Environmental for Food Justice

What can I do for seed freedom? Credit: porevit-eko Moderator’s Note: We have previously reported on the connection between private intelligence and security corporations and the tar sands oil and fracking industry sectors. Thousands of former military (Navy, Army, Marines), counterintelligence, and intelligence community soldiers and experts staff these corporations.   [ See our report on the use of the U.S. Army’s Counter-insurgency Manual by security outfits hired by fracking operators and their ancillary services.] It seems that wherever environmental struggles are unfolding, the private and state-run security and intelligence agencies will be involved, on the corporate side of course. The militarization of intelligence gathering and security surrounding intensive energy development installations has led to the criminalizing and harassment of legal forms of citizen protest and organizing. This includes targeting activists for domestic spying and infiltration of organizations...