Peaceful anti-GM demonstrations have been met with violent repression in France - see video
http://eric.dif.free.fr/ and photos of the most recent public protest
http://mdh.limoges.free.fr/support/valdiv/index.htm
And a news blackout seems to have been imposed now that protesters have responded with night-time decontamination.
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Bourgogne GM fields decontaminated
During the night of Sunday (3 October) to Monday, thirty voluntary reapers from Bourgogne and Franche-Compté decontaminated an experimental field of GM maize (2 plots of Bt maize and 2 plots of glyphosate-resistant maize). This field of 6000 square metres, located in the commune of Varois-et Chaignot near Dijon, the largest field of all in France in terms of surface, was the last field in the whole of Bourgogne (a neighbouring field of oilseed rape having already been harvested).
This important information was sent to the newspaper "Le bien Public", to the newspaper of Saône et Loire and to France 3 TV in Bourgogne. The news has not been made public by any of these media outlets. It seems that the government
strategy is to impose a total "blackout" on night-time cutting actions, which are the only ways which remain after the violent repression of the open actions which had been announced in advance.
It is up to us to ensure that this information is widely circulated.
The voluntary reapers of Bourgogne-Franche Compté
[Translation from French by Marcus Williamson]
LA BOURGOGNE EST NETTOYEE DE SES OGM
Dans la nuit de dimanche (3/10) au lundi, une trentaine de faucheurs volontaires de Bourgogne et Franche-Compté a nettoyé une parcelle d'expérimentation de maïs OGM (2 lots de maïs BT et 2 lots de maïs résistants au glyphosate). Cette parcelle de 6000 mètres carré, située dans la commune de Varois-et Chaignot près de Dijon, la deuxième parcelle la plus grande de France en terme de surface, était la dernière parcelle dans toute la Bourgogne (une parcelle de Colza, voisine, ayant déjà été récoltée).
Cette information capitale (LA BOURGOGNE EST NETTOYEE DE SES OGM) a été communiquée au journal "Le bien Public", au journal de Saône et Loire et à France 3 Bourgogne. Elle n'a pas été rendue publique par ces média. Il semble que la stratégie du gouvernement soit d'imposer un "black-out" total sur les actions de fauchage nocturne, seules possibilités qui reste après les violentes répressions des actions à visage découverts et annoncées à l'avance.
A nous de faire en sorte que cette information circule très largement
Des faucheurs volontaires de Bourgogne-Franche Compté
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