In October 2009 plans were unvelied by the government, Glaxo Smith Kline, Wellcome Trust and Stevenage council for a new Stevenage Bio Sciences Park. This will of course contain new animal testing labs. The plans wee unvieled in October and have been met with SILENCE. Is there a campaign other then struggling local activists who do not want the lab? Will there be a national group?
We want to know, DEMAND to know what is being done about this, if anything. If nothing is being done, why is this?
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/NEWs/WTXO56788.htm
http://www.eeda.org.uk/4482.asp
This can be stopped...if anyone can be bothered. Is anyone bothered?
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/NEWs/WTXO56788.htm http://www.eeda.org.uk/4482.asp This can be stopped...if anyone can be bothered. Is anyone bothered?
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Unveiled is one thing. But unveLIEING is being done. Deliberate spelling error.
18.02.2010 19:01
Cover up, cover up and more cover up.
anon
The EEDa link works. The Wellcome Trust link doesn't...deliberate cover up error
18.02.2010 19:06
anon
???Doesnt sound good, thou is this a distraught activist or a fubar disinfo camp
18.02.2010 19:44
yes something should be done, your words arent inspiring& your not using normal communications.
Either way, Iam overstretched like many, but I would actively support a campaign on a universal moratorium on all unsafe & unethical unscientific testing, there should be a national,eu & universal referendum on it. Its one of the most serious issues of our age with nano superweapons & the partical accelerator happening now also, needs to be universal rights & regulations in place,
we cant have demos about everything, unless you can fund it mate???
sorry if u think Iam coming across all sensible or maybe u think unsensible depending on your mood,
Overstretched activist
Concerned
18.02.2010 20:17
Contact me with any ideas for action that can be taken by this email
(this is not the BAA email adress)
Bedford Animal Action Activist
Homepage:
http://www.bedfordanimalaction.org/
Labs being built simultaneously in UK, a deliberate government tactic?
18.02.2010 21:35
If there is a big multi Stop The UK Labs campaign that refers to and supports each of the local campaigns against the proposed labs that might be a good idea. Local campaigns include residents who don't want labs for various reasons, many are not AR activists and will not join AR groups.
The government have in my opinion been tactical in their own campaigns aginst activists and the timing of these new labs. It is not the fault of activists if there has been cover ups by govermment at local and national level around the labs. Residents in Camden were only told about the Camden Bio Hazard and Animal Lab plans several weeks before the land was sold although some councillors had been made aware four years previously.
Campaigners have also been subjected to strong policing, harrassment and bullying. A resident [not an AR activist] at a local residents meeting about the lab in Camden last night said "We are up against heavies". A councillor has been told by another councillor that he "should stop campaigning if he wants to keep his career as a councillor", a resident has had malicious and false complaints made about her [she is a 62 widow and was accused of being a gang member and holding gang parties in her flat which was a load of rubbish], others have had experienced harrassment described as "things that go bump in the night". We continue to campaign and the update from the last meeting is being written up on here.
Activists are in a position where we have been presented with more than one lab at once which stretches campaigners. I don't think it will be effective to launch several national campaigns at the same time.
Bedford Animal Action are a good group and capable of fighting their corner against the Hertfordshire lab with local residents.
Stop Camden Bio Hazard and Animal Lab [Mandy Ford]
e-mail:
stopcamdenanimallab@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.myspace.com/stopcamdenanimallab
Re : Bedford Animal Action email given by last poster....
18.02.2010 21:47
Mandy Ford
this stinks
19.02.2010 12:53
These posts stink to high heaven
unnecessary
Any true AR campaigner
19.02.2010 13:15
Buz
Everyone know's
19.02.2010 15:46
Brendan
Communities are the last to know with these labs.
19.02.2010 19:55
anon
Indymedia IS for news about labs actually.
19.02.2010 22:21
The person who wrote that "this stinks" is someone who probably does not want anyone to know about the Stevenage labs ie keep them discreet. The bullying remarks and "even if this is a kid" are probably written by a Big Pharma person who doesn't want anyone to know about Stevenage labs. As for "this stinks", what STINKS is the person who says we "should be discreet about labs"...now THAT' stinks.
No one should berate children online, whatever they have done.
anon
a fucking joke
20.02.2010 00:28
not completely insane
The post informs people about the lab...maybe another post from AR?
20.02.2010 01:58
anon
.....
20.02.2010 09:40
Buz
Buz is a fuzz. Oh yes you are!
24.02.2010 23:03
The Bedford AR group need some support so send them some money and ignore the fuzz!
ARA
Let locals do this...the last people you want is LAR.
26.02.2010 15:56
anon