Attack on GM field in Pully, Switzerland

Dur­ing the night of June 23–24, an exper­i­men­tal field of GM wheat was attacked with her­bi­cides with the aim of killing the plants and pre­vent­ing research into genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied organ­isms. This was despite 24 hour guard, a dou­ble fence, CCTV and plain clothes cops in the sur­round­ing streets.

Dur­ing the night of June 23–24, an exper­i­men­tal field of GM wheat was attacked with her­bi­cides with the aim of killing the plants and pre­vent­ing research into genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied organ­isms. This was despite 24 hour guard, a dou­ble fence, CCTV and plain clothes cops in the sur­round­ing streets. Unlike in 2008 and 2009 when the field was also decon­t­a­m­i­nat­ed, the research cen­tre this year did not issue a press release about the eco­tage.

The activists explained, “Oppo­si­tion to genet­ic engi­neer­ing is part of a wider oppo­si­tion to the total con­trol of soci­ety and life that is being cre­at­ed thanks to the devel­op­ment of nano and biotech­nol­o­gy.

For these rea­sons, we also want to express our sol­i­dar­i­ty through con­crete actions with those who oppose this techno­scientf­ic cap­i­tal­ist sys­tem, and in par­tic­u­lar with Mar­co Camenisch, Sil­via, Cos­ta and Bil­ly, rev­o­lu­tion­ary pris­on­ers who are now jailed in Switzer­land because they under­stood that words are not enough and that action is need­ed to cre­ate rad­i­cal change, even if this means risk­ing their own free­dom.

Com­mu­nique in full

Anti-GM cycle car­a­van and links to oth­er anti-genet­ics info