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Live8 spin doctor is Tony Blair's & Peter Mandelson's friend and Murdoch's son-in-law
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Tuesday June 28, 2005 11:34 by from IndyUK
Corporate public relations consultant Matthew Freud being in charge of Live8 Ltd. adds more weight to the accusations that Live8 is a mere publicity stunt by the rich and powerful to distract from the real issues of global capitalism and the extreme poverty it increasingly causes. Matthew http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html is Sigmund Freud´s grandson and runs "Freud Communications PR Consultants" ( http://www.freudcommunications.com/), which works with with popstars and celebrities like Britney Spears and has corporate customers like AOL, Nestlé, KFC, Pepsi, Sony and the British Central Office of Intelligence (COI) http://www.coi.gov.uk/aboutcoi.php. The COI is the successor of the WWII wartime Ministry of Information. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Inside the Murky World of the UK's Make Poverty History Campaign
Make Poverty History would seem an unprecedented success story in UK development politics. Uniting trade unions, charities, NGOs and a stellar-cast of celebrities, its cause is dominating media coverage while the campaign's white wristband is being worn the world over. So why, as the G8 summit approaches, are leading members briefing against each other to the press and African social movements saying ‘nothing about us, without us'? Stuart Hodkinson investigates.....
http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Article626.html
Good brief Counterpunch article about how NGOs and celebrities are fronting for the very governments that are causing problems for the developing world.
When White Band Spells White Feather
How Glo-Bono-Phonies and Trojan Horse NGOs Sabotage the Struggle Against Neoliberalism