- McSpotlight - http://www.mcspotlight.org/
Large site spotlighting McDonald's exploitation of animals, people and the environment. Including information, news, public discussion rooms. Also spotlights abuses of several other multinationals.
- Burgers in Chile: Hold the Criticism - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/international/americas/31CHIL.html
"Carmen Calderón walked into a McDonald's restaurant here late last year to complain that her son had come down with food poisoning after eating one if its hamburgers. Hoping for an apology, she is instead facing a $1.25 million lawsuit." By Larry Rohter. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]
- State Department To Mayor McCheese: Clean Up Your Town! - http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid=02/08/29/15203696
"A State Department investigation has tentatively concluded that the McDonald's chain in Maryland had grossly exploited hapless Polish and Slovak students who had been brought in on a summer work and travel programme." News and reader discussion. [Plastic]
- News for McDonald's Franchisees - http://www.licenseenews.com/
A database of news and links relating to alleged predatory and unethical behavior of the McDonalds corporation towards its franchisees.
- McLibel: Two Worlds Collide - http://www.spannerfilms.net/dynamic/reviews/show.php?type=press&film=mclibel
Reviews of and background articles concerning a 60-minute documentary on the 2.5-year court case by McDonald's against a London couple who passed out anti-McDonald's leaflets.
- Why the McLibel Judge Ruled for McDonald's - http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q2/mclibel.html
"The outcome of the McLibel case provides a dramatic example of what happens when the 'burden of proof' is shifted in libel cases." [PR Watch]
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