No GMO — Destroyed a transgenic maize field in Italy

From Italy to Can­cun — Jus­tice, Dig­ni­ty, Inde­pen­dence
10 / 8 / 2010

Italian GM action 1Italian GM action 2Italian GM action 3Italian GM action 4From Italy to Can­cun — Jus­tice, Dig­ni­ty, Inde­pen­dence
10 / 8 / 2010

This morn­ing one hun­dred activists of the Asso­ci­a­tion Ya Bas­ta Italy entered in a ille­gal field of genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied maize in Vivaro (Por­de­none province, north­east­ern Italy). The action start­ed at noon. Activists destroyed two meters tall plants.

Back in April, the farm­ers and activists of Ya Bas­ta Italy denounced the ille­gal plant­i­ng of maize in Vivaro.

The field was placed under seizure, but the rul­ing still is tak­ing too long for polit­i­cal debates with­in the gov­ern­ment. From below, then came the imme­di­ate response con­cern­ing the life and the defense of bio­di­ver­si­ty, which can not be cow­ard­ly dom­i­nat­ed by cap­i­tal and spec­u­la­tion.

In the pub­lic state­ment of Ya Bas­ta activists declared them­selves “indige­nous com­mu­ni­ties” and join the fight for jus­tice and dig­ni­ty for all com­mu­ni­ties found in Cochabam­ba dur­ing the Peo­ple’s Assem­bly in April.

Also, defend­ing the right and desire to leave the hell of trans­genic cul­tures which destroy the plan­et and poi­son the Moth­er Earth and the waters.

The cli­mate changes, the soil dries, water is pri­va­tized: enough … to Can­cun!

Video and pho­tos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGLyGveaCo
http://www.globalproject.info/it/in_movimento/No-Ogm-Distrutto-campo-di-mais-transgenico/5543