10th June 2011

During the night of 31 May 2011, despite the fence and 24-hour security, a KWS field was destroyed in Wetze, Germany. KWS is a German genetic engineering company; the field trial was genetically modified beet H7-1, resistant to the herbicide Round-Up.

1 June 2011
MARINO LAZIALE (ROME)

- Six nozzles cut and taken away from the pumps
- Self-service booth sealed with liquid metal
- Retail shop set on fire using two five-litre jerrycans of napalm
- Banner left, 'ENI - by wars and environmental disasters, they profit (A)'

The "battle of the potato" field in Wetterem, near Ghent, Belgium, was a resounding victory for anti-GM activists on Sunday (29 May) as members of a crowd of around 400 people broke through police lines and barbed wire fences to destroy an experimental Genetically Modified potato crop.

Capitalism is a system in crisis. Social injustice is increasing, the
banks and multinationals keep investing in fossil fuels. But there is also reason to be optimistic: the global climate movement is growing and getting more active. "System change, not climate change" is a message sounding louder and louder!

Stop CCS, fight for climate justice and energy sovereignty!

When and where?
The Climate and Energy Camp 2011 is taking place from Aug. 7th – 14th in Janschwalde/Brandenburg (close to Cottbus).

What's a climate camp anyway?

Call out and other nice posters can be found at:
http://fieldliberation.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/new-posters/

Gathering Momentum for the fight against biotech in our food chain

Tesco Metro, on Belfast?s Royal Avenue, had its labelling improved by anti-GM protestors on Saturday morning (23rd April). The additional labels warned consumers about the potential Genetically Modified content of meat and dairy products in store.

anonymous report, from finoallafine.info (translation):

1/4/2011

KWS has again planted genetically-modified sugar beet H7-1 in a field, despite vociferous protests. Today, Friday at noon, we unloaded about 16 tonnes of manure in front of the headquarters in Einbeck, under the slogan: "KWS - keep your GM crap."

Dear Friends,
In mid-February, the EU proposed a relaxing of the legislation around the presence of GM ingredients in food stuffs and animal feed in Europe. This move was supported by Brendan Smith, then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, without a mandate from the people of Ireland.

8 February 2011

Communities around the world are under attack from extractive industries that poison our families, kill our loved ones on the job, and destroy the ecosystems we cherish. The BP oil spill was unfortunately just one of an endless string of disasters born of an economic system that must endlessly consume the Earth’s resources.

6.12.10

RATCLIFFE ON TRIAL ‘SHOW OF SOLIDARITY’
9am, 22nd November
Outside Nottingham Crown Court