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Twitter Storm: The World Bank's Sham Conference on Land & Poverty

Monday, March 23, 2015

Twitter_Logo Here's what to do: click on a tweet of your choice — making sure you're logged onto your Twitter account — and hit send. It's that easy to make sure your voice is heard. Better yet: send them all!

@WorldBank "Conference on Land and Poverty" is a complete sham #landrights #WorldvsBank bit.ly/17fBKBI

Civil Society tired of @WorldBank hypocrisy on #landrights. Stop "Conference on Land and Poverty" bit.ly/17fBKBI  #WorldvsBank

Got $100,000 to spend? You can sponsor @WorldBank hypocritical Conf on Land and Poverty bit.ly/1DCmb3r #landrights #WorldvsBank

@WorldBank gives $350million to cover investments by land grabber #SilverLandFunds = #landrights? #WorldvsBank bit.ly/17fBKBI

@WorldBank talks about “Land and Poverty;" gives privileged spots to wealthy sponsors. Congrats, champion of #landrights. #WorldvsBank

You know @worldbank is NOT about #landrights when they finance #Dinant, who evicts and kills farmers bit.ly/1lBwUSx #WorldVsBank

Corporacion #Dinant #landgrabs & still gets $30m @worldbank loan. bit.ly/1lBwUSx = #landrights? #WorldvsBank ourlandourbusiness.org

@WorldBank: "smallholders are not farmers by choice, but because they lack more lucrative opportunities"—Really?#Landrights #WorldvsBank

@WorldBank private sector arm using bad loan practices in Honduras, Uganda, Cambodia. WorldBank #landrights defenders? #WorldvsBank

#Mali=1/2million ha leased for export ag. despite local opposition, and @WorldBank says it cares of #landrights? #WorldvsBank

1/2 million ha owned by 22 investors in #Mali. Thanks to @WorldBank  #landrights? bit.ly/1plPBYJ #WorldvsBank

#Liberia over 600k ha grabbed by agribusiness as @WorldBank biz-friendly reforms implemented bit.ly/XwiqLa #landrights #WorldvsBank

Land grab in #Laos by rubber giant HAGL = loss of land and livelihoods. @worldbank funds HAGL…#landrights ? http://bit.ly/1s1kBUS

Why @worldbank reforms bring investors like Siforco who beat and rape local communities?#landrights #WorldvsBank bit.ly/1rQnO71