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Join the Sacramento Mobilization! June 20-25
Call for a Pagan Cluster
On June 23-25, agricultural ministers from WTO nations
have been invited to Sacramento to be treated to
days of US lobbying to reach international agreements
on acceptance of genetically altered food (sometimes
know as Frankenfood), as part of a lead-up to the
WTO summit in September, and a giant expo highlighting
the wonders of industrial agriculture and biotechnology.
From June 20-25, concerned people will converge
in Sacramento to educate the public, and to protest
and disrupt the meeting in five days of teach-ins,
a legal, permitted march and rally, and nonviolent
direct action.
A large Pagan Cluster is gathering to support
these actions. We invite you to join! Here’s some
of what we could be doing:
- A summer solstice ritual—probably on Friday,
June 20 in the afternoon, or on Saturday June
21, 9 AM, although that’s still under discussion.
A ritual/direct action/occupation could also
be in the works for Sunday, June 23.
- Coordinated magic to support the actions.
- Magical activism trainings at the convergence
space.
- An ongoing emotional/spiritual healing space
that will be set up in conjunction with the
medics throughout the action. Could we take
responsibility for seeing that it is staffed?
- Nonviolent direct action, as affinity groups
or clusters, around the themes of blood, money,
earth and life. The only limits are our creativity
and our commitment to nonviolence.
To participate in the planning and organizing,
please join the livriv@yahoogroups.com by sending
an email to livriv-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
and putting ‘subscribe’ in the subject line.
Nonviolent direct action trainings are being
organized in Sacramento, San Francisco, Marin
county and the north coast of California. Check
here for details or check www.sacmobilization.org
for more information on the action.
The uncontrolled release of genetically altered
and engineered organisms poses one of the greatest
threats to the health and resilience of the
interconnected web of life. Genetically modified
corn plants have already brought us pollen that
kills monarch butterflies and pollution of the
gene pool of the original ancestors of corn.
Monsanto’s ‘terminator’ seed threatens the
viability of wild seed and plant stocks. We
have no way of knowing what long term health
effects will be caused by eating modified food,
yet the Bush administration is exerting all
its weight to force reluctant countries to open
their doors to GMOs, genetically modified organisms.
The US has recently stepped up its campaign
to force the rest of the world to accept genetically
modified food, suing the European countries
who reject GMOs in the WTO, and tying AIDS money
to African countries to their acceptance of
genetically modified food. African countries,
in the past, have basically said they’d rather
go hungry than accept the stuff, as it poses
a long-term risk to their food supply.
Via Campesina, the largest organization of small
farmers in the world, has asked us to take action
to oppose this meeting. The forest defenders
of Cascadia Summer are coming to protest GMO
trees. The convergence is already shaping up
to be one of the most powerful global justice
actions in the U.S. since Seattle. And because
it’s close to the home turf of many of us, we
can have deep involvement in the overall organization
and shaping of the actions.
Phone: 916-497-1111
Website: www.sacmobilization.org
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