Part of the Success calendar — 10 days in May 2004

13 May 2004 — Monsanto abandons GM oil seed rape plans for Australia (Friends of the Earth)
12 May 2004 — GE polluters must be held liable (GE Free NZ)
12 May 2004 — Biotechnology company to close GM canola program (ABC News, Australia)
11 May 2004 — Monsanto drops plans for GM wheat (BBC News)
11 May 2004 — Monsanto abandons worldwide GM wheat project (Guardian, UK)
10 May 2004 — Monsanto drops genetically engineered wheat (Greenpeace)
10 May 2004 — Monsanto drops GM wheat (Friends of the Earth)
9 May 2004 — Greenpeace blocks alleged GM shipment in Italy (Reuters)
9 May 2004 — 7 May 2004 — Secret German GM crop trials revealed (Guardian, UK)
7 May 2004 — Pro-GM lobby institute closes (New Zealand Herald)
6 May 2004 — MPs say ministers ignored GM fears (Guardian, UK)
4 May 2004 — Greenpeace defends Brazil's right to remain GM free (Greenpeace)
4 May 2004 — African groups criticise U.S. over GMO food aid (Reuters)
4 May 2004 — Troubled waters: fluorescent fish spark GM row (Independent, UK)

* * * 
Doom is written on your forehead,
And you as a bio-kind
Have reached your end,
When into the gene, 
as robbers,
You pierced your way in.

When the geese («the white ducklings!»)
By the gene-engineer
Were changed from the graceful 
to a bunch of fools, — 
And gave to the world of ours
Hordes of fatty dumplings,
When the Nature’s seed 
Felt the push of the syringe, 
In order for us to feed 
Folks with engineered wheat.

Now, enjoy yourself:

Meat 
of the dumb morons,
Bread from the sick wheat
Until you ate,
Now you yourself turn
Into a fool and insane.
— Hey, — said I, — That’s not long ago:
Genes, codes, DNA...
And what about those early days, 
When Nature had its way.
— What?! — he exclaimed in surprise —
In all your deeds and thoughts 
There — Look back! —
Even before the great floods
Your Sign terrible
of the misantrope
was dancing in a circle!

Borys Oliynik, 
Excerpt from the poem «Seven»