Indymedia-Quebec (CMAQ) - GMO / OGM

Brazil, Paraná: Syngenta's GMO alert!

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:22:04 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

President of Claspar Alerts for retaking of research with GMO by Syngenta.

Excerpt: The farm is located in the band of ecological protection of the National Park of Iguaçu. "In case that it begins again to be used as field of tests toward research with GMOS, it will demonstrate that the Swiss company really wants to make, at Paraná, what it would never make in the Swiss city of Basel, headquarters of the company" affirmed Silveira.

Suggested link:
www.savetheamazon.blogspot.com

Come to Boston for Biojustice 2007!

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:14:11 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

BioJustice 2007 is a week long celebration of sustainable food and alternatives to corporate healthcare. It is being developed by a wide coalition of public interest groups, activists, farmers, scientists, and concerned citizens, working together in response to the biotechnology industry's international convention scheduled for the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center during May 6-9, 2007.

Northeast Anarchist Consulta in Preparation for May Actions:

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:20:10 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

Calling All Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians, Converge at the Northeast Anarchist Consulta this February 24th and 25th to strategize and organize for a massive Week of Resistance this May, from our participation in May Day (May 1st) and the movement for migrant workers' rights to the Biotech Convention (coming to Boston May 6-9) and the movement in defense of the earth.

Genetically-modified crops created herbicide-resistant "superweed"

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 10:20:41 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

An article from The Guardian says that "Modified genes from crops in a GM crop trial have transferred into local wild plants, creating a form of herbicide-resistant 'superweed'".

What worse, in Canada crop rotation has conferred multi-herbicide resistance to some of the weeds!

New York City Indymedia soliciting food articles

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:47:07 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

SPECIAL FOOD ISSUE OF THE INDYPENDENT

For two years running, The Indypendent has won more awards for outstanding reporting from the New York Independent Press Association than any other paper. We are soliciting articles around the themes of problems of the global food production network and locally based alternatives.

LAND AND FREEDOM: Quebec’s First-Ever Radical Ecology Festival

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:14:00 -0500

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First paragraph (Teaser):

The Liberterre collective and Earth First! Montreal are hosting Quebec’s first-ever radical ecology festival from March 26 to 27, 2004 ..

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:07:45 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

The volunteers will conduct census in Nyarugusu Congolese refugee
camp and Mtabila Burundian's refugee camp. The census will help us to
know the number of refugees who want to return home.
-The Volunteer will provide necessary relief to refugees while they will be on Safari

WTO agreement on agriculture

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:42:00 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

Asia happens to be the largest agricultural economy of the world, with the majority involved in agriculture. Converting self-sufficient food economies into food dependent economies is the... W.T.O. strategy...

Montreal Report

Sat, 02 Aug 2003 12:12:59 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

A large group of us, I would say 300 or 400 people, were simply standing or sitting in this area, some of us trying to find food, others planning what to do next, when we heard from others who were observing the area that the cops were coming and that we should consider leaving.

Satisfaction Not Guaranteed - WTO In Montreal

Sat, 02 Aug 2003 12:07:58 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

In early June, Canada's trade minister, Pierre Pettigrew exultantly announced the death of the "anti-globalization" movement. "I draw great satisfaction out of the fact that the phenomenon of anti-globalization has completely disappeared", he crowed. On the eve of this week's World Trade Organization informal mini-ministerial in downtown
Montreal, he was singing a different tune.

NO PATENTS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

Fri, 06 Oct 2000 12:00:00 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

No country is self-sufficient in biodiversity. The WTO is seeking an appropriate legal framework to encourage trade. But appropriate for whom? There's the rub. The intellectual property system, which champions the breeders' interests, is becoming an instrument of neo-colonialism. The Organisation of African Unity, offering an alternative that is in the public interest as well as its own, has taken the lead in new thinking about the exploitation of life.