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Re-Education




                                                                                becoming murderers of their own
                                                                                brothers and sisters. Someone has
                                                                                to let the government know what
                                                                                the side effects are, and someone
                                                                                has to advocate for those chemicals
                                                                                to be de-licensed and rejected from
                                                                                use in those specific countries. And
                                                                                someone has to be ready to help
                                                                                empower a generation of farmers to
                                                                                return to simpler, cleaner, healthier
                                                                                ways. And that someone can be you
                                                                                reading this article.

                                                                                The same is true for dangerous
                                                                                food production, which results in
                                                                                products that are causing more
                                                                                harm than good, the same for toxic
                                                                                factories which are polluting our
                                                                                air and water, the same for toxic
                                                                                construction practices, which are
                                                                                endangering river and sea life, the
                                                                                same for toxic education curricula
                                                                                which are rotting the minds of the
                                                                                next generation… and on and on.


                                                                                This is the rolling up of the sleeves,
                                                                                this is the unromantic side of
          tell you just how much needs to be   countries that had signed up to the   change. This is where the work is.
          done in order for us to make head-  treaty, thereby condemning their   And it is work that is going to be
          way against some of the things that   own people to prison terms simply   carried out in an environment where
          are working against us. The time for   for selling seed that someone else   some do not want the status quo to
          talk is over, and the propensity for   claims title to yet did not create –   change, because changing it means
          it must be cast off, if we are ever to   someone has to step forward and   that they are out of money from
          move forward from the wallowing    let people know of the existence of   bribes, they are out of money from
          to the doing of things.            this legislation. Someone has to ad-  sale of toxic goods, that they have
                                             vocate for this legislation to change.   to invest more in safe production
          In very practical terms, in order for   Someone has to sponsor a bill;   measures, that they have to change
          people to be aware that modern can-  someone has to speak up! Someone   their own mindsets and to face the
          cer treatments are destructive to the   has to do their job in parliament to   fact that they have been profiteering
          human body and that there are al-  push for policies that really work to   off of evil. In some cases, it means
          ternatives that do not have the nasty   bring such bills that are beneficial   that those who do not want change
          side effects that many of these med-  to our people. We simply have too   have to face off against evil global-
          ications do, someone has to invest   much of idealistic people wishing   ists and globalist organizations that
          in educating the people. Someone   for things to magically happen,    are threatening their lives, those of
          also has to invest in researching and   while we lack realists who are willing   their family members or even their
          developing the herbal cures that are   to get their hands dirty to change   livelihoods because they could not
          beneficial to the treatment of cancer   Afrika.                       deliver their country to the table of
          without turning people into shells                                    corruption.
          of themselves.                     In order for people to stop poison-
                                             ing food with toxic chemicals that   So, while it is useful to remember
          In order for UPOV to be over-      lead to cases of cancer, someone has   that Mekatilili wa Menza faced off
          turned in Afrikan countries and for   to educate the farmers and let them   against the evil British colonial
          legislation to be reversed in those   know that they were tricked into
                                                                                oppressor and even slapped one


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