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Organization Web Sites
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American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU)- National organization advocating
individual rights, by litigating, legislating, and educating
the public on a broad array of issues affecting individuals.
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Arms Control
Association- A nonprofit membership-based organization;
an authoritative source on arms control and non-proliferation
issues.
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Bill of Rights
Defense Committee- Source for the national network
of grassroots activists working for the restoration of our
constitutionally guaranteed rights and liberties.
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Dayton Peace Museum
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Friends Committee
on National Legislation (FCNL)- a Quaker lobby
in the public interest.
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Money in State
Politics- Resource Information
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Global Exchange-
A membership human-rights organization dedicated to promoting
social, economic, and environmental justice around the world.
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In the Public Interest is a Resource
Center on privatization and responsible contracting.
It is committed to equipping citizens, public officials,
and public interest groups with the information, ideas,
and other resources they need to ensure that public contracts
with private entities are transparent, fair, well-managed,
and effectively monitored, and that those contracts meet
the long-term needs of communities.
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Move On-
an e-organization for progressive movement, education, advocacy,
and action.
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http://nationalpriorities.org
http://costofwar.com
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Since 1983, the National Priorities Project
has been analyzing and clarifying federal data so that people
can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent.
One service of the National Priorities project is to calculate
the Cost of War in your country, your state, and
your community.
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Center for
Responsive Politics- A guide to the money in U.S.
elections
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Peace Action-
The nation's largest grassroots peace organization, with
85,000 members and more than 100 state and local chapters
in 27 states. Formerly known as SANE/FREEZE, the organization
was formed in 1987 by the merger of the Committee for a
Sane Nuclear Policy founded 1957 and the Nuclear
Weapons Freeze Campaign founded 1981.
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POCLAD (Program
on Corporations, Law, and Democracy) instigates democratic
conversations and actions that contest the authority of
corporations to define our culture, govern our nation, and
plunder the Earth.
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United for
Peace and Justice- A coalition of more than 1,300
local and national groups throughout the U.S. who have joined
together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War
and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare
and empire-building.
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Project Vote
Smart- facts on 40,000 presidential to state legislative
candidates: issue positions, voting records, campaign finances,
public statements, biographical details.
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War Resisters
League- Founded in 1923 WRL advocates Ghandian
nonviolence.
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Witness for
Peace- A politically independent grassroots organization
that supports peace, justice, and sustainable economies
in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate
practices.
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Progressive News Sources
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Common Dreams-
A news service for the progressive community.
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Foreign Policy
in Focus- A think-tank without walls; a joint project
of the International Relations Center and the Institute
for Policy Studies.
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Independent
Media Center- A Collective of independent media
organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots,
non corporate coverage.
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A Project
of the Campaign for America's Future- a news service
with progressive content.
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