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• LM network
  ...s book ‘Let’s Build’ calling for government support for the building industry <ref>"[http://www.audacity.org/buy.htm Buy]" Audacity website, accessed 5 J ...competition which include such subjects of interest to the pharmaceutical industry as: the value or otherwise of complementary medicine, NHS rationing of expe
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• Cato Institute
  ...b.org/sierra/200207/thinktank_printable.asp Rethinking the Think Tanks How industry-funded "experts" twist the environmental debate]Sierra Club magazine, Acces ...ashington.<ref> [http://www.tobacco.org/articles/org/cato/ Cato Institute] Tobacco.org Website, Accessed 31 January 2010 </ref>
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• American Enterprise Institute
  It is often called the Godfather of Washington neoconservative lobby groups and is America's richest, largest and most influential think tank. It was r ...gathering of leading GM lobbyists assembled outside of the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]]'s annual conventions.<ref>"[http://www.aei.org/events/eventI
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• Center for Consumer Freedom
  ...gressively targets groups seeking to promote controls relating to alcohol, tobacco, food safety, animal rights or the environment. ...] (aka [[NannyCulture.com]]) which was launched in 1995 with $600,000 from tobacco giant, [[Philip Morris]].
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• Rick Berman
  ...[[Mothers Against Drunk Driving]], animal rights activists, food watchdog groups and trade unions. ...t Rick Berman, A.K.A. "Dr. Evil"] accessed 12th November 2009 </ref>. The groups fronted by Berman that he claims as clients are: <ref> Berman & Company Web
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• Bill Durodié
  ...ight|200px| Durodie's 1999 pamphlet ''Poisonous Dummies'', for the Tobacco industry funded [[European Science and Environment Forum]]]] ...mmunist Party]], contributors to [[LM]]/[[Living Marxism]] , and the RCP's front group, the [[Irish Freedom Movement]], which [[Fiona Fox]] at one time head
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• European Science and Environment Forum
  ...fety regulations are based, and it was initially a creation of the tobacco industry, which promoted the idea of "junk science" and overregulation. ...L%20RISK.&bates=515952606/2609 Environmental Risk - Book Proposal], Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, University of California. Original proposal dated 8 Augu
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• Michael Fitzpatrick
  ...iving Marxism]]. [[Global Futures]] appears to be one of a series of front groups generated by the political network of individuals involved with [[LM]] and
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• L. Val Giddings
  ...e Washington DC-based [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] (BIO) - the industry's major trade lobby which represents such corporate giants as Aventis, Bay ...i and well known for its fervent support of deregulation, GM crops and Big Tobacco, the [[Liberty Institute]] is part of the same coalition that organized the
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• International Policy Network
  ...nge deniers?], CEO Report p.3,Accessed 11 February 2011</ref> Some unknown industry / industries are now funding ESEF / IPN to counter the environmental moveme ...conomic Research Foundation]] played a role in spreading the web of [[Koch Industry]] money to Europe.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)[http://www.corpo
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• International Life Sciences Institute
  The '''International Life Sciences Institute''' (ILSI) is an industry-backed organisation that specialises in lobbying national and international :Prominent researchers from industry and academia jointly lead ILSI, guiding its work to encourage scientific di
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• Liberty Institute
  ...ompetitive Enterprise Institute]] (described by PR Watch as a 'well-funded front for corporations') and [[Matt Metz]]. AgBioWorld's [[CS Prakash]], has take ...stitute/tobacco2.html press release] for the book it is claimed, 'The anti-tobacco crusade from the West, like the environmental one as manifested at the WTO
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• Steven Milloy
  ...of Science, accessed 7 February 2009.</ref> In reality it is a label that industry supporters use to attack any science that shows that industrial products an ==Industry Connections==
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• Science and Environmental Policy Project
  ...e, p139-143; S. Rampton & J. Stauber (2001) Trust Us, We’re Experts, How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Yours Future, Tarcher / Putnam, p272-2 ...h Ellsaesser]][8]. He is also on the Advisory board of the corporate front groups ACSH.[9] He appeared along with a whole host of anti-greens on the program
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• Project 21
  ...s release at the time of a speech by George W. Bush at the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2003: ...tion of the industry, excise taxes and other government policies to reduce tobacco use.'
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• Fishburn Hedges
  ...ost controversial corporations, including [[Shell]] and [[British American Tobacco]]. ...to form a single company, '''Fishburn'''. The new firm comprises four core groups:
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• Burson-Marsteller
  ...s (PR) agencies in the world and also the most notorious. When helping its industry clients to escape environmental legislation or sprucing up the image of som ...rfing]]' campaigns PR helps to maintain a legislative environment on which industry can avoid real change.
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• Nirex
  ...x Limited in 1985. The ownership of Nirex was transferred from the nuclear industry to the UK Government departments [[DEFRA]] and [[DTI]] in April 2005, and t ...m of the nuclear power industry and as such is perpetuating an undesirable industry;
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• Mackenzie Institute for the Study of Terrorism, Revolution and Propaganda
  ...shandling by Canada Post.<ref>[http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/16/41/News/front.html RCMP PROBES ANIMAL ACTIVISTS], Scott Anderson, [[NOW Magazine]], JUNE ...e in the afterlife. These guidelines were welcomed by some law enforcement groups, but were also met with some criticism.<ref>Rob Faulkner, "Institute offers
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• Fraser Institute
  ...ser.pdf The Fraser Institute: Economic Think Tank or Front for the Tobacco Industry?], Non-Smokers Rights Association, Accessed 10-February-2010</ref><ref>In D ...Tobacco and Philip Morris, according to a 2000 letter found in the tobacco industry documents.
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• British American Tobacco
  *[[British American Tobacco: Front Groups|Front Groups]] *[[British American Tobacco: Advertising|Advertising]]
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• Lobbying Portal
  ...so called 'revolving door' between politics and the lobbying industry. For industry-specific lobbying, visit the relevant Powerbase portals (from the homepage ...50px|To take a tour of some of the major lobbying firms, industry lobbying groups and think tanks that surround Parliament in central London, visit the [http
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• Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco
  The [[Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco]] (FOREST) was founded in 1979 and describes itself as "a media and politic ...enting ordinary smokers but in reality it is heavily funded by the tobacco industry in order to exaggerate public support of relaxed smoking restrictions. In a
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• Associates for Research into the Science of Enjoyment
  ...are in direct opposition to other medical studies into the consequences of tobacco use which have proven the negative impact on health. ARISE follows up their == Tobacco Industry ==
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• British American Tobacco: Advertising
  ...ltria Group]]), so advertising is key to its success. The British American Tobacco Company, otherwise known as BAT, is recognized worldwide through its cigare ...throughout the world, restrictions have been imposed on the advertising of tobacco products which has resulted in BAT struggling to maintain awareness of thei
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• British American Tobacco: Front Groups
  [[British American Tobacco]] ...BAT-funded front groups have been found, showing the lengths to which the industry is willing to go to protect its interests.
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• Diageo: Influence
  ...nd reduce the incidence of alcohol misuse. Diageo believes that the drinks industry also has an important role to play in support of this effort' <ref> Diageo ...ety is protected and even strengthened. This in turn has given the alcohol industry a voice in policy formulation, allowing it to present to the British govern
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• Taxpayers' Alliance
  :Sixty per cent of the donations come from individuals or groups giving more than £5,000. The [[Midlands Industrial Council]], which has do ...11/prescott-says-tax-group-tory John Prescott says tax lobby group is Tory front], ''the Guardian'', 11-October-2009, Accessed 18-April-2011</ref> However t
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• National Center for Public Policy Research
  ...n the DC-based think tank element of the backlash movement, including such groups as the [[Cato Institute]], the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] and [[C ...ffering to use any information we can provide [regarding] the current anti-tobacco onslaught . . .. [[Tom Borelli]] and I have both been in touch with Amy on
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• The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition
  ...ohn Stauber, [http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.html How Big Tobacco Helped Create "the Junkman"], Center for Media and Democracy website, acces ...tomobile emissions and other industrial products that had not yet achieved tobacco's pariah status”.<ref>http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.htm
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• Multinational Chairman's Group
  ...ustry]], under whose auspices it meets. As the unofficial guild of British industry's world leaders, the group has a powerful voice and one of its most importa .... It was arbitrary and not thought through. They are losing the support of industry."
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• Burson-Marsteller: Corporate Crimes
  ...iotech products to be readied for the market and as such the whole biotech industry had an interest. The only problems were gaining approval for its commercial ...ich B-M was one. Pro-rBGH information was rapidly distributed to the dairy industry, the press and the general public. In this way a 'grass-roots' coalition wa
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• Hill and Knowlton: Corporate Crimes
  ...‘Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry’, p.150; Johan Carlisle, 1993, Covert Action Quarterly 44.</ref> The cont ...ton,<ref>See Wexler Group [www.wexlergroup.com website.]</ref> to set up a front group, [[USA Engage]], to do the dirty work for it. USA Engage, which was l
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• European Policy Centre
  ...and to achieve this it "encourages a debate among all significant interest groups and channels the results to policy-makers". It makes no secret of placing " The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected in the composition of its advisory board, which together
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• Spies at Work, Chapter 8: The Wilson Years
  ...leader to be genuinely popular with Conservative interests in the City and industry. He was in fact the only Labour Party leader that the British Establishment Influential figures from Industry, the military and Intelligence were recruited to the cause. A central, and
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• Tesco Plc
  :'No matter how fast we grew Sainsbury's were always in front of us. But slowly but surely we managed to grind them down and grind them o ...ooking for bargains, and sales soared. A year later, Tesco started 'One in Front'—opening a new till whenever a checkout line exceeded two trolleys. It co
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• Tesco Plc: Influence / Lobbying
  ...ng of EU directives. All of this undermines British businesses on the home front as they battle in global markets.' ''Sir Terry Leahy''{{ref|1}} ...bit of a problem with national and European regulation, and through lobby groups and close links with government, has sought to loosen ‘restrictive’ reg
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• Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
  ...use promise to limit cuts.<ref>Dan Eggen, Funding for health-care interest groups often fuzzy, ''Washington Post'', 7-January-2010</ref> ...Maddow describes as 'a famous pro-tobacco ostensibly grassroots corporate front group that was funded by [[Philip Morris]]'.<ref>Rachel Maddow, The Rachel
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• European Association of Communications Agencies
  ...a founding member of a global communications network, in association with industry bodies in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South America and ===Tobacco advertising===
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• Altria Group
  ...] and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. has a 28.7% economic and vot ...(and operating income) of Altria Group, Inc. comes predominantly from its tobacco business.
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• Barbour Griffith and Rogers International
  ...n Institute]], and [[Scott Barnhart]]. "Bolivia scored a coup on the trade front as Congress agreed to reduce tariffs on canned tuna, textiles and cut flowe ...f the Bush administration's tilt toward India. The Confederation of Indian Industry paid Blackwill to lobby various U.S. government entities, according to the
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• The Free Society
  ...are tackled through affiliations with influential think tanks and campaign groups. In its own words: ...by an ever expanding army of politicians, bureaucrats and special interest groups who seem determined to limit our freedoms through social engineering and ce
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• How to research front groups
  ...ations industry, as well as a monthly magazine. Given the public relations industry's own proclivity for spin and obfuscation, you may be inclined to wonder wh ...up some interesting hits related to PR campaigns on behalf of the biotech industry.
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• Industry-friendly experts
  '''Industry-friendly experts''' serve two primary roles in the propaganda and public re ...n other instances, an expert may already hold a view that is beneficial to industry, thereby having his work receive more attention and attract more funding th
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• Hume Brophy
  ==Lobbying for big tobacco== ...sagents]], which has fought a high-profile campaign in the fight against a tobacco display ban in UK shops.
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• APCO Worldwide
  ...company '''APCO Worldwide''' was born out of the Washington-based tobacco industry law firm [[Arnold and Porter]], from which it derives its name. APCO Worldw ==Helping Big Tobacco==
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• Living Marxism
  ...h engages in infiltration of media organisations and science-related lobby groups in order to promote its agenda as well as establishing a string of their ow ...e 1970s. Supporters stood in the 1987 general election campaign as the Red Front, boldly proclaiming that the RCP was about to 'replace' the Labour Party, b
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• International Chamber of Commerce
  ...overning members include [[Jan du Plessis]] Chairman of [[British American Tobacco]], [[Gavin Neath]] Chairman of [[Unilever]] UK and [[Pauline Neville-Jones] ...f the International Chamber of Commerce, as well as being the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the [[OECD]] and the [[International Organisation of
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• Globalisation:Cato Institute
  ...ver they are not free from criticism from a large array of individuals and groups. ====David Koch - Oil Industry====
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• Joel Klein
  ...ory of creating front groups, attacking unions and working for the tobacco industry, told the reformers that rather than intellectualise the education debate, ...obby funded third party groups to push for change. These third party lobby groups – the middle managers of the reform movement – have played a dual role
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• Lobbying regulation - chronology 2010-2019
  ...Brunswick]] and [[Finsbury]], the report also outlines tactics employed by industry bodies such as the [[British Bankers’ Association]] (BBA), concluding: ...rtant for us to engage in lobbying in the first place - to put forward the industry's views and put the record straight<ref>Singleton, D. [http://www.prweek.co
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• FTI Consulting
  *[[Carlyn R. Taylor]], senior managing director, TMT Leader & FTI industry lead<ref> [http://www.fticonsulting.co.uk/our-firm/leadership.aspx Leadersh [[Arora Group]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[Imperial Tobacco UK]] | [[Innogy Renewables]] | [[Interconnector UK]] | [[Mastercard]] | [[O
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• Tobacco person CSR format -Web of Influence
  Membership of Trade bodies, professional associations, Policy Groups, Political Affiliations, This can be a list that is discussed under activit [[Category:Tobacco]]
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• Tobacco person format -Web of Influence
  Membership of Trade bodies, professional associations, Policy Groups, Political Affiliations, This can be a list that is discussed under activit [[Category:Tobacco]]
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• Tobacco organisation format -Web of Influence
  ...ublications and public debates should be helpful here to determine company/industry policy positions if they are not explicitly stated Membership of policy groups and relationships with policy makers, Politicians, Political Donations or e
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• Tobacco CSR organisation format -Web of Influence
  ...ublications and public debates should be helpful here to determine company/industry policy positions if they are not explicitly stated Membership of policy groups and relationships with policy makers, Politicians, Political Donations or e
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• Gordon Gribble
  ...ink tanks or policy groups such as being an academic member of the tobacco industry funded [[European Science and Environment Forum]] in 1998, writing for the ...ed in April 2013. In August 2013 the article was promoted by the corporate front group the [[American Council on Science and Health]] complete with a two mi
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• Berman & Company
  ...e earn and through the use of 'not-for-profit' groups attack research from groups who use scare tactics on the public. Berman & Company use affiliated not-for-profit groups, who are run by charitable donations on their websites, usually by companie
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• The Risk of Freedom conference
  ...0px|''[[The Risk of Freedom conference]]'', sponsored by ''[[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]]'', programme of events, 5-6 October 1998.]] ...s which reported on these events, although these were sponsored by [[Japan Tobacco International]]. The conference itself ran from Monday 5 October to Tuesday
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• Third Party Technique
  ...e and working in the public interest, rather than veiled corporate [[Front Groups]] or [[Astroturf]] campaigns<ref>Investopedia, [http://www.investopedia.com ...obaccotactics.org/index.php/Third_Party_Techniques Third Party Techniques] Tobacco Tactics website, accessed 24 March 2015</ref>.
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• Campaign for High Speed Rail
  ...in the 1990s when American lobbyists for the tobacco industry set up front groups to defend smokers' rights.
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• Rogue Agents - 1977-1980 - Election Fever
  ...n another paper, dated 26 February 1979, we gave details of various Labour groups which had been campaigning for the overthrow of the Shah of Iran" (307). ...Assistant Director of MI5 and head of F1 Branch (CPGB and other subversive groups); Elwell would work closely with Crozier over the next decade, as detailed
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• Rogue Agents - Postscript - The Garnier-Lançon Papers
  It is rare that the membership and concerns of confidential discussion groups Belgium – were recruited to the 6I cause, soon setting up front groups to assist
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