Occupy Monsanto GMO Zombie Apocalypse
April 13, 2012 in Headline, Occupy, Politics
March 16th – At 6:45 am outside the offices of Seminis Seeds in Salinas, the only things moving were two police cars circling anxiously, waiting for the Zombie Horde to arrive. I watched from my car until a second zombie and the Grim Reaper arrived in a Prius rather than on the more traditional pale horse…. As the three of us prepared our signage for the day, the circling patrol cars pulled up, and we had a brief discussion about not blocking access to any of the businesses. A slightly surreal experience considering the bite wound on my neck, blood oozing from the corners of my mouth, and the creepy white contact lenses I was wearing. As daylight broke and more zombies arrived we realized that Seminis had indulged in a little subterfuge, by removing their sign from outside the office, perhaps hoping we would think they had moved. However the Building Owner confirmed that the office was still in use, and the Monsanto hat visible inside proved it. As the morning progressed we were joined by members of Occupy Cabrillo, and Occupy Santa Cruz, and despite the fact that no TV crews turned up, we did have a visit from a photo-journalist from the Monterey County Weekly. Judging by the bemused looks from many of the passers by, and the number of people who asked what a GMO was we still have a lot of work to do to make locals aware of the issues. Cowboy supplied us with music including several rousing renditions of The Cranberries “Zombie”, and at his suggestion, at 1:00pm we declared VICTORY!, since we had effectively shut down the office for the day.
