13-11-2003 11:48
Join us and keep our opposition to GM on the agenda when Bush visits the UK this month.
Read more >>10-11-2003 15:18
Farmers, campaigners and consumers travelled from all over the UK to converge on London on the 13th October to express their opposition to the governments plans to allow the commerciallisation of genetically modified crops.
In the days running up to the event, 'pilgrims' traveled from as far afield as Wales, Cornwall and Scotland and visited significant 'bio-threat' locations such as Cambridge, Newbury, Weymouth and Oxford.
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04-11-2003 13:03
Notes from the first meeting of London EF!
Next Meeting - 17 November @ Autonomy Club, Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High Street (turn down Angel Alley), London E1
Read more >>04-11-2003 10:50
London EF! is organising transport to the Anti GM noise demo outside Bayers HQ in Newbury on 13 November
To book a place phone 07950539254
Read more >>27-10-2003 16:14
Here is an mp3 audio file containing the speeches given after the Tractors and Trollies against GM event on the 13th October. The play time is about 1 hour and it is highly compress down to a modest 15mb which should make it pretty much accessable to all.
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17-10-2003 00:15
14-10-2003 23:20
On tuesday 14th october, the offices of Allianz in London recieved a visit from anti-GM campaigns. Allianz is the biggest shareholder of Bayer. Since Bayer bought Aventis Cropscience the company is the major player in GM crops in the UK and the only company to have varieties ready for commercial planting should the UK government ignore public opinion and allow GM crops to be grown.
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14-10-2003 13:20
This morning, Tuesday 14 October, at 9.30am fifteen demonstrators, including some dressed as a corn cob and a cow, occupied the offices of Allianz Insurance[1]. Police were called and all but one of the demonstrators was removed about twenty minutes after the occupation began. One of the demonstrators met with a Director of Allianz and the demonstration ended peacefully without any arrests.
Read more >>13-10-2003 23:44
rhythms of resistance sambaistas helped turn today's anti-GM central london demo into a reclaim the streets moment outside the department of environment, farming, and rural affairs in smith square this morning
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11-10-2003 10:33
The possibilities, predictions and pitfalls that lie ahead for food sovereignty after the failure of the WTO’s Cancun Ministerial meeting.
World Food Day Seminar, chaired by Caroline Lucas MEP: Thursday 16th October, 2:00 – 4:30pm at Partnership House, 157 Waterloo Road, London. Nearest underground: Waterloo
Michael Meacher MP, Eva Clayton (FAO), Via Campesina, CAFOD, PV Satheesh Deccan Dev Soc
Read more >>06-10-2003 11:11
Taken from the personals column in this saturday's Guardian.
Read more >>05-10-2003 16:34
On Saturday 4th October 2003, anti-GM activists set off from Totnes in Devon to cycle to London for the Tractor + Trolley event on Monday 13th October, on a bike ride that will take them via several GM-related locations, spreading the word that the majority of the British public do not want GM crops in the UK.
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03-10-2003 15:34
Anti-GM activists cycle through to Sheffield en-route for London event.
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24-09-2003 23:41
Because of actions at the BP AGM, at royal festival hall, 24 april 2003, one person is up in court today, wednesday 24 septemebr, at the inner london crown court, near elephant and castle. i'll post up court room and time when find out later, but will be about 10-10.30am start.
Read more >>14-08-2003 01:33
www.greengloves.org
After five years of massive public opposition to GM and a nationwide public debate, Tony Blair will decide in October whether to allow commercial growing of GM crops.
Read more >>25-06-2003 10:46
The widespread adoption of GM crops seems likely to exacerbate the underlying causes of food insecurity, leading to more hungry people, not fewer. To have a lasting impact on poverty, ActionAid believes policy makers must address the real constraints facing poor communities - lack of access to land, credit, resources and markets instead of focusing on risky technologies that have no track record in addressing hunger.
Read more >>03-06-2003 09:40
The Case for a GM-free Sustainable World, calling for a ban on GM crops to make way for all forms of sustainable agriculture. This authoritative report, billed as "the strongest, most complete dossier of evidence" ever compiled on the problems and hazards of GM crops as well as the manifold benefits of sustainable agriculture, is being finalised for release 15 June 2003.
Read more >>20-01-2003 21:46
A meeting of the "GM Public Debate" Steering Board, normally held in public, is being held in private, with no public access allowed...
Read more >>31-07-2002 15:25
A nine minute video (in realvideo) of an anti-GM convoy and demonstration at DEFRA. Bags of GM taken from 17 trial sites around the country were dumped on DEFRA's doorstep to make clear that the public do not want GM crops.
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22-07-2002 22:27
People from Totnes and other parts of Devon have headed off in convoy to arrive in London July 24th. On route they will be joining up with other concerned citizens from all over the country and converging at Westminster to voice a strong message of resistance to the commercialisation of GM crops. (article 1)
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