McLibel two vindicated
Dave Morris, one of the London Greenpeace activists found guilty
of libelling McDonalds, has called for sanctions against the junk
food corporation.
``It's only thanks to our stance that the crimes of McDonalds have
been exposed,'' he said after the judge had awarded £60,000
damages to the company.
``Why should we pay damages to them? The company must be
devastated that, despite all the disparity and unfairness, the
Judge still found as a fact that McDonald's `exploit children'
through their advertising, that they are `culpably responsible'
for cruelty to animals, and that the company pays low wages and
is anti-union.
``The Judge also found that McDonald's food was `high in fat and
saturated fat and animal products and sodium' and that
`advertisements, promotions and booklets have pretended to a
positive nutritional benefit which McDonald's food ..... did not
match'.
``By standing up to the company's intimidation we turned the
tables on McDonalds and the company found that all its dirty
laundry was aired in public during the trial, exposing the truth
behind its glossy image.
``All the legal cards were stacked against us - despite all of
this, we still won significant and substantial parts of the
judgement.''
Morris and his co-defendant Helen Steel are now preparing to take
the British government to the European Court of Human Rights to
overturn the British state's oppressive libel laws and to
continue the fight to defend the public's right to criticise
multinational corporations.
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