Pono ka ʻoihana e ʻike i ka wela o ka honua inā loaʻa iā ia ka hapalua o nā mākaʻi kūloko e alualu i ka ʻiole ma ka lau mua o Monsanto World Headquarters (MWH). ʻO Ianuali 28, 2014, ka lā o ka hui ʻana o nā mea kūʻai ma MWH. I loko, ua paʻa ʻo Dave Murphy i ke koho koho koho a Adam Eidinger i hiki iā ia ke hoʻolauna i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e koi ana i ka hui e ʻae i ka hōʻailona ʻana i nā meaʻai me nā genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Ma waho, ua haʻalulu kekahi mau kakini kūʻē i ka wela 10 degere [F] i ko lākou mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona e kūʻē ana i ke komo ʻana o Monsanto i ka hana ʻana i ka Agent Orange (no Vietnam War kaulana), ka hana ʻana i nā hua GMO, a me ka hopu ʻana i ka mana o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa ʻo Occupy Monsanto ka "auwaʻa iʻa" o ʻelima mau kaʻa, he kiʻi ko kēlā me kēia ma luna o kona puʻu e hōʻike ana i kahi mea kanu (e like me ka ʻōmato, ka ʻāpala a i ʻole ke kulina) i hoʻololi ʻia me kahi ʻano iʻa.
Hoʻokomo ka hana iʻa i ka mogul meaʻai ma nā manamana lima
Maikaʻi loa i kona holo ʻana ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ka "auwaʻa iʻa" kahi mea i hana ʻia e ka mea pena kiʻi hānau ʻo Argentine ʻo Cesar Maxit. ʻIke ʻo Cesar iā lākou he ala ʻoluʻolu a leʻaleʻa e huki i nā kānaka i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka iʻa o kā mākou meaʻai. Ke kamaʻilio nei ʻo ia e pili ana i nā haunaele ma ʻAmelika i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka makemake o Monsanto e hoʻomalu i nā ʻanoʻano a ʻo ka monocultures ke hana nei. Manaʻo nō hoʻi ʻo Cesar "Pono ka piʻi ikaika ʻole e haʻi iā Monsanto e hoʻōki i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā miliona e lanakila ai i ka hōʻailona ʻana i ka meaʻai."
ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he hui ma St. Louis, aia ke keʻena nui o Monsanto ma ke kaona o Creve Coeur. He kūlana kaulana ʻo Monsanto no ka hana pū ʻana me nā mākaʻi kūloko a me nā pūʻali mākaʻi huna a puni ka honua. ʻIke mau nā mākaʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā no nā kūʻē. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine lākou i nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi, hiki ke hana i nā hanana hoihoi.
I ka ulu ʻana o nā kūʻē a puni ka honua, ua ulu nui ʻo Monsanto. Ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻi i ka wā o ka hui ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku, ua hoʻāla ʻia nā mākaʻi kūloko e hana nui. I ka wā o ke kūʻē nui hope loa i ʻOkakopa 2013, kū nā haneli o nā kānaka ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua (a me ka waena) o ke alanui ʻOlive, e holo ana ma ka puka o MWH. No laila, ʻaʻohe mea maʻamau no kahi mea hana anti-TPP (Transpacific Partnership) e hoʻopaʻa i kahi hōʻailona ma ka median e nānā ana ka mea hoʻonohonoho Green Party ʻo Barbara Chicherio.
I ka wā i haʻi ʻia ai e haʻalele, nīnau ʻo ia, "He kānāwai anei iaʻu ke hele ma ʻaneʻi?"
Ua hoʻopiʻi kahi mākaʻi i ka ʻōlelo kūʻē iā ia iho: "He waiwai pilikino ia. No ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele ʻo Missouri" a hoʻohui ʻia inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e haʻalele, e hopu ʻia ʻo ia.
Nīnau hou ʻo ia, "Akā, he kānāwai anei iaʻu ke noho ma ʻaneʻi?"
Pane ka makai he mea weliweli ka noho ʻana ma laila no ka mea "Hoʻopilikia ia i nā kaʻa," ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i wehewehe i ke kumu i ʻoi aku ai ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana o kēlā hōʻailona ma mua o nā haneli o nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe i lawe ʻia e ka poʻe ma MWH i nā makahiki.
Nīnau ka mea paʻa i ka hōʻailona "Hiki iaʻu ke kū me ka ʻole o ka hōʻailona? Ke ʻōlelo nei ʻoe ʻaʻohe oʻu kuleana e ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa?
ʻIke ʻia i ka ʻōlelo ʻōlelo manuahi, ua huli ke cop i kekahi luna e ʻōlelo ana, "E hele a hopu iā ia."
Lele akula ka paʻa hōʻailona, “ʻAʻole au i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole au e neʻe. E neʻe au.”
I kēlā manawa, hoʻopaʻa lima nā mākaʻi iā ia a lawe iā ia i kahi kaʻa hui.
ʻO kahi wahine mahiʻai kūlohelohe kūloko e hoʻokele ana i lalo a i lalo i Olive, me ka honi ʻana i kāna pū me ka ʻae ʻana me ka poʻe kūʻē. ʻAʻole ia he hana maʻamau, no ka mea, hana mau ia i ka wā kūʻē a me nā hanana haʻuki. Ua haʻi aku kekahi mākaʻi "Ke uhaʻi nei ʻo ia i ke kānāwai. E hopu kaua iā ia.” I kona kū ʻana ma kahi kukui, huki lākou iā ia mai kona kaʻa a hoʻopaʻa lima iā ia. No ka loaʻa ʻole o ka ʻōlelo aʻo e hoʻōki i ke kani ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia kona huhū.
I loko o ka ʻōpū
Ua holo pū nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa maikaʻi ma Olive. ʻEā, huli nā kaʻa iʻa ʻelima i ke alanui ʻo Olive e komo ai i ka pā kula ʻo Monsanto. Ua paʻa loa nā ʻelima i nā puka komo a puka. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea hana ʻewalu i noho i loko o nā kaʻa. Akā, lele akula ʻo Adam Eilinger lāua ʻo Ben Harper a hoʻopaʻa iā lāua iho i ko lāua mau kaʻa me nā paipu kila i loaʻa nā makau o loko a me nā mea ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula e mahana ai ko lākou mau lima.
Holo aku kekahi mea kue e hoʻopaʻa i kona kuʻekuʻe wāwae me Ben. ʻOiai ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mākaʻi e ka blockade i hoʻokō wikiwiki ʻia ua nānā lākou me nā maka ʻaeto a hiki iā lākou ke pale i ka laha ʻana o ka laka ma o nā hao wāwae. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Rafi Loiderman, kekahi o ka poʻe i loko o kahi kaʻa ʻauwaʻa iʻa, ua hoʻonohonoho i kahi album e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka lā e hele ai ʻo ia i ka hale paʻahao no ke kūʻē ʻana iā Monsanto.
Ma waho o kāna kaʻa, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Adam me nā mākaʻi ʻoiai ʻo Paige McCormick e heluhelu maluhia i kahi puke ma loko o ka kaʻa like. Ua ho'āʻo lākou e noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻokuʻu ai iā Adamu. Ua hoike mai oia he loihi loa a paakiki ka oki ana i na paipu kila, aia wale no ka wehe ana o na wili ma loko o ka paipu, aka, e wehe ana oia iaia iho i hiki ai ia lakou ke hopu iaia i ka pau ana o ka halawai o na mea waiwai.
Ua hoʻi hope nā mākaʻi. Ua hopohopo ʻo Adam no ka pilikia o ka poʻe i loko o nā kaʻa inā hoʻāʻo nā mākaʻi e wāwahi i nā puka makani e huki iā lākou i waho. Ma kahi koho ma waena o ka laka ʻana i waho o kahi kaʻa a me ka noho ʻana i loko, manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo ka laka ʻana i lalo ke koho palekana.
Ua ʻike ʻo Ben ʻo ka pilikia maoli o ka poʻe ma waho o ke kaʻa ʻo ke anuanu ʻoi loa. Ua hoʻomākaukau lākou no ke anu ma ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻeke moe sub-zero. I ka lohe ʻia ʻana o kekahi mau keiki e ʻōhumu ana i ko lākou mau mākua no ke anu, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou iā lākou e kolo i loko o nā ʻeke moe e pāʻani ai. Ua hauʻoli lākou.
Iā Ben ma ka honua me ka wiwo ʻole i ke anuanu, ʻākoakoa maila nā hoaaloha e haʻi hou i kāna mele i haku ai:
"ʻO kā mākou makemake wale nō he inoa liʻiliʻi,
no ka meaʻai ma luna o kā mākou papaʻaina.
ʻOiai ʻo ka lepili ka mele o ka lā, no nā mea he nui, ʻoi aku ka pilikia ma mua o ke kuleana e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka haumia ʻana o ka meaʻai. Loaʻa iā Monsanto ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka meaʻai e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi koko i nā holoholona lab, e hōʻemi i ke ʻano like ʻole, a e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kaiaola.
ʻO ka pilikia nui, ʻo ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka ʻai. I ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ʻana o nā ʻāina a puni ka honua a hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā mahiʻai ʻohana e loaʻa ai ke ala no nā ʻano monoculture ʻano nui o ka hale hana, luku ʻia nā moʻomeheu ʻōiwi a hoʻololi ʻia nā kaiāulu mālama ponoʻī i mau ʻāina o nā kapikala haole. Manaʻo ka poʻe kūʻē i nā GMO he hewa i loko a iā lākou iho a he mea kaua no ka hoʻokau ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune o ka honua. I kēia manawa, ke kūʻai aku nei nā clones a Monsanto i ka TransPacific Partnership (TPP) a me nā kuʻikahi kālepa māhoe e hiki ke hoʻopau i nā koi e hōʻailona i nā GMO a pāpā i nā kānāwai e kākoʻo ana i nā kuleana o nā ʻāina e noʻonoʻo i ka hana hewa kanaka i ka wā o ka hana ʻana i nā huahana a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana o ka meaʻai.
No ka manaʻo nui i ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana, ua kāhea aku nā mākaʻi i kahi kaʻa kaʻa nui e huki i nā ʻauwaʻa iʻa. Ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ke kaʻa ma ke alanui ʻOlive e nā poʻe kaʻa e makemake ana e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka haunaele. I ka wā i hele aku ai nā mākaʻi a me ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i lalo i Olive a huli aʻe i ka puka MWH, ua hoʻomaka ke kaʻa i kahi kokoke, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e hiki i nā mea hoʻokele ke komo pono iā lākou iho i kahi kūʻē e nānā wale aku lākou.
He aha ka manaʻo?
I ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ʻAdamu i ka hale paʻahao, noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ka hana. ʻEkolu mahina ma mua, ua lele ka luna hoʻomau o Monsanto a me ka loio helu ʻelua i Wakinekona DC e hui me Adam a me Nikolas Schiller, ʻelua o Occupy Monsanto (OM). ʻO ke kumuhana ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i kākau ʻia no ka hālāwai ʻaha kuleana. ʻO ka poʻe Monsanto i hoʻopaʻa i ke kākoʻo no kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa lākou ʻaʻole ʻo Monsanto he hui meaʻai akā he hui kūʻai. Ua haʻi lākou iā Adam a me Nikolas e hoʻopili i nā hui meaʻai a me nā hale kūʻai inā makemake lākou i ka lepili. ʻO ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai ka manaʻo o Monsanto, ʻo ia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka waha ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻohe ona hoihoi i ka hoʻopuka inoa ʻana aʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o kāna waha hui i hoʻohiki ʻoi aku ma mua o $8 miliona e lanakila ai i kahi koho balota hōʻailona meaʻai ma Kaleponi.
Ua hoʻonui ka poʻe OM i ko lākou manaʻo e hoʻolaha i ʻekolu mau pilikia ma ka hālāwai o nā mea kuleana:
1. ka moʻolelo o ka hui no ka hoʻomake ʻana i nā limahana mahiʻai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe me kāna mau huahana;
2. ka pono o ka māliko ma ka lepili ʻana i ka meaʻai GM; a,
3. mālama i ka hui no ka luku ʻana i ke ola o nā mahiʻai a puni ka honua.
"ʻEkolu makahiki i hala aku nei ua hana ʻo Monsanto me he mea lā ʻaʻole mākou i noho. Ano…” wahi a Adamu, “ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e hōʻike iā lākou iho me he mea maopopo ma ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea nūpepa mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e hoʻolohe iā lākou. He lanakila nui ka hele ʻana i kahi hālāwai i pani ʻia, hoʻoikaika ʻia i ka lehulehu e ʻike, a lilo ia i hanana nūhou i ka lā hoʻokahi i hāʻawi ai ʻo Obama i kāna haʻiʻōlelo State of the Union.
Ma muli o ka hiki i nā mea kūʻai kālā ke waiho i ka hoʻoholo like a hiki i ʻekolu manawa, manaʻo ʻo Adam e hoʻopuka hou iā ia ma 2015 a me 2016. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hele mai nā tausani o nā kānaka i St.
ʻO wai ka hāʻawi ʻole i ka huelo ʻiole?
E like me ka nani o nā ʻauwaʻa iʻa, ʻo ka ʻiole ka mea i ʻaihue i ka hōʻike. ʻOiai e hoʻomākaukau ana nā mākaʻi e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻauwaʻa iʻa a hopu i ka poʻe e pili ana iā ia, ua hoʻomaka kekahi ʻiole nui e holo a puni ka lau o Monsanto, e kū pinepine ana e kaʻa i ka honua. I ka uila, ua lele lele a aia ma luna o ka hōʻailona MWH nui kokoke i ka puka.
Ua hopohopo paha nā mākaʻi i hiki i nā ʻiole hoʻomalu ʻole ke komo i ka hālāwai o nā mea kūʻai. A i ʻole, makaʻu paha lākou inā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia, hiki i nā ʻiole ke kūʻai i nā ʻāpana a paʻa i ka manaʻo hoʻomalu i ka hālāwai e hiki mai ana. ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu, ua hoʻoholo nā mākaʻi ʻo Creve Coeur ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēlā ʻiole i ka boogie-woogie ma luna o ka hōʻailona MWH a pono e hoʻolei ʻia i ka slammer.
Ua holo ka pūʻali holoʻokoʻa i ka hōʻailona. Lele ka ʻiole i lalo, a hoʻopaʻa i ka huelo me 6 a 8 mau mākaʻi i ka hahai wela. Ua zig-zagged ka ʻiole a me he mea lā e pakele ana i ka wā i mālama ʻia ai ke kaʻa kaʻa ma Olive i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻano Charlie Chaplin. Me he mea lā he pāʻani pōpeku i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ai kekahi makai iā ia, a lele kekahi ma luna ona, haehae i kona huelo, hoʻopaʻa lima iā ia a lawe iā ia i kahi kaʻa hui.
Ma hope o ka puka ʻana o ka ʻiole i waho o ka hale paʻahao, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e alakaʻi i ka mea aʻu i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka nīnauele kanaka-i-iole mua. Malia paha hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio me nā hana. Aole nae i liuliu, ua maopopo ia'u aole ia he iole; aka, he kanaka i ka lole iole.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻiole ma luna o ʻeono kapuaʻi. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i hiki i ka ʻiole ke kamaʻilio; a, maopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻiole ke ʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ʻaʻole i nā genetically engineered. Ua haʻi mai iaʻu i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ke hōʻike nei wau i nā miliona o nā ʻiole makemake e ʻike i nā GMO liʻiliʻi."
I koʻu ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole ia he ʻiole a ʻike ʻo ia ua hoʻomaopopo wau, wehewehe ʻo ia i kona ʻaʻahu. He ʻehā mau ʻāpana maʻalahi: (1) he pale ʻiole, (2) he lole lycra kino, (3) mau uluna no ka maʻi ʻaʻai a me (4) he huelo. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻopunipuni ʻiole, aneane hiki i nā mea a pau ke hoʻohui i kahi lole ʻiole piha (me nā ʻōpū).
Ua hāʻawi pālua ka mākaʻi Creve Coeur i ka holomua o ka hanana. Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lohi ʻana o ke kaʻa e like me ka hiki, ua hana lākou i ke ʻano o ka ʻiole e ʻalo ana i ka Keystone Cops ma ka pā mauu mua o Monsanto.
Ua mau ka ʻiole ma ke ʻano o ka ʻeha o nā makai e alualu ana, hoʻopuni a hoʻopaʻa lima iā ia. E like me ka critter maoli, huʻi ʻo ia i kona kua a hana i nā hops liʻiliʻi a hiki i ke kaʻa makai.
ʻO ka holo ʻana o ka snail-paced i loko o ʻekolu mau kaʻa kula i piha i nā keiki e kaomi ana i ko lākou ihu i nā puka makani hau, kuhikuhi a uē. ʻIke ʻia kekahi e lele mai ana mai ko lākou mau noho mai, e paʻipaʻi ana a e ʻoliʻoli ana i ka ʻiole. I loko o nā minuke liʻiliʻi wale nō, ua aʻo ʻia kēia mau keiki e pili ana i ka pono e nīnau iā Monsanto ma mua o 12 mau makahiki piha o ka hoʻonaʻauao ma nā kula ʻo St.
ʻAʻole i hoʻololi ʻo Monsanto i kāna kulekele no ka lūlū ʻana i nā ʻanoʻano haumia a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i ka mahiʻai honua. Akā ʻo wai ka mea ʻike? Malia paha e ʻike ʻia nā hanauna e hiki mai ana o nā mea ola kino e holo ana ma ka lau o Monsanto kekahi o nā ʻano maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻonaʻauao kamaliʻi ma Creve Couer, Missouri.
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