Ignacio Chapela

– You were a researcher, you became – without looking for it – a kind of David versus Goliath, involved in the battle of the South against the North, of peasants against seeds transnationals. In other words, you are now the incarnation of what is a whistleblower. Is it a « heavy load » or are you claiming it loudly ?

First I must declare something very important : I am only one of very many people who find themselves in the cross-hairs of the corporate machinery. The only difference of my case is that I survived, more or less, their attack. Many others have not fared with the same luck that I had : people die from this, many others have lost their jobs and with this their capacity to be heard in public. So it is not a question of heroics, or one in which I (or any other individual) displayed unusual powers (as I think David is supposed to have done against Goliath). The reality seems to be more and more that we are all really more like a swarm of many people who oppose what has happened to our science, to our environment, to our society. The privilege (and the burden) is on those of us who are lucky to have received the charge of representing the public. Lire la suite