Activism

Spinners Queue Up to Help China

by Bob Burton — April 11, 2008 - 4:16am

The Free Tibet Campaign in the UK has warned that "any PR agency that is trying to assist China in its twisted distortion of the truth would be potentially exposing itself to protests outside its offices." Despite this, PR Week reports that Ogilvy,

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PR Week (UK), April 10, 2008

Belarusians Give Bell Hell

by Diane Farsetta — April 10, 2008 - 3:16pm

In an open letter to British public relations executive Lord Timothy Bell, two directors of the Belarus Free Theatre accuse Bell of "making money on somebody's misfortune." Bell traveled to Belarus in March and met with President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been called "Europe's last dictator." Bell told Reuters, "I have been asked to make a proposal t

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Charter'97 (Belarus), April 9, 2008

Why Winter Soldier Got the Cold Shoulder

by Diane Farsetta — April 9, 2008 - 5:37pm

Why didn't the New York Times cover the "Winter Soldier" hearings organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), during which soldiers testified about their experiences in Iraq?

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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, April 8, 2008

China Seeks PR Firm to Smooth over Protests

by Bob Burton — April 8, 2008 - 12:50am

Olympic Torch Protest in ParisIn the wake of the widespread protests in Tibet and growing protests along the route of the Olympic Torch Relay, the Chinese government

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Financial Times, April 3, 2008

When "Civil Rights" Means Ending Affirmative Action

by Anne Landman — April 2, 2008 - 12:07pm

People in Colorado who signed an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative petition are charging that petition circulators deceived them about the measure's real purpose and intent.

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New York Times, April 1, 2008

Glover Park Group Fights for (and Against) Climate Protection

by John Stauber — March 31, 2008 - 5:30pm

"Former vice president Al Gore (through his Alliance for Climate Protection) will launch a three-year, $300 million campaign aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history. ...

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Washington Post, March 31, 2008

Sierra Club Bleaches Dissent on Clorox Deal

by Diane Farsetta — March 28, 2008 - 10:24am

In an unprecedented move by one of the Big Green environmental groups, the "Sierra Club's national board voted March 25 to remove the leaders of the Club's 35,000-member Florida chapter, and to suspend the Chapter for four years." What did the chapter do?

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Rachel's Democracy & Health News, March 27, 2008

Vets for Freedom Pushes School Too Far

by Diane Farsetta — March 27, 2008 - 2:47pm

It was originally planned as "a low-key classroom discussion about patriotism and service to country" at Forest Lake High School in Minnesota. But when the Republican Party-associated pro-Iraq war group Vets for Freedom "decided to call a press conference at the school and alerted media," things got heated.

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Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota), March 26, 2008
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