Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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José Bové is one of the best known environmentalists in France – in no small part because of his hilarious and often controversial antics. As he has further brushes with the law, he becomes familiar with the courts and penal system…but this won’t stop him from making the jump to politics, with a shocking conclusion.

Sources and further reading;
http://www.ecolopedia.fr/?p=1146
thenation.com/article/archive/jose-boves-not-welcome-bushs-usa
josebove.over-blog.com/article-3736814.html
grist.org/article/meadows-hamilton-roquefort
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0031.020/--jose-bove-vs-mcdonalds-the-making-of-a-national-hero?rgn=main;view=fulltext
nytimes.com/2009/10/26/world/europe/26mcdonalds.html
nytimes.com/2000/09/14/world/french-farmer-is-sentenced-to-jail-for-attack-on-mcdonald-s.html
https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/jose_bove
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0031.020/--jose-bove-vs-mcdonalds-the-making-of-a-national-hero?rgn=main;view=fulltext
https://www.politico.eu/list/20-meps-2018-who-matter-for-the-wrong-reasons/jose-bove/
grist.org/article/meadows-hamilton-roquefort
escholarship.org/content/qt32b6x19x/qt32b6x19x_noSplash_3c66e840370275c43f18aef8399fab8c.pdf?t=krn9ml
https://www.thelocal.fr/20190813/why-did-a-group-of-french-farmers-demolish-a-mcdonalds
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1235827.stm
cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/08/01/france.bove/index.html
web.archive.org/web/20080920024119/http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/societe/352538.FR.php
connexionfrance.com/Archive/Profile-Jose-Bove-The-rural-rebel