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London Earth First - Notes from First Meeting

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

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London Transport for Bayer Noise Demo

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

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Scientists: "GM Nation debate hijacked by anti-GM lobby"

31-10-2003 17:38

Over 100 scientists have written to Tony Blair complaining about the way the GM Nation debate was conducted. But they've got a completely different complaint to most of those who took part - apparently it was "hijacked" by anti-GM groups.

Story here:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/3229685.stm

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Stop Bayers GM crops noise demo at Bayer HQ in Newbury Thursday 13th Nov

31-10-2003 13:48

Noise Demo at HQ of GM crops company Bayer in Newbury Nov 13th

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Co-op goes for GM-free

27-10-2003 17:46

The Co-op, which owns farms, supermarkets and a bank, has said it is banning genetically modified food and ingredients throughout its entire business...

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Speeches from Tractors and Trollies anti-GM event

27-10-2003 16:14

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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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interview with Leeds' anti Bayer campaigners

26-10-2003 23:02

An interview with Leeds' anti Bayer campaigners.

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No Insurance for GM.

20-10-2003 17:31

Article from the Daily Mail's Genetic Food watch campaign. Not sure exactly which date it was published - sometime between the 6th and 10 October.

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Scientists quit UK amid GM attacks

18-10-2003 11:03

The cost of attacks against genetically modified crop trials emerged this week as more British plant scientists left the country to pursue their work abroad unmolested.

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Pink Castle legal case update

18-10-2003 10:57

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pix from gm

17-10-2003 00:15

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Stop GM food!

16-10-2003 13:32

Stop GM food!

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No Allianz With Bayer

14-10-2003 23:20

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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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Police remove anti-gm demonstrators from Allianz Insurance offices in London

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.

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rhythms of resistance reclaim smith square at anti-GM demo

13-10-2003 23:44

downing street
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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Tractors and trolleys against GM (photos)

13-10-2003 19:50

What part of no GM did you not understand?
Photos from today's parade of tractors and trolleys (and a few other things) through central London to oppose the commercialise the growing of GM crops in the UK and the way it is creeping into our food.

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Inevitable GM pollution

13-10-2003 10:09

An article from Friday's Daily Mail (10.10.03) outlining the latest research on GM. Interesting quotes revealing the amount of known cross contamination in the UK and affirming that barrier crops don't work.

Although crop trashing has obviously had a powerful safeguarding effect more anti-GM gardeners are obviously needed.

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Governing Agriculture: what now for food sovereignty after Cancun

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

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GENETIC MODIFICATION - FOOD FACTS REVEALED

11-10-2003 09:30

The following article is intended to give a brief introduction to this hot topic. While much of the GM controversy at present is centred on 'environmental' concerns, and with good reason, there is an equally important question to GM food crops: whether they are safe to eat or not. If they were safe and wholesome, then 'cross-contamination' from GM crops might be slightly less of a serious problem. The article does not detail the obvious hazards of growing GM crops which create pharmaceuticals (causing problems in the US), nor the complex changes to EU regulations now in the pipeline but still widely regarded as dysfunctional.

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Mary Keynes arrives in Sheffield too!

10-10-2003 11:52

Mary Keynes speaking outside Sheffield Town Hall yesterday.
73 year old Mary Keynes completes first day of bike ride to London while Jonny Barton fails to complete his ninth day due to knee injury.