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Revoking Illegitimate Corporate Power
Citizen Works www.citizenworks.org
Provides an “toolbox” of techniques and information for activists and community organizers
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund celdf.org
has a many outstanding resources including model legislation and a citizen's guide to researching corporations
Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy poclad.org
POCLAD is a long-time leader in rethinking the role of corporations and the meaning of democracy.
The New Rules Project newrules.org
contends that corporatization is not an inevitable trend, but results from rules designed to centralize wealth and power in corporate hands. Offers dozens of models for rules encouraging community empowerment and decentralization.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom wilpf.org
WILPF produces a superb study guide, "Challenging Corporate Power, Asserting the People's Rights," available free (pdf) online.
The Aurora Institute aurora.ca
educates and organizes on corporate power issues in Canada, whose corporate legal history has closely matched that of the U.S.
The Alliance for Democracy thealliancefordemocracy.org
has local groups around the country focused on confronting corporate power. See if there's an active group near you.
Community Economics & Business
American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) amiba.net
Communities don't have to sit by and watch chains displace local independent businesses. They can work proactively to maintain community-owned businesses through IBAs.
Rocky Mountain Institute's Economic Renewal Program rmi.org
promotes community development without rampant growth or corporate dependence
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies click here
aims to create and strengthen local networks committed to building sustainable and inclusive living economies and promoting socially responsible business practices.
New Rules Project NewRules.org
(see above) is a great research resource in this realm. See "Retail" section
Political Reform
National Voting Rights Initiative nvri.org
defends the constitutional rights of all citizens, regardless of economic status, to participate in the electoral process on an equal and meaningful basis.
Center for Voting & Democracy fairvote.org
offers a huge array of information on several electoral reform issues and is the definitive resource on Instant Runoff Voting
Brennan Center for Justice brennancenter.org
provides detailed information on legal issues in campaign reform, civil rights and poverty issues within the legal system
Ballot Access News ballot-access.org
offers a wealth of resources on issues relating to opportunities (and barriers) for independent and third party candidates and for citizen initiatives. They track news from each state as well as nationally.
Common Cause commoncause.org
offers information on the corruption of democracy (focusing on the power of money) and solutions for more democratic elections
Center for Responsive Politics opensecrets.org
is a tremendous resource for information on money in politics and campaign finance law
The Sentencing Project sentencingproject.org
confronts harms of the corporate criminal justice industry, racial injustice in the system, disenfranchisement and more
Public Campaign publicampaign.org
is devoted to implementing publicly financed elections around the U.S.
Fannie Lou Hamer Project flhp.org
focuses on campaign finance reform as a civil rights issue
Initiative & Referendum Institute ballotwatch.org
the premier source of information on Initiative & Referendum topics
National Initiative for Democracy ni4d.org
promotes direct democracy via ballot initiatives. Also vote.org
Education
Rethinking Schools rethinkingschools.org
a journal committed to the vision that public education is central to democracy. While writing for a broad audience, RS emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race.
Alfie Kohn's website AlfieKohn.org
offers important perspectives on the dangers of high stakes tests, commercialism and many crucial education issues. Kohn challenges much conventional wisdom in a provocative and engaging way.
Consumers' Union consumersunion.org/other/captivekids/index.htm
an in-depth look at corporate influence in education and some recommended actions
Health, Food & Environment
Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly rachel.org
transcends surface analysis of environmental problems to address the roots in corporate power and the decay of democracy. Their newsletter is essential reading and has the full archives in both English and Spanish.
Family Farmer familyfarmer.org
an advocacy organization for family ownership and environmentally sound agriculture
Cancer Prevention Coalition preventcancer.org
challenges the dominance of the "find a cure" perspective and encourages focusing energy on stopping production of carcinogens
Native Forest Council forestcouncil.org
recognizes revoking corporate power as essential to preserving our National Forests and other public lands
Wild Wilderness WildWilderness.org
works to keep public lands public and undeveloped, with a focus on stopping corporatization of those lands threatened by the Fee-Demo program
Civil Rights
The Constitution Society constitution.org
This phenomenal resource has thousands of fascinating documents, books (entire books online) and more. The information source on the Constitution.
National Lawyers Guild nlg.org
this progressive law association has assisted notable legal efforts to challenge corporate power.
Labor
AFL-CIO aflcio.org
the site of this 13 million-member union is a wide-ranging and useful resource
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees afscme.org has extensive information on privatization issues
Center for Economic and Policy Research cepr.net
a great resource on economic and trade issues
Center for Labor & Community Research clcr.org
addresses worker ownership and many "alternative" models of economic development
The Shared Capitalism Institute SharedCapitalism.org
works for more equitable and sustainable enterprise.
Labor Notes LaborNet.org
"Online communication for a democratic, independent labor movement"
Global Trade & Treaties
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch tradewatch.org
a great resource for staying abreast of U.S. legislation relating to global corporatization
Global Exchange globalexchange.org working towards global economic justice, lots of good campaigns
Economic Policy Institute epinet.org their trade & globalization page has excellent background
Council of Canadians Canadians.org tracks global corporatization and other public interest issues
Resource Center of the Americas americas.org focuses on Central & South American issues
The Third World Network twnside.org.sg has one of the world's most extensive resource collections on globalization
Researching Corporations
Public Information Network endgame.org
provides a wealth of resources on corporate history, a clearinghouse of information for researching corporations, and more
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund celdf.org
has a many outstanding resources including model legislation and a citizen's guide to researching corporations
Corpwatch corpwatch.org
Independent News on the Web
Common Dreams commondreams.org
a daily online collection of opinion, news and leaks from a progressive perspective
World Net Daily worldnetdaily.com
offers a variety of daily articles from a conservative perspective
Indy Media indymedia.org
a unique network of news sites in over 30 countries and eighty cities where any individual can post news, opinion pieces, photos and more, a great source for coverage of mass protests and direct actions.
BlackElectorate.com blackelectorate.com
No site we've seen collects such ideologically diverse news and opinion stories from both mass media and independent sources on a daily basis.
Undernews prorev.com
a vast, informative news and opinion site from author Sam Smith
Media Channel mediachannel.org
an extensive network of independent media outlets around the globe
Media Reform Information Center www.corporations.org/media
has a huge array of useful links to about media consolidation and democratic media movements
Independent Business Supporting Our Work
Daniel Will-Harris will-harris.com
Daniel’s a writer/designer in Point Reyes, California. He creates corporate IDs and brand identities, web sites, packaging for individuals around the world (and, in the past, gasp, corporations including Microsoft, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, and major publishing companies owned by huge faceless multinationals).
His web site was one of the first 5,000 on the web and offers useful and entertaining content on topics ranging from graphic design to married life. He created the popular site eFuse.com which helps small businesses learn to build better web sites.
His SchmoozeLetter e-mail newsletter offers an entertaining story, twice a month. Some of the stories have been collected into his new book My Wife & Times which he published and sells directly (so buying his book is not supporting any multinational corporation).
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