Issue No 89 | 23 March 2001 | |
NewsBove Loses McDonald's Raid Appeal
A French court has upheld a three-month prison sentence imposed on radical farmer Jose Bove for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant.
The 47-year-old sheep farmer faced the charges for his attack on a McDonald's restaurant under construction in Millau, southern France, in August 1999. The action was in retaliation for trade sanctions against French farmers importing Rocquefort cheese into America. These sanction were to penalize France for blocking the import of American beef fed on genetically modified grains. Lawyers for Bove and other defendants in the case had argued that the action was a symbolic, nonviolent protest against multinational corporations. BBC reports Bove saing he'll appeal against the sentences to France's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, which reviews convictions on procedural grounds.
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Interview: Paddy Takes the Helm Irish, internationalist, republican, socialist & seafarer - Paddy Crumlin intends taking the old traditions of the labour left into the 21st century, the community and cyberspace. Unions: Breaking the Mould Mark Hearn looks at how women union delegates are helping to change the culture in the traditionally male bastion of glassworking. Legal: Washing Their Hands Mark Morey outlines how Liberal neglect of the working visa system has led to exploitation of guest workers. International: Violence Betrays Shangri-La Shangri-La hotel union members carrying a coffin marked Robert Kuok have been assaulted and beaten by police in Jakarta. Economics: Corporations: Different Than You and Me Corporations are fundamentally different than you and me. That's a simple truth that Big Business leaders desperately hope the public will not perceive. History: The Steel Octopus Be prepared for a flood of Nostalgia from the media about the �Big Australian�, as it prepares to flee our shores and finally internationalise its digging operations. Workers won�t forget BHP�s less than worker friendly past and present (and no doubt it�s future). Review: Mean Nation John Allen charts the fall and fall of philanthropy in Australian society. Satire: Ryan 'A Big Wake-Up Call For Me': Beazley The narrow victory to Labor in the Ryan by-election has delivered a big slap in the face to Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley.
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