Agenda Stories making the news this month 8 Indigenous eviction resisted in Ecuador 8 TTIP: we are winning! 9 Post-Ebola, schools reopen 9 Introducing Alexis Tsipras 9 Refugees at risk in Kenya 10 Victory for autonomy in Syria 10 DR Congo’s electoral cliffhanger 11 Illegal dam blockaded in Chile 11 Armenian genocide remembered PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.
The Big Story – Monsanto
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12 Total control Monsanto has a mission. But where will it lead the rest of us?
Vanessa Baird begins this month’s investigation into one of the world’s most powerful and hated corporations.
17 The FACTS – Monsanto and Co
18 Is Monsanto on the side of science?
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Claire Robinson looks at what has happened to scientists who dare to say GM foods are not safe.
20 Towards an understanding of the psychopathy of patient Monsanto ‘Patient Monsanto’ is analysed by Jason Louv.
23 The farmer’s friend Are farmers benefiting from growing GM crops, as Monsanto claims? Dionne Bunsha investigates.
24 The People vs Monsanto Around the world people are mobilizing against biotech bullies.
Front cover: Dominic Bugatto Magazine designed by Andrew Kokotka and Juha Sorsa. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
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Features 38 Beating the blacklisters Phil Chamberlain reveals the secret war between big business and union activists. 40 Growing upside down For thousands of Peruvian children,
daily life means working to help feed the family. Fernando Del Berro meets one of them.
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Mixed media 34 Film reviews The Dark Horse, directed by James Napier Robertson; Blind,
directed by Eskil Vogt. 35 Music reviews The Reason Why Vol 2 by Goran Kajfeš’ Subtropic Arkestra;
Ba Power, by Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba. 36 Book reviews The Racket by Matt Kennard; The Four Books by Yan Lianke;
The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis; The Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón by Carlos Gamerro. PLUS: Also out there…
Opinion 30 Argument: Should voting be compulsory? Mathew Lawrence and Uri Gordon go head to head. PLUS: Open Window with guest cartoonist Jalal Hajir from
Morocco. 33 Mark Engler Is there a pathway to ending corporate rule in America? 43 Chris Coltrane Cosying up to the Saudis. PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.
Regulars 6 Letters Desert dream; Africans cut off; and a call to irreverence. 7 Letter from Bangui Ruby Diamonde witnesses the pain of a community that can’t go home. 28 Country Profile: Malawi 44 Southern Exposure Photographer Jannatul Mawa closes the distance between housewives and housemaids in Bangladesh. 45 Puzzle Page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 46 And Finally Kuwaiti journalist and novelist Saud Alsanousi talks to
Graeme Green about the Gulf region’s appetite for change.
Coming next month: The big banking boondoggle