Global Citizens’ GMO Challenge
During the Biodevastation conference in St. Louis, Missouri, activists from India, the UK and the US discussed the need for a citizens’ challenge in the dispute that the US was threatening to initiate against Europe in the WTO to end Europe’s de facto moratorium on GMOs. The full text of the Citizens’ GMO Challenge, as presented in Cancun on September 9th follows.
Global Citizens’ Challenge Presented in Cancun
An expanded Global Citizens’ GMO Challenge was presented by Dr. Vandana Shiva on September 9th in Cancun, Mexico, as delegates began to gather for this year’s Ministerial conference of the WTO. The document presented in Cancun contained the signatures of hundreds of organizations and individuals from around the world. Read Dr. Shiva’s letter and the full text of this statement here.
Sacramento Mobilization update: Mandella Garden Legal Victory!
Superior Court of California, in the County of Sacramento, ruled in favor of the Ron Mandella Community Garden in a lawsuit charging that the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) had failed to comply with regulations specified under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in the planning of the proposed Fremont MEWS project.
BIO Fact Sheet: A bio of BIO
A comprehensive fact sheet on the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the biotech industry’s biggest lobbying group. Prepared by the Polaris Institute for the 2003 BIO convention in Washington, DC.
Presentation: The Future of Indigenous Agriculture
Several people have contributed to define and help us to understand the importance of diversity in the food chain. Among them the Huicholes, Tzotziles and Mijes, Indians native to the cradle of corn in Jalisco, Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. We need to be aware of this ancient wisdom and hope for a science that is as wise.
Presentation: Resisting GMOs in Africa
Genetic engineering in its present form cannot form part of the solution of the food crisis in Africa. Most farmers in Africa live an egalitarian life and are able to save, sell and exchange seeds freely; biotechnology will dissolve these good values and prohibit farmers from such practices.
Presentation: Bioweapons in New Mexico
Los Alamos: the place now infamous for cover-ups, theft, the attempted purchase of a 30,000-dollar car with taxpayer money, missing hard drives, ethnic prejudices, and destroyer of vice-presidential hopefuls. Now they want to line their pockets with a piece of the biodefense pie.
Biodevastation 7 Global Declaration
Participants in Biodevastation 7 in St. Louis drafted and ratified a Global Citizen’s Declaration for Biosafety and Food Security, in opposition to the U.S./WTO intervention against European controls on genetically modified foods. This will be expanded upon and developed into a worldwide sign-on in preparation for the September WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico. Stay tuned here for ongoing developments.
Global Declaration from Biodevastation 7
U.S. and International Citizens Oppose the U.S./WTO Intervention Against European Controls on Genetically Modified Foods. A fuller draft of this declaration will be developed as a worldwide sign-on prior to the WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico this coming fall.
Media reports from Biodevastation 7
Transcripts of media reports on Biodevastation 7 and related arrests from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Associated Press, with links to Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News coverage of the arrests of Bicycle Circus participants and others. See page 2 of St. Louis postings for these links.
