Click Here for Audio Only

Filmed at the BioTech 2005 Counter Conference in Philadelphia between June 18th -21st; this panel discussion video Features Pedro Rodriguez (Action Alliance for Senior Citizens); Beth McConnel (Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group: PennPIRG) on VIOXX; Adam Tsai, MD (Physicians for a Natonal Healthcare Program) and Mike Susko (Citizens for Responsible Care and Research).

Drug Companies buy FDA approval for drugs like VIOXX with hefty fees that are necessary to fund the agency and they use partial discloser and outright lies in clinical tests supporting their products benefits. They are driven by profit; employing an army of professional liars to persuade doctors to prescribe profitable medications to patients who don't need them, regardless of adverse effects.

Related Links ::: Action Alliance of Senior Citizens, Hep C Solutions, Physicians for a National Health Program, PennPIRG, Citizens for Responsible Care and Research, Gelsinger Lawsuit, VIOXX Lawsuits

People of Dissent of all ages took to the streets of Philadelphia for several permitted and unpermitted actions during the 4 day Biotechnology Conference. Philadelphia has a different kind of Cop called a Civil Affairs Officer; they wear sport coats and Arm Bands instead of the regular blue uniform. I asked one of them what the deal with the arm bands was and He Said: "I'm The Police." When pressed further he stated that the Arm Band guys were there specifically to ensure that people got their 1st ammendmant rights. A couple days later I saw a gang of these Civil Affairs Officers charging into a crowd of unsuspecting innocent bystanders; swinging 2 fisted, kicking, shoving peacfully gathered people .. and one of them had a heart attack and died.

And the 1st Ammendmant? Well, it died too as 1 BioTech dissenter was actually arrested for violating it. (the right to free speech) ... Apparently he was having a silent vigil.

Also during the melee an Officer of the Law grabbed my old Digital 8 camera from the hands of it's operator, threw it to the ground and kicked it. It died too.

That's distruction of property ...
that's censorship and that's what happened.
June 18th - 21st 2005 ~ Philadephia, PA

Related Links ::: Proper Reaction to Unexpected Water, Reclaim the Commons, Bio Democracy Resource Links, Birds Eye View of Police Attack, The Future of Food, Devastating the BioConference, Audio Recordings from BioDemocracy Conference, BioDiversity of Our Food Source is Imperative for Survival in Post Oil Based Economy, Barry Kissin, Property Destruction, Patriotism & Censorship

Download the Video

As part of National Go Skateboarding Day hundreds of skateboarders (with a permit for their event) shredded the streets of Philly on the same day that hundreds of BioTech Activists were also taking their message to the streets. A little behind the scenes coordination lead to the skateboaders joining in with an unpermitted march on the the convention center and a stand off with the cops at Love Park. Love Park was a routinely skated public park in the center of Philly and was an "official" stop on the skateboarders planned route for the day. After several speakers fired up the crowd by showing that when dealing with a Police State environment All People Will Be Repressd Equally... that skateboarding is not a crime... that we were all being denied acess to Our Public Space... the skateboarders & activists together busted through the police line took some manhandling and a club to the head or 2 ... but they took the park.

Click Image to Download the Video ~ Here to Stream the Video

This was filmed at the Really Really Free Market... it's really free because people really give stuff away. Food Not Bombs, fed people, but that's nothing new for them... it's what they do.. feed hungry people for free off the waste of corporate glutiny. I gave out about 20 Fluxview News DVDs.

Through out the day Farmers took the mic to explain why Genetically Modified Food is bad for us and all living things. We're rapidly approaching the point of no return with Genetically Modified Food and most people don't have a clue... I didn't.

I listened to Marly Hornik, a GMO activist singer songwriter, perform twice at the BioTech events and cried both times. The song at the end of this video seems to speak to my own self doubts and constant self evaluation. It's about living your lifes path, about the path with an uncertain future, about courage and the lack there of and persevering to do what must be done. ... at least that's what it means to me.

Saturday, June 18th 2005 ~ Philadephia, PA

Related Links ::: Marly's Angels, Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, Food Not Bombs, Buy Local PA, Pennypack Farms (Lisa Mosca), Rodale Research Institute (Sheherd Ogden), Ignacio Chapela, IMC Photos, Heartbreak in the Heartland

Download Video ~ Stream Video

~ Sustainability would be nice. ~

Percy Schmeiser has been growing canola for 40 years. He's been experimenting, developing his own varieties, using his own seed. Then Monsanto, the giant multinational agro-chemical company that is at the forefront of developing genetically modified foods, accused him of patent infringement and demanded restitution for its seeds. They stole his plants, seeds & research because of cross pollenation with GMO plants that other people had planted within pollenaton range. If GMO's touch your crops... Monsanto owns your crop and will sue you. Pollenation is not containable. "I never put those plants on my land," says Schmeiser. "The question is, where do Monsanto's rights end and mine begin?"

Percy gives a full account of the specific alegations and breaks down the facts about GMO's in this 13 minute video.

Saturday, June 18th 2005 ~ Philadephia, PA

Related Links ::: Monsanto vs Schmeiser, Bio Democracy Resource Links, Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, Heartbreak in the Heartland