Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 42 - September 1997Back to list of articles in this issue

Bosnia Wins Burger War

Four years of war in Bosnia all but wiped out the local small business infrastructure and left the door wide open for Western businesses and governments. However one unlucky multinational won't be scavenging amongst the ruins in the name of 'reconstruction'. The Bosnian government has declared that it will not allow McDonalds to build on its territory, a post-communist, East European first. After a whole year of negotiations the world's most arrogant corporation still refused to produce locally preferring instead to transport their McDogfood from far off central depots. This led to the Government decision which will safeguard local food vendors from the otherwise inescapable earth trashing burger culture.