Below is a press report on the protests + links to some GREAT LISTENING (with Ignacio Chapela, Sheldon Krimsky, Michael Hansen, amongst many others) in the counter events to BIO 2005 - the world's largest convention of biotech and pharma execs is in Philadelphia this week (June 19-22).
The BioDemocracy 2005 Conference and THE protesters are in Philadelphia to resist BIO's closed-door corporate agenda of GM agriculture, health care for profit, and bioweapons proliferation. They're giving voice to a different vision of local food sovereignty, fair trade, health care for all, community power, biodiversity and honest science.
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LOTS OF GREAT LISTENING
from the BioDemocracy 2005 Conference
details below on how to hear online:
*Corruption of Science Panel
*GMOs in Latin America
*Biotechnology in the Global South
*Biotech Corporations and Global Trade
*Ignacio Chapela @ Reclaim the Commons
*Communities Resisting Genetic Engineering
*BioDEMOCRACY Radio Stream
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15896.shtml
Audio from the Corruption of Science Panel
johm , 20.06.2005 23:04
Especially horrifying is Randy Zauhar's story from the inside of BIO...learn just how scared the biotech industry is of the truth!
with:
Sheldon Krimsky (Tufts University)
Paul Connett (St. Lawrence University)
Ricarda Steinbrecher (EcoNexus, UK)
Randy Zauhar (University of the Sciences in Philadelphia)
Michael Hansen (Consumer Policy Institute)
audio part 1, mp3, 60 minutes -
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15883.shtml
GMOs in Latin America
johm , 20.06.2005 00:26
More audio from the Biodemocracy teach-in!
This session focuses on GMO's in Latin America....
with:
Ignacio Chapela (University of California)
Carmelo Ruiz (Puerto Rican journalist)
Javiera Rulli (Grupo Reflexión Rural, Argentina)
audio mp3, about 80 minutes -
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15879.shtml
Biotechnology in the Global South
johm , 19.06.2005 21:20
More audio from the Biodemocracy teach-in:
Listen to stories of resistance to geneticaly modified agriculture in the global south....
with:
Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute)
Carmelo Ruiz (Puerto Rican journalist)
Javiera Rulli (Grupo Reflexión Rural, Argentina)
audio mp3, 76' 15" -
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15890.shtml
Biotech Corporations and Global Trade
johm , 20.06.2005 17:19
Biotech Corporations and Global Trade panel from Biodemocracy Teach-in
(Ricarda Steinbrecher, EcoNexus, Brian Tokar, Institute for Social Ecology, and Lucy Sharratt, Ban Terminator Campaign)
mp3 audio, about 1 hour long -
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15847.shtml
Ignacio Chapela @ Reclaim the Commons
johm , 18.06.2005 16:48
Ignacio Chapela, recently tenured professor at US Berkely, addresses the crowd this morning at the Reclaim the Commons Festival in Clark Park.
the audio, about six minutes -
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15861.shtml
Communities Resisting Genetic Engineering
johm , 18.06.2005 19:32
Hear how communities worldwide are fighting back against gmo's...recorded today at the Biodemocracy Teach-In.
with:
Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology)
Noli Hoye (GE Free Hawaii)
Carmelo Ruiz (Journalist, Puerto Rico)
Lucy Sharratt (Ban Terminator Campaign, Canada)
Javiera Rulli (Grupo Reflexión Rural, Argentina)
audio, about 80 minutes
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http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2005/06/15921.shtml
BioDEMOCRACY Radio Stream
johm , 21.06.2005 08:40
Indymedia and Radio Volta are streaming live today during the BioDEMOCRACY actions taking place in the streets of Philadelphia!
listen here: http://radiovolta.org/listen.shtml
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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
+++ 21-06-2005 13:12: Four arrests reported at 13th and Arch Streets. 200 protesters are currently demonstrating in front of the Convention Center. +++
+++ 21-06-2005 12:40: 13th and Arch Streets, cops have started arresting multiple marchers. +++
+++ 21-06-2005 12:33: 16th and Arch Streets, 150 200 protesters have been blocked onto sidewalk by police, no injuries or arrests reported. +++
+++ 21-06-2005 11:52: All three marches, Anti-Bioweapons, Health Care for All, and Sustainable Agriculture have converged on LOVE Park. +++
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Demonstrators rally at BIO 2005
Philadelphia Business Journal, 20 June 2005
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2005/06/20/daily19.html
Protesters and activists rallying against everything from genetically modified foods to pharmaceutical drug prices took to the streets of Center City Philadelphia on Tuesday. The protests came on the third day of BIO 2005, the Biotechnology Industry Organization's annual trade show and convention being held this year in the city.
Shortly before noon, about 250 biotechnology protestors of all ages marched around City Hall before holding a short rally at the nearby JFK Plaza, where they were joined by more than 100 skateboarders staging their own unrelated "Wild in the Streets" skateboarding rally.
The anti-biotechnology activists -- some dressed as modified tomatoes and sunflower plants, others wearing masks -- were participating in BioDemocracy 2005, a series of educational seminars and events designed to raise awareness of ethical issues related to biotechnology.
The group walked to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where BIO 2005 is being held. Police closed down Arch Street between 12th and 13th streets, where the protesters were largely contained.
BIO 2005 has already set an attendance record with more than 18,100 attending the event.