Links
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The latest book by Naomi Klein (No Logo) explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Klein exposes the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades. Get involved here.
Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy, by Ted Nace
Download the book for free. Check out the great table at the bottom of this page from Chapter 1 that outlines the rights of corporations vs. people, how they got them and when.
PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT - MEDIA & ACTIVISM
Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood
"We support the rights of children to grow up - and the rights of parents to raise them - without being undermined by rampant consumerism."
www.riceNpeas.com
"Your on-line monthly magazine for the alternative voice in media"
www.freeradicalmedia.com
"Punishing corporate bad acts starts with you. The power is in your hands. Free Radical Media: spread the word"
GNN - Guerrilla News Network
Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming.
®TMark
Sabotage corporate culture
Adbusters
Jam corporate culture
Corporate Watch
Track corporate harms
Independent Media Center
Use independent media
International Forum on Globalization
Develop alternative strategies
Mark Dery's Pyrotechnic Insanitarium
No Logo
OAT.TAO.ca
Network for action
Persons Inc.
Fight corporate dominance
PR Watch
Understand the PR industry
RiseUp.net
Network the struggle
Smart Meme Strategy and Training Project
Strategic Grassroots Communications
State PIRG - Working Together
Public interest advocacy
The Activist
Speak truth to power
TV News Lies
Uncovering news disinformation
Whispered Media
Video activist collective
The FOX BGH suit
Help Steve & Jane fight Fox
leftfield.coop
Reaffirming the spirit of political debate among festival-goers
KidsandAdvertising
This one-stop site covers everything you need to know about adverts aimed at children on TV, radio, print and the internet.
schnews.org.uk
Read the news the mainstream tends to ignore
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! EDUCATION & RESEARCH
CERU - Commercialism in Education Research Unit (Arizona State University)
Get corporations out of schools
David C. Korten
Localize ownership
thecornerhouse.org
Providing support research and analysis for social justice and environmental campaigning
Corporate Europe Observatory
Researching corporate involvement in decision-making in EU institutions
Aurora Institute - "The Corporation: Inside and Out"
"The Corporation: Inside and Out" is an excellent 32-page guide for citizens who want to understand why corporations act the way they do and what they can do about it Aurora Institute
Centre For Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada's leading progressive voices in public policy debates.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE! FAIR TRADE, LABOR RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE
MiningWatch Canada
MiningWatch Canada is a coalition of social justice, environmental, labour and aboriginal organizations in Canada that calls for an end to irresponsible mining where mining activities damage people's health and the environment, where local opposition to projects is ignored, where people lose land and livelihoods without fairly negotiated compensation, and where human rights are not respected.
AFL-CIO
Support trade unions
Co-op America
Transform the economy
Labor Rights Now!
Promote labor rights
Make Trade Fair
Trade fairly
SJC - Social Justice Committee
Transform our world into just society (Social Justice Committee)
National Labor Committee
National Workers Rights
Urban Habitat
Socially just communities
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Women for Peace and Justice
Corporate Personhood
Abolish corporate dominance
nosweat.org.uk
Providing solidarity to workers' struggles worldwide
Voices in the Wilderness
Advocating non-violent protest in the pursuit of social justice
tradejusticemovement.org.uk
Campaigning for fundamental change to international trade
traidcraft.org.uk
Working to make trade work for the poor
Carbon Disclosure Project
A coordinating secretariat for a group of institutional investors on the business implications of climate change
SAVE DEMOCRACY! - CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS
ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
Preserving civil rights
Amnesty International
Protect human rights
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Be an active shareholder
Global Exchange
A membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world
MoveOn.org
Democracy in action
ParEcon
Build economic democracy
POCLAD (Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy)
Limit corporate control in government
Public Citizen
Strengthen the regulatory system
ReclaimDemocracy.org
Restore citizen authority over corporations
Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE)
Coalition campaigning for legislation on corporate reporting and liability
World Development Movement
Tackling the root causes of poverty
people & planet
Student action on world poverty, human rights, and the environment
Platform
Promoting creative processes of democratic engagement to advance social and economic justice
The Democracy Center - Bolivia's War Over Water
In 1999, following World Bank advice, Bolivia granted a 40 year privatization lease to a subsidiary of the Bechtel Corporation, giving it control over the water on which more than half a million people survive. Immediately the company doubled and tripled water rates for some of South America's poorest families...
SUSTAINABLE LIVING - SAVE THE PLANET!
Bioneers
Practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Defend your community (free legal assistance)
On the Commons
Web portal and blog that explores activism on behalf of the commons
Earth Island Institute
Conservation, preservation, restoration
Greenpeace
Crucial world wide campaign, focusing on threats to the planet's biodiversity and environment
Interface Sustainability
Make your corporation sustainable
Natural Capitalism
Create the next industrial revolution
Navdanya
Resist biopiracy
Sierra Club
Conservation, preservation, restoration
Global Witness
Campaigning to highlight the link between the exploitation of natural resources and human rights abuses
Rising Tide UK
Grassroots responses to the root causes of climate change
Environmental Investigation Agency
Campaigning to investigate and expose environmental crime
World Wildlife Fund
Working on both global and local environmental issues
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT - PROTECT YOUR FOOD!
BGH Bulletin
Conscious Choice
The Center for Food Safety
Ethical Consumer
Genetic Engineering Action Network
GRACE Factory Farm Project
Organic Consumers Association
Pesticide Watch
Fighting dangerous pesticides
