I'm sitting here with a sinking feeling in my chest. Looking at a 168-page court subpoena I just received.

It's from Monsanto's lawyers, under authority of a US judge, and it "commands" us to hand over pretty much every single private email, document, note, chat, or anything else that any Avaaz staffer has ever written or done on our campaigns to ban Monsanto's key herbicide, glyphosate.

Monsanto is a $50-billion megacorporation and glyphosate is the cornerstone of their empire. We've been its biggest opponent. They are infamous for legal strong-arm tactics to intimidate opponents. And now they're coming after us.

It's scary, but I'm turning my sinking feeling into determination. We're not backing down. Because we're a movement of millions of people that just isn't afraid. Fighting this request will be costly, and it could just be the tip of the iceberg. So we urgently need to hire outstanding lawyers to go up against Monsanto's best.

Donate to help defend Avaaz, and let's send Monsanto a message: every time they come after us, they'll only make us stronger.

-- Ricken Patel and the Avaaz team