Sentences with phrase «of powerful corporate interests»

1) A Ministry of Labour should be established: to give working people a voice in government to counteract the voice of powerful corporate interests.

Not exact matches

They had good reason: They sought to challenge the growing numbers of powerful newspapers that were concocting fake stories to either sell papers or advance the interests of their corporate benefactors.

David Beetham, How powerful corporate interests transferred the costs of the crash onto others, False Economy, 15 August 2011.

It soon becomes apparent that the two crimes might not be as unconnected as McAffrey first thought, leading him, his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren), and junior journalist Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) into a political - corporate cover - up that concerns politicians at the highest party level, powerful corporate interests, and an array of ex-soldiers, politicians» spouses and spin doctors, including Jason Bateman's public relations executive.

For all the gimmicks about new mixes of red and blue, corporate interests are becoming even more powerful in the UK, at the expense of everyone else, the middle and those left at the bottom.

«From battling the flood of corporate money and corrupt insiders deals that infect our politics to challenging the powerful interests that block common - sense gun violence prevention, Bill has always been a voice for everyday New Yorkers.»

Based on true events so legally contentious that we can hardly believe anyone would approach them, The Insider tells the story of how powerful corporate interests almost succeeded in suppressing the production of a 60 Minutes news show, mounting an onslaught of legal maneuvers, reputation - smearing and witness intimidation.

As more lies surface, and she confront a powerful conspiracy of corporate, police and political interests, Sarah begins to suspect that Lee's murder could be connected to the death of her first husband.

Inch by little - noticed inch, government and corporate interests are limiting or taking control of everything you do in an effort to make themselves richer and more powerful.

However, nowadays the art it presents in its contemporary galleries appears to reflect the whims of corporate bosses and the interests of powerful investors looking to protect and promote their own positions via the road to high culture.

Through eloquent amalgams of scientific imagery and textual redactions, Stolle asks viewers to reconsider the connection between powerful corporate interests, public health, and food consumption.

Their contrived, consensually validated «necessity» for unbridled economic growth could be eventually seen as fraudent as well as an willful exercise of governmental and corporate malfeasence, all of it based upon the selfish interests of a tiny minority of wealthy and powerful people.

It enfranchises the very groups that have the most to lose from conventional climate policies — from powerful corporate interests to many of the world's poorest people.»

Despite electing a president who pledged to end «the tyranny of oil» and to break the stranglehold of corporate interests, we're seeing CO2 emissions rise to potentially catastrophic levels; we're seeing corporations usurp ever more power from individuals; and we are left seemingly helpless against a vastly powerful media machine that actively spreads disinformation and ignorance and calls it truth.

In most areas extreme care in the wording of an issue is not that critical, but with something as important and politically charged as climate change where there are powerful interests determined to make sure nothing changes and who freely manipulate public opinion through corporate outlets every word, every turn of a phrase, every nuance needs to be carefully considered.

These powerful and well - funded special interests are fighting to limit the power of judges and juries to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable.

We have also championed the causes of vulnerable individuals who have been wronged by powerful corporate and government interests.

We have also championed the causes of vulnerable individuals who have been wronged by powerful corporate interests.