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- Social networks and security politics
- Univ Edinburgh Europa Inst. Papers Online
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"Is Capitalism Dead" (TEMPORARY)
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments-t-thank specializing in US defense policy, force planning, and budgets. headed by Andrew Krepinevich, a West Point grad
- J.D. Foster- "Is Capitalism Dead? Maybe" NPR News
- Libertarians Vs Objectivists wiki links to authors like Ayn Rand
- Political Economy of Participatory Economics- Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel
- Robert L. Bradley, Jr.-founder of the Institute for Energy Research, CATO and Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar. Enron economist- ultraconservative
- Sheldon Richman- The American Conservative article "Free Market Anti-Capitalism, the unknown ideal' – Libertarian Left
Alternative News (Activist networks)
- Accuracy in Media- conserv (media watchdog) -attacking mainsgtre media (NY Times boycott), founded By Reed Irvine (pro napalm on El Salvador and Nuke Iraq)
- Ad Busters
- Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities (BLSP) -belonged to Center for American Progress
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers-commun based workers org. Allied to Carter Center and Interfaith Action
- Common Dreams- Progressive publication. Anti War, supported by R. Nader, Bill Moyer. Recycles op eds from Assoc Press
- Counter Punch- Alexander Cockburn editor (friend of Hitchens) and Jeffrey St. Clair. Often quoted by Project Censored as censored publisher
- Cryptome- repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance
- Diagonal- Spanish activist publication (former tabloid Molotov) leftist
- Essential Information- Multinational Monitor Newsletter, 1982 by Ralph Nader
- FAIR- progressive group: break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting
- FreePressMedia Reform-national, lib, nonprof org work to reform the media in the US
Generacion Y- Global Revolution
- Grit-Rural American know How (Blog by readers)-Lamade 1882, Williamsport , PA-1981 Topeka(Ogden Pub like Utne, Capers,Mother Earth).
- Hate Watch- Watchdog Southern POverty Law Center Blog
- K C Labor (Daily Labor News Digest)- Labor Notes-network for rank-and-file caucuses and union members and grassroots labor activists
- Lobster- Politics, parapolitics and history- Robinm Ramsay; http://www.rogerdog.co.uk/ are the first editions
- Mother Earth News (Ogden Publisher, like Utne, Grit)- environmental problems from a down-to-earth, practical, how-to standpoint
- Progressive Review-(email news digest "Undernews";1964 Idler; 1969 DC Gazette
- Project Censored- invest journal proj within the Sociol Dept Sonoma St Univ Other progressive publications:AlterNet, Mother Jones, New Politics
- Social Criticism Review- " disturbing content on contentious social issues …a treasure of papers to read and crank your brain out "
- Theocracy Watch-project run by Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP), located at Cornell
- Thruth Dig
- Utne Reader- 1984, Minneapolis, Odgen Publishing-US politics and public policy
- Wikileaks Central
- WikiLeaks Mirrors from original http://wikileaks.ch/mirrors.html
Blogroll
- Academic Earth- experts seminars on different academic courses
- Afrigadget- ingenious contraptions made in Africa
- Albergue Espanhol
- Blog Catalog
- Boris Vian Literature
- C-Span Book TV 2 Schedule
- Charity Toolbox
- Disturbia
- Harlow Giles Unger – Bibliography
- Manifesto of Surrealism- Andre Breton
- Mundo da Pesca
- NYC Bike Snob
- O Bicho Preguica/ Sousaphone
- Piar
- Serge Gainsbourg
- The Trial- Franz Kafka
- Tristan Tzara
- Wise Geek
- WordPress . com
- Worls Press Org
Community Organizing
comparative politics, public administration, political theory
- A plain blog about politics
- Abstract Politics
- Country Studies-published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (USA), freely available for use by researchers
- Delphi Method (oracle of Delphos) futurist method of systems thinking invented by RAND Co in the 60s
- European Political Science
- Herman Kahn- preeminent Futurist milit strategi at Hudson Inst (systems theorist). Recruited to RAND by Sam Cohen (neutron bomb). Involved in the Hydrog bomb proj
- Monkey Cage
- Systems Thinking (antecipato thinki) appro to prob solving vs react to unintend consequ. compon of a system better underst in contex of relationshi togeth and with other syst instead of isolat
Dad & Kid Stuff (PERSONAL)
- Amok
- Arkansas Education Reform Foundation
- Baltimore Child Buzz
- Baltimore's Child
- Charm City Moms
- Chesapeake Momies
- Colorin Colorado
- Commonwealth Education Organization
- COMPASS Child Care
- Department of Education- Teacher Certification
- Diary of a New Mom
- Disfunctional Family
- Geek Dad
- Green babies Blog
- Kid Baltimore
- Kids Love Downtown Baltimore
- Learning to Crawl
- Lunch Nuget
- Maria Rita Fotos de Criancas
- Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) =overseen by Dept Public Welfare and Dept Education
- PA Department of Public Welfare
- PA search KEYSTONE STAR daycare
- Parenting by Trial and Error
- PIRC- Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center
- REACH- Road to Educational Achievement through Choice
- Salon 36 Kids
European Union
- Al-Jisr Project- E.U. Sweedish Presidency Project 2008-2010 (Gulf Research Coop and E.U. Commission)
- Daniel Gros- Project Syndicate op-ed Dir of Center European Policy Studies
- E.U. delegation to the U.S. key websites
- E.U. Delegation to the US
- E.U. U.S. Transatlantic 7 RELEX plans 2010-2018
- EUCE- US Netword of E.U. Centres: One European Union Research Directory
- Euro Topics
- Europa Gateway Page at Lusiada E.U. link
- Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh, Mitchell Working Paper series
- International Law Observer
- New Liberitas
- O Europeu Homepage- ULusiada
- Reflections from CAL
- Univ of Edinburgh CITSEE Blog on Europeanization over former Yugoslavian territories
Graduate Applications 2011 (TEMPORARY)
- Acton institute Michigan Grand Rapids
- American Friends Service Committee of Pittsburgh
- Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program
- Clinton School of Public Service
- Coro Fellowship
- European Commission Traineeship Office
- Frazer Institute
- Institute for Humane Studies
- Inter Action NGO
- Leadership Pittsburgh Inc
- Public Interest Institute
Institutes National International Security Defense Policy
- American Security Project
- Arms Control Association- analysis proposals, negotiations and agreements- Blog (A.C. Now) and Magazine (A.C. Today)
- Arms Control Wonk- contribution by Jeffrey Lewis (New America Foundation and Univ Maryland)
- Center for Defense Information
- Center for Individual Rights- nonpart but conserv or liberta in outlook. Focus on enforc of constit limits on sta and fed power, primarily through litigat
- Center for Security Policy-by Frank Gaffney, Jr.. The CSP advocates neoconservative and policies based on a philosophy of "Peace through Strength".
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments-t-thank specializing in US defense policy, force planning, and budgets. headed by Andrew Krepinevich, a West Point grad
- Center for Strategic and International Studies Blog-PONI (Project on Nuclear Issues) by Advisors Murdock and Brooks for leadership and expertise in Nuclear community
- CIA- The World Factbook
- Combined Arms Center Blog- CAC
- Committ on Present Danger- (infl. Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush) f-policy int. group 1950 promote the plans proposed in NSC-68 (Truman Containment Doct)by Paul Nitze and Dean Acheson
- Council on Fore Relat- the nation's 'most influential for-policy t-tank. 2 Emmys on Darfur and Globalization. sister org to Royal Inst of Int Affairs in London (Chatham House).
- Counter Punch Web Site AntiWar weblinks
- Counter Terrorism Blog- multi expert information free- Steve Emerson contributor
- DARPA- Def Adv Resea Program- US Defense Dept,/Military R&D. (atom bomb, radar, GPS,MIT Univ, AIntel, Reagan SDI)
- DHS- Department of Homeland Security- Press Release
- Digital National Security Archive-non profit George washinton Univ. paid subscription/free trial
- Doug Engelbart Inst-NLS system was the first to employ the practical use of hypertext links, the mouse. In coop with SRI, NASA and USAirF
- Foreign Policy Research Institute-Strausz-Hupé immigrated to the United States in 1923 Alarmed by the 1938 Anschluss, at Univ of Penn, critic of the containment.
- Fusion Energy Foundation-Lyndon LaRouche (It promoted the construction of nuclear power plants, research into fusion power and beam weapons)
- Geneva Iniative (Geneva Accord)- Palestinian Peace Coalition PPC/GI and Heskem/GI (acknowledged by Fatah "Mandela" Marwan Barghouti and by Arafat)
- Henry L Stimson Center-global security think tank (Pragmatic idealism). Former Dir Condoleeza Rice
- Investigative Project on Terrorism- founded by Steven Emerson in 1995. It is recognized as the world's most comprehensive data center on radical Islamic terrorist groups
- IPS- Nuclear Weapons NEWS
- James M Acton -Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow
- Jeff Stein SpyTalk blog on Washington Post- specializes in U.S. intelligence, military, and foreign policy issues
- Matthew Rojansky- deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment
- Middle East Peace Proposals (Wikipedia links incomplete?)- one state, 2 state, 3 state, disengagement, peace oriented projects (NGOs), economic integration: Conventions, Resolutions, Declarations, Treaties.
- Missile Defense Agency/ Department of Defense- News Release
- National Committee for Responsive Philantropy-1976 Donee Group of n-profit leaders- only existing national progressive watchdog of philanthr
- National Counter Terrorism Center- successor of the 2003 Bush's Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) from the 9/11 Commission
- NSA/CSS – National Security Agency Latest News Roll
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence/ reports; DNI-Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004
- Proj for the New American Century-PNAC-founded by neoconservatives William Kristol and Robert Kagan. Olin grantee
- Projects Working for peace amongst Arabs and Israeli's- wikipedia
- Right Web- Proj of IPS (Inst Policy Stud), founded by defunct International Relations Center (IRC) in 2003, than Group Watch and Polit Research Assoc in 2010
- Robert Dreyfuss- ex Mid East Intell dir of Exec Intell Review (Lyndon LaRouche Mov.- Schiller Inst/Germany.- "Fascist" "Variation of Illuminati Freemason and Jewish banker conspiracy theories".)
- Secrecy News- FAS Fed of American Scientists. 4 main program areas: Biosecurity, Earth Systems, Educational Technologies, and Strategic Security.
- Small Wars Journal- terms like counterinsurgency, foreign internal def, stabi and supp ops, peacemak, peacekeep, noncombat evacuat, disast relief, and humanit assist
- Southern Poverty Law Center-n-profit civil rights, legal victor vs white supremaci grps; free legal repres for victi of hate grps; monitor hate groups, militias and extrem orgs (includ church vs state); and educati progs that promote toler.
- SRI-Stanford Resea Inst (similar to RAND Co in its a large research contractor) includes SARNOFF Corp. Research Tech and Science for peace and generates spinoff Cos.
- Tom Rick Foreign Policy Magazine Blog on Intelligence and Security- partner blog with Jeff Stein's SpyTalk on Washington Post
- UN Truce Supervision Org. – Historic in Wikipedia (fundaments of successors UN Disengagement Observers Force and UN Interim Force in Lebanon)
- US Commission on Civil Rights-bipartisan, ind comm of the U.S. fed gov. Republi dominated during Bush. Watchdog (called lap dog during Reagan)
- US Deptm of State – country reports on Terrorism- replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism
- US Deptm of Treasury-Terrorist Finance Tracking Program- access the SWIFT transaction database
- Wired Danger Room (Whats new in Security) – how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics
International News
- Americas View
- Asharq-Alawsat- known best as the 'International Arab Newspaper, read extensively by Arabs across the globe. first editor in chief was Jihad Al-Khazin
- Asia View
- Der Spiegel International
- Dissent Magazine- "A pillar of leftist intellectual provocation," writes the New York Times; 1954 started with
- Foreign Policy
- Future Movement- Al Mustaqbal Newspaper Saad Hariri (son of assassinated Rafik Hariri PM) Lebabon PM Suni Majority
- Global Voices- Blogging World Community
- Index on Censorship- Founding member of IFEX
- Indy Alternative Media Network
- Indy Media Independente Portugal
- International property Rights Index- (for Tax Reform's Property Rights Alliance)-
- International Viewpoint- Trotskyst 4th International Newsletter
- IPS News- Indigenous People NEWS, mostly South America
- March 14 Alliance (Movement of the Future umbrella) led by Saad Hariri and Samir Geagea (Pres of "Lebanese Forces"), abandoned by the Free Patriotic Movement of Gen. Michel Aoun that founded 8th March Alliance (pro Syrian and pro Iranian)
- Monthly Review- Socialist seeks to collaborate with multitudes of activists and intellectuals all over the world who obtain information and political analysis about current affairs
- Politics in Motion
- Silo Breaker- news search service
- The Huffington Post
- Wall Street Journal Online World
- World Press Review- World News
Iowa Prospective openings (TEMPORARY)
My volunteer projects (PERSONAL)
Non Governmental- North Africa, Middle East and Persian Gulf
- Abbas-Emir Entezam- political prisoner in Iran since 1979, former Deputy Prime Minister of Bazargam after Shah is dethroned and Khomeni returns from exile
- Abdel Bari Atwan- Editor in Chief of London based pan-arabian newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Radical nationalist
- Abdolkarim Soroush-arguably the most influential figure in religious intellectual movement in Iran (reformer compared to ML King in Christianity)
- Adalah (Justice) promote and defend the rights of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel, numbering 1.2 million people or close to 20% of the population, and Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
- AINA- Assyrian (largely coterminous with the Kurdish homeland, including parts of what is now Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey) InternationalNews Agency
- Akbar Ganji- CATO Milton Friedman award, Iranian journalist, political dissident, believing muslim and former revolutionary (pro-Islamic Rev)
- Al-Bayt Baytak is an Arabic saying that means “My house is your house
- Ameer Makhoul ITTIJAH- Union of Arab Community-Based Associations. Makhoul was arrested and accused of consorting with a Hezbollah agent – site outdated?
- Amnesty International Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories and regional
- Amr Hamzawy-research director and senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
- ARIJ's- Applied Research Institute Jerusalem Society
- As’ad AbuKhalil- The Angry Arab News Service, Prof Pol Sci California, Middle East Free lance Consultant NBC, ABC
- Ayman Ghazi- personal website excelent summary of Lebanon Civil War. Links to other History and Political Affairs, like The Constitution
- Azad Tribune- Project of Article 19 Global Campaign for Free Expression, A/W IFEX
- B'Tselem
- Bassam Bounneni -Wherever I Roam Thats My Home- Blog on Tunisia
- Breaking the Silence- Israeli reservist Soldiers (2nd intifada) talk about the occupied territories- post zionist "refusenik"
- CASMII- Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
- Coaltion of Women- (in construction) offers links to its jewish and arabic member organizations
- Creative Syria
- Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon)
- DEBKA File- Jerusalem-based English language Israeli open source military intelligence website with commentary and analyses on terrorism, intelligence, security, and military and political affairs in the Middle East.
- Dem Front for the Lib of Palestine-1969 Nayef Hawatmeh (opposed Geoge Habash and Ahmed Jibril in 74: Pro2 State Sol., joined "Rejectionists" APF post OsLo 93 and split 1+X closer to PFLP.) pro fatah against fatah-Al Intifada (Said-Al Muragha) in
- Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech
- Dyab Abou Jahjah- former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe.
- El Kataeb- Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Phalange), right wing Christian maronite, March 14 Alliance
- Electronic Intifada- provides a needed supplement to mainstream commercial media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Elias Muhanna- Qifa Nabki about Lebanon
- Elliott Abrams Council on Foreign Affairs Blog
- Free Patriotic Movement of Lebanon (shiite and Christian)- advocates secularism and the right to vote for Lebanese abroad. It is one of the allies of Hezbollah. Link from Al Jazheera
- Free The World- Economic Freedom of the Arab World- Fraser Institute and Oman International Research Foundation 2010 Report
- Global Jihad- XXI st Century Phenomenon- Dani Reshef, an israeli student website on geoplotics in the Middle East
- Gush Shalom- Peace Movement of Uri Avnery and Irgun (zionist paramilitary offshoot of Haganah) for the reconciliation and recogntion of the borders before to 1967
- Haaretz- " News of the Land"- Israel's oldest daily newspaper, since 1918. English version published with the International Herald Tribune. In the US comes out as a weekly roundup. Target audience are the intelectual elite (Ashkenazim- Germ
- http://www.ochaopt.org/- UN Office Coordination Humanitarian Affairs for Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Human Rights Watch, MIddle East Region
- IFEX- International Freedom of Expression Exchange – NGO
- IfHamDarfur
- Ir Amim- Israeli non profit, provides information to Knesset and brings cases to the Supreme on topics such as building permits and social services in East Jerusalem.
- Iran Human Rights- reports on executions
- Islam Resist Supp Org- Moqawama- Hezbolah charitable fund that sponsors the Hezbolah activity in Lebanon-US boycott banns all residents from supporting
- J Street Blog- american jewish pro peace
- JERUSALEMITES- outdated?
- Jihad el Khazen Blog from Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon) Saudi sponsored and London based- outdated
- Juan Cole (Richard P. Mitchell)- . For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context
- Karim Sadjadpour is an assoc at the Carnegie Endowm. Frequen called upon to brief U.S., EU, and Asian officials about M- Eastern affairs
- Karim Sadjadpour- Project Syndicate- Iran academic
- Lahcen Achy-resident scholar at the Carnegie M-East Center in Beirut, expertise in devel and instit econom, as well as trade and labor, focus on the M-East and N Africa.
- Lebanese Political Party Spectrum Basic Breakdown
- Lebanon List of Political parties
- Maan News Agency Occupied Palestine
- Machsom Watch- Israeli Women against Palestinian ilegal ocupation by Israel
- Marwan Bishara-Al Jazeera's senior polit analyst, leading authority on the MEast and int affairs. At "Empire" Bishara analyses global powers and their agendas
- Mehdi Khalaji- Project Syndicate; fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East policy- Iran Academic
- Mehrangiz Kar- Human Rights Iranian Activist (Blog spam com pop ups)
- MESH-Middle East Strategy at Harvard- Jon B. Alterman
- Michael Warschawski- co-founder AIC (Alternative Info Center) and Yesh Gvul(post-zioni).former leader of the anti-zionist and anti-capitalist MATZPEN
- Mona Eltahawy- Blog
- Mona Eltahawy-political expert on Islamic Affairs
- Nassar Ibrahim- Activist AIC specialist on Palestinian resistance. He was editor in chief of El Hadaf newspaper
- Nawal El Sadaawi- egiptian activist (against female genital mutilation-banned in Egipt in 2008), feminist, psychiatrist, renowned novelist-
- Noman Benotman- Quilliam Senior Analyst, former islamist freedom fighter in Afghani and Lybian radical islamism anti-Gaddafi, close to Bin laden move to Sudan and then abandoning radical extremism
- NOW Lebanon- New Opinion Workshop. non secterian
- Ometz Le Saraev- "refusenik" ex israeli combatants to serve outside the green line area. 2002 publish a letter in the Haaretz and their signatories rise to 607 members
- Palestinian Center for Policy Research- Palestinian state of mind surveyed..
- Palestinian Israeli Peace NGO Forum- 2005 effort between The Palestinian NGO, Panorama Center and the Israeli NGO, Peres Center for Peace. Organization List.
- Paola Salwan and Joseph Daher -Cafe Thawra
- PNA- Pal Nat Auth-DFLP, Fatah Pal Lib Mov, Hamas, Pal Demo Uni (FIDA), Munib Al-MAsri(Pal Foru), Pal Nat Init, Pal Peop Party, PFLP, Al-Mustaqbal, 3rd Way, Pal Pop Strugg Frt- Hamas won 2006: all for aid re channalled to Mahmoud Abbas
- Pop Front for Liber of Palesti-Gen Comm- nationali backed by Syrian/Iran (Terrorist to US); broke 1968 from PFLP with Ahmed Jibril; left PLO 74 joined Rejectionist Front (PFLP, DFLP, Gen Command, PLF) vs PLO Fatah
- Popu Front Lib of Palest PFLP- Marxi-national (once affili arab social action party). found 1967 Georg Habash with the Palest Lib Army, ANM establis Abtal al-Audah 66. 67 merged Youth for Revenge+Ahmed Jibril's Syrian-backed Palest Liber Fro
- Pro Con- What are the solutions to the Palestine-Israel Coonflict? Case Study
- Ragui Assaad is a prof of planning and public affairs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
- Richard Silverstein- "Make the World a Better place" Blog Technorati 38th promoter of a two sided israel palestinian solution
- Schlomo Bem Ami- Project Syndicate Former Israel PM, Pres of Toledo Int. Center for Peace
- Sharing the Land of Canaan- Mazim B. Qumsiyeh -Appearances in national media included the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC
- Shirin Ebadi- founder Center for Defense in Human Rights in Iran- Nobel Prize Laureate (first iranian and first muslim woman)
- SNS- Syrian News Station
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon- Hariri's assassination
- Stop Child Executions Organization- information and updates on the situation of minors on death row in Iran
- The Adalah- Legal Center for Arab minority rights in Israel
- The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
- The International Committee Against Execution- Mina Ahadi (former Iranian Communist Activist, currently hiding in Germany)
- Youssef Ibrahim- Historian, former correspondent to NY Times and Wall Street in Middle East, present Man Dir of Strat Energy Inv Group in Dubai
- Youssef Ibrahim- Historian, former correspondent to NY Times and Wall Street in Middle East, present Man Dir of Strat Energy Inv Group in Dubai
Non-Governamental South America and Caribbean
- AVSN- Australia Venezuela Socialist Network- condemn the U.S intervention in Venezuela's sovereign affairs.
- Bolivia Rising- maintained by Federico Fuentes, who regularly writes on Bolivian and Latin American affairs for Green Left Weekly.
- Claudio Katz- autor de numerosos textos de interpretación del capitalismo contemporáneo y de la crisis económica global. Participa activamente en los foros continentales de impugnación del libre-comercio, el endeudamiento externo y la militarización.
- Ezercito Zapatista Liberta. Nac.-Chiapas- EZLN
- Jorge G Castaneda- Project Syndicate Former Mexico Foreign Minister, expert Latin America
- Michael Deibert- Haiti and Caribean expert
Non-Governmental Russia and Eurasia
- Andrei Ryabov- Carnegie Endowment, Scholar-in-Residence The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program
- Open Democracy- Eurasia,
- Sam Greene- Carnegie Endowment deputy director for operations
- The Valdai Discussion Club-global forum for the world’s leading and best-informed experts on Russia
- Thomas de Waal- acknowledged expert on the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus: Abkhazia, Nagorny Karabakh, and South Ossetia
Non-Governmental SE Asia and Pacific
- Brookings Institute John L Thornton China Center
- China Africa News partnered with the Africa Asia Centre at SOAS
- China Brief- Jamestown University
- China Digital Times- commentary about China from the English-language media and translates content and daily recommendations of readings from the Chinese blogosphere
- China Elections and Governance
- China Labor net- China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Labour Movement Net
- Danielle Sabai- Asia Left Observer- South East Asia correspondent of International Viewpoint and Inprecor- Left Wing
- Deborah Brautigam China in Africa
- Green Left Weekly- Australia Tabloid published by the DSP (Democ Socialist Persp) until 2010 and then merged into Socialist Alliance. Strong Supporter of the Chavez Revol in Venezuela
- The Diplomat- China Power Blog
- Yuriko Koike- former Japan Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser, is Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal Democratic Party
Non-Governmental- Sub Saharian Africa and East India
Oxford Journals and Political Analysis
Oxford Journals and Sociological Analysis
Pennsylvania current political events
- Allegheny Institute
- Commonwealth Foundation Blog
- Commonwealth Foundation page for twitts from legislators
- Commonwelath Foundation project for School Choices
- Grassroots PA
- MRSS Mrs Research and Retrieval services
- Nathan Shrader
- PA Townhall
- Pennsylvania Business Council Blog
- Pennsylvania Independent
- Phil English
- Pittsburgh Indy Media Center
- Please no more taxes
- Pnnsylvania Votes
- Tony Phyrillas
Politica Brasileira
Political Economy
- Adam Smith believed in the value of self int to boost distr of resour and div of labor to allow any invest to yield comparitiv equal return adjusted for degree of risk (justify diff in wages)
- Beat the Press- Economist Dean Baker Blog hosted on Center for Economic and POlitical Research voted the Nation best progressive press outlet 2011
- Bob McTeer Blog-Fellow Centre on Policy Analysis
- Center for Economic and Policy Research- progressive economic policy think-tank
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities- helped to create the State Fiscal Analysis Initiat (SFAI), a growing network of indepe, 31 states(-level) think tanks. Funded by MCCarthur, Anne E Casey and Ford Found
- Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London 1983- network of over 700 research based mainly in univers throughout Europe (28 countries (90% in the European Union))
- Citizens Against Gov Waste- think-tank, 'government watchdog', and advocacy group for fiscally conservative causes with a lobby branch.
- Citizens For Tax Justice
- Commit for Econ Devel- major issues: educ reform (forefront quantify econ benefits of invest in hi-quality early educat, and in build supp among the busin communi for volunt, univer preschool), campai financ reform (ban "soft money" and Bipart C
- Concord Coalition- 92 politic advocacy group centers on ending deficit spending and promoting a balanced budget in the U.S. federal government
- Corp for Enterp Dev-expanding eco opport for low-income famil and commu. one of the 1st champs of Indiv Dev Accounts (IDA) – matched savings accou that help low-income people sponsored by the Gov
- Economic Opportunity Institute-shared prosperity, retirement security, work-life standards, and education
- Economic Policy Institute- progressive t-thank determine how well the U.S. economy is functioning from the perspective of working Americans including regional and int comparisons
- Economic Principals- Economic Principals appeared for more than 18 years as a column in the Business section of The Boston Globe. It moved to the Web in March 2002
- Economic Research Inst-private company provides competitive salary levels for non-profit and for-profit corporations for any of over 5000 job titles
- Economist Intelligence Unit- Section of The Economist Middle East Unit directed by Jane Kinninmont
- Employment Policies Institute-fiscally conservative t-thank studies issues of entry-level employment (Defeat Debt Program)
- Foundation for Economic Education-one of the oldest free-market organizations. Founded by Len Read, William Volker Fund was instrumental in subsidizing
- Foundation for Rational Economics and Education- Ron Paul (R) foundation dedicated to public education on the principles of the U.S. Constitution, free-market economics, sound money, limited government, and foreign policy
- Friederich August Hayek- Austrian School of Economic Thought- oposite to Maynard Keynes. Theory of Business Cycles and Monetary policy
- Fritz Machlup- Austrian Economics (like Hayek and Von Mises)-
- Global Financ Integrity (GFI)-prog of Cent for Int Policy: aimed at curtail illicit financ flows and enhanc global dev and secu."Illicit Finan Flows from Develop Count: 2000-2009,found that illicit finan outflows > from $1.06 trillion in 2006
- Global Trade Watch- division of the U.S.-based advoc group "Public Citizen" that monitors WTO and other trade agreements such as NAFTA and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
- Instit on Taxat and Eco Poli-non-partisan t-tank. ITEP’s flagship publica is its “Who Pays” report- The majority of the data using the ITEP Microsimulation Tax Model
- IPS NEWS- Commodities NEWS wordwide
- Jagdish Bhagwati – Project Syndicate World of Ideas- Free Trade Globalization Economist
- Joseph E. Stiglitz- Project Syndicate; University Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate in Economics
- Ludwig Von Mises- Austrian Economics- business cycles are caused by the uncontrolled expansion of bank credit
- Martin Feldstein- Project Syndicate Global Finance- former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, is a professor at Harvard University
- Murray Rothbard- Austrian Economics, Von Mises student and libertarian. coined the expression "anarcho capitalism".
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- NCPA National Center for Policy Analysis- Thomas R Savings (TX) Econ fellow joined Progress for America 527 Commit on privatiz of SSN
- Paul Krugman- The Conscience of a Liberal- NY Times (Princeton)
- Peter G Peterson Found (linked to Concord Coalition)-invest banker, fiscal conservat (Nixon).advoca for reducti in fed deficits and debt, through redirection of SSN funds and cuts in fed entitlement
- Peterson Institute for International Economics- Country and Regional Studies
- Peterson Institute for International Economics- Policy Briefs (Papers by Topic and by Date)
- Raghuram Rajan- Project Syndicate, Economic Regulatory Policy- Chicago Prof
- Robert P. Murphy-free market thinker, austrian school. Fellow at Pacific Research Institute, Mackinac Cent for Pub Pol, Institute for Energy Research
- Simon Johnson- Project Syndicate Columnist, MIT Prof, Former Chief Economist IMF
- Tax Foundation
- Tax Policy Center (TPC) is a non-partisan joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. comprehensive tax simulation model to analyze and better federal income tax
- The Baseline Scenario- Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepren. at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Former Chief Economist IMF
- Truth on the Market
- Working Poor Families Project
Political Opinion
- A Formiga no Carreiro
- Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im- specialties include human rights in Islam and cross-cultural issues in human rights-secularization (Emory Univ; former HR Watch)
- Asra Q Nomani – right of women to walk through the front door and pray in the main hall of her mosque in Morgantown
- Balkinization
- Bill Fisher (Inter Press Service)- former Program Developer Kennedy Administration- insights on US politics
- CATO Institute BLOG
- Daniel Ellsberg- "The Most Dangerous Man in America"- The Pentagon Papers 1971
- Democratic Peace Rudy Rummel
- Diplomatizzando
- Farol da Democracia Representativa
Futuro Presente- Garry Davis World Citizen Movement
- Gerald Celente- "Futurist" (predicts pr forecaster of trends in the markets). Futurists are in the spectrum of alter strat like DARPA NASA
- Global Dashboard
Hitchens- political opinion maker- Irshad Manji-author, emmy award winner, Senior Fellow at Europ. Found Democ. Brussels; accepts Jews' historical roots to the land of Israel
- John J Mearsheimer
- John Pilger- Activist
Jose Pacheco Pereira- Keli Carender- Seattle blogger under the a.k.a. Liberty Bell that is credited to have founded the First Tea Party in her blog "redistributing Knowledge"
- Lew Rockwell-American libertarian politi comment, activist, proponent of the Austrian Sch of eco, chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
- Noam Chomsky- MIT Emeritus, one of the forefathers of Linguistics and analytic philosophy. "Libertarian Socialist": Perhaps the most influential activist in the US
- Notas Verbais
- Nukes & Spooks- McClatchy Press Blog by Nancy Youssef (Pentagon Press Direct, Middle east expert)
- O Diplomata
- O INSURGENTE
- Paul Kedrosky
- Paulo Roberto de Almeida
- Race for Iran
- Robert Fisk- The Independent commentator- reported the Northern Ireland troubles in the 1970s, the Portuguese Revolution in 1974, the Lebanese Civil War, the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War and
- Sharp Right Turn
- SOcial Science Research network
- The National Interest
- ThinkProgress
Public Policy Institutes and Internships/Fellowships
- Abbeville Institute- paleoconservative and neoconservative scholars of southern tradition (secessionists), fellows linked to Ludvig Von Misse
- Acton Institute- Christian conservative, 1990 Grand Rapids Michigan/ Rome, Italy. arguing for free markets and reduced government intervention- Blog: http://blog.acton.org/
- Alabama Policy Institute
- Alexis de Tocqueville Institution- D.C 1988-2010.–based conservative think tank- almost defunct=Koch
- Allegheny Conference
- America Coming Together- Disbanded liberal (mostly Dem)527 Committ-get-the-vote type
- America Votes (527 Candid Polit Action Fund Committ) large coalition to build a perm progress campaign infrastr (engage/increae voter turnout)
- American Civil Rights Union-conservative" civil liberties advocacy group. Filed amicus briefs in 2000 U.S. Supreme Court "Boy Scouts of America v. Dale", defending the Boy Scouts' right to create their own criteria for membership
- American Consumer Institute
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research- libertarian and conservative (Koch). takes no institutional positions on policy issues. Its the right leaning side of Brookings and both colaborated until 2008
- American Federat of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME):2nd largest labor union in US >1.4 mil employees (most in healt care, local/State Gov):min wage, combat privatiz
- American Foreign Policy Council- D.C. Conservative, offers consult to foreign and domestic policy makers since 1982. Blog http://www.afpc.org/blog/
- American Institute for Economic Research (Massachusetts), independent and one of the odest in the Us (1933). sponsors ECON Journal watch
- American institute of Philantropy- Charity Watch for financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising
- American Iranian Council- Princeton, NJ. 2003, the AIC helped Iran initiate an offer to the United States, known as the "Grand Bargain". Before invading Iraq, the Bush administration rebuffed a series of overtures from Iran's reformist gove
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee- right-wing Israeli policy lobbying for pro-Israel policies to US Congress and Executive. aims include repressing the Palestinian Authority, Iran,UN Goldstone Report
- American Legislative Exchange Council
- American Solutions for Winning the Future (527 Tax exempt campaign fundraising committ) founded By Newt Gingrich Conservative
- Americans for Fair Taxation (FairTax) US largest, single-issue grassroots organization and taxpayers union dedicated to fundamental tax code replacement
- Americans for Prosperity=Koch family; Charity Navigator rates 4 stars in budget spending. Opposes Climate change and carbon emissions legislation. launched health care site "Patients United Now"
- Americans for Tax Reform- conserv libert advoc group and taxpay union goal is to curtail gov spend, "Leave US Alone" Coalition, "Cooler Heads" Coalition (anti global warm)
- Americans of Faith-"SOFT MONEY" (free from contribution limits of Federal Election Campaign Act.) christian get-out-the-vote. a.k.a "Operation Vote"
- Analysis Group- 1981, is the largest privately held economic consulting firm in the United States
- Anti-Defamation League- Founded 1913 by The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith.condemned the public school Bible curriculum. absorbed Mark Pitcavage's Miltia Watchdog gr and is an FBI SLATT informant
- Anti-nuclear move in the US>80 orgs opposing nuclear power/weapons:pressure on Nuclear Regulat Comm for Safety Stds
- Arkansas Council on Economic Education
- Arkansas Policy Foundation
- Askew Institute in politics and Society- 1994 regional think tank from the University of Florida
- ASMEA- Ass Sudies Midd East-Africa-Acade Council: Bernard Lewis, George Schultz, Fouad Ajami
- Aspen- has a youth leadership initiative in partnership with other think tanks. Located in DC with presence in Colorado, Maryland, Berlin and Rome, and other initiatives in South America
- Atlantic Council of the US-1961 encourage coop. btw US and Europe. Former chairman is serving Obama National Secu. Adv.
- AtlasNetwork Think Tank- "Objectivist" (often escorted by CATO and libertarians to their side) against environmentalism and affirmative action
- BlueGrass Institute
- Bradley Foundation- conservative: limited government, acquired by Rockwell Enterprises by $1.6 B, assets of $.5B- sponsored The American Spectator to get dirthy material on Bill Clinton
- Brookings Institute Jobs and Internships
- Buckeye Institute
- Calvert Institute for Policy Research
- Campaign Legal Center-nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog for campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics
- Capital Research Center-"to study non-profit organizations, with a special focus on reviving the American traditions of charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace- founded 1910 by Carnegie, published Foreign Policy magazine until 2008. Now the "Int. Eco. Buletim" Uri Dadush from The World Bank
- Cascade Policy- explore and advance public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity"
- Cato Institute Research areas- RESEARCH publications abstracts
- CATO Institute- libertarian 1977 Ed Crane + C. Koch (Oil-2nd largest private company after Cargill), against expans. exec. power under Bush and Iraq War, pro Bush idea of semi privatizing SSN and stand on immigr. libert= "market liberalism.":sta
- Cato ON Campus- recommended job hunting and academic programs from CATO Institute
- Causa Liberal
- Cent for Immig Stud-advocates Immig reduction in US. WallStJour says that exec dir M. Krikorian linked to non immig mov (FAIR and NumbersUSA) by John Tanton-white suprem, nativist (South Pov Law Cent and Leadersh Conf on Civ Right Educ Fund confirm)
- Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Maj Donor: Sandlers (mortgage bilio),Soros,"Democ Alliance", Peter Lewis (Progressive Insuran)c)
- Center for an Urban Future-spin-off of liberal "City Limits Magazine" and website to the Community Service Society of New York
- Center for Equal Opportunity- conservative leading on affirmative action (race based political equality), immigration and bilingual educ
- Center for Global Development- Foreign Policy Magazine's Think-Tank Index listed CGD as one of the top 15 think-tanks in the US
- Center for Governmental Studies- t-thank creates innovative political and media solutions to help indivi participate in their communities and gover
- Center for Intern Policy-cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights (75)- wake of Helsink Conf CSCE
- Center for Media and Democracy-owns Source Watch (ex-Disinfopedia), PR Watch and BanksterUSA.org
- Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement-creating new tools for interfaith communities locally, nationally and beyond
- Center for Public Integrity- non partisan non profit to investig journalism worldwide. criticism includes "Liberalism bias" (funded by George Soros anti Bush Open Society Grants)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities- non-profit think tank ("Policy Organization")-programs for low-moderate-income pops more access to eligible recipients. Founded SFAI and IBP. Funded by Anne E Casey,McCarthur, Ford
- Centro de Investigacao e Analise em RI
- Centro INter disciplinar de Etica e Economia Personalista
- Century Foundation
- Charity Navigator
- Citizens for Tax Justice- Advocacy group to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws
- Claremont Institute- Conservative "restore the principles of the American founding fathers" (limited accountable gov, priv prop, stable fam and strong def polic)
- College Republican National Commit- active recruiter, 527 Group. 1862. 1,500 campus chapters. Separate from Young Rep Nat Fede and affilia to RNC
- Competitive Enterprise Inst- libertarian t-tank by lobbyst Fred L. Smith, Jr to fight big gover.outspoken climate change skeptic. anti-regulatory intervent into commercial activities including bans on alcohol advertising
- Constit Party(original The US Tax Payers Party), 3rd largest party by registe memb in US. Affiliated to Gilchrist's Minuteman Party (christian, nationalist, paleoconservative)
- Constitution Project-Founded and led by Virginia Sloan, Rule of Law Program and the Criminal Justice Program (Guantanamo Task Force)
- Constitutional Militia Movement-spin off of "Christian Identity" and White Supremacists against collectivist forces infiltrating and dominating within the US for the santity of the Constitution
- Contraditorio- Think Tank tuga
- Corp Watch- Crocodyl- corporate responsibility through global open source conversation on Wikipedia, Sourcewatch, Open Congress, WiserEarth
- Corp Watch-independ media activism and democ control over corps by exposing multinat corps that profit from war, fraud, environmental, human rights and other abuses
- Democracy for America- Democrat
- Demos-think tank-about election reform and eco sec. Obama one of the founders. affiliated with Building Movem Proj, Busi for Shared Prosperity and Inequality.org
- Discovery Inst-christian conserv t-tank -advocacy of intelligent design creationism ( e-frame the debate over the origins of life in non-religious terms) "wedge strategy"
- Eagle Forum- anti feminist, pro family conservative, founder and Pres Phylis Schlafly, pro women home-makers, anti vaccination, anti sex educat
- EMILY's List- Pol Acti Committ (to elect females pro choice) acrony for "Early Money Is Like Yeast". Simil to "Wish List", has 1 chapt in AUS
- Fact Check.org- non-partisan, nonprofit"'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
- Ford Foundation- founded by Ford Motor Co executives.
- Foundation Center
- Foundation for Excellence in Education-t-thank Miami based, founde by Jeb Bush. Background:"Excellence in Action: A National Summit on Education Reform" in partnership with the James Madison Institute
- Foundation for Research on Economics and Environment- free market environmentalism (private property instead of market regulation)
- Fraser Institute
- Free Cong Res and Edu Found-found by Paul Weyrich, after founding Commit for Surviv of Free Congr (champ in direct mail fundrais) fight labor/lib dominat US Cong 70s and complem "Heritage"(also cofound)
- Free State Foundation
- FreedomWorks (1984-04 Citizens for a Sound Economy-less taxes, less gov, less regulation+ merged with "Empower America")=Koch astroturfing
- General Electric Edge lab-applied academic research lab, established in 2000 as a partnership between GE and the Univ of Connecticut
- George C. Marshall institute "Science for Better Pub Policy"- Newsweek describes as a "central cog in the denial machine." Criticised Bushs sign of UN Conv on Climate Change 1992
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation
- Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE) Tuffs Univ
- Goldwater (Barry Sen) Insti Ronald Reagan Fellows Internship Prog Az-conserv public policy research org (Darcy A Olsen Dir).
- Gulf Research Center- Think Tank in Dubai that partners with E.U. and Gulf Corporation Council (Al-Jisr Project)
- Heartland Inst-Conserv-Libertarian, T-Thank Chicago.Clearinghouse for research for CATO, Heritage and Brookings, Funds from Exxon, Olin, Scaiffe, CastleRock, Bradley
- Heritage Foundation-leading role on "Reagans Doctrine" contain in Nicar, Ang, Afgh, IDE thgh policy study "Mandate for Leadership"-Led by Paul Weyrich since 1977.
- Hoover Inst on War Rev and Peace- founded by Pres to be Herb Hoover at Stanford in 1919. influential in conserv and libert movem. Fellows include Thatc,Schultz,Rice,Rumsfeld,Dinesh and Hitchens, Friedman
- Hudson Institute-1961, Hudson NY by futuri, military strat, and syst theor Herman Kahn (RAND Corp); interdiscipli, anti organic farm (Cargill and Monsanto), takes gov contracts/grants
- Idealist ORG
- IIRE- The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) Amsterdam, clear connection between International Viewpoint and IIRE Fellows
- Independence Institute- a conservative think tank (Colorado). annual Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) party, to promote drinking, smoking, and shooting as a "fundamental right. Media Matters of America accused Indep of media domination in CO
- Independent Institute-libertarian California Founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux . sponsors studies by 140 fellows published in Oxford and Cambridge Univ Press and other major publishers
- India, China and America Inst-non-governmental platform to identify and drive synergies among the 3 through a clearinghouse mech available to leaders
- Industrial Workers of the World or Wobblers- international union, include Starbucks since 2004 and Bycicle Couriers
- Inovative Minds
- Institute for Energy Research-analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. Promotes free makts and permissive environmental policy
- Institute for Humane Studies- talent scout based on MO of William Volker Fund, founded site "BetterEarth.org" (Koch). Also "aWorldconnected.org"for free market
- Institute for Justice-Litigation =Koch. Produces newsletter "Liberty and law" () champions the "Castle Coalition" for private owners against developers land grab and Blog "MakeNoLaw"
- Institute for Policy Studies- founded 1963 by Raskin and Barnett former brain trust Kennedy advisers
- Institute for Work and the Economy
- Instituto Millenium
- Instituto Portugues de RI
- Instituto Rel Int Brasilia
- International Humanism and Ethical Union – Malta
- J.M. Kaplan Fund (a former pass-through for CIA moneys)- conservative
- JHU International Politics Podcast
- Jim Glichrist- founder of the anti immigration/mexican border control by private citizens watchdog project-Minuteman
- John M. Olin Foundation-Conservative like Bradley and Koch. Charged to spend all assets within a generation of Olin's death, for fear of mission drift over time. 2005 disbanded
- Joint Victory campaign 2004-527 four-way "combined fundraising committee" (LABOR)+MEDIA FUND(adds)+AME COMING TOGETHER(get-out-the-vote)+AME VOTES (Umbrella)
- Koch Family Foundations-silent sponsor: Mercatus, Inst Humane Stud,Citizens for Sound Econ,Inst for Just,Tocqueville Inst,Inst for Ener Res,Found Res on Econ and Enviro,Heritage Found,Manhat Inst,George C. Marshall Inst,Reason Found,Amer Enterp Inst
- Lab de Analise das RI do PETREL da Univ de Brasilia
- Ludvig Von Mises Inst-no trad t-tank-does not seek to implement pub pol (still connected to Rep Ron Paul and Found Eco Edu)
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- Manhattan Institute of Public Policy (ex-Int Cent for Economic Policy Studies)- VERITAS fund for conserv education reform, "Cities on a Hill" database
- Maryland (The) Public Policy Institute
- Media Matters for America- (Media Transparency)-monitors the financ ties of conserv t-tanks to conserv found in US
- Mercatus Center (@George Mason Uni)=Koch Foundations; old Center for Market Progress (@Rutgers Uni)
- Move On.org- founded by IT form couple petitioning against Clinton impeach (500000 sign). Former 527 tax exempt group (campaign or pol action committ to fundraise)
- Mundorama
- Nat Audubon Soc-memb of Nat Res Coun of Ame. "1 oldest + high-brow of Ame cons groups. spons by cons Pew Chari Trusts(Sun Oil),J.M. Kaplan Fund(former pass-throughCIA$),Ford Found.royalt oil/gas wells in its Rainey Wildlife Res in Loui
- National Alliance- US Nazi group founded by fictio author William Pierce in W-Virg spinoff G. L. Rockwell NSWPP aka Nat Youth Allian (SPLC/FBI rated best-financ/organ white national org)
- National Assoc of Scholars-Conserv t-indep member assoc that opposes multiclturalism (controver).Funded by Olin,Scaife,Bradley,Castle Rock,Smith-Richard
- National Labor Committee in support of Workers Human Rights-NGO. work with Unions, along with "United Stude Against Sweatshops" with Workers Rights Consortium
- New America Foundation
- New Democrat Network- democrat t-thank: 2 in 1- political committ (527) by Simon Rosenberg (former Dukakis staff) and ex Democ Leaders Counc
- No Labels
- Ocean State Policy
- Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
- Open Secrets- Center for Responsive Politics- tracks money in politics, lobbying activity, campaigns
- Open Society Institute- founded by George Soros, private grantmaking foundation: democratic govern, human rights, and econ, legal, and social reform
- Ordem Livre Org
- Palmer R. Chitester Fund- libertar-leaning conserv (erie, PA). Initially funded by Bradley Found. Bob Chitester was the PBS-WQLN TV gen manag in PA
- Participaedia- user-generated articles which describe and assess participatory governance throughout the world
- Pew Charitable Trusts- Philade, Sun Oli Family, acused by conserv to "defunding the left". Rimel Pres, affiliated to Deutche B and PNC, Monticello and Wistar
- Philantropy Roundtable- conservative, grant recipient from John M Olin Foundation (ex-Institute for Educ Affairs)
- POGO- Project on Government Oversight- Watchdog waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government- Exec Danielle Brian
- Policy Experts- Heritage Foundation Link- experts all around the world
- Political Information ORG a search engine for politics and groups
- Posse Comitatus-Militia Mov-mov of paramilit groups US,claim legitim under the Militia Clause,2ndAmend.Found by Silver Shirts (Nazis)-survivali,vigilanti;"identi churc"reject authori above county's sheriff
- Progress for America -527 Commit (after under attack from Fed Elect Commit for raising excessive contrib) w/ affiliate PFA Voters Fund, created to raise 38 mil in supp of Bushs 2004
- Project Vote Smart
- Public Agenda
- Quilliam Foundation- " world’s first counter-extremism think tank"
- Rand Corporation
- Reason Magaz (By Reason Found) and "Out of Control" Blog (http://reason.org/blog/)- Org Founded by Robert Poole (credited for the word "privatization"). Publish "Innovators in Action" (Jeb Bush, Giuliani) and ranks each state
- Republican Governors Association- 1963 527 Committ provide party support to the election and re-election of rep gubernatorial candidates
- Republican Jewish Coalition
- Rothbard Institute- Belgium (great author of Libertarianism/Objectivism)
- Scaife Foundations-conservative granting foundation -4: Allegheny Founda, Carthage Founda, Sarah Scaife Found, Scaife Fam Foundat
- Secretary of State project (SOS)-progressive California activists, liberal 527 politc committ
- Smith Richardson Foundation (CT)- conservative; foreign and dom policy research- founders of the Vick Chemical Co sold to P&G in 1985
- Susan B Anthony- Anti abortion PAC (pol Act Committ and candidate fund committ) over 280,000 members. Supports Palin Conser
- Swift Vets and POWs for Truth 527 Commit disbanded (J Kerry Vietnam smear camp- 3 major TX donors Bob Perry, Contrans and Boone Pickens)
- Texans for Public Justice- 1997 Austin; issued claim against a Supreme Justice in Texas for receiving Enron campaign contributions
- Texans for Truth- disbanded. created by anti-Bush campaign online activists "DriveDemocracy.org" ("MoveOn.org") as a response to SwiftBoat Veterans (contra-Kerry) on swing-states
- The Castle Rock Foundation – owned by the Coors (beer) Family to sponsor conservative projects and orgs
- The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies-conserv and libert seeking reform of the current US legal system with a textualist and/or originalist interpret of the U.S. Const
- The Henry Jackson Society- Davis Lewin Fellow in Foreign and Security, Transatlantic policies (http://davislewin.blogspot.com/)
- The Jewish Policy Center- think tank in DC close to Republic Jewish Coalition, director of both is Matthew Brooks
- The New American- John Birch Society-Ultra conservative, anti comunist, limited gov, chapters in all 50 states. One founder was Fred Koch
- Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions
- Urban Institute
- Washington Center
- Washington Institute for Near East policy
- Whistleblower Blog-GAP (Gov Accountability Project)- non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization in Washington, D.C
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
- Ahmed Subhy Mansour- noted Islamic scholar and cleric; founded Quranists sect that is neither Sunni nor Shiite
- Biblioteca Digital de Paulo Freire
- Christian Reconstructionism-conservative theological mov within Protestant Christianity that calls for Christians to put their faith into action
- David Barton- hard Dominionism- USevangel Christian minister, Repu political activist and found of the "WallBuilders". Nati Cou on Bible Curric in Pub Schools, Christian Reconstructionist. Friend to Glenn Beck
Dinesh D'Souza Christianity and Politics- Edip Yuksel- prime figures in the modern Islamic reform and Qur'an alone movements
- Frankfurt School- neo-Marxist interdiscipl social theory;Critical of both capitalism and Soviet socialism, searching altern path to social develo
- Gamal al-Banna- Egyptian scholar (younger brother of Hassan Al-Banna, founder of Islam Brotherhood, Great Uncle of Tariq Ramadan)
- Paulo Freire Project
- Portal Agostinho da Silva
- Religeous Movements Data base University of Virginia Library
- Zaid Shakir- Islam Scholar University of Berkeley: New Islamic Directions
Tastings & Reviews
US Healthcare Policy Analysis
- Centre for Ethical Solutions- based in Lovettsville, mission is to find practical solutions to controversial problems in the field of medical ethics
- Kaiser Net News
- Pro Con on Health Care Reform case Study
- Service Employees Inter Union- fastest grow Union in US-about 1.8 mil workers over 100 occupat in the US, Can, Puerto Rico (50% health services)
US Political News
- American Thinker
- Anti War- subsidiary of parent company Randolph Bourne Institute. The founders of Antiwar.com were active in the Libertarian Party during the 1970s; in 1983 founded the Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee to work as a libertarian caucus within the
- Democracy Now!
- Foreign Affairs
- Joseph S. Nye, Jr- former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, is a professor at Harvard University
- NY Times- The Caucus
- Obama's Presidency living diary online- Politico 44
- Policy Review- US Leading Conservative Journals acquired by Hoover Institution from Heritage Foundation
- Pro Con : Can Alternative Energy replace Fossil Fuels?
- Pro Con- Is Human Activity a significant factor on global climate change? Case Study
- Pro Con- Was Ronal Reagan a Good President? Case Study
- Pro-Con -Social Security Privatization? Case Study
- Pro-Con on Illegal Immigration case study
- Real Clear Poliics
- Richard N Haass- Project Syndicate; Director of Policy Planning in the US State Department, is President of The Council on Foreign Relations
- SEC- Sec Exch Comm- whistleblower Harry Markopolos in 1999 against Maddoff led 2009 POGO Watchdog to denounce SEC oversight on 27/52 reform recomm.
- Stephen M. Walt Foreign Policy
- The Atlantic
- The UK Spectator
- THOMAS-The House [of Representatives] Open Multimedia Access System
- US Department of Labor- Bureau of Labor Statistics (unemployment rate, consumer index price, market federal indicators)
- US International Trade Data
- World Security Network
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