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This is George. He’s been protecting #rhinos for 38 years. He needs your help.

By ShamsDecember 28, 2016Naturegeorge, needs your help, protecting rhinos, wwf

This is George. He’s been protecting #rhinos for 38 years. And he needs your help: https://t.co/mynpU51Rki pic.twitter.com/haeYJh1HYR — WWF (@WWF) December 18, 2016

When grassroots activism becomes a commodity

By Guest PostJuly 5, 2014Economy, Politicsamerican politics, auge um auge, ben white, blog, cambridge university press, commerce, extremer, george, grenze, internet, loukas balafoutas, muell, needs your help, new book, protecting rhinos, rechtsphilosophie, sozialverhalten, wal-mart, weapon

UCLA sociologist investigates ‘astroturf’ campaigns in new book

Coming at the height of public opposition to Wal-Mart’s labor practices and expansion into urban markets, the founding in 2005 of Working Families for Wal-Mart appeared to reflect a spontaneous groundswell of public support for the retail giant.

In fact, it was no conventional grassroots campaign. A newspaper reporter later discovered that the group’s lone founder was Wal-Mart and the campaign originated with a consultant hired by the company. (more…)