anti-mcdonalds/world hunger day

cork | anti-capitalism | news report

Sunday October 17, 2004 14:25

by bob dobbs - cork food not bombs

A group of us in Cork decided to do something to mark international anti-mcdonalds day, and so the day before we collected food to be thrown out from local supermarkets and bakeries. The next morning we met up at a friends house and struggled with our cooking skills, and managed to whip up sum vegetable soup, and vegi burgers and hummous, which we then distributed with with bread and fruit outside our local mcdonalds.

All went went well, many interested folks came up and chatted, ate, and enjoyed a cash free, healthy meal. We met lots of different folks some hungry, some friendly, some bemused, but mostly supportive, apart from the obligatory geezer shouting 'get a job'.
At one point the manager came out and asked why it was his resturant that was picked on, as his food was as healthy as anywhere, he seemed to take it very personally, and it was explained that it wasn't just about health and wasn't an attack on him personally, but on the exploitative, enviromentally damaging, and generally callous policies of mcdonalds corporation, which were outlined in the leaflet we gave him, which he chose to ingnore, and came out with a chicked salad 'on the house' to prove just how healthy his food was, which was later retured to the manager by a concerened passer-by who wanted to complain about the gross amount of packaging on said salad.
All in all a very enjoyable day, heres to many more free food events, full bellies and thinking peoples.
If anyone wants to get involved in cooking, collecting, distributing food, or any other aspect of food not bombs, or would like them at their protest of event, please contact corkfnb@wildmail.com. Against the violence of hunger worldwide, for freedom, community and laughter. Well done and hertfelt thanks to all involved.