1:00:02
We have overturned
nearly 99 percent
1:00:05
of the basmati patent
of Ricetek.
1:00:07
Again because we worked
as a world wide coalition
1:00:11
old women in Texas
scientists in India
1:00:14
activists sitting
in Vancouver
1:00:16
a little basmati
action group.
1:00:19
We stopped the third world
being viewed as the pirate
1:00:23
and we showed the corporations
were the pirate.
1:00:32
Look how little
it took for Gandhi
1:00:35
to work against the salt
laws of the British
1:00:37
where the British decided
1:00:39
the way they would
make their armies
1:00:41
and police forces bigger
1:00:42
is just
tax the salt.
1:00:44
And all that Gandhi did
was walk to the beach
1:00:46
pick up
the salt and say
1:00:49
nature gives it
for free.
1:00:50
Wanted it.
Weve always made it.
1:00:52
We will violate
your laws.
1:00:53
We will continue
to make salt.
1:00:55
Weve had a similar
commitment for
1:00:58
the last decade in India.
1:00:58
That any law that makes
it illegal to save seed
1:01:02
is a law not
worth following.
1:01:06
We will violate it because
saving seed is a duty
1:01:09
to the earth and
to future generations.
1:01:13
We thought it would
really be symbolic
1:01:16
It is more than symbolic.
1:01:17
It is becoming
a survival option.
1:01:20
Farmers who grow
their own seeds
1:01:23
save their own seeds
1:01:25
dont buy pesticides
1:01:26
have threefold
more incomes
1:01:28
than farmers who are locked
into the chemical treadmill
1:01:30
depending on
Monsanto and Cargill
1:01:34
We have managed
to create alternatives
1:01:36
that work for people.
1:01:38
There are many tools
for bringing back community.
1:01:42
But the importance is
not the tools
1:01:44
I mean theres litigation
theres legislation
1:01:46
theres direct action
theres education boycotts
1:01:50
social investment...
1:01:51
Theres many many ways
to address issues
1:01:56
of corporate power.
1:01:57
But in the final analysis
1:01:59
whats really important
is the vision.