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EFF Joins Dozens of Groups in Call for Transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks
2014-12-11
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined dozens of civil society groups from around the world in calling for the release of the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- a massi...

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A Camera on Every Cop
Taser International cashes in on police misconduct
Frazier, Mya
Article
2015
Harper's Magazine
On December 1, 2014, after several months of protests against police brutality that began with the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, President Obama pledged $75 million in federal funds to...
A freedom that we can't afford
Rightwing thinktanks profess a love of freedom, but their refusal to reveal who funds them is deeply undemocratic
Monbiot, George
Article
2011
The Guardian
Freemarket thinktanks vastly outnumber those arguing for public spending. The author suggests that these thinktanks allow corporations to exert influence on public life without showing their hand, he ...
Just because they hunt witches doesn't mean we have
Malik, Kenan
Article
2010
Goteborgs-Posten
The Big Brother defence of WikiLeaks is that if everyone had a camera upon them, society would be a better place. This is a view that fails to distinguish between the need to control those who possess...
Scandal forces Cameron to give details on Tory donor dinners
Watt, Nicholas
Article
2012
The Guardian
Information has come to light that the British Prime Minister hosted private dinners in his official residences for wealthy donors.
What the Tamiflu Saga tells us about Drug Trials and Big Pharma
Goldacre, Ben
Article
2014
The Guardian
We now know the government's Tamiflu stockpile wouldn't have done us much good in the event of a flu epidemic. But the secrecy surrounding clinical trials means there's a lot we don't know about other...

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Private Profits vs Public Policy
The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State
Lexchin, Joel
Book
2016
According to Joel Lexchin, "Given the central role that medicines play in keeping us healthy, it is essential that we understand the policy environment that governs drug development, from the initial ...


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