Farmers On The Move

The Inter-Continental Caravan (500 farmers mostly from the Karnataka State Farmers Association who recently burned Monsanto's cotton crops) is set to travel around Europe doing actions with local people in transnational, world governmental and financial centres in the lead up to June 18th.

The farmers state: 'there are plenty of organisations in the North claiming to speak on behalf of 'the poor of the South' which are actually more part of the problem than of the solution. We do not want Western money, technologies or 'experts' to impose their development model on us.'

About half of the ICC will come to London between 27th and 30th of May. Various action ideas are now beginning to take shape, especially around the issue of genetic engineering, as well as plans to visit the the Millennium Dome.

The London group welcomes any participation, Support is called on from gr assroots organisations and rejected from greenwashed corporations. They also need offers of cash, leaflet distribution, accommodation and innovative action ideas.

Contact: icc_uk@hotmail.com, phone 07970 896736 or write to 39 Thornhill Square, London N1 1BE.