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	McLibel: story
		McLibel notched up another one for the record books on December 11th 1995 as it became the longest civil case (as opposed to criminal) in British history.
		In May 2004, five years after the McLibel 2 last appeared in Court for their appeal, Helen and Dave were notified that the European Court had declared admissable their claim that the McLibel trial breached their Article 6 right to a fair trial and Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
		On 15th February 2005 the European Court declared that the mammoth McLibel case was in breach of the right to a fair trial and right to freedom of expression - mainly due to the unavailability of legal aid for defamation cases.
	www.mcspotlight.org /case/trial/story.html (6163 words)

	McLibel case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helen Steel and David Morris, the defendants in the McLibel case, at the launch of McSpotlight.org
		The McLibel case is the colloquial term for McDonald's Restaurants v Morris and Steel, an English court action for libel filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris (often referred to as "The McLibel Two") over a pamphlet critical of the company.
		Lawyers for the McLibel Two argued that the original trial pitted a poor, powerless pair of individuals against the wealth and might of a great corporation and breached the pair's right to freedom of expression and to a fair trial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLibel (1354 words)

	McSpotlight: press release
		The McLibel 2 are asserting that English libel laws and libel court procedures are incompatible with the convention.
		The McLibel 2 are seeking to defend the public's right to criticise companies whose business practices affect people's lives, health and the environment.
		McDonald's, described by commentators at the end of the McLibel trial as being responsible for 'the worst Corporate PR disaster in history', continues to be an ever-growing focus for controversy and opposition around the world.
	www.mcspotlight.org /media/press/releases/msc06052004.html (392 words)

	Statewatch News Online: UK: Victory for McLibel 2 against UK Government
		This morning (15th February) the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg declared that the notorious and long running McLibel case was in breach of the right to a fair trial and right to freedom of expression.
		The European case, known as Steel and Morris vs UK was launched on 20th September 2000, exactly 10 years after the McDonald’s Corporation served writs on the McLibel 2 in an attempt to prevent the distribution of leaflets criticising the company.
		The McLibel 2 asserted in Strasbourg that English libel laws and libel court procedures are incompatible with the convention.
	www.statewatch.org /news/2005/feb/11mclibel.htm (2364 words)

	DVD Outsider: McLibel DVD review
		McLibel was made before Drowned Out and the DVD release was originally scheduled for late 2004, but a further twist to story prompted a re-edit of the film to include additional footage of Helen and Dave's victory in the European Court of Human Rights, where they directly challenged the UK's libel laws.
		McLibel may lack the structural polish of Drowned Out, but like that film its real power lies in its effect as a whole - it presents a very persuasive argument that, like the later film, builds in strength as the story unfolds.
		The original version of McLibel was a solidly made and fascinating documentary on a case that did not receive the press attention it should have, given its importance and the extraordinary imbalance between the two sides.
	www.dvdoutsider.co.uk /dvd/reviews/m/mclibel.html (3588 words)

	Wolfson McLibel Article
		McLibel is the most extensive and critical legal discussion in legal history about the inherent cruelty in modern common farming practices.
		McLibel's unique legal posture allowed the court to rule on issues relating to the treatment of farm animals that rarely, if ever, are subject to judicial scrutiny.
		In addition, because McLibel was grounded in the tort of defamation, the court was able to examine evidence and rule on farming practices that would normally not reach the court.
	www.animallaw.info /articles/arus5animall21.htm (13994 words)

	mclibel.html
		As one of the defendants, Dave Morris, later wrote: "McDonald's efforts in the McLibel case to silence their critics were spectacularly defeated by the determination of grass roots campaigners.
		The McLibel Support Campaign, originally set up in 1990 just to support Morris and Steele, took on a life of its own and is a constant grassroots thorn in the foot of the global food giant.
		The McLibel case is more than just an isolated incident; it is a clear example of what can be accomplished by corporate campaigners if they persevere despite the odds against them.
	www.globalexchange.org /economy/econ101/mclibel.html (2196 words)

	Spanner Films : intro : McLibel 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		McLibel is on for one week at the Odeon Wardour St, in London from Friday 17 Feb. Then our solitary 35mm print will be off for a trip round the country.
		McLibel will be broadcast on BBC2 on World Environment Day as part of their flagship series of landmark documentaries.
		McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
	www.spannerfilms.net /?lid=161 (833 words)

	McLibel - John Vidal
		The book, McLibel, is even apparently out of print in Britain (perhaps the publishers are waiting for the final final resolution before issuing a revised and updated edition), while McDonald's flourishes.
		The account of the trial is also very selective and somewhat superficial, with a bit more of the human interest aspect than we care for, though we suppose people like that type of colour.
		We do hope, however, that there will soon be a definitive and less hurriedly written version, recounting the whole of the McLibel affair (covering the case and all of the appeals).
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/food/vidalj.htm (1298 words)

	Macmillan English Dictionary Resource Site – New Words – McLibel
		In the mid-1980s, a London-based group of environmental activists put together a leaflet strongly criticizing the practices of the McDonald’s chain of hamburger restaurants.
		McLibel trial represents a landmark case in English legal history, not simply because of its length, but because it has forced the UK government to review libel laws and it highlights issues of the right to freedom of speech for powerless individuals who seek to expose the practices of powerful, wealthy corporations.
		McLibelled, it remains to be seen whether the significance of the case paves the way for future use of the term in the context of comparable issues of libel legislation and freedom of speech.
	www.macmillandictionary.com /New-Words/050221-McLibel.htm (501 words)

	McLibel (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Plot Outline: McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
		McLibel is the story of a single father and a part time bar worker, who were taken to court by McDonalds.
		Finally available on DVD McLibel is a great addition to a growing library of material on the Globalisation debate, achieved by two people who believed in what they were doing and one filmmaker's dedication to their story.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0458425 (445 words)

	The McLibel Trial (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris).
		As a result of the court case, the Anti-McDonald's campaign mushroomed, the press coverage increased exponentially, this website was born and a feature length documentary was broadcast round the world.
		The McLibel 2 took the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights to defend the public's right to criticise multinationals, claiming UK libel laws are oppressive and unfair that they were denied a fair trial.
	www.mcspotlight.org.cob-web.org:8888 /case/index.html (293 words)

	MMI Movie Review: McLibel
		"McLibel" is the David and Goliath story of how two British activists refused to back down when McDonald’s used every trick in the book to try to intimidate them into submission.
		We see the "McLibel 2," as they’re called, living their simple quiet lives; Steel works in her small organic garden, Morris has a small apartment with mattresses on the floor for himself and his son.
		In McLibel Fanny Armstrong brings a deep understanding for the issues, a sensitivity to her subjects, a sense of humor and irony, and artistic sensibilities.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/mclibel-jk-182726001.html (613 words)

	Amazon.com: McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial: Books: John Vidal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		McLibel is a true tale of once upon a time, not so very long ago (1990 - 1997) when the Davids took on a Goliath (Ronald McDonald and his Big Bad Corporation) in not-so-Merry-Old England.
		McLibel is an account of the longest trial in British legal history - McDonald's Restaurants v Morris and Steel.
		McLibel also offers an interesting critique of British libel law, the limitations on free speech in Britain, "ownership" of the law, manipulation of the legal system by the powerful, and the role of the judge.
	www.amazon.com /McLibel-Burger-Culture-John-Vidal/dp/1565844114 (2250 words)

	McLibel « Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
		Scheduled for release in U.S. theaters on June 10, “McLibel” is the inspiring story of Helen Steel and Dave Morris, two London environmental activists who were sued for libel by the fast food giant in 1990 after their group had been infiltrated by undercover agents.
		In addition to his role as a witness at the McLibel’s trial, he was a guest on Oprah Winfrey’s TV show where he warned about the dangers of Mad Cow disease.
		“McLibel” was directed by Fanny Armstrong with help from legendary British director Ken Loach, who was responsible for dramatic reenactments of the trial.
	louisproyect.wordpress.com /2005/06/08/mclibel (1107 words)

	[Imcuk public] FW: Urgent: McLibel Crisis Press Release
		The McLibel defendants, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, who without legal aid defended themselves against the $40 billion dollar McDonalds Corporation in the longest trial in English history, are currently in the middle of an application against the British Government at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
		Many of her own files are in storage and so the McLibel legal office is absolutely essential for the conduct of their case.
		Under Article 6: The McLibel case was unfair and oppressive due to several factors - for example, the imbalance of financial and legal resources as between the two sides and the denial of a jury trial.
	archives.lists.indymedia.org /imc-uk/2001-May/000276.html (1295 words)

	CJR - McLibel, by D.D. Guttenplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Though the plot is as old as David and Goliath, the cast, costumes, and scenery are superb.
		Judge Rodger Bell ruled out a jury in McLibel, saying that the issues were too complicated for a jury to understand and that jury trials take longer.
		And so, since June 1994, Morris, an unemployed mailman, and Steel, a former gardener, have had to type their own briefs, interrogate witnesses, make sense of 40,000 pages of documents, and match wits in court with Rampton, one of the most successful libel specialists in Britain.
	archives.cjr.org /year/96/4/mclibel.asp (873 words)

	C4 News - UK - Human Rights - McLibel Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The European Court has ruled the 'McLibel Two' didn't have a fair trial when they took on one of the world's biggest companies by themsleves.
		On the one hand was the worldwide fast-food giant McDonald’s; and on the other, the McLibel Two, comprising a part-time bar worker, and an unemployed single parent.
		For nearly three years, the "McLibel Two" as they became known had defended themselves in court against a company that reportedly spent 10 million pounds suing them for libel.
	www.channel4.com /news/2005/02/week_3/14_mclibel.html (808 words)

	BBC - Storyville - McLibel
		The David and Goliath story of the McLibel Two - a postman and gardener who took on the fast-food giant in England's longest-ever legal wrangle.
		Two contemporary issues that frustrate liberals are the prevalence of fast-food outlets and the continuing outrage of the British libel laws, which stack the odds in favour of the plaintiff, especially when he, she or it is powerful.
		Both these preoccupations are neatly brought together in McLibel, a hilarious and engrossing account of the seven years in which McDonald's attempted to extract damages from two penniless London activists.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/mclibel.shtml (210 words)

	McLibel (kottke.org) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		McLibel is the story of two Londoners fighting a libel lawsuit that the McDonald's hamburger people brought against them in English court.
		Without access to legal aid and being fairly broke, they defended themselves against McDonald's phalanx of lawyers for two and a half years before the judge delivered a verdict that they had libelled McDonald's, but also that McDonald's had done some pretty bad things as well.
		McLibel is one of 306 movies reviewed on kottke.org.
	www.kottke.org /05/12/mclibel (156 words)

	McLibel case a signpost for Gunns action - Richard Ackland - www.smh.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Europeans said that the damages awarded to the company was "disproportionate to the legitimate aim served".
		The corporation's shareholders must be delighted at this squandering of funds on such a fruitless exercise.
		The McLibel action nowadays is the least of McDonald's legal worries.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Richard-Ackland/McLibel-case-a-signpost-for-Gunns-action/2005/02/24/1109180038439.html (842 words)

	Stay Free! Daily: McLibel at 20
		Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the 1994-97 trial of Dave Morris and Helen Steel in the British courts was "unfair." Better known as the McLibel 2, Morris and Steel were sued for libel for handing out leaflets in front of McDonald's restaurants detailing the company's various ugly practices.
		Very, very long story short, the two defended themselves, made McDonald's look like an incomparable bully, won a measure of success in the court's ruling that many of the leaflet's statements were true, but ultimately lost the libel suit itself.
		I think that a better form of activism would be to give consumers a choice - inform them of places that feature free range or organic chickens and encourage them to choose those places, and if they choose McDonald's instead of those places, the blame should be placed on them.
	blog.stayfreemagazine.org /2005/02/mclibel_at_20.html (1045 words)

	Satya May 97: The McLibel Trial; An Update with Dan Mills
		Justice Bell is expected to offer his verdict in the McLibel Trial, where two supporters of London Greenpeace (not affiliated with Greenpeace International) are being sued for libel by McDonald's.
		When Satya first talked to Dan Mills, the office coordinator of the McLibel Campaign, three years ago, neither he nor we expected the case to go on so long or have so many ramifications.
		It consists of all the same issues, but every word in the leaflet has been proven to be true in the court case and has been referenced to transcripts and documentary evidence.
	www.satyamag.com /may97/mclibel.html (2583 words)

	McLibel (1998)
		McLibel, a documentary about the case, suggests, this was essentially using the law to bully people.
		No-one had the resources or the time to fight the cases, particularly in the UK where the burden of proof is on the defendant.
		In a hilarious sequence we are introduced to the various private investigators that McDonald's hired to infiltrate the North London environmental campaign group Steel and Morris were members of.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/McLibel/McLibel.html (676 words)

	BBC - BBC Four - Have Your Say: McLibel
		After watching McLibel, which made me actually cry at the point they were talking about animals, I decided never to eat McDonald's again.
		I thought the McLibel documentary was excellent and I really feel it should be repeated on BBC One or BBC Two so that more people can see it.
		That's why people set up the McLibel Support Campaign at the beginning of our case - to ensure that the arcane and unfair legal dispute inside the court was turned into a public battle fought in the court of public opinion.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/yoursay/mclibel.shtml (4663 words)

	CBC Newsworld : Passionate Eye Monday : Documentary
		McLIBEL is a fascinating account of how a postman and a gardener took on McDonald's and turned it into a public relations disaster for one of the world's largest corporations..
		The battle for free speech, corporate arrogance and a country's notorious libel laws are all on display in McLIBEL, but the real stars are two penniless activists that hauled McDonald's through the longest trial in English history, determined to defend their right to criticize the company.
		Labeled the McLibel 2, Morris and Steel took the British Government to court, arguing that the original trial was unfair because they were forced to defend themselves against the country's most expensive lawyers - and won.
	www.cbc.ca /passionateeyemonday/feature_260905.html (396 words)

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