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Seed Day (ISD)
Organizations and activists from around the world will observe April 26 as International Seed Day (ISD) advocating for patent-free seeds, organic food and farmers' rights. ISD will be an educational day for the public to learn about genetically modified food, its health hazardous effects and the monopoly over worldwide agriculture by major US and European agribusiness companies.
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Recent EventsINEAS' 15th Anniversary at
Beatrice Green writes poetry, essays and composes music. Rhythmic cadences often punctuate her works. Betsy Lister is a poet and writer who write about surviving life’s experiences, her thoughts, desires, passions and dreams. She has published a chapbook, “Gypsypashn A Sampling of Soul”. Wafaa’ Al-Natheema
is a writer, poet, filmmaker and the founder and president of the
Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies. In 2004, she published,
“Untamed Nostalgia – Wild Poems” Reservations are
required by November 3
Third Life Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts Address: 33 Somerville Ave. (Union Square) Directions: http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/directions.html $10 prior to September
23 Limited Seating; RSVP strongly recommended
Order 81 was signed on April 26, 2004 by Paul Bremer, the administrator
of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq to control Iraq's
agriculture. The Order was a declaration of war against farmers. Article
14 of this law states "Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using
seeds of protected varieties," Order 81 mends Iraq's original
law No. 65 on patents, created in 1970. The most significant part
of Order 81 is the subject of 'Plant Variety Protection' (PVP), which
ensures not the protection of biodiversity, but rather the protection
of the commercial interests of USA and European major seed corporations.
In order to qualify for PVP, seeds have to be 'new, distinct, uniform
and stable'. Therefore, the sort of seeds being encouraged to grow
by corporations such as World Wide Wheat Company (WWWC), Monsanto
and others will be those registered under PVP.
* Curious about Iraqi women’s rights before and after the war? * Do you want to explore the status of the Iraqi Resistance? In this dialogue coinciding with Women’s history month and the fifth anniversary of the war on Iraq, you will sample Iraqi women’s knowledge, struggle and humor face to face. Presented by Wafaa’ Al-Natheema. Sponsored by the Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS), with support from the Cambridge Peace Commission Watch another 7-minute interview with Haifa Zangana about Kurds and the war.
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Past EventsIntensive Arabic Workshop I September 15 & 16 Intensive Arabic Workshop II September 22 & 23
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