignty
For Immediate Release Jan. 22, 2012 Contact: John E. Peck, executive director #608-260-0900 Family Farm Defenders, a national organization based in Madison, WI expresses its solidarity with International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) Local 21, and strongly condemns all attempts to … Continue reading
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