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> Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: GENETICS ACTIVISTS CREATE SUPERWEED
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>  Cultural Terrorist Agency
>  PRESS RELEASE
>  ***immediate release***
>  24th January 1999
>
>  GENETICS ACTIVISTS CREATE SUPERWEED
>
>  Launch of Natural Reality SuperWeed Kit 1.0
>  Photo-opportunity
>  12.00 noon Wednesday 27th January 1999
>
>  On Wednesday 27th January 1999, Michael Boorman of Natural
>  Reality will launch the 'Natural Reality SuperWeed Kit 1.0 - a
>  DIY kit capable of producing a genetically mutant superweed,
>  designed to attack corporate monoculture'.  Heath Bunting and
>  Rachel Baker, founders of The Cultural Terrorist Agency [1] who
>  have financed SuperWeed Kit 1.0 will also speak at the launch in
>  the Nash Room, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK. The
>  launch starts at 12:15 noon and will be completed by 13.00.
>
>  Natural Reality SuperWeed Kit 1.0 [2], contains a mixture of
>  naturally occuring and genetically mutated (GM) Brassica seeds
>  (e.g. Oilseed Rape, Wild Radish, Yellow Mustard, Shepard's
>  Purse). If these seeds are allowed to germinate and cross
>  pollinate, a SuperWeed [3] will be created that will be resistant
>  to current herbicides (e.g. Monsanto's Roundup=C5), thus not only
>  threatening the profitability of conventional and GM Brassica
>  crops [4], but also of herbicide production and distribution.
>
>  This kit be will distributed throughout the UK to interested
>  parties along with tactical suggestions and planting instructions.
>
>  If released, SuperWeed 1.0 will not only destroy the
>  profitability all GM crops, but also of conventional and organic
>  crops. This genetic contamination will be irreversible.
>
>  Michael Boorman is one of the California Croppers who held
>  football match early Thanksgiving morning at the "Gill Tract"
>  gardens, California, USA, resulting in the destruction of a crop of
>  genetically-engineered corn owned by the University of
>  California, in protest over UC-Berkeley signing a multimillion
>  dollar research deal with biotech giant Novartis.[5]
>
>  Michael Boorman of Natural Reality said "Genetic hacker
>  technology gives us the means to oppose this unsafe, unnecessary
>  and unnatural technology. I hope that this SuperWeed Kit will
>  empower others in their actions. We are engaged in a biological
>  arms race with corporate monoculture."
>
>  Heath Bunting is a well known internet hacker activist
>  responsible for information subversion campaigns against
>  organisation such as Glaxo, Nike and 7-Eleven stores.  He is a
>  founder member of irational.org collective [6].
>
>  Heath Bunting of irational.org said "Biotechnology is not only the next
>  battleground on which the control of life and land is fought, but also
>  on which life itself is redefined. It is essential that the concepts
>  of property and representation in this arena are seriously challenged."
>
>  Rachel Baker is a network activist with a well documented history
>  of actions against organisations including Sainsbury, Tesco and
>  American Express.  She is also a member of irational.org
>  collective [6].
>
>  Rachel Baker of irational.org said "Millions of ordinary people
>  are very worried about genetically modified foods and I am one of
>  them....With genetically modified foods I believe we have reached
>  the thin edge of the wedge, we are messing with the building
>  blocks of life and it's scary."
>
>  Michael Boorman email: superweed@hotbot.com
>  Heath Bunting email: jan99@irational.org
>  Rachel Baker email: rachel@irational.org
>  Hayvend email: hayvend@backspace.org
>
>  ENDS
>
>
>  Editors Notes
>
>  [1] The Cultural Terrorist Agency (CTA) is a funding agency
>  committed to supporting contestation of property and
>  representation. CTA turns it's enemies best weapon, that being
>  investment, back onto itself.
>
>  Cultural terrorism can be defined as an offensive against
>  dominant systems of meaning, and their defining of reality and
>  nature, within the realms of propaganda and disinformation.
>
>  Website: http://www.irational.org/cta/
>
>  [2] Natural Reality SuperWeed Kit 1.0 is available from Hayvend,
>  ICA Bar, London, UK for the price of =A31.00
>
>  Website: http://www.backspace.org/hayvend/
>
>  SuperWeed Kit 1.0 can also be ordered free of charge by post
>  directly from the Natural Reality via the internet.
>
>  Website: http://pages.hotbot.com/politics/superweed/
>
>  [3] "SCIENTISTS last night confirmed the green campaigner's
>  worst nightmare: genetically engineered crops can lead to
>  superweeds which shrug off weedkiller."
>
>  Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/maisite/ipr-ge02.htm
>
>  [4] There are currently no commercially grown GM crops in
>  Britain, although soya, maize and oil seed rape or products
>  produced from them are imported. Commercial planting of GM oil
>  seed rape is expected in summer/autumn 1999. Natural Reality is
>  calling for a total ban on the planting of GM crops.
>
>  [5] See release dated November 26, 1998 entitled Gardeners
>  Decontaminate Genetic Corn Crop.
>
>  Website: http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian
>
>  [6] Irational.org is an anarcho collective consisting of over
>  20 people internationally working mainly in the areas of
>  contestation of property and representation:
>
>  Website: http://www.irational.org/
>
>
>  Picture Editors Notes
>
>  [1] As part of the launch of the SuperWeed Kit there will be
>  photo-opportunity at 12.00 noon in the ICA Bar, London, with
>  Michael Boorman of Natural Reality and Heath Bunting and Rachel
>  Baker of irational.org demonstrating how to obtain SuperWeed Kit
>  1.0 from Hayvend. The photo-opportunity will be complete by 12.15
>  p.m.
>
>  [2] Freelance photographer Rob Todd will be covering the launch,
>  contact: +44 (0)467 420 283
>
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