Anti-Biotech activism in Athens:Video+report
Last weekend, February 2-3 the annual International Greek Biotech Conference took place in Athens organized by Bionova Ltd., the representative of EuropaBio (European Biotech corporations Lobby) in Greece.
Bionova as a national representative promotes in all levels the Biotech agenda including GMO's, Agrofuels, Bio-patents, collaboration of Science & Business aiming as well to expansion in the SE Europe. (For detailed review please read here or here: 
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8683)
Since the very first conference counter-action has been generated in Greece from several groups from all over the country including mass demonstrations (see report and video from the 3rd conference here or here: http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/1167490.php
This year due to some parallel anti-fascist demonstrations taking place very close to the point of the anti-biotech gathering and extent street conflicts between police, fascists and activists the whole thing got interrupted and focused mostly to action within & outside the conference. (Watch all the fun of the 4th conference in the video here or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idI8enRKcJ4)
Further counter-action is already being organised with the aim to inflict the institutionalised status of the Greek representatives of Global Biotech Engines. Keep in touch for more…
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8683) Since the very first conference counter-action has been generated in Greece from several groups from all over the country including mass demonstrations (see report and video from the 3rd conference here or here:
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/1167490.php This year due to some parallel anti-fascist demonstrations taking place very close to the point of the anti-biotech gathering and extent street conflicts between police, fascists and activists the whole thing got interrupted and focused mostly to action within & outside the conference. (Watch all the fun of the 4th conference in the video here or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idI8enRKcJ4) Further counter-action is already being organised with the aim to inflict the institutionalised status of the Greek representatives of Global Biotech Engines. Keep in touch for more…
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