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This page is new as of January 2007. Links to the news stories might not stay good, depending on how they've been archived. All the others are fresh.

The political views reflected here are now widely considered to be left, liberal, progressive. Until a few years ago, they were thought of as centrist.

You might also want to look at the page of links covering government, politics, & law and my list of progressive media sources.

1. unitedforpeace.org: United for Peace and Justice, the umbrella organization
2. commoncause.org: Common Cause, since 1970, with 38 state organizations. Issues: election reform, ethics in government, government accountability, media and democracy, money in politics, redistricting
3. pfaw.org: People For the American Way
4. democracyforamerica.com: Democracy For America
5. tompaine.com: Tom Paine, "the best progressive insight and action"
6. wellstone.org: Wellstone Action
7. progressivemajority.org
8. concordcoalition.org: The Concord Coalition
9. ndn.org: New Democrat Network is "A 21st Century Progressive Advocacy and Political Organization"
10. mydd.com: Direct Democracy blog
11. responsiblewealth.org: Responsible Wealth
12. news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6039556.html: CNET News: Mash-ups for social change
13. thinkprogress.org: Think Progress
14. truemajority.org: True Majority
15. americansforprosperity.org: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
16. rtmark.com: anti-corporate action from Hungary, and good looking (rtmark means "registered trade-mark")
17. essential.org: Nader's Essential Information, "Encouraging Activism"
18. demos.org/inequality is Inequality.org, "Inequality, rather than want, is the cause of trouble."
19. demos.org: is "committed to building an America that achieves its highest democratic ideals. We believe this requires a democracy that is robust and inclusive, with high levels of electoral participation and civic engagement; an economy where prosperity and opportunity are broadly shared and disparity is reduced; and a strong and effective public sector with the capacity to plan for the future and provide for the common good."

1. wacitizenaction.org, Washington Community Action Network, "uniting the major progressive organizations..."
2. scn.org/activism/calendar: simply presented, it keeps its list of events in the Seattle area up to date.
3. seattleactivism.org: new and slick, Seattle Activism provides a calendar of events, actions, and more.
4. snowcoalition.org: the Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War is an active coalition of over a hundred area org's.

Washington State:
1. Washington State Democratic Party, the 43rd District Dems, and the King County Dems and their blog
2. Patty Murray and her e-mail
3. Maria Cantwell and her contact
4. Jim McDermott and his e-mail
   from Wikipedia:
5. the Democratic Leadership Council
6. the Democratic National Committee
7. 527 groups
8. What's the Matter with Kansas?

1. amnesty.org: Amnesty International
2. hrw.org: Human Rights Watch
3. ccr-ny.org: Center for Constitutional Rights
4. epic.org: the Electronic Privacy Information Center
5. oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm: Project for the OLD American Century: George W Bush and the 14 points of fascism
6. 66.102.7.104/search?...: Department of Homeland Security: Privacy Impact Assessment, CBP Automated Targeting System
   information
7. google.com/search?...Google search: "national security letter"
8. slate.com: 11/8/2003: A Guide to the Patriot Act in 4 parts
9. aclu.org/spyfiles: ACLU: Spy Files -- domestic spying
10. gwu.edu/~nsarchiv: The National Security Archive from George Washington University
11. gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/index.html: National Security Archive: Electronic Briefing Books
12. epic.org/privacy/wiretap/...: numbers of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Orders, 1979-2005
13. wikipedia.org: the United States and the International Criminal Court
14. wikipedia.org: Operation Condor -- "a campaign of counter-terrorism and intelligence operations"
    news and commentary
15. govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-4081: GovTrack: S.4081[109]: "Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006"
16. latimes.com/news/...: 12/18/06 -- "Give habeas a chance"
17. news.findlaw.com/...: FindLaw News: Special Coverage of the "War on Terrorism" with daily updates
18. apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo...: HJM 4029, a bill from the Washington State legislature Calling on the President and Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005
19. organicconsumers.org/...: "We Now Live in a Fascist State," from Harper's of October 2005
20. tompaine.com: 9/26/06--Showdown Over Habeas, by Senator Leahy

1. wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act: the "Military Commissions Act of 2006 ... which took effect on October 17, 2006, removes federal court jurisdiction over pending and future habeas corpus actions and any other actions filed by or on behalf of detained aliens determined by the United States to be enemy combatants..." including U.S. citizens
2. law.shu.edu/news/...: "Analysis of the proceedings of the government's combatant status review tribunals" from the Seton Hall School of Law--subtitled "No-hearing Hearings"
3. npr.org/...:11/21/2006: listen to "Tapes Provide First Glimpse of Secret Gitmo Panels"
4. mojones.com...guantanamo.html Mother Jones, Sep/Oct 2006: "A Detainee's Story--The Man Who Has Been to America"
5. guardian.co.uk/guantanamo...: The Guardian, 6/30/2006: "Guardian finds Afghan witnesses US couldn't"

1. wikipedia.org: Freedom of information in the United States
2. wikipedia.org: Freedom of Information Act (United States)
3. foia.fbi.gov/index.html: Federal Bureau of Investigation: Freedom of Information Privacy Act

1. peer.org: PEER is "a service organization assisting...public employees...to work as "anonymous activists" so that agencies must confront the message, rather than the messenger." (See the EPA libraries, below.)
2. fedspending.org, "created by OMB Watch, is a free, searchable database of federal government spending"
3. ombwatch.org: OMB Watch "promotes open government, accountability and citizen participation"
4. pogo.org: The Project On Government Oversight--"Founded in 1981, POGO is an independent investigative non-profit whose mission is to expose corruption in order to achieve a more accountable federal government."
5. nasawatch.com: NASA Watch
6. corpwatch.org: CorpWatch--"Holding Corporations Accountable"
7. legistorm.com: LegiStorm--"The Web's only source for congressional staff salaries"

1. haaretz.com: Haaretz Israel News
2. english.aljazeera.net: Al Jazeera
3. ptimes.org: Palestine Times
4. alternet.org: AlterNet, 10/16/2006: War on Iraq--"Bush's Petro-Cartel Almost Has Iraq's Oil"
5. back-to-iraq.com:Back to Iraq: Christopher Allbritton's blog (former AP and New York Daily News reporter, now stringing for Time and others) reports from the middle east
6. usinfo.state.gov/xarchives...: 12/6/2006: Executive Summary of the Iraq Study Group Report
7. grain.org/articles/?id=6: "Iraq's new patent law," from the excellent grain.org
8. thankyoult.org: Lt. Watada refused to deploy to Iraq

1. wikipedia.org: a minute-by-minute 9/11 timeline

1. thebulletin.org: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
2. fas.org: the Federation of American Scientists has an "ethical obligation to bring their knowledge and experience to bear on critical national decisions"
3. democracy21.org: Democracy 21 is "dedicated to making democracy work for all Americans."
4. wikipedia.org: List of United States immigration legislation
5. biz.uiowa.edu/iem: The Iowa Electronic Markets
6. cooperativeresearch.org: Able Danger and wikipedia.org: Able Danger
7. infantry.army.mil/whinsec, WHINSEC, formerly known as the School of the Americas
   and soaw.org, School of the Americas Watch
8. civilrights.org: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
9. rockridgeinstitute.org , the Rockridge Institute, and wikipedia.org, George Lakoff on the use of language to frame debate. Taking one example, is it an "estate tax" or a "death tax"?
10. johntirman.com: John Tirman, currently executive director of the Center for International Studies at MIT, and author of 100 Ways America is Screwing Up the World, among others
11. leftjustified.com: "Examining the Roots of Constitutional Government in the US & Around the World."
12. realclearpolitics.com: Real Clear Politics, "commentary...from all points of the political compass"

1. peer.org/campaigns/publichealth/epa_library/index.php: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) states that "The Bush administration is seeking to dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's network of technical libraries...."
2. peer.org/news/...: PEER news release, 8/28/2006 -- "EPA emforcement threatened by library closures; Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents"
3. peer.org/docs/epa/06_21_9_fed_reg_notice.pdf: Federal Register, 9/20/2006 -- "Notification of closure of EPA headquarters library"
4. news.yahoo.com...: 12/19/2006 -- "EPA Library Shutdown May Lead to Showdown"
5. epa.gov/natlibra/libraries.htm: link to EPA libraries and repositories
6. nepis.epa.gov: National Environmental Publications Information System, "Serving Environmental Scientists, Students, Citizens, and the World," and
   epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm: Search EPA National Catalog of the Online Library System (OLS),
   are together supposed to replace the libraries themselves

1. msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677: Countdown with Keith Olbermann home
2. National yawn as our rights evaporate
3. The death of habeas corpus
4. Beginning of the end of America

1. biz.yahoo.com...: 11/26/2006 -- "Amid Crimped Supply, Oil Industry Denies Price Manipulation "

1. draftgore2008.org: DG08 -- grassroots organizing really early
2. obama.senate.gov/issues/ethics_and_lobbying_reform: Obama on ethics and lobbying reform, from Feb '06

1. geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931 An Anarchist FAQ,
   and
2. dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/archivehome.html: Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism