The best influence money can buy - the 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists

The best influence money can buy - the 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists

Dirty cash and dirty tricks – our rogues’ gallery of lobbyists who get governments to dance to their tune.

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NI 439 - Who's pushing politicians' buttons? - January, 2011
McDonalds promote a ‘new healthy diet and exercise campaign’. There’s big bucks in obesity for PR firms lobbying to water down regulations on junk food advertising to children.Jeff Christensen / Reuters

In the halls of shame

Who shapes the policies and laws that govern us? If you think the answer is ‘our elected politicians’, read on. Vanessa Baird examines the secretive but expanding power of corporate lobbying.

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NI 439 - Who's pushing politicians' buttons? - January, 2011
There may be trouble ahead… President Obama in pensive mood.Ron Sachs / ABACA USA / Empics Entertainment

We need to bust the pendulum, not see how it swings!

Our new columnist Mark Engler considers the impact of the US midterm elections.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators Robert Fisk

Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators

We only have ourselves to blame for the Middle East's cynicism, says Robert Fisk.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010

We don't really have a democracy

Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP and Agent Bristly Pioneer reflect on this year's UK election

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Residents from the shanty city of El Alto, Bolivia, are famously unafraid to speak truth to power.Jose Gomez / Reuters

The beauty of Big Democracy

Vanessa Baird celebrates the joys of disenchantment and the birth of hope.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Photo by Patrick Brown / PANOS

Islam in power

Hadani Ditmars calls for a return to Islam’s spirit of democracy and pluralism.

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NI 426 - Islam in power - October, 2009

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Who's pushing politicians' buttons? January, 2011
Who's pushing politicians' buttons? January, 2011
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
Islam in power October, 2009
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