Our big day in court is
just days away! Help us prepare:Dear Avaazers,
We've been hit with a
168-page court subpoena from
Monsanto.We have only days until we're in court,
and they "command" us to hand over every private email, note,
or record we have on Monsanto's chief poison --
including
the names and email addresses of hundreds of staff, activists,
farmers and other allies!!This is big. They're a
$50 billion mega-corporation, infamous for legal strong-arm
tactics like this. They have unlimited resources. If they get
their hands on all of our private information, there's no
telling what they'll use it for.
So we're going to
fight this. Because
Monsanto may have unlimited resources
to intimidate, but Avaaz has unlimited people power, and our
members just aren't afraid.Our court hearing is
just days away --
donate to help defend our movement,
and let's send Monsanto a message -- every time they come at
us, they'll only make us stronger --
We've
had to urgently hire a team of outstanding lawyers to go up
against Monsanto's best. Just fighting this subpoena (read it
here) is costly, and it could be just the
beginning.
We don't know Monsanto's plan, but we know
one reason why this is coming -- Avaaz has repeatedly beaten
Monsanto in huge regulatory battles, including blocking the
long-term relicensing of glyphosate, the herbicide that is the
cornerstone of their chemical empire.
We're winning. So
they're changing the game.The subpoena indicates
that Monsanto needs all our private information to fight
class-action lawsuits against them claiming that their
glyphosate caused people's cancer. If that seems absurd to
you, you're not alone. But they've gotten the authority of a
US court behind them, and
we urgently need the best lawyers
behind us. Donate to help defend Avaaz, and let's send a
message of defiance to Monsanto:
There
aren't many corporations in the world that are more powerful
than Monsanto. The fact that we really can defeat them, shows
just how real our movement's people power has become. If we
stick together, with hope and determination, we really CAN
change the world!
With hope and determination,
Ricken, Emma, Fatima, Danny, Hui-Ting, Spyro, Marigona
and the entire Avaaz team
More
information:
Glyphosate -- Crushed it!! (Avaaz)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/nothing_we_cant_do/
Campaign group Avaaz calls on EU to block Bayer's
Monsanto deal (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-monsanto-m-a-bayer-eu/campaign-group-avaaz-calls-on-eu-to-block-bayers-monsanto-deal-idUSKBN1A922S
Monsanto's Harvest of Fear (Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/05/monsanto200805
Patients: Roundup gave us cancer as EPA official
helped the company (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/health/roundup-herbicide-cancer-allegations/index.html/