File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9712, message 660


Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 18:01:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Justin Schwartz <jschwart-AT-freenet.columbus.oh.us>
Subject: Re: M-TH: Re: Formatting



No, technically McD's won. Of course they lost the battle. The court found
taht some od the claims, e.,g., about exploitation of labor, were true.

--jks

On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Doug Henwood wrote:

> Gerald Levy wrote:
> 
> >PS: Am I the only one who is suspicious of sources from the
> >"U.S. McLibel Support Committee" and the "mclibel" e-mail list?
> 
> Why be suspicious? I don't know about the U.S. support group, but the
> McLibel trial was important stuff. McDonald's sued and tried to destroy two
> penniless hippie vegetarians who made accurate criticisms of McDonald's
> food and business practices.* In British courts, of course, which are
> receptive to powerful folks trying to squelch criticism (see also
> Goldhagen, Daniel). McDonald's lost, didn't they?
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> ----
> *disclosure alert: I'm not a vegetarian, and I eat at McDonald's now & then.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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