{"id":78467,"date":"2013-10-12T18:28:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/march-against-monsanto-kicks-of-worldwide-in-second-round-2\/78467\/"},"modified":"2013-10-12T18:28:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:28:58","slug":"march-against-monsanto-kicks-of-worldwide-in-second-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/march-against-monsanto-kicks-of-worldwide-in-second-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"March Against Monsanto Kicks of Worldwide in Second Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:none\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/10\/12-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/commondreams.org\/files\/imce-images\/bwyptlvcqaaxg8s.jpg\" title=\"March against Monsanto in Denver, Colorado, October 12, 2013 (Photo via Twitter \/astro yogini o\/ @NautilusCarly) \"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><span>March against Monsanto in Denver, Colorado, October 12, 2013 (Photo via Twitter \/astro yogini o\/ @NautilusCarly) <\/span><\/span>Mass demonstrations against the biotech industry kicked off worldwide Saturday in the second &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarchAgainstMonstanto\">March Against Monsanto<\/a>&#8221; in 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/10\/11-4\">scheduled<\/a> in 52 countries and over 500 cities to call for a boycott of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), harmful agro-chemicals, and a return to food sovereignty for small scale and independent food producers and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Photos, live-streams and tweets are pouring in across the social media sphere from rallies across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The first &#8220;March Against Monsanto&#8221; took place last May and drew up to two million people.<\/p>\n<p>See below for live twitter updates as they happen throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Food justice expert and activist Vandana Shiva, who is marching with protesters today in London in correlation with her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/seedfreedom.in\/fortnight-of-actions-letter-from-vandana-shiva\/\">&#8220;Food Freedom Fornight&#8221; series of food justice actions<\/a>, published a video message for March Against Monsanto marchers:<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/commondreams.org\/files\/imce-images\/bwyn7mpcuaaylvn.jpg\" title=\"March Against Monsanto outside Parliament in London, October 12, 2013 (Photo via Twitter \/ astro yogini o\/ @NautilusCarly) \"\/><span>March Against Monsanto outside Parliament in London, October 12, 2013 (Photo via Twitter \/ astro yogini o\/ @NautilusCarly) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">_______________________<\/p>\n<p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/p>\n<p>Copyright: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2013\/10\/12-0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"March Against Monsanto Kicks of Worldwide in Second Round\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March against Monsanto in Denver, Colorado, October 12, 2013 (Photo via Twitter \/astro yogini o\/ @NautilusCarly) Mass demonstrations against the biotech industry kicked off worldwide Saturday in the second &#8220;March Against Monsanto&#8221; in 6 months. 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