[IMC-Boston-Editorial] May 6-9th: BioTech Convetion

[Sofia JarrinT]

Hey,

I think this would be a great thing to organize around, get tons of coverage from different alternative media outlets. Video, print, radio...  We should begin strategizing soon.

peace,
sofia
2. This year, May 6th through 9th, the Biotechnology Industry Organization
(BIO) is bringing their annual convention to Boston. Our region is already
overrun with the biotech corporations and their genetically modified
organisms (GMO's) in our food, their bioweapons in our neighborhoods,
their apartheid healthcare system, and their capitalist greed. Our kids
have asthma, our night sky glows rust red, our rivers flow with their
chemical waste, yet the onslaught doesn't stop. Boston's wealthy
universities want to experiment with ebola and anthrax in Roxbury, and
evict low-income families to make way for cloning and vivisection in Lower
Allston. The corporations have made it clear whom their research will
benefit, and who will suffer. Local community, environmental and animal
defense activists are calling for resistance to this invasion.

The first weeks of May will be full of popular mobilizations, proclaiming
"No one is illegal: For a world without borders" and "No compromise in
defense of our earth." As anarchists, we will not only participate in each
of these movements, but we will build bridges between them, make the
connections, and make our resistance relevant to our neighborhoods,
workplaces, and communities. We will come together for a Black, Red, and
Green Convergence in Boston this May. We will coordinate our efforts
across the Northeast, and we will make this spring one to remember!

Come to Boston, February 24th and 25th, 2007, to build a united strategy,
a network of cooperation, and a plan of action for our Spring of
Resistance, 2007. Location and details will be announced in a couple weeks
in a second call that will also include an updated list of endorsers. If
your organization wants to endorse the call, send an email to:
NeAnarchistconsulta at riseup.net

What to do before coming to the Northeast Anarchist Consulta?
- Meet with your collective/union/organization/affinity group etc, or
start one up.
- Meet with other groups in your area.
- Identify places and organizations in your town/city/region/community
where these issues are relevant.
- Identify corporations and other targets that are repressing immigrants
and working people, and/or those that are destroying our communities,
animals, and the environment. Brainstorm ways to bring these issues
together.
- Discuss ideas, goals, strategies, and action plans.
- Then, send a delegate, representative, or your whole group to the
consulta. Fellow anarchists, it's time to get organized!

In resistance,

BAAM Boston


Info on May Day:
-Immigrant Solidarity Network: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/ -Call
to Action for May Day 2007: http://www.mayday2007.org

Info on Biotech:
-Biodemocracy Alliance: http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge-free.cfm#mlaws
-Say No to GMO's: http://www.saynotogmos.org/biodemocracy_news.htm

*Look for a call in the next few weeks with a location and times, info for
housing and rides, an updated endorsers list, etc. Send us an email to get
involved in planning or to endorse: Neanarchistconsulta at riseup.net


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