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The Genetix Ruffcuts
Collection Part 1

Compiled by
Totnes Genetix Group.

Distributed by Undercurrents Ruffcuts
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This is a special themed Ruffcuts CDROM . It contains a collection of videos related to campaigns against the introduction of genetically modified organisms into the environment.

Please try to arrange public screenings of these videos.

 

 

The collection spans several CDs (there has been a lot going on). If you are missing any of the disks, please email videos@togg.org.uk or phone 01803 840098.

These films can also be provided on PAL VHS, just let us know which specific films you want. We can also create CDs in VCD format which is compatible with most DVD players.


The following are available in part 1 of the collection...
 

GM Debate? The People Speak

July 2003. Dozens of interviews with the people who attended the governments GM Nation? events all over the country. Why did they attend? What did they think of it? This video tells their story.

(25 minutes)

Visit the official GM Nation? website
Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Modified Maize (Jeolotts Hill)

June 2003. Fifty people enter the enclosed compound at Jeolotts Hill Research Station owned by Syngenta and take direct action to remove an entire plot of experimental wheat.

(4 mins 25 secs)

Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Antibiotic Resistance is Fertile
(Hilton Resistance)

August 2002. When it was revealed that a GM crop, containing an antibiotic resistant marker gene, had been unlawfully released into the countryside, local people took direct action to remove the threat.

(7 minutes)

Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Messages to DEFRA (Convoy)

July 2002. Two hundred people from all around the UK travel to London to dump dozens of bags of trashed GM crops on DEFRA's door step and tell the government just what it can do with it's GM crops.

(9 minutes)

Visit the Genetic Engineering Network website
Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Bayer Beware (Bayer Hazard)

2002. German chemical giant Bayer finds it's Newbury HQ blockaded, a warning by protesters that buying Aventis Cropscience will make them a major target for action for anti-GM campaigners.

(3 mins 45 secs)

Visit Bayer Hazard website
Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Bayer Blockade 2003

April 2003. Bayer gets a second blockade, this time at it's new Bayer Cropscience offices in Cambridge. This video was made for a non violence direct action training session.

(7 minutes)

See also Delia's Basic Blockading a DIY guide.

Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

The Pink Castle

Just a short look at the amazing and inspiring story of the pink castle erected in a GM field in Dorset in April 2002.

(3 mins 15 secs)

Experience a bit of GM FM (MP3) the pink castles pirate radio station.

Say hi to the castle, visit the Pink Castle website
Click here to search Indymedia for related posts.

Sainsburys Blockade

The cow costumes get another airing as protesters target Sainsburys distribution centers to put pressure on them over GM animal feed. A co-ordinated Earth First! action , there were five simultaneous blockades around the countryon the same day.

(2 mins 20 secs)

Find out about Earth First! on the eco-action website

Turkey Run

Asda gets an early xmas present. Protesters blockade an Asda distribution centre to send a clear message that the supermarkets must source non GM animal feed.

(1 mins 25 secs)

Canada House

Mad cows invade Canada House to highlight attempts to block the Biosafety Protocol.


(2 mins 45 secs)

Indian Farmers

Farmers from India come to London to express concerns over the Vision 2020 plans and involvement by the British government.

(1 mins 40 secs)

Clare Short Pied

Via Vision 2020, caring Clare aims to 'share' GM technology with India (whether they want it or not) so some people shared some pies with Clare (whether she liked it or not).


(40 secs)

The rest are available on additional CDROMS...

Farmers And The GM Maze

A documentary made for farmers about Chardon LL fodder maize, which is likely to be the first GM crop made commercially available in the UK.

(10 minutes)

Stop The Crop

Undercurrents tells the tale of three years of anti GM campaigning. Classic footage plus Seize The Day at their very best.

(17 mins 25 secs)

Don't XXXX With Us!

Made for Totnes Genetix Groups but hardly seen by anyone, this may actually be a really useful resource.

(21 minutes)

U.S. videos converted to PAL and available as a single collection...

Fed Up!

Made by Wholesome Productions in the USA, this is a great if rather long look at modern agriculture, it's history and it's future. A slightly shorter edit is available.

(Orginal 58 minutes, 45 minute re-edit available)

Terminator Seed

Copyright (why?) Sorella Productions, 2000
Hang out with the police, protesters, and biotechnology activists at The National Democratic Convention in LA.


(6 minutes)

Round up Ready

An amusing musical flash animation made for a brilliant song about genetic engineering and Monsanto.

(2 minutes)

Krafted

A flash animation from GE Food Alert in the USA.

(1 min 15 secs)


If you know of any videos that should be added to these collections, please let us know.


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