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1 were involved in political activity would be well aware
2 that they gleaned their sources from letters written to
3 newspapers and magazines and so on.
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5 So, obviously, if you did not want to find yourself
6 being unable to work for the rest of your life, it would
7 not be at all surprising if you decided to use another name
8 to write a letter to a paper. And also because people
9 would have a fear of attacks from facists as well.
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11 Just one other thing about I referred to allotments
12 and growing, people growing their own food. Apart from
13 obviously interested in growing organic food, showing an
14 interest in being concerned about nutrition and health and
15 related issues, the other point is that, you know, the
16 group and people in it did not just believe in criticising
17 multinationals and others for what they were doing. They
18 believed in putting forward constructive alternatives about
19 the way society would be run, along the lines of
20 cooperation, you know, between people in communities and
21 sharing out the resources that are available, growing your
22 own food and so on. And that is what you know, the growing
23 your own food on an allotment is part of that it is about
24 producing your own foods and not being reliant on
25 multinational companies and just really trying to change
26 society and work things out here and now. I think I have
27 virtually finished.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just take a moment or two to check?
30 A. Just on the thing that I was saying, I think the back
31 page of the fact sheet is an important part of the
32 leaflet. It is about the alternatives to multinational
33 companies and it talks about people tending to undervalue
34 their own personal responsibility and influence, and that
35 change in society starts from individuals taking the time
36 to think about the way they live and acting on their
37 beliefs. That movements are just ordinary people linking
38 together, one by one.
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40 It goes on to talk about making contact, sharing
41 ideas, various groups around the world campaigning on
42 different issues, that wherever there is oppression there
43 is resistance, people having the courage to take action and
44 to create a better life. It refers to, under the "make
45 contact, share" idea section it says: "Wherever there is
46 oppression, there is resistance. People are organising
47 themselves, taking courage from the activities of ordinary
48 concerned people from all around the world, learning new
49 ways and finding new energy to create a better life."
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51 And the last section talks about getting together and
52 growing your own food and sharing food. Really, the whole
53 point is that this is not a negative leaflet, it is a
54 positive leaflet. It is talking about wanting a better
55 society. McDonald's talk about global domination, which I
56 think is extremely concerning. London Greenpeace was just
57 working to try and create a society based on cooperation
58 and sharing, where people had control have control over
59 their own lives and their communities and where all the
60 resources are shared by everyone. To me, that is what all
