#influence

“Leaked files expose Britain’s covert influence campaign in Iraq” by Kit Klarenberg in The Cradle @palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai@palestine@lemmy.ml @iran@iraq@mastodon.social@palestinenews@gts.liberated.press@uk_politics “Leaked documents describe an elaborate campaign built during the war against ISIS, with Baghdad’s youth-oriented news and social media platform Yalla at its center. They detail how a British government contractor planned to use its considerable reach to shape attitudes among Iraqis while keeping London’s role out of sight. The files raise questions about who directed the messaging, who paid for it, and what Yalla’s audience was told about its supposed independence” https://thecradle.co/articles/leaked-files-expose-britains-covert-influence-campaign-in-iraq #Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Britain #Iraq #Influence #Yalla #Covert #Funding #Saatchi #ForeignOffice #BehaviourChange

Climate change is a consequence. Where you look at a problem conditions where you look for a solution. Read ‪@thierryaaron.bsky.social‬: https://sklonger.app/profile/thierryaaron.bsky.social/post/3mhrzbuhf3s2p #advocacy #influence #framing #strategy #publicDiscourse #climate #adaptation #mitigation #rootCause

Calling works.

Most people believe politicians do not listen. BUT

'The thresholds that move these offices are correspondingly small:

• 10 calls in an hour catches attention
• 50 calls in a day pulls the senior team
• 100 calls in a day clears every other item off the docket
• 1,000 calls creates a record the office cannot ignore, and will surface in the next election cycle.

One real phone call outweighs hundreds of templated messages.'

#Politics #Influence #Impact https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/do-your-phone-calls-and-emails-matter

Amnesty International had a report that accurately called out J.K. Rowling's institutional attack on trans women. The success writer successfully bullied the human rights organization into taking down the report. The move is so repulsive and such a display of her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution. The decision also makes me wonder how the most settled NGO responds to pressure. https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/13/amnesty-international-uk-jk-rowling-beiras-place/ #cultureWars #influence #radFems #radicalFeminists #JKRowling #transRights #AmnestyInternational #institutionsDeceive #NGOs

If there exists #corporations in our modern world, with net value/revenue equal to, or higher than some #countries and #governments, what makes You #think that those corporations are not part of, and do not have #influence over governments, or don't cooperate with them ? We need to wake up and see, that consumerism and corporations go far above selling and buying, and that they are equally a part of how our countries function, and how we are being influenced in variety of ways. #foodforthought #bigcorp #countries #socialsciences #humansciences #anthropology #consumerism #modernworld #freedom #money #economy