astroturf activist groups

March 1, 2024

PhRMA Funnels Millions to Groups Fighting Drug Pricing Reforms

David Moore Sludge

The pharma lobby gave more than $16 million in 2022 to advocacy groups, many of them ostensibly “grassroots,” that are battling the Medicare drug price negotiations now underway.

labor

February 7, 2023

Union-Busting Firms Are Teaching Corporations to Cynically Co-Opt Progressive Rhetoric As They Crush Worker Organizing

Tyler Walicek Truthout

Over decades, a boutique of consultants, industrial psychologists, and specialist lawyers--spending an estimated $340 million a year--has played a significant role in subduing the labor movement, and has helped keep U.S. unions pinned down to this day.

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