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UK: They are shrinking public assets to grow their own
What we learned when Dominic Cummings went unpunished for committing a criminal offence is that justice isn’t blind. Whilst normal people made unbearable sacrifices – watching parents die over a videolink – those at heart of Number 10 continued to do just as they pleased. Continue reading
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Johnson government using Cambridge Analytica strategies
By TruePublica: Boris Johnson was advised by Lynton Crosby throughout his Tory leadership race. As far back as 2013, Crosby has been a controversial figure to the Conservative party. There was a concern then that he influenced government policy in favour of his company’s clients. He got the Tories to dump plain packaging on cigarettes… Continue reading
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Urgent: Don’t let MPs hit reset on the Gagging Bill!
The clock is running. Tomorrow, the Lobbying Bill reaches its final stages in the House of Lords, and on Wednesday it will return to the House of Commons for a final decision. Thanks to the support of hundreds of organisations and thousands of people like you, the Lords have made essential changes to the bill… Continue reading
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Parties, Causes and Political Power By Ben Little
By the time the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill was published in summer 2013 it had become little more than a brutal attempt to shut down civil society influence on electoral politics. Any work in the public domain that could be seen to address matters of public policy would be… Continue reading
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UK: will the Lords see through the Transparency of Lobbying Bill? By Alice Moore
A Bill supposedly designed to restore trust in Parliament will obstruct the work of those who campaign for the disenfranchised, while allowing powerful corporations and industry lobbyists unscrutinised access to ministers. Continue reading
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Irreconcilable Differences: Capitalism and a Sustainable Planet By Gary Olson / October 14th, 2013
The need for more studies confirming that we’re approaching an irreversible ecological crisis, the tipping point beyond human control, is over. James Hansen, the world’s most eminent climatologist is so certain of this evidence that he’s added civil disobedience to his resistance repertoire. Along with legal challenges, expert testimony and lobbying governments, the 72-year-old grandfather… Continue reading
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The government’s new gagging law is a serious attack on Britain’s civil society By Stuart Weir
While doing virtually nothing to fix the real problems of money in politics, the government is trying to introduce a new law that will shut down vast swathes of political commentary and scrutiny for a whole year before general elections. Continue reading
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English charity sector lobbied Hunt to keep controversial NHS privatisation rules By Andrew Robertson
Charity boss Sir Stephen Bubb lobbied alongside the head of a private healthcare trade group to persuade Jeremy Hunt to not water down highly controversial “Section 75” privatisation regulations, according to new documents revealed today. Continue reading
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Monsanto-backed GMO giants launch website to combat anti-biotech sentiment
A group of biotech seed companies have launched an online forum to rebuff disapproval of genetically modified foods across the world. Activists and consumer groups are skeptical, saying the industry has a ‘track record of being anything but transparent’. Continue reading
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CIA ‘wanted to kill alleged Lockerbie bomber before trial’
THE CIA wanted to assassinate Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi and his co-accused, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah, before their trial, a former Washington lobbyist has claimed. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 7 June 2013
7 June 2013 — http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 6-7 June 2013: Day 1: Justice: Press release2. EU: NEW DATA PROTECTION REGULATION: European Parliament: Working documents, draft report and amendments 3. UK: ANTI-SURVEILLANCE CAMPAIGNERS TO MARK ORWELL’S ‘1984 ‘PUBLICATION Continue reading
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Monsanto set to halt GMO push in Europe
Monsanto plans to halt lobbying for its genetically modified plant varieties in Europe due to low demand from local farmers, a representative from the US agricultural giant told a German daily. Continue reading
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Cables: How the U.S. State Department Promotes the Seed Industry’s Global Agenda
The article presents a report, done by the organization, that shows how US State Department has launched a strategy to promote agricultural biotechnology for the benefit of agribusiness and seed corporations, lobbying foreign governments to adopt pro-agricultural biotechnology policies and laws. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 