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Bayer GM

Bayer GM background

09-02-2004 21:47

Since aquiring Aventis Cropsciene a couple of year ago, Bayer AG has become the owner of all the varieties set to be planted first in the UK, should the government give for go ahead for commercial growing of GM crops.

As the primary company set to profit from commercialisation, Bayer has become one focus for the anti-GM movement, and the subject of a UK wide (and occasionally international) campaign against ALL of Bayer's business interests.

Any group or individual can take part in the campaign which aims to put pressure, economic and otherwise, on the entire company so that it pulls out of it's recent ventures into the field of GM.

There is no central organisation or membership behind the campaign, it exsists as little more than the Stop Bayer GM Crops website, acting as a hub for sharing information, resources and publishing details of past and future events.

Articles posted on Indymedia UK that relate to Bayer's involvement in GM crops in the UK should appear under the Biotechnology topic page and on the Biotech IMC website.

11-02-2004 12:08 | 0 comment(s)

Bayer and the criminalisation of dissent

Today (Wednesday 11th), in the High Court in London, Bayer AG (the German pharmacuetical and chemicals giant) sought to make permanent an interim court order against six named individuals and five 'organisations' which effectively turns previously lawful protest activities into a criminal offence.

The judge gave his ruling on Friday 13th, upholding all of the conditions previously requested. Defendants have 28 days to make a case against the ruling,until then, the interim court order obtained in December will remain effective.

Lawyers outlaw protest where UK governments fail

Using the Protection from Harassment Act, the injunction places severe restrictions on the freedom of expression and ability to protest, for anyone that could be shown to be working in concert with the named organisations (which include two websites!).

Obviously this has far reaching implications for everyone. The simply act of reporting on events relating to the campaign against Bayer, or walking or parking in some streets in Oxford and Cambridge, could become a criminal offence for anyone that might be shown to have knowledge of the injuntion and be connected in some way to one of the named injunctees (perhaps having visited the StopBayerGM website).

Previous report | Court order on bayer's site | Schnews on Injunction | www.stopbayergm.org
More on this from the Indymedia topics Bio-technology page.
Global news on the bio-tech threat from the Bio-Tech IMC www.biotechimc.org

09-02-2004 20:40 | 0 comment(s)

UP THE INJUNCTION!

According to a their PR department, Bayer has totally respect for the rights of groups and individuals to "promote the discussion of current issues" such as GM crops, but "wishes to ensure that any protesting activity stays within the law and does not involve the harassment or intimidation of its employees".

And as if to demonstrate their respect for the rights of people to protest by lawful means, they obtained an injunction that effectively turns previously lawful acts into criminal offences.

Read more >>

05-01-2004 20:36 | 0 comment(s)

Bayer Targetted in Widnes

On Thursday 11th December half a dozen Lancastrians made their way to a pesticide manufacturing site in Widnes to protest against Bayer's involvement in GM crops. Some of them entered the building, whilst others help up banners, made lots of noise and leafletted the staff car park. Work was disrupted for two and a half hours, as staff locked themselves into their offices and site security barricaded the gates against the protestors. People inside the building eventually got to discuss Bayer's GM involvement with the site manager and demanded that Bayer pull out of GM now.

26-10-2003 23:00 | 0 comment(s)

GM out of Yorkshire! IMC Leeds talk to Bayer bashing local activists

Leeds campaigners have been part of a national Direct Action campaign to kick German lifescience multinational Bayer out of coomercialising Genetically Modified crops in the UK. Bayer, holding 9 out of the 11 applications for GM crops, are 1st in the queue if the UK government gives the green light to commercialise the growing of GM crops.
IMC Leeds talked to Leeds' anti Bayer campaigners to find out more... Read the interview...
More info at the Stop Bayer website

PUBLIC MEETING ON GMOs. LEEDS CIVIC HALL THURS 6TH NOV. 7.30PM

26-09-2003 12:59 | 2 comment(s)

ANTI-GM CAMPAIGNERS RAISE FLAG AT BAYER CROPSCIENCE, WIDNES

A group of protesters yesterday raised their own anti-GM flag at the Bayer CropScience factory in Widnes, to hammer home the message given by the British public in the government’s recent consultation – NO to GM crops in the UK! Read more >>

01-05-2003 02:09 | 0 comment(s)

Bayer Double Entry Action

On Thursday 25th April, British anti-GM activists disrupted Bayer's AGM in Köln, Germany. Simultaneously, Bayer Crop Science's UK HQ was blockaded to cause economic damage to their business as a protest against their moves in to GM crops last year with the purchase of Aventis Cropscience. The blockade held for five hours and there were eight arrests.

UK action - video, photos & report
German Bayer AGM action
Background - Bayerhazard, CBG

25-01-2002 10:46 | 0 comment(s)

Bayer HQ Blockaded

As German multinational Bayer launched on the New York Stock Exchange, activists blockaded their UK Headquarters to highlight their recently acquired status of Europe's biggest GM research company. A group of sixty people used various methods to block car parking spaces, roads and later the entrance doors. No arrests were made. Read more Read more >>

UK Bayer GM Feature Archive >>

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