por Charles Augustine
Right2KnowMarch (one word) is sponsoring a political march aimed at making people aware of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), in layman’s terms, “Genetically Modified (GM) food, which has been all over the headlines as of late, because those against using this technology in food growth point out how genetically altered corn and soy beans are allegedly killing Monarch butterflies and hummingbirds. Hence, if it is bad for animals it must have some undesired residual effects upon humans.
For this reason, European, and now American, environmental groups have taken to the streets to engage in acts of protests again GM foods, and at the forefront of making U.S. citizens aware of the toxicity of this technology is Right2KnowMarch.
On Oct. 13 at SF City Hall Right2Know will host a press conference informing citizens of an up and coming West Coast political march they are hosting. To this end: on Friday Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. protestors will depart SF City Hall, destined for West Oakland’s “Rising Sun Entrepreneurs/ La Placita Commercial Kitchen.” From there, they will present Mayor Jean Quan’s office with their GMO finding report.
From there, it’s on to Berkeley, Richmond … and eventually ending in Sacramento where they will voice their concerns to Governor Brown at the state capital.
For more information: contact Miguel Perez, in (SF) at 415.240.1797; Shelly Garza (Oakland) at 510.698.4178 (office) or 510.544.9740 (cell); Sandra Elizondo (Berkeley) at 510.704.0929; or Ramon Cardona (Richmond) at 510.776.8020 or go to right2know.com.
SF Film Society debuts Center for Investigative Reporting new film
The San Francisco Film Society will showcase, Behind the Story: Under Suspicion, a new film that draws attention the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) most controversial stories, with emphasis on how 9/11 has hampered our civil liberties.
The first of this film series kicks off with its Under Suspicion segment, reflecting upon how 9/11 programs like “See Something, Say Something and Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting” resulted in American lost of liberties, like privacy, taking a back seat to National Security and how anti-terrorism laws erode our great democracy.
