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Monsantopoly
By Anna Lappé and Matthew Willse, The Nation
If you like all those clever Monopoly boards in the theme of Canada or Star Trek, then you'll love Monsantopoly. Or, maybe not. The graphic is a tongue-in-cheek depiction of Monsanto's own dominance in agribusiness. The 'properties' are crops like tomatoes and onions with accompanying cards explaining Monsanto's current stake in these goods. Draw from the Community Chest, and you might get a Get Out of Jail Free card, good for settling court cases about bribing Indonesian officials to bypass environmental screening. But watch out for that Agent Orange space, or you might end up with a multi-million dollar class action suit for using this toxic chemical. -- Rachel Anderson
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060911/monsantopoly

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