money flowing into anti-biotech campaign

[Patrick Bond]

The ubiquitous Monsanto PR vice president Toby Moffett -- former 
Nixon aid on youth who, after Kent State, was "radicalised" and 
became a member of the congressional Class of '74 (D-CN) -- is no 
doubt responsible for this sophisticated co-option gambit, which 
had him even in South Africa just before the 1994 election doing 
sleazy corporate boosterism. 

On 14 Dec 99, at 17:01, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Monsanto says it welcomes the new funds flowing even to potential 
> critics. "I believe that long-term there is wonderful room here for 
> compromise and discussion," says a spokeswoman, adding that "anytime 
> there is a new technology ... people have to work their way through 
> ethical and moral issues."