McSHAMBLES The battle against capitalist mega-nasty food giant McDonalds continues...Helen Steel and Dave Morris are still fighting a libel case from McDonalds after being sued for allegedly distributing London Greenpeace's famous leaflet calling attention to McDubious'exploitation of its workers, destruction of the environment, crap food and nastiness to animals. Despite being faced with a team of lawyers on up to £2000 a day, the company's massive resources, and legal bias, Helen and Dave are doing a great job (on their giros and much friendly support - no legal aid for libel cases). McPoison are in fact seemingly scared, despite massive campaigns to keep their image rosy, just the fact of going to court is starting to look bad for them with national media coverage airing their dirty er.. laundry.. Latest Trick The company's latest trick is to withhold access to the defendants of trial transcripts, which the McLibelled can't afford to pay for (they cost £350 a day, unless you buy them 3 weeks later, by which time they're useless to the defendants. The McLibel Support Campaign are appealing for donations to try and cover some of the costs. Contact them c/o 5 Caledonian road, London, N1. Tel/fax: 0171 713 1269. Meanwhile... A group of local anti-McDonalds protestors put paid to the filming of a McDeadly advert in Ruskin Park, Camberwell, S. London on 5-6 June. Film company Darryl Tate Associates hired out and prettied up a small part of the park to film Ronald McDonald being nice to mothers and children etc - but reckoned without Ronald being accompanied by spoilsports with placards and banners, getting in the way of the cameras etc. They successfully halted filming, while the luvvies and image creators tore their hair out, and the company, McDismal, Lambeth Council and the coppers failed to find any legal excuse to prevent local people using their own park for a friendly demo. Hopefully they cost the multinational robbers a bit of cash or at least the video production company prepared to propagandise McDangerous's deadly diet. Any workers at McDonalds who want to do something about their shitty working conditions,low wages,and lack of rights, can contact - McDonalds Workers Support Group, c/o Hackney TUSU, Colin Roach Centre, 56 Clarence Rd, London, E5.