From 8 a.m. this morning, a group of people has occupied a crane of the Minatec building site in Grenoble (france), to stop work for the day. The occupying ones, supported by protestors on the ground, unrolled a banner against nanotechnologies and distributed leaflets to passers by inviting them to come to join them (see leaflet below in french).
Minatec is set to be the largest centre for Nanotechnologies in Europe and is currently being built next to the site of the super-collider in Grenoble.
Minatec is set to be the largest centre for Nanotechnologies in Europe and is currently being built next to the site of the super-collider in Grenoble.
This action comes only a few days after protestors in the Uk disrupted a nanobusiness conference as angels and is at least the fifth nanotech action this year. Grenoble is regarded as the leading techno-town in France (home to nuclear, chemical, GM, micro-computing and now Nanotech industries). A large group of grassroots campaigners under the banner of PMO (piecesetmaindoevres) have been questioning the hi-tech industries for some time and recently held a succesful counter conference called "Objection de conScience" objecting to the takeover of their city by the military-scientific-industrial complex - of which teh building of Minatec is the latest stage.
details of previous nanotech actions inc:
1) protests in Berkely (california) against the opening of :"The molecular foundry"
see
http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=13950 2) naked protest by THONG (Topless Humans Opposed to Natural Genetics) at a nanobusiness conference in chicago. see
http://www.chicagothong.org/nanocommerce.php?photo=061 3) Protest at Nanobusiness conference in Leeds Royal Armoury.
see
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/leedsbradford/2004/11/301222.html 4) Angels protest by THRONG (The Heavenly Righteous opposed to Nanotech Greed) at nanobusiness conference in Buckinghamshire
see
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302565.html Full details of the Minatec occupation can be found (in french) on Grenoble Indymedia at:
http://www.indygrr.ouvaton.org/index.php?page=article&filtre=1&numpageA=1&id=177&PHPSESSID=a60375583a400c3b71ab2abc50108adb do sweat the small stuff...
molly..
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