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	Front groups - KnowledgeIsFun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A front organization, also known as a front group (if it is structured to look like a voluntary association); a front company, a shell corporation or simply a front (if it is structured to look like a company), is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization.
		A front organization may simply be a proxy that keeps the parent group's name out of the picture or it may look publicly as if it is set up to do one thing, but actually be set up to do something else on behalf of its parent group.
		Fronts are sometimes set up by intelligence agencies, corporations, criminal organizations, banned organizations, or other organizations that are engaged in activities with which they would prefer not to be identified.
	www.knowledgeisfun.com /F/Fr/Front-groups.php (1195 words)

	Front groups - SourceWatch
		A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned.
		The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party technique.
		Thus, citizen smokers' rights groups and organizations of bartenders or restaurant workers working against smoking bans are sometimes characterized as front groups for the tobacco industry, but it is possible that some of these groups are self-initiated (although the tobacco industry has been known to use restaurant groups as fronts for its own interests).
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Front_groups (770 words)

	Scientology's Front Groups : Cult recruitment tactics
		The Church of Scientology has numerous front groups through which the cult promotes its philosphy and recruits new customers.
		Often, these groups are not upfront about their association with the Scientology business.
		But Patrick Peperstraete, a consultant at the Dutch branch of Silhouet confirmed that, like its sister companies in Denmark and Sweden, Silhouet UK is a member of the World Institution of Scientology Enterprises (Wise).
	www.apologeticsindex.org /s04n.html (384 words)

	Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Of particular interest to this front group is allowing "locking" cigarette vending machines to remain in liquor establishments, in spite of a state law banning such machines.
		The group is active at the local level, as demonstrated by a January 20, 1998 letter from Briant to the Winona County Health Service claiming that "locking" machines comply with the state law.
		This groups was created by Tom Briant to give the appearance of a retail organization dedicated to the responsible handling and sale of tobacco products, especially when it comes to the sale of those products to minors.
	www.smokefreecoalition.org /truth/lobbyists (2122 words)

	Countering The Heritage Front
		In each situation the Heritage Front was attacked in the area of recruitment and the groups responding to the Heritage Front moved beyond reactive demonstration to proactive community outreach and education.
		Another major group active in combating the Heritage Front is Anti-Racist Action (ARA), a Toronto-based coalition of committed opponents to the Front.
		In confrontations in front of courthouses, counter-rallies in Ottawa and Montreal, and in anti-HF marches, they have made it clear to the Front that they will not be tolerated in Canada.
	www.nizkor.org /hweb/orgs/canadian/league-for-human-rights/heritage-front/countering.html (1063 words)

	Ridleybank Resistance Front Groups - The Urban Dead Wiki
		Shortly after the group's inception, it was clear that the RRF's famously fast rate of recruitment meant that the population would soon surpass saturation point.
		With the creation of Group H (Previously the Department Of Homeland Security), the groups were released from the need to rotate defensive duties in Ridleybank, meaning the horde could spread it's arms further than ever before.
		The Ridleybank Resistance Front has a formidable reputation as the most dangerous horde in Malton, and much of this reputation was built by the groups, who have, between them, laid waste to over half of Malton City.
	wiki.urbandead.com /index.php/Ridleybank_Resistance_Front_Groups (414 words)

	Center for Justice & Democracy
		Since 1991, "tort reform" advocates have set up dozens of tax-exempt groups in at least 18 states (currently there are 27 active groups) to plant their "lawsuit abuse" message in the media and the public consciousness, and to influence legislation, the judiciary and jurors.
		While CALA groups tell the media, as well as lawmakers, that they are sustained by small donations from ordinary citizens, the money trail from many of these groups leads directly to large corporate donors, including tobacco, insurance, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical companies, medical associations, and auto manufacturers.
		The CALA blueprint was honed in South Texas in the early 1990s where the first group to carry the "lawsuit abuse" message ran doom and gloom television and radio ads warning that the legal system was out of control, affecting the economy and the pocketbooks of average people.
	www.centerjd.org /lib/cala.htm (1353 words)

	Democrats.com Archive: corporate front groups
		The group, the National Foundation for American Policy is yet another corporate front group whose sole aim is to promote the exploitation of cheap labor under the guise of "free market" principles.
		We are enjoying watching the pitiful show put on by corporate front groups in response to the increasing resistance of liberal AND conservative folk to their self-serving schemes.
		The CGFI is nothing more than a front outfit for the biotech industry, and we have no doubt that if you found a list of donors (which is notable by its absence from their website) you'd find Monsanto topping it.
	archive.democrats.com /preview.cfm?term=corporate+front+groups (4155 words)

	Antienvironmental Front Groups
		The Wise Use movement is a nationwide network of industry lobbies and grassroots front groups that originated during the 80's as an offshoot of the "Sagebrush Rebellion" in rural America.
		They have also set up numerous front groups that disseminate seemingly "scientific" arguments to policy makers while shielding them from the scientific peer-review process that would expose their flaws.
		But whatever their focus, these groups ultimately seek the elimination of virtually all environmental protections - even where public health and safety are involved - in the hope of securing unlimited short-term access to natural resources, property development, or access to the harvest of fish and game.
	www.scottchurchimages.com /enviro/aeref.asp (1355 words)

	THE HUMMINGBIRD CENTRE \| For The Performing Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A 20% non-refundable deposit is required within 3 weeks of a group booking.
		All outstanding balances must be paid in full 6 weeks prior to the event date.
		All group tickets purchased within 6 weeks of the event date must be paid in full at the time of booking
	www.hummingbirdcentre.com /group_malw.html (83 words)

	AllRefer.com - Philippines - Political Organizing and Front Groups \| Philippine (Filipino) Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Through the country, the communists' National United Front Commission operated a wide variety of front groups designed to draw legal left-wing organizations and sympathetic individuals into collaboration with the CPP.
		In some cases, these fronts were widely recognized as communist-controlled, and the party had difficulty attracting and keeping partners because of its dominance.
		In general, the front groups prospered in the mid-1980s as a result of growing opposition to the Marcos government.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/philippines/philippines174.html (855 words)

	Infoshop.org - What you should know about the WWP, IAC and ANSWER
		A "front" group is any group or organization which is created by a parent group, which subsequently hides its involvement with the front group.
		Given that authoritarian sectarian groups tend to stay with the tactics that work for them, it's quite simple to trace the connections between the WWP and A.N.S.W.E.R. Sometimes this is as easy as looking at which groups are individuals are involved when a group starts.
		The beauty of front groups is that they can establish media credibility for a leader who can hide their links with the more politically problematic parent group.
	www.infoshop.org /texts/wwp.html (4959 words)

	slow groups in front - Golf Rewind
		the group in front of them must have finished their round while they were on the 16th hole.
		He was real agressive about playing through (yelling from the tee at the group in front), but he got us to play through three groups and finished 18 in about 3 hours 15 minutes.
		The only time I get angry is when the group in front are obviously high handy cappers but insist on spotting there balls on the green taking for ever to line up a shot and then fat it out 20 yards etc.
	www.golfrewind.com /showthread.php?t=63 (1353 words)

	Consumer Groups Tied to Industry \| Benton Foundation
		A number of lobbying groups that claim to represent consumer interests are backed by phone and cable companies promoting their corporate agendas, according to a report from consumer group Common Cause.
		But such groups, which Common Cause labels "astroturf" because they falsely purport to represent grassroots interests, have proliferated as Congress considers a host of bills that could have sweeping impact on the telecom industry.
		Common Cause named nine lobbying groups that are focusing on possible legislative changes such as whether to allow communities to deploy their own wireless networks that would directly compete with phone and cable companies as well as whether to block network providers from charging content providers to pay for speedy deliver of their services.
	www.benton.org /index.php?q=node/1892 (325 words)

	front groups - Center for Media and Democracy
		The Global Climate Coalition set an early standard for front groups and astroturf, and accused Santer of "scientific cleansing" when the world was reeling from Bosnia's "ethnic cleansing." Now the GCC is defunct and Santer's work has been afffirmed by sophisticated new testing, models and technology.
		An investigation of the group by citizen journalists at SourceWatch and by the Buffalo News blew the VFF claim of non-partisanship out of the water.
		Part of the tobacco industry campaign involves having front groups promoting alternative measures to those proposed by tobacco control groups.
	www.prwatch.org /taxonomy/term/103/9 (1656 words)

	NFN - Rocky Mountain Front, Montana
		With the exception of buffalo, the Front remains prime habitat for all the big game that wowed the Lewis and Clark expedition as it passed through the region two centuries ago.
		But hunting and fishing groups became concerned last year that Bush administration policies on energy exploration and wetlands development were damaging prime hunting and fishing habitat.
		The administration also announced Tuesday that it plans to protect land in the Front by working with private groups to purchase conservation easements on 170,000 acres of ranchland.
	www.nativeforest.org /campaigns/rmf/blackleaf_halted/wa_post_article.htm (547 words)

	SpinWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The two watchdog groups are part of ALTER-EU, a new civil society coalition for enforceable transparency and ethics rules for lobbyists.
		The views of fringe groups who cast doubt on the effects of climate change are being used too prominently in the national press, a leading science body has claimed.
		Forty public policy groups have this in common: They seek to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat.
	www.spinwatch.org /modules.php?name=News&file=categories&op=newindex&catid=5 (745 words)

	DN - Co$ Front Groups Was: I am here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Any of the front groups you know of that are no longer in existance, please mention.
		Front group for the church headed by sci.
		front group CCHR to slam all psychiatrical practices.
	www.sweenytod.com /cos/FrontGroups.html (1848 words)

	EcoProjects - Available Project - Climate change denial: think tanks and front groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Front groups are groups which appear to be disinterested or neutral think tanks or institutes, but which in relality have a strong ideological agenda and are usually funded by fossil fuel industries.
		Their common agenda is to deny the reality of climate change or to suggest that effective action is unnecessary or undesirable.
		It is anticipated that the information might be used in campaigning work to expose the front groups and make their work harder.
	www.che.ac.uk /ecoprojects/index.php/project/project.php?id=264&status=available (156 words)

	Parents of Slain American Teen File Suit Against Hamas Front Groups
		The groups named included the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, a California corporation with a branch office in Illinois, and the Islamic Association for Palestine.
		The Institute claims to be a non-profit group devoted to the publication of Islamic texts.
		However, according to the FBI, the group was a front group for Hamas fund-raising activities.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=431 (630 words)

	The Hindu : Cong. groups clash in front of observer
		Rival groups of Ranga Reddy district unit of the Congress(I) clashed in the presence of the AICC(I) observer, Mr.
		The AICC(I) observer, who was hearing complaints from leaders of the two groups in his third-floor room, was stunned by the commotion that suddenly erupted outside.
		Das was gheraoed by the boisterous supporters of both groups and he walked down the stairs with great difficulty.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/08/30/stories/04302012.htm (410 words)

	front groups - Center for Media and Democracy
		Back in March, Common Cause released "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing," which detailed the activities of nine groups masquerading as think tanks and public interest organizations when in fact they were front groups for telephone and cable companies in the net neutrality debate.
		The Republican lobby group Vets for Freedom is the 2006 equivalent of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the Republican 527 committee whose attack advertisements in battleground states helped sink John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race by smearing him as a phony war hero and a traitor to his country.
		Rick Berman, the corporate lobbyist and front group king who runs Berman and Co. is probably smiling all the way to the bank, no doubt enjoying a prominent profile in USA Today headlined "Got a nasty fight?
	www.prwatch.org /taxonomy/term/103 (1656 words)

	WTO Confrontation Shows Growing Power of Activist Groups \| Worldwatch Institute
		As the powerful proponents of trade liberalization gather for the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Seattle, activists groups are planning their own meetings and demonstrations to fight for labor, health, consumer, and environmental standards threatened by the WTO's current agenda.
		More and more, these groups are operating in extensive, worldwide coalitions, teaming up to give local issues international prominence, or international issues local relevance.
		Faced with unrelenting criticism, Monsanto, one of the most aggressive purveyors of genetically modified crops, recently announced that it was dropping plans to develop its "terminator" seed technology, which would have made it impossible for farmers to save seeds from one season to the next.
	www.worldwatch.org /press/news/1999/10/27 (1009 words)

	Western Mass RAIL Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		RAIL has a few guidelines for its work in the United Front with other organizations which are relevant to specific educational events, rallies and other activities that we carry out together: 1.
		Other groups are not restricted from making statements of political line that contradict RAIL line as long as these are not statements that contradict the points of unity.
		We divide along the lines of leadership: a revisionist front group is one that is led by a revisionist group.
	www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/ma/file.php?railfile=rail_united_front_policy.html (398 words)

	Canadian Public Health Association - Saskatchewan Public Health Association - Presentation to the All-Party Committee ...
		The Tobacco Industry Lobby often uses front groups to infiltrate unsuspecting communities and oppose smoking by-laws.
		A close look should also be given to the source of the pro-smoking groups’ source of funding.
		At least one opponent of the by-law ban smoking in restaurants has admitted working with the tobacco industry but, to date there is no conclusive proof that the local restaurant group has received funding from the tobacco industry.
	www.cpha.ca /english/inside/branches/sask/tobacco/fax.htm (873 words)

	Front Parallel Lift Groups with Quick Coupler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Each individual Integral Lift Group attachment is less expensive than a Stand Alone Lift Group and Attachment combination but it is limited to it's designed job.
		Stand Alone Lift Groups on the other hand are only bought once then they are used with whatever selection of attachments is required to suit changing seasons and conditions.
		Additionally, when no front attachment is required, the Stand Alone Lift Group can be raised out of the way and run bare.
	www.imac.ca /products/mgfront.htm (154 words)

	Front Page
		Intelligence sources in the Eastern Province confirmed the emergence of organised armed Muslim cadres as the government moved in to quell growing tension between the LTTE and Muslim civilians in the area.
		According to residents of the area, these groups are identifying themselves as Mujahadeen, Al-Queda, Osama and Jehad groups.
		The government despatched CID detectives to ascertain whether these groups were organised movements or no more than small gangs operating in self-defence in the face of continuing LTTE excesses against Muslim civilians in the East.
	www.sundaytimes.lk /030824/front/armed.htm (341 words)

	Pharma Financing Front Groups: Political Lobby - Health Supreme
		The groups, which pitch themselves as advocacy groups for senior citizens, but are not obligated to disclose funding sources, apparently used the millions of dollars to broadcast TV ads and send out direct mail brochures supporting political candidates friendly to drug industry interests.
		The key allegation is that the groups undertook enough political activity to breach a prohibition against making political activity their primary purpose.
		Another claim is that all the non-profit groups claimed zero political expenditures to the IRS, asserting instead that their 2002 communications were not intended to influence elections.
	www.newmediaexplorer.org /sepp/2004/09/30/pharma_financing_front_groups_political_lobby.htm (2252 words)

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