Anti Mc Global Day Globally!

October the 16th was Anti McDonalds day, and as the corporation is close wherever you are on the globe, nobody had to travel very far to participate in the world wide day of action.

Here are a few of the reports we received:

Birmingham's central burger bar was visited by 16 activists who dropped a banner saying "Resist Globalisation - Boycott McGarbage", handed out leaflets and managed to disrupt business in the branch. School kids joined in the fun and many passers-by gave encouragement.

Nottingham saw pickets of several branches over lunch- and dinner time. A total of 25-30 activists were joined by a pantomime cow proclaiming that "Ronald McDonald butchered my babies!" Veggies cafe mailed out over 21 000 leaflets for the day to groups holding actions all over Britain.

In Umeå, Sweden, about 150 people successfully forced their local branch to close but were unable to gain entrance due to an aggressive police presence.

An activist in Llandudno climbed the roof of the branch in town to fly a banner reading "McD makes you sick" while others distributed leaflets on the ground.

In Ronnie's home patch the US of A, he was booed at by citizens of the towns of Chicago, San Diego and Atlanta amongst others, while two chickens hit CNN headlines for blocking off a store in Virginia whilst holding a banner "Did somebody say McMurder?". Sure somebody did!

Other actions were reported from Croatia to New Zealand, with many more undoubtedly happening all over the world.

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