Paul Haeder, Author

writing, interviews, editing, blogging

where do we draw the line — sanctions, economies of scale, banking high jinx, non-profit industrial complex, just being an American is, well, terror befalling the world! Timothy: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with …

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tap dancing into not just a painted-in corner . . . AI and synthetic biology is the paradigm shift….Economics played today puts a dollar on every blink, yawn, step, defecation, urination, swallow.. “Economists study and analyze poverty in their nice offices, have all the statistics, make all the models, and are convinced that they know …

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Soylent Green is, well, WEF and Davos and UN and Bill Gates and Greta Thunberg Food I’ll put in my response to honorable Caitlin Johnstone’s most recent Substack, The News Has Nothing To Do With Newsworthiness. She looks at how the mainstream media has consistently played the same game, the same headlines, the same shit that …

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“Hunger isn’t caused by a shortage of food.” 912/2010). (Editor’s Note: this piece continues a discussion started here about efforts to monitor and hopefully persuade organizations like the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ) Related Stories Advocating for African farmers For additional information on these topics visit here or “here, which takes you to pages by Community …

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Public concern grows, but many feel powerless (9/11/2011) The 2007 film “Michael Clayton” included this bit of dialogue: Michael Clayton: You are the senior litigating partner of one of the largest, most respected law firms in the world. You are a legend. Arthur Edens: I’m an accomplice! Michael Clayton: You’re a manic-depressive! Arthur Edens: I am Shiva, the god …

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David-Goliath analogy can describe lopsided opponents (re: 10/2011) Stories The real scoop on genetic engineering’s close ties to corporate-political hi-jinx Advocating for African farmers Saying no to ‘GMO’ This is the second part of continuing coverage of columns on the topic of genetic manipulation, agro-giants, and the right to farming. For part 1, read here. This …

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Young Seattle activist challenging multinational aid effort Paul K. Haeder Down to Earth NW Correspondent 4/2011 Related Stories NW activists encourage Gates Foundation to cut ties to Monsanto Small local farmers taking up global fight against genetically-altered seeds ROOTS of hunger found at the germ plasm The battle against bad farming Part 1 For Janae Choquette, …

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old pieces (4/2012) showing up weirdly on the WWW Paul K. Haeder w/ Down to Earth NW Correspondent, Spokesman Review Related Stories Advocating for African farmers It’s huge – asymmetrical, shaped like two fat boomerangs meeting in midair. Benefactors call it a campus. NBBJ architects had to design a colossal office complex of 900,000 square feet to …

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