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Ruckus Society
Working with a broad range of communities, organizations, and movements - from high school students
to professional organizations - Ruckus facilitates the sharing of information and expertise that
strengthens the capacity to change our relationship with the environment and each other.
Ruckus
Rutgers University Campaign for Divestment from Israeli Apartheid
We are a group of concerned students, faculty, staff and alumni of Rutgers University, along with
residents of New Jersey, raising our voices together to declare that the ongoing oppression and
occupation of the Palestinian people and their land shall not take place in our name, with our money, or
with our implied support. Across the country and internationally, thousands of groups and individuals are
calling for an end to the economic support of the State of Israel that enables it to continue its apartheid
practices and brutal military occupation, in violation of human rights and international law. We join those
people of conscience to call upon Rutgers University to remove its financial investments from Israeli
corporations and corporations who do business with Israel, with a special emphasis on armaments firms
and others who directly support Israels oppressive regime.
RUCDIA
The Rutgers University Women's Center
(RUWC) is located on the third floor of the Douglass College Center. The center is the only identified safe
space for the women of Rutgers University. It is their space to: hang out, organize, engage in activism,
think, meet, rest, express oneself, create, work, and be. The RUWC is dedicated to providing women with
access to an extensive and diverse array of consolidated resources, including circulating and non-
circulating libraries, a 'zine library, legal/medical/political referral information, magazine subscriptions,
and women's issues research files. Our aim is to support individual and collective women's voices
through weekly organizational meetings and social, political, and educational events, which
offer the possibility for networking, coalition building, community activism, personal growth and skills
development.
RUWC
School of the Americas Watch
The School of the Americas (SOA), in 2001 renamed the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security
Cooperation,” is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Initially established in Panama in 1946, it was kicked out of that country in 1984 under the terms of the
Panama Canal Treaty. Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas
was the “biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.” The SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of
Assassins,” has left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned.
Over its 56 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency
techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation
tactics. These graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war against their own people.
Among those targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student
leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have
been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained
at the School of Assassins.
SOAW
Seeds for Hope
(SFH) is a Christian development organization, that is devoted to serving the needs of Africa's poorest
communities. Our goal is to help bring people into a living relationship with Christ through a ministry of
christian witness and material support following in the example of our Lord who teaches us "let us not
love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth." (I Jn 3:18). SFH is committed to fostering
independence and development with the intended purpose of breaking the cycle of poverty that plagues
developing countries. We labor to improve the quality of living of the poor by working with them
holistically addressing their material, emotional and spiritual needs and helping them reach their dreams.
Seed for Hope
SmartMeme
works to promote a holistic vision of grassroots social change linking struggles for democracy, justice
and ecological sanity. We help build grassroots movements and amplify their impact with new strategy
and training resources, values based communication tools and "meme" campaigning. Learn more about
our vision.
Smart
Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture
is the country's only national not-for-profit organization that promotes progressive speakers and artists
on campuses and in communities. Committed to social, political, cultural and economic justice, Speak Out
encourages critical and imaginative thinking about domestic and international issues through artistic
and educational forums nationwide.
Speak Out
Still We Rise
We are individuals from all walks of life, organized through nonprofit organizations who are united in the
advancement of human rights, social, racial and economic justice. We are united in the fight against the
conditions that create and fuel poverty, homelessness, AIDS, the dismantling of our civil rights & civil
liberties, and the social safety-net.
Still We Rise
Students Active For Ending Rape
SAFER is a national non-profit organization committed to empowering students to hold colleges
accountable for sexual assault in their on and off campus communities. SAFER trains students in
effective organizing tactics and challenges them to examine the overlapping links between sexual
assault and all forms of individual and institutional violence
SAFER
Students for a Free Tibet
(SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We
are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education,
grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to
political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for
social justice.
SFT
TXTMob
isa free service that lets you quickly and easily share txt messages with friends, comrades, and total
strangers. The format is similar to an email b-board system. You can sign up to send and receive
messages from various groups, which are organized around a range of different topics.
TxTmob
The Center for World Indigenous Studies
(CWIS) is an independent, non-profit [U.S. 501(c)(3)] research and education organization dedicated to
wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the
social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations.
CWIS
TIME'S UP!
is a New York City-based not-for-profit direct-action environmental group that uses events and
educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. TIME'S UP! campaigns support
objectives shared globally and locally by people like you. We're community based and all volunteer.
TIME'S UP!
MECA
is committed to protecting and advocating for the rights of all people, especially children. Our work is
rooted in a deep sense of justice and we have a commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and international and humanitarian law. Since 1988 MECA has brought over $8 million of much
needed relief to besieged communities in Iraq and Palestine through emergency medical aid and direct
aid to families and communities. MECA also supports children’s clinics and family mental
health projects in various refugee camps thought the Occupied West Bank and Gaza, and supports
community projects for children including, playgrounds, children’s libraries and youth centers. In line
with our commitment to fighting for justice, MECA supports Palestinian and Israeli organizations and
movements, fighting for political, social and economic equality for the Palestinian people as well as Iraqi
and international movements and organizations working to secure justice for the Iraqi
people.
MECA
The Multiracial Activist
(TMA) is a libertarian oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties issues of interest to to
individuals who perceive themselves to be "biracial" or "multiracial," "interracial" couples/families and
"transracial" adoptees.
The Multiracial Activist
The New York City People’s Consultation
on the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA) is a grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals that is part of the national and
hemisphere-wide Global Justice and Fair Trade movement to stop so-called “Free Trade” agreements
like the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the FTAA. These agreements are now being
negotiated in secret by governments and multinational corporations. Our aim is to reclaim democratic
control over this decision-making process by raising awareness, organizing concerned people, and
showing elected leaders - through a referendum - just how many people are against these pro-
corporate, anti-labor, anti-environment, anti-democratic agreements.
NYFTAA
North Star Fund
Founded in 1979, North Star is a unique partnership of donors and community activists dedicated to
building a permanent institutional and financial base for progressive social change. Since its inception,
North Star has awarded millions of dollars to more than 1,000 community-based organizations. The North
Star Fund takes its name from the anti-slavery newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass in 1847.
Douglass, a former slave, prominent abolitionist, and supporter of women's rights, named the paper after
the star that guided the runaway slaves north to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Each year
North Star presents the Frederick Douglass Awards to honor individuals or organizations whose work
exemplifies the continuing struggle for social justice.
North Star
National Organization for Women New York City
Our chapter works towards equality for women with a focus on several key issues: battling racism and
violence against women, guaranteeing reproductive rights, advocating lesbian and bisexual rights,
fighting for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and generally working towards economic,
educational, and political equity. The chapter provides educational outreach and takes part in political
lobbying, zap actions and demonstrations in response to various social situations. The Service Fund of
NOW-NYC also offers referrals, support groups, and clinics for women in need. NOW-NYC, 150 West 28th
Street, Suite 304, New York, New York
NOW
OCAP
is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We mount campaigns
against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working people. In addition, we provide
direct-action advocacy for individuals against eviction, termination of welfare benefits, and deportation.
We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance. Short
History of OCAP
OCAP
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The United Nations vision is of a world in which the human rights of all are fully respected and enjoyed in
conditions of global peace. The High Commissioner works to keep that vision to the forefront through
constant encouragement of the international community and its member States to uphold universally
agreed human rights
standards.
OHCHR
The Open Society Institute
(OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic
governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a
range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the
same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating
corruption and rights abuses.
OSI
Iraq Occupation Watch
An international coalition of peace and justice groups, together with Iraqi counterparts, has launched a
Baghdad-based International Occupation Watch Center and the website www.occupationwatch.org. The
purpose of Occupation Watch is to, Monitor the economic and reconstruction policies under occupation,
including the activities of international corporations, and advocate for the Iraqis' right to control their
own resources, especially oil, Pressure the occupying forces to fulfill their financial responsibilities to
rebuild Iraq; Monitor the political transition to Iraqi self-rule. Ect.
IOW
Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
is a charitable organization established by individuals whose goals are to improve the living standards of
children in Palestine. These supporters provide Palestinian children living in refugee camps with better
educational opportunities, healthcare and well-being. The services provided by the PCWF promote and
ensure a bright promising future for each child without violence, hatred, or discrimination.
PCWF
Parents of Murdered Children Inc
POMC® makes the difference through on-going emotional support, education, prevention, advocacy, and
awareness.
Parents of Murdered Children Inc
Population Action International
(PAI) is an independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and
financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights. Founded in 1965, PAI
is a private, non-profit group and accepts no government funds.
PAI
RANT
works to develop capacity within global justice movements to carry out creative, effective nonviolent
direct actions to dismantle unjust systems, institutions and corporations while building power for our
movements. We offer training and direct organizer support as well as educational pieces.
RANT
Reporters Without Borders
More than a third of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom. Reporters
Without Borders works constantly to restore their right to be informed. Fourty-two media professionals
lost their lives in 2003 for doing what they were paid to do -- keeping us informed. Today, more than 130
journalists around the world are in prison simply for doing their job. In Nepal, Eritrea and China, they can
spend years in jail just for using the "wrong" word or photo. Reporters Without Borders believes
imprisoning or killing a journalist is like eliminating a key witness and threatens everyone's right to be
informed. It has been fighting such practices for more than 18 years.
RWB
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
(SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine our gender identity and expression,
regardless of income, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence.
SRLP
Sista II Sista
(SIIS) is a Brooklyn-wide community-based organization located in Bushwick. We are a collective of
working-class young and adult Black and Latina women building together to model a society based on
liberation and love. Our organization is dedicated to working with young women to develop personal,
spiritual and collective power. We are committed to fighting for justice and creating alternatives to the
systems we live in by making social, cultural and political change.
Sista II Sista
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.
SNAFU
Tibet.com
Information on the legacy of Tibet.
Tibet.com
The Department of Labor
fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by
improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting
their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective
bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In
carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that
guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime
pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
The DOL
Tolerance.org
is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead,
communities that value diversity. If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your school,
your workplace or your community, Tolerance.org is a place to start — and continue — the journey.
Tolerance.org
United Nations Human Rights Treaties
The U.N. treaty system definitively establishes the legitimacy of international interest in the protection of
human rights. It is undisputed that sovereignty is limited with respect to human rights. International
supervision is valid and states are accountable to international authorities for domestic acts affecting
human rights. The treaty standards are the benchmark for assessment and concern. Over the last
decade ratifications in the treaty system and acceptance of communication procedures have risen
exponentially. What began as an assertion of a few, is now a global proclamation of entitlements of the
victims of human rights abuse. Furthermore, this participation by states has been voluntary. The
obligations of the human rights treaties have been freely assumed. It is the legal character of these
rights which places them at the core of the international system of human rights protection. For these
rights generate corresponding legal duties upon state actors, to protect against, prevent, and remedy
human rights violations.
U.N. Treaties
United for Peace and Justice
is a coalition of more than 650 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined
together to oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. Since our
founding in October 2002, UFPJ has spurred hundreds of protests and rallies around the country, and
organized the two largest demonstrations against the Iraq war. As part of a February 15 global day of
protest, "The World Says No to War" UFPJ organized a rally at the United Nations that drew more than
500,000 participants. Two days after the bombing of Iraq began, UFPJ mobilized more than 300,000 people
for a protest march down Broadway in New York City. A May 2003 teach-in organized by UFPJ about war
and empire drew a standing-room-only crowd of 2,000 to Washington, DC to hear Arundhati Roy, Howard
Zinn, Edward Said and other prominent speakers.
United for Peace and Justice
United Students Against Sweatshops
is an international student movement of campuses and individual students fighting for sweatshop free
labor conditions and workers’ rights. We define “sweatshop” broadly and recognize that it is not limited
to the apparel industry, but everywhere among us. We believe that university standards should be
brought in line with those of its students who demand that their school’s logo is emblazoned on clothing
made in decent working conditions. We have fought for these beliefs by demanding that our universities
adopt ethically and legally strong codes of conduct, full public disclosure of campany information and
truly independent verification systems to ensure that sweatshop conditions are not happening.
Ultimately, we are using our power as students to affect the larger industry that thrives in secrecy,
exploitation, and the power relations of a flawed system.
USAS
United Nation's Children's Fund
UNICEF are the leading advocate for children’s rights, active in 158 countries and territories around the
world.
UNICEF
U.S. Commission on Human Rights
MISSION; To investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by
reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent
practices. To study and collect information relating to discrimination or a denial of equal protection of the
laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in
the administration of justice. To appraise federal laws and policies with respect to discrimination or
denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national
origin, or in the administration of justice. To serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect
to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age,
disability, or national origin. To submit reports, findings, and recommendations to the President and
Congress. To issue public service announcements to discourage discrimination or denial of equal
protection of the laws.
USCHR
Unitarian Universalism Association for Advocacy
In 2001, the newly elected president of the UUA, Rev. William Sinkford, established a goal of increasing
the visibility of Unitarian Universalism in the public sphere. Accomplishing this goal has meant some re-
structuring of the UUA, including the expansion of the UUA Washington Office for Advocacy. The
Washington Office for Advocacy represents UU perspectives to the U.S. Congress and Administration on
legislative and public policy matters. The Office works on both urgent policy issues and long-term goals,
as articulated in social witness positions passed by the General Assembly. The Director also works with
the Commission on Social Witness (CSW) to facilitate study and action on the social justice statements
which are in process.
UUA
War Resisters League
Across the political spectrum left, right and center, everyone says they want peace. Too often they also
want a gun, an army, or a bomb to ensure they get the "right kind of peace." War Resisters League is
unique because we believe, to quote the late A.J. Muste, "There is no way to peace — peace is the way."
We reject the use of violence for national defense or for revolutionary change. Deeply influenced by the
teachings of the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, as well as Thoreau, Tolstoy, King, Deming, and others,
War Resisters League believes war is a crime against humanity. We use peaceful means to create a
society that is democratic, free of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. The methods we use range
from education to demonstrations to lobbying to nonviolent direct action-at all times trying to see those
we oppose not as enemies, but as sisters and brothers.
War Resist
The War Profiteers
website is maintained and updated by Corpwatch, an organization based in Oakland, California, that
counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. The orginal site
was created by the Ruckus Society, an organization that specializes in engaging nonviolent direct action,
also based in Oakland, California.The War Profiteers card deck was created by an independent crew of
activists-educators, journalists, designers, organizers, techies and others-disturbed by the obscene
concentration of power in the hands of an elite few who control the world's wealth and manipulate
democracy through governments and corporations. Warprofiteers.com and the corresponding deck of
cards is our way of drawing attention to those institutions and individuals who view war, death,
repression and violence as 'a safe bet.' We are here to call their bluff.
The War Profiteers
World Peace Council
The first World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace convened in Wroclaw, Poland on 6 August 1948 and
made an appeal for the struggle for peace the world over to be organized. On 20 April 1949 the first
World Congress of Peace Forces, convened simultaneously in Paris and Prague. A decision was taken
during this Congress to found the World Peace Council, and a year later this decision was implemented
in Warsaw, with the French academician and Nobelist Frederic Joliot Curie its first president.The first
campaign organized by the WPC was to collect signatures worldwide on a petition demanding the
abolition of atomic weapons. The WPC then continued its struggle against the arms race and for a
nuclear test ban. It played a leading part in stopping the aggressive war waged by the US against
Vietnam. In the seventies the WPC organized a global campaign against the production of the neutron
bomb, announced by US president Carter. The WPC made a decisive contribution to world dιtente and
peace by signing the Final Act of Helsinki. It took initiatives both in Europe and worldwide against NATO’s
deployment of Pershing and Cruise missiles in Europe. It has also promoted the concept of nuclear - free
zones being established in Europe and elsewhere. Initiatives were likewise taken by the WPC to
denounce the US decision on Star Wars. Since 1991 the WPC has been waging a struggle against the
New World Order
WPC
ww3artsinaction
is an independent collective of artists dedicated to using our work as a voice for peace in the face of
endless war, and to protest injustices such as corporate globalization, economic colonialism, and the
growth of the prison industry. We utilize diverse expressions: murals, banners, posters, illustrations and
street theater, in conjunction with direct action strategies, to communicate our message with optimal
impact. We are interested in collaborating with other activist groups that share our concerns. Please
contact us if you would like us to collaborate with your group in the production of a traffic-stopping
banner, a mural that speaks for peace 24/7, or posters that will get your message out with a graphic
shout.
ww3
Veterans For Peace
is a national organization founded in 1985. It is structured around a national office in Saint Louis, MO and
comprised of members across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members. There is an
annual convention in August for members from across the nation. Members receive periodic VFP
publications. The organization includes men and women veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the
Gulf War, other conflicts and peactime veterans. Our collective experience tells us wars are easy to start
and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent. Thus, other means of problem solving are
necessary.
Veterans
Vote To Impeach
A website dedicated to the impeachment of the President.
IMPEACH
Youth Solidarity Summer's
YSS-NY is a volunteer collective of artists, activists, educators and students providing alternate
education for South Asian youth since 1997. Youth Solidarity Summer's mission is to provide radical
political education for young activists of South Asian descent. YSS aims to build a movement of youth
activists engaged in anti-oppression work, and to create a forum to share organizational and political
strategies. The long-term goal of the program is to create solidarity among a new generation of activists
fighting for social justice.
YSS
We the World
Our purpose is to greatly increase public involvement in creating a peaceful, sustainable world that
works for all. We hope you will join us in this endeavor!
We The World
The Young Communist League
The Young Communist League, USA is a multi-racial, working-class organization made up of youth who
believe we can build a better world. We come from a variety of backgrounds, just like the young people
of our country: we are employed and unemployed workers, we are high school and college students, we
are Black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American, we are gay and straight, we are women and men.
YCLUSA
Young Democratic Socialist
We are a diverse collective, informed and inspired by a variety of movements and figures in the long
struggle for social justice. From the American labor movement, to the fight for civil rights, from European
Social Democracy to women's liberation, the Young Democratic Socialists takes lessons and hope from
the wide history of our progressive project. But YDS is not a theoretical debating society. We are proud
of our heritage as socialists, but don't get bogged down in endless arguments about how many Karl Marx
books can fit on the head of a pin. We are the nation's largest socialist student and youth organization,
but unlike many socialist groups, we don't think we are the end-all-be-all of progressive politics in
America. We work in coalitions, as a principled ally of a variety of struggles. We work to be a socialist
voice within the left, but don't think that we should tell other movements that we have all the answers.
We want to see a progressive, democratic majority in the US, and work in good faith to build that majority.
Progressive Democrats, queer activists, people of color, Greens, labor activists, feminists, we have
come together because we don't think there is currently room in US politics for our vision of a society
based on solidarity, instead of greed. We are going to make that room.
YDS
Zapatista
Emiliano Zapata was born in the village of San Miguel Anencuilco in the state of Morelos on the 8th of
August 1879 The son of a 'strong farmer', Zapata grew up to become the most famous leader of the
Mexican Revolution. Like Connolly or the Ladies' Land League in Ireland, Zapata is paid much lip service
by the Mexican establishment, but his revolutionary ideas are ignored by those who inherited the power
won in the Revolution. A gifted organiser, Zapata also spoke Náhuatl, his local indigenous language.
Elected leader of his village in 1909, Zapata began recruiting an insurgent army even before the
Revolution beginning in 1910 which overthrew the dictator Porfirio Díaz. The links between the
dictatorship and the U.S.A., combined with Mexico's colonial past, gave rise to much 'revolutionary
nationalism' - revolution as defence of the nation - which is still a vibrant force today.
Zapatista Revolution
Zapatista
Working with a broad range of communities, organizations, and movements - from high school students
to professional organizations - Ruckus facilitates the sharing of information and expertise that
strengthens the capacity to change our relationship with the environment and each other.
Ruckus
Rutgers University Campaign for Divestment from Israeli Apartheid
We are a group of concerned students, faculty, staff and alumni of Rutgers University, along with
residents of New Jersey, raising our voices together to declare that the ongoing oppression and
occupation of the Palestinian people and their land shall not take place in our name, with our money, or
with our implied support. Across the country and internationally, thousands of groups and individuals are
calling for an end to the economic support of the State of Israel that enables it to continue its apartheid
practices and brutal military occupation, in violation of human rights and international law. We join those
people of conscience to call upon Rutgers University to remove its financial investments from Israeli
corporations and corporations who do business with Israel, with a special emphasis on armaments firms
and others who directly support Israels oppressive regime.
RUCDIA
The Rutgers University Women's Center
(RUWC) is located on the third floor of the Douglass College Center. The center is the only identified safe
space for the women of Rutgers University. It is their space to: hang out, organize, engage in activism,
think, meet, rest, express oneself, create, work, and be. The RUWC is dedicated to providing women with
access to an extensive and diverse array of consolidated resources, including circulating and non-
circulating libraries, a 'zine library, legal/medical/political referral information, magazine subscriptions,
and women's issues research files. Our aim is to support individual and collective women's voices
through weekly organizational meetings and social, political, and educational events, which
offer the possibility for networking, coalition building, community activism, personal growth and skills
development.
RUWC
School of the Americas Watch
The School of the Americas (SOA), in 2001 renamed the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security
Cooperation,” is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Initially established in Panama in 1946, it was kicked out of that country in 1984 under the terms of the
Panama Canal Treaty. Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas
was the “biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.” The SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of
Assassins,” has left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned.
Over its 56 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency
techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation
tactics. These graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war against their own people.
Among those targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student
leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have
been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained
at the School of Assassins.
SOAW
Seeds for Hope
(SFH) is a Christian development organization, that is devoted to serving the needs of Africa's poorest
communities. Our goal is to help bring people into a living relationship with Christ through a ministry of
christian witness and material support following in the example of our Lord who teaches us "let us not
love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth." (I Jn 3:18). SFH is committed to fostering
independence and development with the intended purpose of breaking the cycle of poverty that plagues
developing countries. We labor to improve the quality of living of the poor by working with them
holistically addressing their material, emotional and spiritual needs and helping them reach their dreams.
Seed for Hope
SmartMeme
works to promote a holistic vision of grassroots social change linking struggles for democracy, justice
and ecological sanity. We help build grassroots movements and amplify their impact with new strategy
and training resources, values based communication tools and "meme" campaigning. Learn more about
our vision.
Smart
Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture
is the country's only national not-for-profit organization that promotes progressive speakers and artists
on campuses and in communities. Committed to social, political, cultural and economic justice, Speak Out
encourages critical and imaginative thinking about domestic and international issues through artistic
and educational forums nationwide.
Speak Out
Still We Rise
We are individuals from all walks of life, organized through nonprofit organizations who are united in the
advancement of human rights, social, racial and economic justice. We are united in the fight against the
conditions that create and fuel poverty, homelessness, AIDS, the dismantling of our civil rights & civil
liberties, and the social safety-net.
Still We Rise
Students Active For Ending Rape
SAFER is a national non-profit organization committed to empowering students to hold colleges
accountable for sexual assault in their on and off campus communities. SAFER trains students in
effective organizing tactics and challenges them to examine the overlapping links between sexual
assault and all forms of individual and institutional violence
SAFER
Students for a Free Tibet
(SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We
are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education,
grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to
political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for
social justice.
SFT
TXTMob
isa free service that lets you quickly and easily share txt messages with friends, comrades, and total
strangers. The format is similar to an email b-board system. You can sign up to send and receive
messages from various groups, which are organized around a range of different topics.
TxTmob
The Center for World Indigenous Studies
(CWIS) is an independent, non-profit [U.S. 501(c)(3)] research and education organization dedicated to
wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the
social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations.
CWIS
TIME'S UP!
is a New York City-based not-for-profit direct-action environmental group that uses events and
educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. TIME'S UP! campaigns support
objectives shared globally and locally by people like you. We're community based and all volunteer.
TIME'S UP!
MECA
is committed to protecting and advocating for the rights of all people, especially children. Our work is
rooted in a deep sense of justice and we have a commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and international and humanitarian law. Since 1988 MECA has brought over $8 million of much
needed relief to besieged communities in Iraq and Palestine through emergency medical aid and direct
aid to families and communities. MECA also supports children’s clinics and family mental
health projects in various refugee camps thought the Occupied West Bank and Gaza, and supports
community projects for children including, playgrounds, children’s libraries and youth centers. In line
with our commitment to fighting for justice, MECA supports Palestinian and Israeli organizations and
movements, fighting for political, social and economic equality for the Palestinian people as well as Iraqi
and international movements and organizations working to secure justice for the Iraqi
people.
MECA
The Multiracial Activist
(TMA) is a libertarian oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties issues of interest to to
individuals who perceive themselves to be "biracial" or "multiracial," "interracial" couples/families and
"transracial" adoptees.
The Multiracial Activist
The New York City People’s Consultation
on the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA) is a grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals that is part of the national and
hemisphere-wide Global Justice and Fair Trade movement to stop so-called “Free Trade” agreements
like the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the FTAA. These agreements are now being
negotiated in secret by governments and multinational corporations. Our aim is to reclaim democratic
control over this decision-making process by raising awareness, organizing concerned people, and
showing elected leaders - through a referendum - just how many people are against these pro-
corporate, anti-labor, anti-environment, anti-democratic agreements.
NYFTAA
North Star Fund
Founded in 1979, North Star is a unique partnership of donors and community activists dedicated to
building a permanent institutional and financial base for progressive social change. Since its inception,
North Star has awarded millions of dollars to more than 1,000 community-based organizations. The North
Star Fund takes its name from the anti-slavery newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass in 1847.
Douglass, a former slave, prominent abolitionist, and supporter of women's rights, named the paper after
the star that guided the runaway slaves north to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Each year
North Star presents the Frederick Douglass Awards to honor individuals or organizations whose work
exemplifies the continuing struggle for social justice.
North Star
National Organization for Women New York City
Our chapter works towards equality for women with a focus on several key issues: battling racism and
violence against women, guaranteeing reproductive rights, advocating lesbian and bisexual rights,
fighting for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and generally working towards economic,
educational, and political equity. The chapter provides educational outreach and takes part in political
lobbying, zap actions and demonstrations in response to various social situations. The Service Fund of
NOW-NYC also offers referrals, support groups, and clinics for women in need. NOW-NYC, 150 West 28th
Street, Suite 304, New York, New York
NOW
OCAP
is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We mount campaigns
against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working people. In addition, we provide
direct-action advocacy for individuals against eviction, termination of welfare benefits, and deportation.
We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance. Short
History of OCAP
OCAP
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The United Nations vision is of a world in which the human rights of all are fully respected and enjoyed in
conditions of global peace. The High Commissioner works to keep that vision to the forefront through
constant encouragement of the international community and its member States to uphold universally
agreed human rights
standards.
OHCHR
The Open Society Institute
(OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic
governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a
range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the
same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating
corruption and rights abuses.
OSI
Iraq Occupation Watch
An international coalition of peace and justice groups, together with Iraqi counterparts, has launched a
Baghdad-based International Occupation Watch Center and the website www.occupationwatch.org. The
purpose of Occupation Watch is to, Monitor the economic and reconstruction policies under occupation,
including the activities of international corporations, and advocate for the Iraqis' right to control their
own resources, especially oil, Pressure the occupying forces to fulfill their financial responsibilities to
rebuild Iraq; Monitor the political transition to Iraqi self-rule. Ect.
IOW
Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
is a charitable organization established by individuals whose goals are to improve the living standards of
children in Palestine. These supporters provide Palestinian children living in refugee camps with better
educational opportunities, healthcare and well-being. The services provided by the PCWF promote and
ensure a bright promising future for each child without violence, hatred, or discrimination.
PCWF
Parents of Murdered Children Inc
POMC® makes the difference through on-going emotional support, education, prevention, advocacy, and
awareness.
Parents of Murdered Children Inc
Population Action International
(PAI) is an independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and
financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights. Founded in 1965, PAI
is a private, non-profit group and accepts no government funds.
PAI
RANT
works to develop capacity within global justice movements to carry out creative, effective nonviolent
direct actions to dismantle unjust systems, institutions and corporations while building power for our
movements. We offer training and direct organizer support as well as educational pieces.
RANT
Reporters Without Borders
More than a third of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom. Reporters
Without Borders works constantly to restore their right to be informed. Fourty-two media professionals
lost their lives in 2003 for doing what they were paid to do -- keeping us informed. Today, more than 130
journalists around the world are in prison simply for doing their job. In Nepal, Eritrea and China, they can
spend years in jail just for using the "wrong" word or photo. Reporters Without Borders believes
imprisoning or killing a journalist is like eliminating a key witness and threatens everyone's right to be
informed. It has been fighting such practices for more than 18 years.
RWB
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
(SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine our gender identity and expression,
regardless of income, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence.
SRLP
Sista II Sista
(SIIS) is a Brooklyn-wide community-based organization located in Bushwick. We are a collective of
working-class young and adult Black and Latina women building together to model a society based on
liberation and love. Our organization is dedicated to working with young women to develop personal,
spiritual and collective power. We are committed to fighting for justice and creating alternatives to the
systems we live in by making social, cultural and political change.
Sista II Sista
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.
SNAFU
Tibet.com
Information on the legacy of Tibet.
Tibet.com
The Department of Labor
fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by
improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting
their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective
bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In
carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that
guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime
pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
The DOL
Tolerance.org
is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead,
communities that value diversity. If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your school,
your workplace or your community, Tolerance.org is a place to start — and continue — the journey.
Tolerance.org
United Nations Human Rights Treaties
The U.N. treaty system definitively establishes the legitimacy of international interest in the protection of
human rights. It is undisputed that sovereignty is limited with respect to human rights. International
supervision is valid and states are accountable to international authorities for domestic acts affecting
human rights. The treaty standards are the benchmark for assessment and concern. Over the last
decade ratifications in the treaty system and acceptance of communication procedures have risen
exponentially. What began as an assertion of a few, is now a global proclamation of entitlements of the
victims of human rights abuse. Furthermore, this participation by states has been voluntary. The
obligations of the human rights treaties have been freely assumed. It is the legal character of these
rights which places them at the core of the international system of human rights protection. For these
rights generate corresponding legal duties upon state actors, to protect against, prevent, and remedy
human rights violations.
U.N. Treaties
United for Peace and Justice
is a coalition of more than 650 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined
together to oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. Since our
founding in October 2002, UFPJ has spurred hundreds of protests and rallies around the country, and
organized the two largest demonstrations against the Iraq war. As part of a February 15 global day of
protest, "The World Says No to War" UFPJ organized a rally at the United Nations that drew more than
500,000 participants. Two days after the bombing of Iraq began, UFPJ mobilized more than 300,000 people
for a protest march down Broadway in New York City. A May 2003 teach-in organized by UFPJ about war
and empire drew a standing-room-only crowd of 2,000 to Washington, DC to hear Arundhati Roy, Howard
Zinn, Edward Said and other prominent speakers.
United for Peace and Justice
United Students Against Sweatshops
is an international student movement of campuses and individual students fighting for sweatshop free
labor conditions and workers’ rights. We define “sweatshop” broadly and recognize that it is not limited
to the apparel industry, but everywhere among us. We believe that university standards should be
brought in line with those of its students who demand that their school’s logo is emblazoned on clothing
made in decent working conditions. We have fought for these beliefs by demanding that our universities
adopt ethically and legally strong codes of conduct, full public disclosure of campany information and
truly independent verification systems to ensure that sweatshop conditions are not happening.
Ultimately, we are using our power as students to affect the larger industry that thrives in secrecy,
exploitation, and the power relations of a flawed system.
USAS
United Nation's Children's Fund
UNICEF are the leading advocate for children’s rights, active in 158 countries and territories around the
world.
UNICEF
U.S. Commission on Human Rights
MISSION; To investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by
reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent
practices. To study and collect information relating to discrimination or a denial of equal protection of the
laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in
the administration of justice. To appraise federal laws and policies with respect to discrimination or
denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national
origin, or in the administration of justice. To serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect
to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age,
disability, or national origin. To submit reports, findings, and recommendations to the President and
Congress. To issue public service announcements to discourage discrimination or denial of equal
protection of the laws.
USCHR
Unitarian Universalism Association for Advocacy
In 2001, the newly elected president of the UUA, Rev. William Sinkford, established a goal of increasing
the visibility of Unitarian Universalism in the public sphere. Accomplishing this goal has meant some re-
structuring of the UUA, including the expansion of the UUA Washington Office for Advocacy. The
Washington Office for Advocacy represents UU perspectives to the U.S. Congress and Administration on
legislative and public policy matters. The Office works on both urgent policy issues and long-term goals,
as articulated in social witness positions passed by the General Assembly. The Director also works with
the Commission on Social Witness (CSW) to facilitate study and action on the social justice statements
which are in process.
UUA
War Resisters League
Across the political spectrum left, right and center, everyone says they want peace. Too often they also
want a gun, an army, or a bomb to ensure they get the "right kind of peace." War Resisters League is
unique because we believe, to quote the late A.J. Muste, "There is no way to peace — peace is the way."
We reject the use of violence for national defense or for revolutionary change. Deeply influenced by the
teachings of the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, as well as Thoreau, Tolstoy, King, Deming, and others,
War Resisters League believes war is a crime against humanity. We use peaceful means to create a
society that is democratic, free of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. The methods we use range
from education to demonstrations to lobbying to nonviolent direct action-at all times trying to see those
we oppose not as enemies, but as sisters and brothers.
War Resist
The War Profiteers
website is maintained and updated by Corpwatch, an organization based in Oakland, California, that
counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. The orginal site
was created by the Ruckus Society, an organization that specializes in engaging nonviolent direct action,
also based in Oakland, California.The War Profiteers card deck was created by an independent crew of
activists-educators, journalists, designers, organizers, techies and others-disturbed by the obscene
concentration of power in the hands of an elite few who control the world's wealth and manipulate
democracy through governments and corporations. Warprofiteers.com and the corresponding deck of
cards is our way of drawing attention to those institutions and individuals who view war, death,
repression and violence as 'a safe bet.' We are here to call their bluff.
The War Profiteers
World Peace Council
The first World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace convened in Wroclaw, Poland on 6 August 1948 and
made an appeal for the struggle for peace the world over to be organized. On 20 April 1949 the first
World Congress of Peace Forces, convened simultaneously in Paris and Prague. A decision was taken
during this Congress to found the World Peace Council, and a year later this decision was implemented
in Warsaw, with the French academician and Nobelist Frederic Joliot Curie its first president.The first
campaign organized by the WPC was to collect signatures worldwide on a petition demanding the
abolition of atomic weapons. The WPC then continued its struggle against the arms race and for a
nuclear test ban. It played a leading part in stopping the aggressive war waged by the US against
Vietnam. In the seventies the WPC organized a global campaign against the production of the neutron
bomb, announced by US president Carter. The WPC made a decisive contribution to world dιtente and
peace by signing the Final Act of Helsinki. It took initiatives both in Europe and worldwide against NATO’s
deployment of Pershing and Cruise missiles in Europe. It has also promoted the concept of nuclear - free
zones being established in Europe and elsewhere. Initiatives were likewise taken by the WPC to
denounce the US decision on Star Wars. Since 1991 the WPC has been waging a struggle against the
New World Order
WPC
ww3artsinaction
is an independent collective of artists dedicated to using our work as a voice for peace in the face of
endless war, and to protest injustices such as corporate globalization, economic colonialism, and the
growth of the prison industry. We utilize diverse expressions: murals, banners, posters, illustrations and
street theater, in conjunction with direct action strategies, to communicate our message with optimal
impact. We are interested in collaborating with other activist groups that share our concerns. Please
contact us if you would like us to collaborate with your group in the production of a traffic-stopping
banner, a mural that speaks for peace 24/7, or posters that will get your message out with a graphic
shout.
ww3
Veterans For Peace
is a national organization founded in 1985. It is structured around a national office in Saint Louis, MO and
comprised of members across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members. There is an
annual convention in August for members from across the nation. Members receive periodic VFP
publications. The organization includes men and women veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the
Gulf War, other conflicts and peactime veterans. Our collective experience tells us wars are easy to start
and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent. Thus, other means of problem solving are
necessary.
Veterans
Vote To Impeach
A website dedicated to the impeachment of the President.
IMPEACH
Youth Solidarity Summer's
YSS-NY is a volunteer collective of artists, activists, educators and students providing alternate
education for South Asian youth since 1997. Youth Solidarity Summer's mission is to provide radical
political education for young activists of South Asian descent. YSS aims to build a movement of youth
activists engaged in anti-oppression work, and to create a forum to share organizational and political
strategies. The long-term goal of the program is to create solidarity among a new generation of activists
fighting for social justice.
YSS
We the World
Our purpose is to greatly increase public involvement in creating a peaceful, sustainable world that
works for all. We hope you will join us in this endeavor!
We The World
The Young Communist League
The Young Communist League, USA is a multi-racial, working-class organization made up of youth who
believe we can build a better world. We come from a variety of backgrounds, just like the young people
of our country: we are employed and unemployed workers, we are high school and college students, we
are Black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American, we are gay and straight, we are women and men.
YCLUSA
Young Democratic Socialist
We are a diverse collective, informed and inspired by a variety of movements and figures in the long
struggle for social justice. From the American labor movement, to the fight for civil rights, from European
Social Democracy to women's liberation, the Young Democratic Socialists takes lessons and hope from
the wide history of our progressive project. But YDS is not a theoretical debating society. We are proud
of our heritage as socialists, but don't get bogged down in endless arguments about how many Karl Marx
books can fit on the head of a pin. We are the nation's largest socialist student and youth organization,
but unlike many socialist groups, we don't think we are the end-all-be-all of progressive politics in
America. We work in coalitions, as a principled ally of a variety of struggles. We work to be a socialist
voice within the left, but don't think that we should tell other movements that we have all the answers.
We want to see a progressive, democratic majority in the US, and work in good faith to build that majority.
Progressive Democrats, queer activists, people of color, Greens, labor activists, feminists, we have
come together because we don't think there is currently room in US politics for our vision of a society
based on solidarity, instead of greed. We are going to make that room.
YDS
Zapatista
Emiliano Zapata was born in the village of San Miguel Anencuilco in the state of Morelos on the 8th of
August 1879 The son of a 'strong farmer', Zapata grew up to become the most famous leader of the
Mexican Revolution. Like Connolly or the Ladies' Land League in Ireland, Zapata is paid much lip service
by the Mexican establishment, but his revolutionary ideas are ignored by those who inherited the power
won in the Revolution. A gifted organiser, Zapata also spoke Náhuatl, his local indigenous language.
Elected leader of his village in 1909, Zapata began recruiting an insurgent army even before the
Revolution beginning in 1910 which overthrew the dictator Porfirio Díaz. The links between the
dictatorship and the U.S.A., combined with Mexico's colonial past, gave rise to much 'revolutionary
nationalism' - revolution as defence of the nation - which is still a vibrant force today.
Zapatista Revolution
Zapatista
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