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Powerbase documents the communication, PR, spin and propaganda activities of [[:Category:Public_relations_firms |public relations firms]]. It includes profiles on [[think tanks]], [[front groups]] funded by industry and [[industry-friendly experts]] who can influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of transnational corporations or other special interests. | Powerbase documents the communication, PR, spin and propaganda activities of [[:Category:Public_relations_firms |public relations firms]]. It includes profiles on [[think tanks]], [[front groups]] funded by industry and [[industry-friendly experts]] who can influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of transnational corporations or other special interests. | ||
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===What we do=== | ===What we do=== | ||
− | We focus on transparency issues by profiling and investigating the activities of [[lobbying]] firms, [[:Category:Lobbyists|lobbyists]] and [[corporate lobby groups]]. | + | We focus on transparency issues by profiling and investigating the activities of [[lobbying]] firms, [[:Category:Lobbyists|lobbyists]] and [[corporate lobby groups]]. We also examine the relationship between special interests and elected representatives, including the '[[revolving door]]'. |
Another focus is on communication, spin and [[:Category:Propaganda|propaganda]] in party politics and in war and peace. We also cover public interest reporting on many controversial issues such as the nuclear debate, climate change, [[Water_Portal|water]], [[Alcohol:Portal|alcohol]], food, [[GM_Watch:_Portal|genetically modified food and crops]], and the [[Pharma_Portal|pharmaceutical industry]]. The database is a public interest resource that monitors and documents both positive and negative activities in relation to spin. We include pages on [[whistleblowers]], on critics and victims of spin, on those whose work is spun by others, and those who are associated with PR – as well as on those who practice and promote spin. See our definition of [[Definition_of_spin|'spin']]. | Another focus is on communication, spin and [[:Category:Propaganda|propaganda]] in party politics and in war and peace. We also cover public interest reporting on many controversial issues such as the nuclear debate, climate change, [[Water_Portal|water]], [[Alcohol:Portal|alcohol]], food, [[GM_Watch:_Portal|genetically modified food and crops]], and the [[Pharma_Portal|pharmaceutical industry]]. The database is a public interest resource that monitors and documents both positive and negative activities in relation to spin. We include pages on [[whistleblowers]], on critics and victims of spin, on those whose work is spun by others, and those who are associated with PR – as well as on those who practice and promote spin. See our definition of [[Definition_of_spin|'spin']]. | ||
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− | '''Our | + | '''Our [[Schools Portal]] examines the vast global education industry that has sprung up in recent years to profit from our schools. |
− | It has been described as ‘the largest market opportunity’ since healthcare was privatised. 'Let's all go forth. Let's all make hay,' as one private equity investor at a 2015 UK conference | + | It has been described as ‘the largest market opportunity’ since healthcare was privatised. 'Let's all go forth. Let's all make hay,' as one private equity investor at a 2015 UK conference succinctly put it. |
− | We reveal the firms leading the reforms; the networks of lobbyists and think tanks working for them across continents; the politicians aiding them; the messages being used to sell these changes, and more. | + | We reveal the firms leading the reforms; the networks of lobbyists and think tanks working for them across continents; the politicians aiding them; the messages being used to sell these changes, and [[Schools Portal|more]]... |
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Powerbase's [[Special:Popularpages|most popular pages]] include: | Powerbase's [[Special:Popularpages|most popular pages]] include: | ||
+ | *[[Lobbying regulation - chronology 2010-2019 |Lobbying regulation - chronology 2010-2019]] | ||
*portals on [[Nuclear Spin]], [[Neoconservatives Portal|Neoconservatives]], [[GMWatch: Portal|GM]], [[Alcohol:Portal|Alcohol]], [[Lobbying]] and [[Terrorism Expertise Portal| Terrorism expertise]] | *portals on [[Nuclear Spin]], [[Neoconservatives Portal|Neoconservatives]], [[GMWatch: Portal|GM]], [[Alcohol:Portal|Alcohol]], [[Lobbying]] and [[Terrorism Expertise Portal| Terrorism expertise]] | ||
− | + | *profiles on British think tanks such as [[Policy Exchange]], the [[Henry Jackson Society: Project for Democratic Geopolitics]], [[Civitas]], [[Centre for Social Cohesion]], [[Quilliam Foundation]], [[Sense About Science]] and the [[Science Media Centre]] | |
− | *profiles on think tanks such as [[Policy Exchange]], | + | *US think tanks such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] |
*profiles on the libertarian [[LM Network|Living Marxism Network]] and [[spiked]] magazine | *profiles on the libertarian [[LM Network|Living Marxism Network]] and [[spiked]] magazine | ||
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