[Occupymendocino] shareholders against Monsanto

[ELLEN ROSSER]

Monsanto's biggest secret exposed
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Paul Ferris, SumOfUs.org us at sumofus.org
8:01 AM (12 hours ago)
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[image: They need our help to make Monsanto come clean. Chip in $3
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Ellen,

*Monsanto: it's one of the greatest corporate scandals of our time.*This
mega-corporation has paid off our politicians, taken over our regulators,
and bullied public opponents into submission while it silently monopolizes
our food system with its genetically-engineered products.

*Now a brave group of Monsanto shareholders are making a stand -- the
crucial* *vote is only one week away*, and they desperately need our
support to force Monsanto to face up to the risks associated with GMOs.
Monsanto has been keeping us and its shareholders in the dark for too long
-- this shareholder resolution tells Monsanto to be open with the risks of
GMO*.*

This is a serious shareholder proposal, and some big, credible investors
are already supportive. But many of *the biggest investment and retirement
funds that invest OUR money are lining up to vote with Monsanto* bosses
against transparency.

*These big institutional investors think that no one's watching them -- and
unless we do something now, they'll be right. * Together, we can make sure
shareholders know what's up and that we're watching -- and secure their
votes against Monsanto's corporate racket.

The vote happens in just one week. We understand if you can't, but if just
5,000 of us can chip in $3 now, we can launch our urgent campaign to tell
Monsanto to come clean on
GMOs.<http://act.sumofus.org/go/3386?t=2&akid=3564.1087352._1lp5y>

Here's just some of what we could do if we all chip in now:

   - Secure *advertising in Monsanto's home town of St Louis, Missouri,* so
   that shareholders hear our message as they arrive to vote and know we're
   watching
   - *Send organizers to St Louis to raise a media storm outside the
   shareholder meeting* with creative tactics, to make sure the public
   knows what's happening
   - Buy a small, strategic stake in Monsanto -- so that we can *speak out
   as shareholders ourselves and demand they act*

This shareholder resolution is legitimate, serious business -- Harrington
Investments Inc. is telling Monsanto to come clean, and they need other big
shareholders to back them.* If the resolution gets a high vote, it would
send a very clear signal that Monsanto should disclose the risks associated
with GMOs*: including contamination of non-GMO crops, damage to "non-target
organisms" like bees and other pollinators, and soil contamination.

But Monsanto's board is refusing to back the proposal, despite claiming to
be transparent and even though the resolution doesn't require them to
disclose any proprietary information. Meanwhile, the company has spent more
than $15 million is California and Washington alone to defeat proposals to
label GMO food -- a measure that over 90% of Americans support.

Can you chip in just $3 now to stand up to Monsanto and support these brave
shareholders in their campaign? We know you might not be able to, but if
you can we really appreciate your
support.<http://act.sumofus.org/go/3386?t=3&akid=3564.1087352._1lp5y>

Big institutional shareholders invest the funds of people like us -- but
too often they vote against our own interests and cozy up to management.
It's only when we publicly hold them to account that we can change this. *We're
already reaching out to big Monsanto shareholders* to call on them to act
-- but we need to be able to tell them that we've got the whole SumOfUs
community behind us, and *we need to be able to show them that we're ready
to make a media storm* at the shareholders' meeting to hold them to account.

We know what we need to do: get institutional investors to speak to the
expert advisors to win their support, show thse investors we'll be there to
hold them to account, and to keep piling the pressure on with national and
international media coverage -- but we can't do it unless we all come
together to make it happen. If we don't, then Monsanto's shareholders will
know that no one is watching when they vote down this crucial resolution on
GMO transparency.

Can you chip in just $3 now to fund our campaign to tell Monsanto to come
clean on the risks associated with GMOs? This is the only shot we'll get to
directly change the direction of Monsanto this
year.<http://act.sumofus.org/go/3386?t=4&akid=3564.1087352._1lp5y>

Thanks for all you do,
Paul, Lisa, Johnny and the rest of us.
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