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Alternative Living:

International Communities Directory
http://www.ic.org

Diggers and Dreanmers: Guide to Communal living in Britain.
http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk/
see also entry for Gwerin Housing Association on Diggers and Dreamers site

Some examples of communities in the UK
http://www.cohousing.co.uk/
http://www.canonfromecourt.org.uk/
http://www.frankleigh.com/

Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, UK
http://www.tlio.demon.co.uk/tinkers.htm
Contact: Tinker's Bubble, Little Norton, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6TE
Tel: 01935 881975

Eco Villages UK
http://www.ecovillages.org/uk/network/

The Land Is Ours
http://www.tlio.org.uk/

Global Ecovillage Network
http://gen.ecovillage.org/index.html

Pranksters &  Political Comedians:

Mark Thomas (as in 'Mark Thomas Comedy Product')
www.channel4.com/news/microsites/M/mark_thomas/ (official Channel 4 site)
or, alternatively:
www.mtcp.co.uk/

Chris Morris (Social Satirist, creator of Brass Eye and The Day Today - no offical website)
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk
www.rethink.demon.co.uk/laugh

Howard Stern (US Radio Shock-Jock - no official website)
www.koam.com
www.eonline.com/On/Howard
www.animaux.net/stern

Michael Moore (US political satirist and film-maker.
Directed Bowling for Columbine)
Official Site: www.michaelmoore.com
or visit the site of his film company
www.dogeatdogfilms.com

Marcel Duchamp (Artist, enfant terrible of the Dadaist art movement)
www.marcelduchamp.net
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/duchamp_marcel.html
www.understandingduchamp.com

Cosey Fanni Tutti (British feminist artist and activist. Founder member
of controversial, experimental, band, The Throbbing Gristle)
www.coseyfannitutti.com

The Mongrel Collective
(London-based group of political satirists and artists)
www.mongrelx.com

Space Hi-jackers
http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk/

Politics:

Stop The War - National Demo April 12th
The next national demo will take place on 12th April, rallying before the march at 12 noon
in central London. Coaches are being booked right now.
For details or to book tickets, phone:
0791 9430059  or  0794 9028362.

Birmingham Stop the War Coalition
c/o Birmingham Trades Council
168 Corporation Street
B4 6TF
Chair: Salma Yaqoob
Vice-Chair: Dougla Jewell
Tel: 07949 028362
website: www.birminghamstopthewar.org
email: Birmingham_Stop_The_War@hotmail.com

Bush Posters
http://www.bushposters.com

Noam Chomsky:
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/
http://monkeyfist.com:8080/ChomskyArchive
http://www.noamchomsky.com/

Anarchist Federation
http://burn.ucsd.edu/~acf/
or
Anarchist Federation
84B, Whitechapel High Street
London, E1 7QX
Tel: 07946 214590
Website: www.afed.org.uk
E-mail: anarchistfederation@bigfoot.com

Bilderberg
http://www.bilderberg.org/

'Under the Pavement'
New Anarchist Radio Show broadcasting on South Manchester's ALL FM 96.9
(Every 4 weeks, Tuesday, 10pm-Midnight)
Details: 'Under the Pavement'
            ALL FM 96.9
            6 Newton Avenue
            Longsight, Manchester
            M12 4EW
Website: www.underthepavement.org

Disrupt the "Transforming Defence" Conference
Visit: www.disobedience.org.uk

Foil The Base Demonstration
Demo at Menwith Hill Spy Base
Tel: 07905 913139
www.now-peace.org.uk

Reclaim the Bases
Weekend of protest at mitlitary bases across the UK
www.reclaimthebases.org.uk

Really Big Blockade
Faslane Naval Base, Scotland (Trident).
Tel: 0141 4231222
www.banthebomb.org

Campaigns:

Our Rights

McSpotlight
http://www.mcspotlight.org

Make Trade Fair
http://www.maketradefair.com

Stop Esso
http://www.stopesso.org

LEONARD PELTIER
NORTHWEST LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT NETWORK
TACOMA OFFICE
P.O. BOX  5464
TACOMA, WA 98415-0464
E-MAIL: NatAimer@aol.com or bayou@blarg.net

B.I.G Campaign
(Boycott Israeli Goods)
Box BM PSA
London
WCIN 3XX
Email: big@palestinecampaign.org
OR
The B.I.G Campaign in Scotland
Email: rossinjoppa@aol.com
http://www.boycottisrael.co.uk.

THE JUSTICE LOBBY
Joint Undertaking for Social Transformation,
Individual & Community
Empowerment

P.O. Box 55070
Pittsburgh, PA 15207
Justicelobby@cs.com

M.O.J.O. Miscarriages of Justice Organisation
52 Outmore rd
Sheldon
Birmingham
B33 OXL
(uk+44) 0121 789 8443
0207 689 1817
0141 649 6524
mojonational@aol.com

No Platform
Anti-fascist Network
BM BOX 5827
London
WC1M 3XX
http://nav.to/noplatform

Waste Connect
The most comprehensive environmental information website.
Helps put you in touch with local organsiations who will recycle anything from fridges and computers to car batterries garden soil and mobile phones.

Surfers Against Sewage
Wheal kitty Workshops
St Agnes
Cornwall
TR5 ORD
0845 458 3001
info@sas.org.uk
http://www.sas.org.uk

BM Mayday
London
WC1N 3XX
07786 716 335
http://www.ourmayday.org.uk
londonmayday@yahoo.co.uk
festivalofalternatives@yahoo.com

Thames Water have set up a website associated with Water Aid and will
donate 100,000 pounds (which will provide safe drinking water for Life
to 6,000 people in Africa and Asia) if they have 2,000,000 visitors
to the site in the next 12 weeks. It only takes a few seconds to
visit the site and click on the 'Click Here" message at:
http://www.givewater.org/

Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Group
Network
c/o BM BOx 2407
London
WC1N 3XX
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk

Animal Rights:

Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary
Quarry Farm Great Moor
Pattingham
Wolverhampton
01902 701743
info@greenmeadow.org.uk
http://www.greenmeadow.org.uk

Hunt Sabs:
East Devon Sabs
PO BOX 129
Plymouth
PL1 1RY
sabs@devoneast.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.devoneast.freeserve.co.uk

Save The Shamrock Monkeys
Po Box 3090
Brighton
BN1 3QU
07020 936956

Stop Huntington Cruelty
PO BOX 381
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1YN
info@shac.u-net.com
http://www.welcome.to/shac

Stop Quintiles Animal tests
PO BOX 127
Kidderminster
Worcs
DY10 3UZ
01562 745778

ARCNEWS
PO BOX 339
Wolverhampton
WV10 7BZ
01902 711935

Save the New Church Guineapigs
PO BOX 74
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 5WF
01902 564734
http://www.guineapigs.org.uk
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
PO BOX 381
Cheltenham
Glos
0845 458 0630

ALF Supporters Group
BCM 1160
LOndon
WCIN 3XX
1003021616@compuserve.com

Vegan Prisoners Support Group
PO BOX 194
Enfield
Middx
EN1 3HD
0208292 8325
hvpc@vpsg.freeserve.co.uk

Vegetarian Guides ltd
PO BOX 2284
London
W1A 5UH
England
http://www.vegetarianguides.co.uk

Animal Free Footwear
Freerangers
9b Marquis court
Low Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 6PJ
T:  01661 831781
E:  01661 831781
W:  www.freerangers.co.uk

The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust
10 Queensferry Street
Edinburgh
EH2 $PG
T:  0131 2256039
E:  marchigtrust@marchigawt.org

Free rangers

Marchig Animal Welfare Trust

Drugs:

Cosmic Mushrooms-www.geosites.com/tokyo/towers/4274
Deoxy-www.deoxy.org
Fray-www.fray.com
High Times-www.hightimes.com
Hyperreal-www.hyperreal.com
Lycaeum-www.lycaeum.org
Nicholus Saunders-www.ecstasy.org
Terrance McKenna-www.levity.com/eschaton/hyperborea.html
Timothy Leary-www.interverse.com/leary
Tripping Out-www.techno.org/trippingout
Cannabis Campaign:

Cannabis Campaign Guide and Books
Legalise Cannabis Alliance
C.L.C.I.A.
Cures not Wars
Erics Kitchen
Howard Marks
Schmoo Connection
Transform
Cannabis Cannabis
American Cannabis Society
420 Station
Pukka Seeds: http://www.ganja.co.uk
 

Cannabis Campaigning Organisations

Birmingham I.C.C. Co-ordinator
Osborne Douglas
8 Florence Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7DD
0121 242 3615

Cannabis Campaign: Festival office, Brixton 0207 7373044 p.free@yesmate.com

     • Campaign to Legalise Cannabis International Association (CLCIA), 63 Peacock Street,
     Norwich, NR 3 17B. Phone: 01603 625 780. E mail: steve@mtxnet.co.uk Web:
     http://www.ukcia.org.uk - National network of affiliated groups. Excellent website resources, also
     educational leaflets, eyecatching stickers etc.

     • Legalise Cannabis Alliance, PO Box 198, Norwich, NR2 2DH . Tel: 01603 442215. Website:
     http://www.lca-uk.org - Officially established political party which is putting up candidates in
     elections with surprising success - especially in putting pressure on the other parties to change their
     wishy washy policies. Go to website to read and endorse their policies. Publish 'CANNABIS: LEGALISE
     AND UTILISE: A MANIFESTO AND INFORMATION DOCUMENT 2000' (ISBN 0-9535693-1-4) Price 5.00.
     To order on line go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0953569314/webbooks05

     • International Cannabis Coalition (UK), PO Box 2243, London, W1A 1YF, UK. Voice: 020 7637
     7467. Fax: 0870 0548646. E Mail: may2001@schmoo.co.uk Web: http://www.cannabiscoalition.org
     National & international coalition which coordinates the annual Cannabis March & Festival in London as
     part of an international day of action on cannabis. Aims to unite those who support an end to
     cannabis prohibition worldwide. Now planning third consecutive event: Sat May 5th 2001. Last year
     (May 6th 2000) saw similar events on over 80 cities worldwide.

     • Cannabis In Avalon. (CIA) PO Box 2223, Glastonbury, UB6 9RD. Phone: 01458 833 236. Mobile:
     0966 396 444. Various educational projects plus activities including 'guerilla' planting. Currently
     organising 'Free Cannabis in the Park', "high noon", 30th Sep, Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London to
     mark 71 years of prohibition.

     • Legalise Cannabis Campaign Scotland. PO Box 12758, Edinburgh, EH8 9YP. Phone: 0131 667
     6488. Email: stuey@easynet.co.uk Website: http://www.thepulse.co.uk/lcc.scotland Campaigning in
     Scotland.

     • Church of the Sacred Herb. 01603 625780. Spiritual cannabis users campaigning for human rights.

Other Campaigning organisations supporting end to cannabis prohibition

     • Green Party Drugs Group. 73 Brailsford Road, London SW2 2TB. Phone: 020 8671 5936
     http://www.greenparty.org.uk/drugs . Email: greenpartydrugsgroup@gn.apc.org - The Green Party
     recently changed their policy to one supporting regulated legalisation of cannabis and other drugs.
     The Drugs Group, as part of the Green Party, works in all areas of drug related politics but is
     particularly active in the cannabis movement and festival. Send email for the Green Party drug use
     policy.

     Green Party Drugs Group. 1a Waterlow Road, London, N19 5NJ. Phone: 0181 671 5936 Email:
     shane@gn.apc.org - The Green Party recently changed their policy to one supporting full legalisation
     of cannabis. The Drugs Group, as part of the Green Party, works in all areas of drug politics but is
     particularly active in the cannabis movement.

     • Transform. PO Box 59, 82 Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5BB. Phone: 0117 939 8052. Fax: 0117 939
     4425. http://www.transform.org.uk E mail: DannyKushlick@compuserve.com - Calls for the legalisation
     of all drugs including cannabis whose legalisation they see as being the first step towards a workable
     drugs policy.

     • Campaign Against Narcotic Abuse Because of Ignorance in Society (CANABIS), Haz Manor,
     1-2 Bramingham Lane, Streatley, nr Luton, Beds , LU3 3NL. Phone: 01582 750727. Fax: 01582 583031.
     E mail: exoduscollective@csi.com - Masterminded by the 'Exodus Collective' in Luton, 'Canabis' is
     concerned that backward thinking on cannabis is holding back progress in preventing and healing the
     ravages of drug abuse in society.

     • Family Council on Drug Awareness Europe, c/o Rosa Munda, 12490 Vila du tarn, Aveyron,
     France. Tel/Fax : +00 33 5 65 62 57 40. FCDA is an educational organisation originating in America
     with numerous branches in the States. FCDA, Europe, is autonomous associate. They recently
     released a report, Cannabis: the facts, human rights and the law, which calls on governments to
     "Abolish their Prohibitions, regulations and restrictions on Cannabis, to put an end to this tyranny and
     to redress all the injustices perpetrated there under."

    •Highlife Magazine
    Editor: Rob Tuinstra, PO Box 6024, 1005 EA Amsterdam.

    •Dordtse Weedcup: Binnenalevest 159/165, 3311AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. jangrow@hotmail.com. Organises an annual
    Dordtse Weedcup boat trip with live music.
 

McLibel Support Campaign / London Greenpeace
5 Caledonian Rd, London,  N1 9DX, UK.         Tel/Fax +44-(0)171 713 1269
Email: mclibel@globalnet.co.uk        Internet info:www.mcspotlight.org

Statement (Updated May 2000)

WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM McLIBEL ?     Around the world there is a war
being
waged on society by a powerful minority who seek to control and use other
people, animals and the planet in order to make profits for themselves.
But
many around the world are fighting back, for ecological sustainability and
for freedom for all people and animals. Increasingly companies are turning
to the courts to suppress this dissent and opposition. But the thousands of
people around the world who participated in the McLibel battle have
demonstrated that when people are organised and defiant these corporations
do not succeed in getting everything their own way, and that court cases
can
instead be used as an opportunity to draw the issues to the attention of
many more people.

In September 1990 McDonald's issued libel writs in order to suppress the
distribution (at that time in the thousands) of London Greenpeace
anti-McDonald's leaflets, and with the wider aim of frightening off and
silencing all other critics of the company.  Instead the leafletting has
mushroomed since the writs were served and there is a much greater public
awareness of what McDonald's really represents - for us it is a symbol of a
whole system geared to ruthless exploitation and profit. The 'McSpotlight'
Internet site, with over 75 million 'hits' in its first 3 1/2 years, has
enabled campaigners, researchers, journalists and interested people
world-wide to have immediate access to a huge range of anti-McDonald's
material and news.  This victory in defiance of McDonalds' threats
demonstrates the power that ordinary people have when they believe in
themselves and fight back against the powerful institutions who currently
control our lives and the planet.

The company had predicted that the case would last '3-4 weeks', but instead
it was turned into an extensive public tribunal in which corporate
'McWorld'
was put on trial. McDonald's spent an estimated £10 million as against a
defence total of £35,000 raised from public donations. Despite all the
cards
being stacked against them, and the vast amount of work involved, it was an
amazing and empowering experience for the defendants (and for others too).
People rallied round to help out in all kinds of practical ways: as
witnesses; helping with admin; giving legal advice; sending copies of press
cuttings & company documents, money and even just messages of support. The
defendants were determined to be seen as fighters rather than passive
'victims'. Representing themselves in such a huge trial was exhausting but
was also the most rewarding aspect of the trial, giving them the
opportunity
to challenge corporate propaganda head on, bring out previously secret
information about the company and put forward an alternative world view.

Critics of McDonald's and of the food industry in general were completely
vindicated by the evidence, the judge making some damning major findings
against the company's core business practices. Following this McDonald's
capitulated by abandoning all efforts to get costs, damages or an
injunction
to stop the leafleting (which had been their primary aim).

But none of this would have been effective without the actions of thousands
of ordinary people continuing to distribute leaflets, ensuring that the
public heard the other side of the story to that spun by McDonald's.  The
McLibel Support Campaign was set up by volunteers to galvanise public
interest and support, to help with legal finances and practical tasks, but
amazingly for most of the time it was run from an office in someone's
bedroom.  Despite this it succeeded in ensuring that the private and often
seemingly obscure legal battle in the courtroom became a public issue
fought
and won in the court of public opinion and on the street.

Regular supporters' mailouts, hundreds of e-mailings and numerous
international 'Days of Action' were organised to ensure the public got to
hear about the issues.  Although the media (establishment and alternative)
were consistently contacted and given reports of what was going on, the
capitalist media largely trivialised or ignored the case, focussing on the
personal side rather than the real issues. The campaign, with varying
success, also made links with residents' associations opposing plans for
new
McDonald's stores, gave encouragement to kids wanting to circulate
anti-Ronald leaflets, and made contacts with disgruntled employees.  So,
despite being up against one of the most successful propaganda
organisations
in the world, campaigners were able to throw the company so much on the
defensive that after the trial their usual sophisticated PR was reduced to
an embarrassed silence on the subject. The courts were also shown to be
powerless in the face of mass defiance.

DIY VICTORY   This was a real DIY victory, echoing other recent movements
defying legal suppression - e.g. over issues of free speech, rights to
organise and demonstrate, and to party, Poll Tax, environmental and animal
rights direct actions, occupations of empty homes and buildings, and
workers' struggles. We can all benefit from those movements which have gone
before, giving us the perspective and strength to be able to fight and win
current battles and ultimately, the long war for a better world.  Social
inequalities and controls, and conflict and environmental destruction are
serious and growing problems, so public discontent and opposition is bound
to increase - as will our contact with the courts. Rather than be
intimidated by repression, we should see it as a sign of our success and be
even more determined to fight back. We need to create a new society by
taking direct control of our lives, workplaces, streets, neighbourhoods and
land. Together ordinary people can reclaim our world, currently based on
the
greed and power of a minority, and create an anarchist society based on
strong and free communities, the sharing of precious resources and respect
for all life.

ANTI-McDONALD'S CAMPAIGN NEWS    The 15th annual Worldwide Anti-McDonald's
Day was on Saturday October 16th [UN World Food Day] - a protest against
the
promotion of junk food, the unethical targeting of children, exploitation
of
workers, animal cruelty, damage to the environment and the global
domination
of corporations over our lives. There were hundreds of local protests on or
around Oct 16th all over the world - so far we've heard of 425 protests and
pickets in 345 towns in 23 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, South
Africa,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA. On Friday 15th Oct there was also a day
of
action vs McDonald's all over France called by the farmers of Confederation
Paysanne against economic globalisation. This followed contacts with us in
London about the global day of action. As part of the global protests,
there
were also some events on Oct 12th - an annual day of solidarity with
McDonald's workers. This stems from the death by electrocution at work of
crew member Mark Hopkins, Manchester UK on Oct 12th 1992.

In the UK we heard about protests outside stores in: Rotherham, Doncaster,
London, Nottingham, Oxford, Aberdeen, Newport, Rochdale, Depford, St
Albans,
Waterlooville, Ilford, Nottingham, Bracknell, Wolverhampton, Southend on
Sea, Gloucester, Burton on Trent, Cambridge, Chichester, Bognor Regis,
Matlock, Buxton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Halifax, Hereford, Brighton,
Birmingham, Southampton. Over 3 million leaflets have now been handed out
in
the UK alone since 1990 (when the McDonald's Corporation served libel writs
aiming to suppress the London Greenpeace leafletting campaign) and it is
now
distributed worldwide - we have copies in 27 languages. WHY NOT ORGANISE
PICKETS IN YOUR TOWN THIS YEAR?

As well as the mass distribution of leaflets by thousands of local
activists, the global campaign against McDonald's has continued to grow
this
year - there have been millions of hits to 'McSpotlight', many determined
residents' campaigns against new stores [including currently a 500+day
continuous residents' occupation of a site of a planned new store near
Kingston, South London], mass anti-McDonald's protests by french farmers, a
crew unionisation success in a store in Canada (for the first time in the
North American continent) and general bad publicity for the Corporation as
a
result of the McLibel case.

McLIBEL LEGAL UPDATE   In March last year the McLibel Appeal resulted in
further important victories for campaigners.  The Defendants lodged a
petition to the House of Lords, and having been refused an Appeal last
month
they intend to go to the European Court of Human Rights to overturn the
UK's
oppressive libel laws.  Helen and Dave, representing themselves, are
seeking
to defend the public's right to criticise companies whose business
practices
affect people's lives, health and environment, arguing that multinational
corporations should no longer be able to sue for libel. They will also
argue
that publishing material about matters of public importance and interest
should be protected by 'qualified privilege' - a point related to the
matters currently being heard by the House of Lords in the libel case of
the
former Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds vs The Sunday Times. Helen and
Dave also seek an end to unfair and oppressive defamation laws and
procedures.

But most importantly for McDonald's they are seeking leave to argue that,
having now won the bulk of the issues in dispute with the fast-food
corporation, they should have won the case outright. After a controversial
314 day trial ending in June 1997, in which the defendants had been denied
Legal Aid and their right to a jury trial, Mr Justice Bell ruled that:
McDonald's marketing has "pretended to a positive nutritional benefit which
their food (high in fat & salt etc) did not match"; that McDonald's
"exploit
children" with their advertising strategy; are "culpably responsible for
animal cruelty"; and "pay low wages, helping to depress wages in the
catering trade." Significantly McDonald's did not appeal over these damning
rulings against their core business practices, stating that the Judge was
'correct in his conclusions'! [McDonald's written submissions 5.1.99].  The
McLibel 2 failed to convince the judge on all issues, however, and so
appealed.

On March 31st the Court of Appeal added to those damning findings, after a
23-day hearing earlier this year. Lord Justices Pill, May and Keane ruled
that it was fair comment to say that McDonald's employees worldwide "do
badly in terms of pay and conditions", and true that "if one eats enough
McDonald's food, one's diet may well become high in fat etc., with the very
real risk of heart disease.'" But despite these further findings the Appeal
Court only reduced Mr Justice Bell's original award of £60,000 pounds
damages to McDonald's (who'd spent an estimated £10m on the case) by
£20,000. The defendants believe, and will argue that it is an outrage that
McDonald's has been awarded any damages at all in the light of all the
serious findings made against the company and the fact that no sanctions
have been taken against them.

In September 1998 Helen and Dave launched proceedings against the
Metropolitan Police Commissioner, claiming damages for misfeasance in
public
office, breach of confidence and breach of their right to privacy.  Their
claim results from actions of police officers, including Special Branch
officers, which came to light as a result of the McLibel trial.  Police
officers had passed private and in some cases false information about the
McLibel 2 (and some other protestors), including their home addresses, to
McDonald's and to private investigators hired by McDonald's to infiltrate
London Greenpeace.  During the trial Sid Nicholson, McDonald's Head of
Security and a former Met Chief Superintendent, stated from the witness box
that McDonald's security department were 'all ex-policemen' and if he ever
wanted to know information about protestors he would go to his contacts in
the police. This collusion between the police and a multinational
corporation against members of the public exposes the political role of the
police in ensuring the wheels of big business keep turning.  STOP PRESS -
The Met caved in in June 2000, and paid out #5000 to each of the McLibel 2.

OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: In October 1999 in the USA, People For The
Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) launched a nationwide billboard poster
campaign attacking Ronald McDonald's as 'The US No 1 Serial Killer' (in
response they said to the McLibel verdict), with pictures of slaughtered
chickens and cows. When their UK branch publicised their intent to do the
same in England they were told by the regulatory authorities that they
would
be banned. Last year for the first time PETA joined the international
anti-McDonald's protests on October 16th. In the UK Peta were told these
adverts would be banned. To expose the hypocracy of the advertising
industry, and in the light of the McLibel ruling that McDonald's exploit
children, the McLibel Support Campaign is calling on the public to send in
letters to the Independent Television Commission calling for a ban on all
McDonald's advertising to children. A 'standard letter' is available, or do
your own. Legal action against the ITC to achieve this is now being
considered.

In solidarity, McLibel Support Campaign

Further details of the case, the campaign, or London Greenpeace from
'McSpotlight' - available on CD-Rom. Also available: 'McLibel: Burger
Culture On Trial' (Pan Books, Macmillian press, £5.99) and the superb
documentary 'McLibel: Two Worlds Collide'  (53 mins - from One Off
Productions, 0171 692 4997) To subscribe to the McLibel announcements email
list:  <listproc@envirolink.org>:  ‘subscribe mclibel [your-name]’. For
discussion try McSpotlight Debating Room:
http://www.mcspotlight.org/debate/