To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
… Feeding the bank balance: GMOs, development and the politics of happiness … dovetails with an urban-centric model of 'development' underpinned by 'free trade' and … destruction, all to fuel a model of development which effectively such the …
The world is in the grip of a structural war against people, land, economies and ecosystems, writes Colin Todhunter. It is being waged by a quartet of organised criminal interests bent on monopolizing energy, money, food and violence across the globe. But a deep-rooted resistance against their 'neoliberal' doctrine of death and destruction is fighting back.
… Gandhi called a "nine-day wonder" model of development, which strips the environment … required loans for inputs and infrastructure development. This was underpinned by the …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… inherent food insecurity. As part of a wider 'development' plan for the global South, … indicate what can be achieved when development is placed firmly in the hands of … can generate a rapid, fair and inclusive development that can be sustained for future …