Crisis Looms as Corporations Seize Control of Commodities

By Barbara L. Minton

03/08/08 "NaturalNews" -- - The global food crisis won't go away any time
soon. Capitalism has the average consumer by the belly. Amid growing signs
of famine and outrage, the entire chain of commodities and resources of the
world are now being cornered by giant corporations. Farmland, water,
fertilizer, seed, energy, and most of the basic necessities of life are
falling under corporate control, providing increased wealth and power to the
ruling elite while the rest of humanity struggles.

Commodity scarcity in India was recently reflected in the need to distribute
fertilizer from the police station in Hingoli. Now police have to control
the lines that form outside of dealer outlets, because the dealers won't
open for business otherwise. Without this intervention there would be no
fertilizer for the planting that must take place before the rain comes. In
Akola and Nanded, police involvement is also needed. Agriculture officers
have fled their work places to escape angry farmers. In Karnataka, a farmer
was shot dead during protests, while farmers stormed meetings and set up
road blocks in other districts.