Dear Gillian,
> In the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia, we
> recently fought and won a battle against the establishment of a
> McDonalds in our main town, Katoomba.
>
...
Heard about it with pleasure!
> We would like to know if people anywhere else in the world have
> fought the encroachment of fast food outlets in unique areas such
> as national parks. We believe we could start a worldwide campaign
> among people who live in similar areas.
>
> Please contact me if ou have any relevant information or helpful
> suggestions.Well, don't forget about your next-door neighbours, to the
North. The Indonesians have activist associations of all
sorts. In particular, environmental organisations thrived in
the 80's. Apparently, these were tolerated openly as a way
of channelling political dissent into relatively "harmless"
directions.
Indonesians also have a lot of jungle that McDonald's must
be dreaming of turning into McCrap outlets and/or cattle
stations...
I'd suggest you contact
the YLKI,
a national consumers' association. If you mailed them a
McSpotlight CD-ROM, they might find that useful for
fighting courtroom battles. I'm sure the Indonesians could
help you as well. After all, they just overthrew their president,
so they must know something about non-violent activist
campaigning...
In case the Oz media have been lacking in depth on recent
events in Indonesia, a good start for general background
would be:
Indonesia
Daily News Online
Silahkan bekerjasamalah dengan tetangga!
Boud.
None.
