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The secrets of Monsanto

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Miguel is very familiar with Monsanto. He worked for the multinational in Latin America for over 25 years. He knows life, death and miracles. The secrets of Monsanto.

Today Miguel is one of the GMO repented. He wants to do something constructive. Caught by the crisis of conscience has decided to tell who is Monsanto and its plans for Europe (and Italy).

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June 04, 2012 12:00

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June 05, 2012 12:00

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June 06, 2012 12:00

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June 07, 2012 12:00

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June 08, 2012 12:00

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June 09, 2012 12:00

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Newsnight: Take the Flour Back defend Direct Action

Jyoti of Take the Flour Back defends the role of direct action in defending farmers and our food system.... and cuts through all that GM 2.0 nonsense.

Ever taken part in a public consultation? Maybe you took part in the UK's biggest ever public consultation "GM nation", well guess what, they didn't listen, despite a resounding 'NO' from the British public, the government has carried on pumpi…

Summer Board Games and Picnic

June 30, 2012 13:00

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Furtherfield Gallery

McKenzie Pavilion

Finsbury Park, London, N4 2NQ

ODA Meeting: Why So Scared To Have Your Statements

On Tuesday night there was a meeting of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), Lea Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) and local residents at a small nursery on Riverside Close, Hackney to discuss the 'reinstatement works' for the marsh.

Anti-nuclear protest hits Centrica AGM

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On Friday 11 May, Stop Hinkley, Kick Nuclear and friends held a two dozen-strong demo outside the AGM of Centrica (owner of British Gas) at the QE2 Centre in Westminster. Recent news reports suggest that Centrica may be getting cold feet about partnering with EDF Energy in its nuclear new build projects at Hinkley Point in Somerset and other sites in England. This protest aimed to reinforce the me…

Shift Magazine: “A Vaguely Useful Thing?”- the Big Six Energy Bash

In February 2011, Climate Camp produced a statement which contained the following: “As a movement, to be relevant, we need to move with the times. Therefore the Camp for Climate Action has decided, after much discussion and reflection, to change.”

 

This meant no more national Climate Camps, with the intention being to “allow new tactics, organising methods and processes to emerge in …

Imprisoned 4 telling the truth about the Olympics

On Thursday 26th April Mike Wells, a citizen journalist who writes for the Games Monitor website, was filming unsafe working practices on Leyton Marsh at the chaotically managed Olympic construction site.

As a result of his attempt to film and draw attention to the unsafe practices of an excavator working close to pedestrians on Sandy Lane (the pathway running adjacent to Leyton Marsh), Mike was …

Connecting The Dots of climate pollution

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Today many activists including; envirionmentalists, occupiers and supporters, gathered at St Paul’s for Climate Impacts Day and International Stop the Tar Sands Day to #ConnectTheDots between people, polluters, power and profit. The Occupy General Assembly heard from communities impacted by the extreme flooding in Pakistan, explored the most devastating industrial operation on Earth, endangering…

SURVIVING PROGRESS+panel discussion

May 17, 2012 20:30

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Tricycle Cinema, 269 Kilburn High Road, London 

Big 6 Bash Roundup

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A roundup of the Big 6 Bash mass action at the UK Energy Summit, targetting the big corporations and government who are pulling in profits while people suffer from fuel poverty, climate change and cuts.

Big 6 Bash - shutting down the UK Energy Summit

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Today is the Big 6 Energy Bash- an action against the Big 6 energy companies and the government raking in billions of pounds while people suffer from fuel poverty, climate change and the cuts. Over 300 people are trying to shut down the UK Energy Summit.

Big Six Energy Bash targets Energy Summit

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Around 300 people took part in the Big Six Energy Bash climate and cuts protest targeting the UK Energy Summit in London [pics].

Setting off in four blocks from different locations people converged on the summit and there were several attempts to get inside the hotel venue.

By 12.30 there had been at least two arrests with one person reported to be unconscious (unconfirmed). At 1.30pm the protes…

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June 03, 2012 18:00

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Criminal neglect at Leyton Marsh

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The Olympic Delivery Authority, Waltham Forest Council, Lea Valley Regional Park Authority and Nussli AG put the building site workers and community at risk to save face.

london oil activists target BP-sponsored play

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two activists from london staged an unexpected choral protest at the start of the official press night at the RSC's performance of "twelfth night" at their theatre in stratford-on-avon last night. their protest was the second this week to target the new season which is sponsored by the destructive oil corporation BP in an attempt to greenwash their name.

originally planned as a four-piece choral …

Hacktionlab - come play with technology!

May 04, 2012 19:00

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LARC - London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES (map: https://imc.li/v3il0)

Hands Off Somalia! Public Meeting

April 28, 2012 13:00

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Somerstown Community Centre

150 Ossulston Street

London NW1 1EE

(Nearest tubes Kings Cross, Euston, Mornington Crescent.)

Save Leyton Marsh - update

The Ruling May Have Gone Against Us But We Won the Arguments In Court!

Alternative Conference for the Rio Summit

June 16, 2012 10:00

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Taking place at the central London Universities - SOAS, the Institute of Education (IOE) and University College London (UCL). Opening plenary in IOE, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, Russell Square Tube.

grim protest at shell-sponsored southbank festival

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activists from london rising tide (helped by 'rhythms of resistance' samba players), staged a noisy and theatrical protest at the royal festival hall yesterday evening, highlighting the greenwashing of shell's image through cultural sponsorship in their 'shell classic international' festival at the southbank centre.

Protesters dragged out of BP AGM

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BP’s Annual General Meeting yesterday was once again an uncomfortable experience for the Board. They were confronted by questions on oil spills, tar sands, Olympic sponsorship and interplanetary escape pods, before nine people “died” in protest at the company’s contribution to climate change and human rights abuses, and were removed bodily from the room by security guards.

Occupy LFS (London Finsbury Square) - Feb 12, 2012

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http://OccupyLFS.org + http://OccupyLSX.org + http://OccupyOil.co.uk



Alternative Video link (YouTube) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAyb0tPI9fQ

http://4TheRecord.org



London Finsbury Square (LFS)

February 12, 2012

Spoof drops BP as Olympic sustainability partner

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This morning Campaign for a Sustainable OLympics masqueraded as the organisers of the Olympics; LOCOG, and issued a hoax press release and website dropping BP as sustainability partner. This was to highlight their unethical decision to make BP Sustainability Partner for the London 2012 Olympics. The story was picked up by several media outlets, including City AM and LBC radio, who ran a live int…

leyton marsh resistance this morning - report/pics

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13th april 2012 - small article update below

bailliffs and police mounted a huge operation today to resume work at the leyton marsh olympic site. several people were arrested for public order offences after holding up work for several hours.