Longtime activist and music legend Neil Young is stirring the crowd again, but this time with the debut of his latest mini-documentary, “Seeding Fear.”
Having recently released his album “The Monsanto Years,” Young is using his celebrity ‘status’ to raise awareness about the biotech corporation Monsanto and its corrupt doings.
In the 10-minute short documentary below, the story of a farmer named Michael White is told, who with his father Wayne, took on the corporation in court.
Wayne White was sued by Monsanto decades after he stopped farming. “It destroyed his life,” Michael says of his father in the film. “He went to his grave – this grave – still afraid of [Monsanto].”
Their story is told in this epic short film and deserves to be shared with the rest of the world.
Young debuted the short film along with the following letter about the ‘Dark Act’ on his Facebook page. We highly recommend you take a few moments to read and consider his words.
“As I write this, the dark act is up for a vote in the House of Representatives; representatives of the people. The dark act takes away the rights of those people to vote for or against things like GMO labeling in their states. It does seem ironic. If the act is passed, it will truly be a dark day for America.
Monsanto is a corporation with great wealth, now controlling over 90% of soybean and corn growth in America. Family farms have been replaced by giant agri corp farms across this great vast country we call home. Farm aid and other organizations have been fighting the losing battle against this for 30 years now.
Dairy and meat farming is done in those white sheds you see from the freeway, no longer on the green pastures of home with the old farmhouses and barns. Those beautiful buildings now stand in ruin across the country. This has happened on our watch while the country slept, distracted by advertising and false information from the corporations. Monsanto and others simply pay the politicians for voting their way. This is because of “Citizens United”, a legislation that has made it possible for corporations to have the same rights as people, while remaining immune to people’s laws.
Both Democratic and Republican front runners are in bed with Monsanto, from Clinton to Bush, as many government branches are and have been for years. This presidential election could further cement the dominance of corporation’s rights over people’s rights in America. If you have a voice you have a choice. Use it.
On the human side, the film I would like you to see tells the story of a farming family in America, but the same thing is happening around the world. It is a story that takes 10 minutes of your time to see. It is a simple human one, telling the heartbreaking story of one man who fought the corporate behemoth Monsanto, and it illustrates why I was moved to write The Monsanto Years.
The film presents a rare opportunity to hear from the source as Mr. White is one of only four farmers who is still legally allowed to speak about his case as all the others have been effectively silenced.
Thanks for reading this and I hope you look at this simple and powerful film, “Seeding Fear”.
The Monsanto Years”
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Come on Anonymous,
when will you guys hack the shit out of Monsanto and expose the truth to the world about this evil corporation. Matter of fact, why not expose all the politicians that were bought out by this evil crime cabal? It’s way past time for people to wake up and come together and take on this behemoth and bring them to justice.