McLibel
Burger Culture on Trial
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Word Count
88,500 words, Guess
Page Count
354 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8666584M
- ISBN-139781565844117
- ISBN-101565844114
- OCLC Control Number37955824
- OCLC Control Numbermclibelburgercul00vida
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97069259
- Goodreads1600772
- LibraryThing434512
Classifications
- LCCKD379.5.M33 V53 1997
Description
McLibel is the unlikely but true story of how a pamphlet called "What's Wrong with McDonald's?" led to the longest trial in British history. In what has become front-page news around the globe, the trial pitted the multi-billion-dollar corporation against five members of London Greenpeace accused by McDonald's of libel. Three activists capitulated and apologized; two persevered. McLibel tells the story of the "McLibel Two" and the two-and-a-half-year trial in which the jeans-clad and impoverished defendants represented themselves against the best powdered-wig lawyers McDonald's could buy. Does the fast-food chain exploit children? Depress wages? Level South and Central American rain forests? Subject its cattle and chicken to mass slaughters? A final chapter explores these allegations and details the $98,000 verdict against the activists Morris and Steel, which is widely viewed as a moral victory for the defendants and a public relations fiasco for McDonald's.
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- McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial
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