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ADDAMEER: Prisoners Support
and Human Rights Association ADDAMEER (conscience) is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Established in 1992 by a group of activists interested in human rights, the center's activities focus on offering support for Palestinian prisoners, advocating the rights of political prisoners, and working to end torture through monitoring, legal procedures and solidarity campaigns. Al Mezan Center for Human
Rights Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is a Palestinian non-governmental organization, with its main office located in Jabalia, . The Center aims to encourage the protection, promotion and respect of human rights in the Occupied Territories, especially economic, cultural and social rights, through a wide range of activities. Electronic Intifada The Electronic Intifada project (EI) is an online educational gateway to information about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, produced by a small network of activists with a history of Internet and alternative media development. EI undertakes research, and compiles and publishes reference material, commentary & analysis, personal journals from the frontlines of the conflict, media news and analysis, and even satire. Innovative Minds - Boycott
Israel Campaign People of good conscience have chosen to boycott israeli products and companies supporting the zionist entity. Their ethical purchasing decision however is frustrated by the lack of accurate information as to which companies to boycott. We have carried out extensive research to identify the guilty companies. All our findings are provided here. Jerusalem Independent Media
Center Alternative news from Palestine. Palestine Children's Welfare
Fund Palestine Children's Welfare Fund is a charitable organization established to improve the living standards of children in Palestine, with better educational opportunities, healthcare and well-being. The group works in close coordination with the Union of Health Workers Committees in Gaza, an organization that operates Alawda hospital in Gaza, the largest hospital in Gaza, and several other clinics throughout the occupied territories of Palestine. We also work with the Holy Land Trust to help the artisans and the women of Palestine by promoting their art and production of embroidery and olive wood in the United States and throughout the world. Site includes sale of these products. Palestinian Center for Human
Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. RamallahOnline The RamallahOnline (ROL) website
was first launched 29-Feb-2000. The site was first devoted to information
about Ramallah, Palestine, the history and culture of the area. Over the
years RamallahOnline has expanded to include news, viewpoints and testimonials
from many contributors. Welcome to Palestine! Information on the land, people, news, business, hstory and culture of Palestine. |
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Baghdad Independent Media
Center Alternative news from and about Iraq. Electronic Iraq Electronic Iraq is a news portal on the US-Iraq crisis published by respected Middle East alternative news publishers, The Electronic Intifada (EI) and incorporating on the ground reports from veteran antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness. |
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Amnesty International: Colombia
Page Reports and actions around human rights in Colombia. Colombia Action Network The AWC was among the organizations that helped to found the Colombia Action Network (CAN). The CAN helped to lead a national boycott of Killer Coke, brings speakers from Colombia's social movement and organizes solidarity delegations from the U.S. to visit Colombia. Center for International
Policy: Colombia Project The CIP mission is promoting a U.S. foreign policy based on international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for basic human rights. This is the page for their Colombia Project, though they have other info as well. Colombia Independent Media Alternative news from and about Colombia. Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera The U.S. has Colombian guerrilla Ricardo Palmera in custody on trumped up charges of terrorism and drug trafficking. His case is just the latest round of U.S. intervention in Colombia, and another stumbling block on the road to a negotiated and just end to the civil war. National Indigenous Organization
of Colombia (ONIC) La Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia - ONIC, pensada como una gran "maloka" de los Pueblos Indígenas del país, surgió en 1982 como resultado de un consenso de las comunidades y pueblos indígenas colombianos reunidos en el I Congreso Indígena Nacional. (Spanish only.) U.S. Fumigation.Org Indigenous leaders and scientists caution that aerial fumigation of drug crops with chemical herbicides could seriously threaten the health of Amazonian ecosystems that are among the most diverse in the world. Studies show that fumigation abroad will not decrease drug use in the US. This website includes news, analysis and scientific studies. |
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BAYAN - New Patriotic Alliance Bagon Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) was established in May 1985. It brought together more than one thousand grassroots organizations with a total membership of more than one million, representing different classes and sectors committed to Filipino people's struggle for national freedom and democracy. Common Dreams Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future. Founded in 1997, we are committed to being on the cutting-edge of using the internet as a political organizing tool - and creating new models for internet activism. Their site has an eclectic mix of politics, issues and breaking news with an emphasis on progressive perspectives that are increasingly hard to find with our corporate-dominated media. Institute for Global Communications The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) hosts the global computer networks PeaceNet, EcoNet, WomensNet, ConflictNet, LaborNet and AntiRacismNet. These have become trademark names in the struggle for democratic use of the media and the world's communications infrastructure. July 27th Armistice to Peace
Campaign This July 27th marks the 50th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, which concluded open fighting without a permanent peace treaty between the United States and north Korea. For fifty years, Koreans have lived in fear of renewed aggression. Now, more than ever, as tensions between these two nations grow, it is time to truly end the Korean War. On this anniversary Koreans and peace activists from around the world will come together in Washington D.C. to demand an end to current hostilities and the beginning of just negotiations towards true reconciliation. This website includes background on Korea. Korea Web Weekly An independent, non-partisan, non-profit web on all things Korean: Her history, culture, economy, politics and military. Middle East Research and
Information Project Middle East Report provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources. The magazine has developed a reputation for independent analysis of events and developments in the Middle East. MERIP has maintained one of the most informative websites on Middle East politics, culture and society. Mother Jones Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting. They have a magazine, as well as this website. The People's Korea News from and about the Korean Peninsula, including history, culture and foreign relations. Washington Office on Latin
America Promotes human rights, democracy and social and economic justice in Latin America. Z Net Z Magazine's ZNet is a continuous town meeting and intellectual and activist service center for large sectors of the progressive community. It is a place to... get useful information, exchange ideas, develop new political programs and unity, engage in online activism, acclimate to and learn new technologies, meet new people, enjoy and educate yourself, and browse the WWW with extensive guidance. |
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CircleVision CircleVision, the Justice and Peace Community in Minnesota, works to inform and educate by providing the connections between justice and peace issues, while connecting individuals and organizations. We advocate the use of all nonviolent actions, from political lobbying to supporting or engaging in civil disobedience. CircleVision contains over 2,000 images of progressive events since 1999. KFAI Fresh Air Radio KFAI is a volunteer-based community radio station that exists to broadcast information, arts and entertainment programming for a Twin Cities audience of diverse racial, social and economic backgrounds. By providing a voice for people ignored or misrepresented by mainstream media, KFAI increases understanding between peoples and communities, and fosters the values of democracy and social justice within its listening area. Women Against Military Madness WAMM is a nonviolent feminist organization, based in the Twin Cities, that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination and justice through education and empowerment of women. WAMM's purpose is to dismantle systems of militarism and global oppression. |
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Colorado Communities for
Justice and Peace The “movement for justice
and peace” gained significant strength and numbers during the last
two years in confronting the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, attacks on
democracy and freedom, affronts to economic justice and the environment.
This is a statewide coalition in Colorado. Committee for Social Justice
in Colombia The Committee for Social Justice in Colombia is a coalition of students, workers, social activists, and members of the Colombian immigrant community living in the New York City area that was formed to promote education and activism and advocate for the enforcement of labor rights and human rights in Colombia. QUIT! Queers Undermining
Israeli Terrorism As queers, we are part of an international movement for human rights that encompasses the movement for Palestinian liberation, and all other liberation movements. We are also part of the growing international movement seeking active ways to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine. Based in San Francisco. Rocky Mountain Peace &
Justice Center Created in the spirit of unconditional nonviolence, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center is dedicated to research, education and action in nonviolence as a way of life and as a means for personal and social change. Stop US Tax-funded Aid to
Israel Now! Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! SUSTAIN is a non-hierarchical, grassroots organization committed to supporting and sustaining the Palestinian movement for justice, human rights and self-determination. The United States government supports Israeli violations of Palestinian national and human rights militarily, economically, and ideologically. The most tangible form of this support is the massive tax-funded aid that goes to Israel. We are committed to building a campaign against US military and economic aid to Israel so that US tax-dollars do not support the abuse of human rights. |
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50 Years is Enough Campaign
A coalition of over 200 organizations
committed to the fundamental transformation of the IMF and World Bank.
50 years refers to the time period since the current international financial
structure was set up by the “winners” in the wake of World War
II. Al-Awda: Palestine Right
to Return Coalition The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (Al-Awda is Arabic for "THE RETURN") is a broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists and organizational representatives concerned for the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return. The purposes for which PRRC is formed are educational and charitable and relate to human rights of Palestinian Refugees. Al Fatiha Foundation Al-Fatiha Foundation is dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, those exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity, and their allies, families and friends. Al-Fatiha promotes the progressive Islamic notions of peace, equality and justice. We envision a world that is free from prejudice, injustice and discrimination, where all people are fully embraced and accepted into their faith, their families and their communities. Citizens Network on Essential
Services This organization works to
democratize national and global governance by supporting citizens' groups
that are engaged in influencing policy decisions about basic services:
water, power, education, and health care. Colombia Human Rights Network The Network's activities are directed at defending and promoting human rights in Colombia through coalition building between organizations in the United States and in Colombia. Since its inception, the Network has sponsored visits by numerous grass-roots community activists and human rights workers from various regions of Colombia. Colombia Support Network Colombia Support Network is a grassroots organization created to give solidarity to the Colombian people through sister city projects, delegations and petitions to educate members of the U.S. government. Committee in Solidarity
wIth the People of El Salvador (CISPES) CISPES has been working since 1980 in solidarity with the FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) and the Salvadoran social justice movement to promote an alternative to the oppressive US-backed policies of the Salvadoran right. Today, a decade after the signing of the Salvadoran Peace Accords, the struggle for a more just society continues on many socio-economic fronts. CISPES currently works within the solidarity and anti-corporate globalization movements, to build a cross-border movement that can confront the injustices of the neoliberal economic model that is ravaging El Salvador and much of the globe. Derechos - Human Rights Derechos - Human Rights is the first internet based human rights organization. Our purpose is to work for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators. We use the internet as our primary information and communication tool. Derechos works with human rights organizations in Latin America and the world to bring you accurate and timely information on the human rights situation in their countries, as well as opportunities to help. Draft Registration Freeze This site is specifically encouraging
resistance to the registration laws of the United States, seeing registration
as the necessary step toward conscription (the draft). We are what the
Selective Service calls 'anti-war intellectuals.' We see the direct link
between registration, the draft, and aggressive war. Remember, non- registration
is the strategy to beat the draft. If enough of us refuse, there is nothing
they can do! East Timor Action Network ETAN provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor, which was invaded and subjugated by U.S. ally Indonesia in 1975. East Timor chose independence in August 1999 and was soon destroyed by the Indonesian military. East Timor finally became independent on May 20, 2002. ETAN advocates justice for past rights abuses, return of refugees and democratic reconstruction of East Timor. Institute for Food and Development
Policy Also known as Food First, this is a member-supported, nonprofit peoples think tank and education-for-action center. International ANSWER (Act
Now to Stop War and End Racism) ANSWER has organized several national demonstrations in Washington DC, and their website has information, activist resources, for resisting U.S. militarism, war, and corporate greed, linking with struggles against racism and oppression within the United States. The International Solidarity
Movement The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. We utilize nonviolent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies. Latin America Working Group The Latin America Working Group (LAWG) is a coalition of over sixty religious, human rights, policy, grassroots and development organizations. Since 1983, the coalition has been striving for U.S. policies that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in the region. Peace Brigades International Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts. When invited, we send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict. The volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence. Perpetrators of human rights abuses usually do not want the world to witness their actions. The presence of volunteers backed by a support network helps to deter violence. We create space for local activists to work for social justice and human rights. Protest.Net Protest.Net is a site to help progressive activists by providing a central place where the times and locations of protests and meetings can be posted. I can't possibly keep up with all the actions, so if you find about a protest or meeting, please post that information. Support Network for an Armed
Forces Union SNAFU is a group of veterans, students and working people against war. We provide support for U.S. military personnel and their family members who have questions about or oppose unjust wars and military aggression. SNAFU also educates potential recruits about their rights, recruiter abuses and the reality of military life. Voices for Creative Nonviolence Voices for Creative Nonviolence has deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws upon the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and U.N. against the Iraqi people between 1990 and 2003. Why War? Why War? works to activate a broad, global movement for peace and justice based on the principles of nonviolence. To this end, our work is focused on delivering vital news, analysis and strategy to those searching for an answer to the most pressing issue of today: Why War? Witness Against Torture Witness Against Torture started as a group of friends who walked to Guantanamo to visit the prisoners, to perform a work of mercy, to respond to the victims of the war on terrorism. Once we returned from that journey, we began to organize more broadly to shut down Guantanamo, working with interfaith, human rights and activists organizations. We have planned a series of nonviolent direct actions to expose and decry the administration's lawlessness, build awareness about torture and indefinite detention amongst Americans and forge human ties with the prisoners at Guantanamo and their families. |
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