I've been looking for a more accurate term for the neofeudalist entities usually described by the propaganda phrase "think tank". Investigate journalist Lucy Hamilton conveniently supplies the phrase "junk tanks";

https://www.3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran/episode/lucy-hamilton-junk-tanks

#podcasts #3CR #YeahNahPasaran #ThinkTanks #JunkTanks

#AtlasNetwork #Murdoch #Rinehart #JunkTanks #AusPol #Election2025
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"The Atlas Network is the organising force that connects “almost 600 think tanks in over 100 countries” to promote big business’s goals. While the head office is not currently funded by fossil fuel, many of the partner organisations continue to be, and fighting climate change science and solutions remain core business for many of them."

"Australia needs a minority government with the crossbench granting it courage to tackle the threats to Australian politics of dark money and shadowy disinformation."

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"Australia’s democracy is at stake." - The Australian Independent Media Network
https://theaimn.net/tim-wilson-secretive-money-and-think-tanks-australias-democracy-is-at-stake/

Knocking off another excellent #yeahNahPasaran episode in which @sexenheimer & @slackbastard chat to journalist Lucy Hamilton & some lines are drawn between various ideological progenitors, origins of #neoLiberal doctrine, propaganda networks; some key ideologues, institutions & their increasing influence on state policy.

Tony Abbott makes an unsurprising appearance as he grasps for relevance.

https://www.3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran/episode/lucy-hamilton-atlas
https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=52290
https://linktr.ee/Lucyham

#junkTanks #antiFascism

What links #RishiSunak, #JavierMilei and #DonaldTrump? The shadowy network behind their policies

The #AtlasNetwork’s #DarkMoney #junktanks are behind #neoliberal policies around the world. And you may find its leaders on a resignation honours list near you
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/06/rishi-sunak-javier-milei-donald-trump-atlas-network
#ToryPoliciesInAction

Ever heard of the #AtlasNetwork or #junktanks ? I never have, and neither of these #hashtags exists on this platform while the first one does on #twitter now known as X. No surprise there.

Read on:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/06/rishi-sunak-javier-milei-donald-trump-atlas-network

#neoliberal

Pleased to see that this hashtag exists on this platform, at present.

What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/06/rishi-sunak-javier-milei-donald-trump-atlas-network?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world”.

And neoliberalism in its more radical form is literally killing nature, while massively concentrating wealth in fewer hands, suppressing ‘dissent’ and increasing social inequality. It’s a recipe for harm.

#junktanks need to go.

The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The mushroom fruit is the visible bit, but all the action takes places underground in the mycelium. Junktanks are part of the mycelium, which seeks to own the forest floor.

#ClimateCrisis #RSPB #junktanks