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Local GE-Free Zones under attack from biotech lobbyists
The Mendocino grassroots voting victory against the well funded propaganda of biotech corporations is again being threatened by two recently introduced bills (AB 1508 and SB 1056) that would eliminate the local communities right to regulate genetically modified/engineered seeds.
Genetic engineering discussion panel at UC Davis
This article pertains to the genetic engineering discussion held at UC Davis 4/29. There is another discussion next week on Friday at 7 pm..
Sacramento: City Council refuses to rescind "Son of Patriot Act"
It was one of the most bizarre meetings I've ever been to. The public testimony featured a self-described "libertarian" who supported the ordinance, a wacky "gun rights" lobbyist who supporting outlawing slingshots and water bottles, and a video by Dave Jenest's Citizen's Community Watch /Patriot Watch that showed the "evils" of black bloc anarchists at the Sacramento Ag Expo last year. The video was so bad that It was almost like a self parody of right wing stereotypes and jargon about anti-globalization and anti--war activists. I, like much of the audience, was rolling in laughter throughout much of the video. It was much better than Reality TV could ever be. Indymedia coverage of 2003 WTO protests in Sacramento: [ pdx indy | Biotech IMC ]
Sacramento "Son of Patriot Act" ordinance still on books!
Remember the repressive parade ordinance that the Sacramento City Council passed last year before the USDA Agricultural Ministerial? The city council refused to rescind the odious law at its meeting last night.
Sacramento "Son of Patriot Act" ordinance still on books!
Remember the repressive parade ordinance that the Sacramento City Council passed last year before the USDA Agricultural Ministerial? The city council refused to rescind the odious law at its meeting last night.
Arrested at Sacramento WTO 2003 or another time?
If you were arrested in Sacramento and were strip searched, which may have occurred with a few people who visited there, or moved away from Sacramento to here, and participated in the June 2003 WTO meetings, you may be entitled to compensation via this class action settlement
Bull, et al. v. Sacramento County, et al. -- Strip Search Class Action
Bull, et al. v. Sacramento County, et al. -- Strip Search Class Action
Frankenfood Toxology
Here's a song, sung to the tune of the church hymn known as the "Doxology." It appears on my recent CD, SERIOUS FOLKING MUSIC. 100 copies of the disc have been given away to the great supporters of the Urbana-Champaign Indymedia Center, which works as a grantwriting and fundraising hub for Global Indymedia.
GMO Free Yolo?
Since the success of Mendocino voters after the GMO-free Mendo measure, other counties in CA and elsewhere are following suit. Here's a challenge, how bout a GMO Free Yolo?
Humboldt Green Genes - GMO Free
Humboldt is following Mendocino's no-GMO victory by collecting signatures for a GMO free ballot initiative for November election. We need 7,000 signatures by June 7th, just in time for the BIOtech conference in SF..
"Petty Fascism 101" Sacramento WTO Video Online
In the days before the WTO Agricultural Ministerial in Sacramento, California the city council adopted an "emergency ordinance" in secret that, among other things, criminalized the possession of bandanas. In what has become a standard practice of the militarized police in the United States this ordinance was used as an excuse to arrest media activists and those engaged in activist support (such as providing food and medical treatment). In this video a media activist targetted by the police under this ordinance discusses tactics employed by the police and by protesters.
"Rise Up Between The Lines" Video Online
Is "fighting terror" newspeak for suppressing dissent? Presented in this video is an analysis of a speech delivered by Bush Jr. with highlights of the numerous violations of civil rights and outright brutality perpetrated by the police in Sacramento, California during the protests of the WTO Agricultural Ministerial. As Bush says, "The world changed on September the 11th... and it's very important that the American people understand the change -- we are now a battleground."
Biotech Radio In Melbourne
Food Fight! Seeks submissions and contacts for information and news about the politics of food technology.
"Cops of the World" Video Online
Music video style examination of increasing police state both in the United States, against protesters, and abroad, against populations. Features the music of Ryan Harvey, as performed during the June 2003 anti-WTO protests in Sacramento, California.
Biopatenting uses cladistics to steal DNA
Biopatenting corporations use cladistic taxonomy science to claim ownership of medicinal plant DNA
Biodiversity & intercropping alternatives to GE biotech monoculture
With genetically engineered biotech crops taking over sustainable intercropping subsistence farming, the lives of African people are in the hands of multinational biotech corporations and their genetically engineered monoculture seeds..
ECO Newsletter at the Convention on Biological Diversity
For those of you still thinking about what happened in Sacramento, come down to the Red and Black Café on October 27, 2003 between the hours of 7:00 and 10:00 pm.
Post Sacto Protest Waterfight Pix
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Remember the repressive parade ordinance that the Sacramento City Council passed last year before the USDA Agricultural Ministerial? The city council refused to rescind the odious law at its meeting last night. 
Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants violated various state and federal laws by strip searching certain persons at the Sacramento County Main Jail between March 14, 2000 and June 6, 2003.
Long overdue pictures from the revolutionary water brigade.