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BioDemocracy 2005 - From June 19 to June 22, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) -- is holding its annual international convention in downtown Philadelphia. In response: Activists in Philadelphia and throughout the East Coast are hard at work mobilizing a diverse smorgasbord of activities to challenge the biotech industry with our own vision of peaceful, sustainable and GE-free grassroots democracy.
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Audio: Dozens of workshops, screenings, and lectures took place during the BioDemocracy conve rgence. Independent journalists have recorded the very best of these important sources of information that highlight the current dangers Biotech poses and the mounting resistance. - Corruption of Science Panel - Biotech Corporations and Global Trade - GMO's in Latin America - Biotechnology in the Global South - Communities Resisting Genetic Engineering - Ignacio Chapela @ Reclaim the Commons - More audio from morning rally at biodev - Audio from morning biotech - Philly jdc - GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES / TALKS AT BIO-DESTRUCTION CONFERENCE - Audio from BioDemocracy teach-in in Philadelphia
[ Philadelphia IMC || Breaking News for 6/21/05 ]
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Photos: 1, 2
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Audio: Dozens of workshops, screenings, and lectures took place during the BioDemocracy conve rgence. Independent journalists have recorded the very best of these important sources of information that highlight the current dangers Biotech poses and the mounting resistance. - Corruption of Science Panel - Biotech Corporations and Global Trade - GMO's in Latin America - Biotechnology in the Global South - Communities Resisting Genetic Engineering - Ignacio Chapela @ Reclaim the Commons - More audio from morning rally at biodev - Audio from morning biotech - Philly jdc - GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES / TALKS AT BIO-DESTRUCTION CONFERENCE - Audio from BioDemocracy teach-in in Philadelphia
[ Philadelphia IMC || Breaking News for 6/21/05 ]
The Reclaim the Commons Free for All - "Free was the theme of the day at the Reclaim the Commons Festival, which was today from 10am until 2pm at Clark Park in West Philadelphia. This opening event for the Biodemocracy 2005 Teach-In and Conference, which is being presented by Philadelphia Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (RAGE) and the Institute for Social Ecology, had something free for everyone"
The group Food Not Bombs gathered to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Z Magazine did a history piece on them. The official name for the gathering as a whole is the BioDemocracy Teach-In & Conference and it's main activities took place from 2-10pm @ Friends Center (15th & Cherry) and convened the next day from 2-9pm at the same place. On the third day, they'll meet from 11am-10pm @ Ethical Society (19th & Locust). The website Under The Pavement describes the events in more detail. Philadelphia RAGE (Resistance Against Genetic Engineering) is taking the lead in organizing volunteers and proving further information. Indymedia has a BioTech section that will feature more and more articles as the Teach-In gets closer.