eventbrief March Against
Monsanto Rally in Twin Cities on May 23
A worldwide grassroots group March Against Monsanto has inspired a broad coalition of individu- als and groups to gather in cities and towns all over the world as part of a global effort to raise public awareness and bring increasing political pressure to bear regarding Monsanto’s corporate farming and business practices and to insist upon labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The Twin Cities rally will take place on Saturday, May 23. Time and location were still being determined by the local organizers at press time. There is a blog and a Facebook page that will post the information as soon as it’s available. An estimated 428 cities in 38 countries on six continents will be participat- ing in the Global March Against Monsanto for a peaceful, non-violent, informa- tional protest. GMOs have been banned by Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Madeira, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, France and Switzerland.
Monsanto and other companies such as Dow and Syngenta genetically en- gineered food that poses scientifically established health risks that include organ damage, sterility, infant mortality, birth defects, immune reactions, allergies and increased cancer risk. Marcher’s demands include solidarity against Monsanto predatory business and agricultural practices, rejecting “substantial equivalence” of GMO and tra- ditional crops, independent scientific testing of GMO crops, promoting organic solutions, exposing the cronyism between big business and the government, addressing poverty, the real cause of global hunger, supporting food and seed sovereignty, supporting local farms, bees and biodiversity and labeling of all foods that contain GMOs. Long-time activist and member of the Gateway Greens, Daniel Romano,
warns, “Monsanto is bankrupting famers and causing soil infertility, mono-crop- ping, loss of biodiversity and beehive collapse. Their practices pose a very real threat to organic farming and loss of native plants and are creating dependency on a centralized food system. In aggregate, this is a recipe for global famine.” An Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments Concerning Ge- netically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (see
i-sis.org.uk/list.php), signed by 828 scientists from 84 countries, details their concern regarding GMOs and a call for immediate five-year suspension of GMO crops in order to conduct “a comprehen- sive public enquiry of agriculture and food security for all.”
Get up-to-date information at
MinnesotaMAM.blogspot.com or
Facebook.com/ MinnesotaMAM. See ad, page 31.
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