There is a
desperate need for citizens to slam on the brakes of this runaway
experiment before it's too late. In the face of all
responsibility being waived by those in a position to wield it,
the responsibility falls on each one of us. We are therefore
inviting people to join together to take nonviolent action by
safely pulling up genetically engineered crops; to carry out
their action openly and to inform the local Environment Agency of
the location of the contaminated plants so that they can be
destroyed safely without causing any further harm. In the spirit
of democracy we are asking people who take part in the genetiX
snowball to be prepared to take the consequences of their
nonviolent action. We call on those who have embarked on this
genetix experiment to stop. We call on those who have allowed it
to happen to do at least five years of checking on whether we
really need genetically engineered crops and if so, whether they
are really safe to grow.
You may
be reading this because you want to take part in an action or
because you want to help support one. This handbook is an attempt
to put together the information you'll need to participate in
genetiX snowball, at whatever level feels right for you and your
circumstances. Due to time and resource constraints it cannot
hope to cover everything in as much detail as we would like;
there will probably be some errors - please let us know of
mistakes so we can amend the second edition. If you would like
more in depth information please refer to the appendix which also
has lists of further reading.
We have shamelessly copied and borrowed from other peoples' work without asking them, so as to protect them from possible prosecution. We hope they won't mind. The responsibility for writing and publishing this handbook lies entirely with genetiX snowball. Feel free to reproduce any or all of it without asking us, but please credit us.