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Film screening and discussion with film's directors. Sponsored by Earth Action THE GENETIC TAKEOVER A new film by Karl Parent and Louise Vandelac, produced by the National Film Board. Admission: FREE When: Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 pm Where: Colonel Gray High School, Spring Park Road, Charlottetown Film Length: 52 minutes We are very fortunate that Karl Parent and Louise Vandelac will be present for discussion and questions. They are vacationing on PEI and have volunteered to spend an evening to show their widely acclaimed film and to meet with people concerned about the GMO issue. Their film has already won several awards and has been translated from the original French into many other languages. The Genetic Takeover Abstract Have we become unwitting guinea pigs for multinationals who blithely disregard millions of years of evolution? In just a few short years, genetically modified plants have become part of our daily diet and are already found in 75% of processed foods. This revolution has occurred without consumer awareness and without the knowledge of potential risks to our health and to the environment. Many scientists and farmers vigorously condemn the absence of independent, adequate testing. The Genetic Takeover casts a sober look at a potentially explosive situation. In response to consumer demands, many European and Asian countries have instituted mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. North America, however, has been slow to react. In their relentless fight for profits, the industrial giants seem willing to ignore basic safety rules. Can food crops, a vital element of the collective wealth of this planet, remain at the mercy of private interests? Louise Vandelac - Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Quebec at Montreal. - Associate Professor in Department of "medicine social et preventative" (sorry, our translation skills are limited) at University of Montreal - Teaching activities touch on subjects relative to sociology, health, environment, economics and ethics - involved with many organizations and has sat on numerous committees including the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technologies Karl Parent - director with CBC-Radio since 1974 - has worked on a number of films in the area of information and science - teaches television journalism at University of Montreal - has received numerous awards of distinction for his work More information about The Genetic Takeover: www.onf.ca/main_genes Sharon Labchuk Earth Action 81 Prince Street Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4R3 phone/fax 902-621-0719 slabchuk@isn.net ********************************************************** Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net> _________________________________________________________ FOR THE REAL NEWS ON THE A16 IMF/WORLD BANK & OAS PROTESTS, VISIT: http://www.indymedia.org - The Independenat Media Center http://www.a16.org - Mobilization for Global Justice DON'T TRUST THE CORPORATE MEDIA! TV TURNOFF WEEK WAS APRIL 22-30 (KEEP IT OFF!) _____________________________________________________________________ Excerpt From "Statement to the Public by Jailed IMF/World Bank Protestors" Our movement is a small part of a worldwide brotherhood and sisterhood joining in solidarity with all the impoverished, oppressed, and progressive people of earth. For us, breaking the law is not a frivolous gesture, but rather a last-resort means of exposing the immense powers that we all face when we attempt to create real, ethical change. We continue to draw inspiration from the civil rights, anti-nuclear, anti-war, environmental justice, labor rights, and anti-oppression movements. Who are we? We are your sons and daughters, your sisters and brothers, your fathers, mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers. We are your co-workers, your fellow parishioners and rabbis, your healers, your teachers, and your students. We will continue to risk arrest, and if necessary resist with our very lives, until we expose this world as one in which profits come before people, so that a more just, humane, and free global society may take its place. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Sponsors: Chebucto Community Net http://www.chebucto.ns.ca Sierra Club - Chebucto Group http://www.sierraclub.ca Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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