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Gene Ethics GM-free Newsletter:
April 30, 2008
April 30, 2008
We can still win a GM-free future!
Some herbicide tolerant GM canola may be grown in Victoria and NSW this year, but SA, WA, Tasmania and the ACT are still GM-free.
Most Australian food and farms will stay GM-free this year as the GM canola will be around 1-2% of the crop.
And the GM-free campaign will continue - in farms, food stores and the halls of power. There is also much you can do - at home, at work and among friends.
With your support we can all win a GM-free future!!
1. GM-free Zone Councils:
Gene Ethics has written to all local councils in Australia, to win their support for GM-free. But GM-free council policies also need the strong support of ratepayers and residents.
To gather this support download the GM-free Zone petition from http://geneethics.org/resource and collect signatures for your local councillor and Mayor.
Many councils have responded. In Victoria, for instance, the Bass Coast, Hepburn and Macedon shires and the Maribyrnong, Greater Bendigo, Ballarat, Moreland and Yarra cities are all reviewing their GM-free status. With citizen backing, the Shire of Yarra Ranges has already asked State and Federal Ministers to extend the GM bans and label all GM foods!
Please get things moving in your area.
Volunteer as a local contact.
Call 1300 133 868 or email info@geneethics.org to find out how!
Gene Ethics has written to all local councils in Australia, to win their support for GM-free. But GM-free council policies also need the strong support of ratepayers and residents.
To gather this support download the GM-free Zone petition from http://geneethics.org/resource and collect signatures for your local councillor and Mayor.
Many councils have responded. In Victoria, for instance, the Bass Coast, Hepburn and Macedon shires and the Maribyrnong, Greater Bendigo, Ballarat, Moreland and Yarra cities are all reviewing their GM-free status. With citizen backing, the Shire of Yarra Ranges has already asked State and Federal Ministers to extend the GM bans and label all GM foods!
Please get things moving in your area.
Volunteer as a local contact.
Call 1300 133 868 or email info@geneethics.org to find out how!
2. Please answer the Gene Ethics Survey. It takes just a few minutes. It takes just a few minutes.
Go to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KlGWK3PGDBhW%2fZZ2qCht8w%3d%3d
Share your vision of GM-free, secure, sustainable, healthy, safe, food and farming systems. Your answers will help Gene Ethics to develop new plans for the next phase of our GM-free campaign.
Include your email address, for the chance to win a free copy of Genetic Roulette: the documented health risks of genetically engineered foods, by Jeffrey Smith. This gripping book sells for $28.95! Lucky winners will be drawn on Monday May 5, so be quick! Your input will be private but grouped data on all responses will be published soon. Thank you for your support and co-operation.
3. An SBS TV "Insight" program on Genetic Manipulation was broadcast last week. See others comments and have your say at: http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/yoursay
4. Watch a new French documentary film "The World According to Monsanto" at http://www.geneethics.org/resource/index/4 or go directly to: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-842180934463681887
Monsanto, the world's biggest seed company, is the largest owner of GM and conventional grain seed as well as vegetables and fruits. It's well on the way to monopoly ownership of the global food supply.
Monsanto, the world's biggest seed company, is the largest owner of GM and conventional grain seed as well as vegetables and fruits. It's well on the way to monopoly ownership of the global food supply.
5. Ten minute actions you can take right now:
Visit: http://geneethics.org/actnow/
Write: personally to your Members of Parliament at:
http://www.geneethics.org/actnow/display/2
Post: GM-free Zone signs at your place. Print them at
http://geneethics.org/resource
or order the big plastic outdoor signs from 1300 133 868 or info@geneethics.org
Thousands of GM-free Zone signs are already in high profile spots, but more are needed.
Join or form a local group.
Call 1300 133 868 to be networked with others in your area.
6. Resources from the Gene Ethics office:
- Genetic Roulette, by Jeffrey Smith at $30 incl. p&p
- Seeds of Deception, by Jeffrey Smith $20 incl. p&p or the 2 books for $40 incl. p&p
- DVD "The Future of Food" $25 incl. p&p
- Order free "GM-free Zone" signs for your front fence at http://www.geneethics.org or download a pdf from http://www.geneethics.org/resource --
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Bob Phelps
Executive Director
Executive Director
Gene Ethics
60 Leicester St, Carlton 3053 AustraliaTel: 1300 133 868 or 03 9347 4500 {Int Code +613}
Fax: 03 9341 8199
Email: info@geneethics.org
Email: info@geneethics.org
WWW: http://www.geneethics.org
THINK, CARE, ACT!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
A Year to the day before his assassination, King gave this speech at the Riverside Church in New York view
From: the REAL news network.
This is a powerful expose of the truth of the American War against Viet Nam, with a message as relevant today as it was back then. Highly recommended!
Unraveling Iraq: 12 Answers to Questions No One Is Bothering to Ask about Iraq
By Tom Engelhardt
Tomgram: posted April 20, 2008 3:55 pm
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174921/12_reasons_to_get_out_of_iraq
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Avnery congratulates Carter for decision to meet and talk peace with Hamas leaders in Damascus
Press release from Gush Shalom, April 13, 2008 |
| "It would have been best for all of us, Mr. President, had you gone to Damascus with a full mandate from the Government of Israel and from your successor in the White House. To promote to the best of your ability the solution to the conflict and the end to both peoples' suffering. But even in the absence of an official government mandate, you are going to Damascus with the warm regards and full support of the peace seekers in Israel" ends Avnery’s letter to former president Carter. |
Former Knesset Member Uri Avnery, activist of Gush Shalom (The Israeli Peace Bloc), congratulates Jimmy Carter for his wise and courageous decision to meet in Damascus with Haled Mash’al and other Hamas leaders and talk with them on the ways to promote peace in our region.
Simultaneously, Avnery sent letters to PM Olmert as well as to Foreign Minister Livny and Defence Minister Barak – calling upon them to terminate the orchestrated campaign against Carter and make use of the former US President's position and prestige in order to end the suffering and bloodshed among both peoples, as well as achieve at last an exchange of prisoners which would restore to their homes and families the captured Israeli soldier Gil’ead Shalit as well as a significant number of Palestinian prisoners.
The policy of boycotting Hamas, starting on the day that the movement won the democratic elections held among the Palestinians, has failed utterly and caused terrible suffering and bloodshed among both peoples. The Government of Israel, with the support of the US Government, has undertaken large and small military operations; constantly sought to foment civil war among Palestinians; and imposed an inhuman economic boycott of the Gaza Strip, which exactly today reaches a cruel new peak with the denial of fuel to a million and half people. Not only did all these acts fail to break Hama’s power; on the contrary, they resulted in increasing its popular support and severely weakening Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) who is increasingly perceived as a collaborator, unable to bring his people any real achievement.
The time has come to turn a new page, based on recognition of reality: Hamas is a significant force among Palestinians, and will continue to be such, for better or worse, in the foreseeable future. It is impossible to reach an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement - and actually implement it - without Hamas being a party to that agreement. The visit of former US President Jimmy carter can impart an enormous momentum to a move including a full ceasefire, between all Israelis and all Palestinians, which will end the suffering at Sderot and Gaza alike; removal of the shameful economic siege, which is a terrible collective punishment for Gaza inhabitants of Gaza; and above all – encouraging the creation of a Palestinian National Unity Government, representing all significant factions and able to negotiate on behalf of the entire Palestinian people, instead of the complete veto which the governments of Israel and the US at present impose over the creation of such a government.
"It would have been best for all of us, Mr. President, had you gone to Damascus with a full mandate from the Government of Israel and from you successor in the White House. To promote to the best of your ability the solution to the conflict and the end to both peoples' suffering. But even in the absence of an official government mandate, you are going to Damascus with the warm regards and full support of the peace seekers in Israel" ends Avnery’s letter to former president Carter.”
Contact: Adam Keller adam@gush-shalom.org
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