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A '''front group''' is an advocacy organization founded or funded secretly by another group. It hides or at least downplays the degree of control its sponsoring body wields over it. In U.S. history, many leftist organizations have spawned front groups. | A '''front group''' is an advocacy organization founded or funded secretly by another group. It hides or at least downplays the degree of control its sponsoring body wields over it. In U.S. history, many leftist organizations have spawned front groups. | ||
| − | For example, ExxonSecrets is a project of [[Greenpeace]], the [[ | + | For example, ExxonSecrets is a project of [[Greenpeace]], the radical [[environmental]] group that seeks to ban all or nearly all logging, mining, and cars and trucks in the U.S. [http://www.heartland.org/about/truthsquad.html] |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Communist front]] | ||
| + | *[[Attorney General's list]] | ||
| + | *[[List of Communist publications]] | ||
[[Category: Politics]] | [[Category: Politics]] | ||
Revision as of 01:06, May 1, 2011
A front group is an advocacy organization founded or funded secretly by another group. It hides or at least downplays the degree of control its sponsoring body wields over it. In U.S. history, many leftist organizations have spawned front groups. For example, ExxonSecrets is a project of Greenpeace, the radical environmental group that seeks to ban all or nearly all logging, mining, and cars and trucks in the U.S. [1]