Issue 481

April 2015 - "Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable?"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - APRIL 2015

From this month's magazine:

• Can we stop Monsanto or does it have total control?

• Is Monsanto on the side of science?

• Monsanto - the farmer's friend?

• The People against Monsanto (and the other big GM companies)

• Is it a good idea to say that everyone must vote?

Web exclusives:

• More deforestation in the Amazon - why?

• Thailand - selling flowers at midnight

• Solar power comes to Shatila

From the blogs this month:

• Fjords or money?

• Rula Ghani - the voice of Afghanistan

• Sharmila Seyyid won't give up defending women's rights

• Climate change and the Arctic 30: our politicians are not doing enough

• Lithuanian, Romanian - what's the difference?

• The right to dream - Eduardo Galeano

• We need new media to tell the real news

• Two different meetings about food: big business vs communities

• Global Trade Day: power to big businesses or power to the people?

READY LESSONS FROM THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES:

• READY LESSON (for Intermediate learners) : FIGHTING AGAINST MONSANTO

• READY LESSON (for Intermediate learners) : VOTING