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(Note: The Palos Verdes Peninsula Democratic Club is not responsible for the content of any of the folowing websites, nor does its membership necessarily agree with all points of view or facts presented therein.)
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* Websites of Left/Centrist Groups
* More Online Link Collections & Information Sources
Websites & Addresses of Left/Centrist Political Groups:"A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps, both."
James Madison, Letter to W. T. Barry, August 4, 1822
(quote from http://www.campaigndisclosure.org/)
BuyBlue.org
Website providing names of companies who have contributed to Democratic campaigns, or whose top executives have donated to Democrats. It also shows who has filled the Republican coffers.
http://www.buyblue.org/
MoveOn.Org:
"Democracy in Action"
A network of more than 3,000,000 online activists.
Read their informative articles about what's going on at the White House, and the current efforts and battles against the Administration's Iraq & Environmental Policies, as well as other important issues.
http://www.moveon.org
San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice:
Their Mission: "Peace Education and Action in our Neighborhoods"
"We are committed to education and action, hosting speakers from organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Physicians for Social Responsibility, and World Federalist Organization, as well as showing informative videos, from Hidden Wars of Desert Storm to The Revolution Will Not be Televised. In addition to these activities, SPNPJ has collected signatures in opposition to the Patriot Act, hosted a 4th of July reading of the Bill of Rights at Liberty Hill, and reaches out to the community through going door-to-door and tabling at various locations."
http://www.spneighbors.org
See some of their upcoming events on our "Events" webpage.
Democracy for America
Howard Dean's new website
http://www.DemocracyForAmerica.com
Mother Jones Magazine Online
News Commentaries and Discussions, with a distinction made between news, research articles, and commentaries, from the publishers of the progressive magazine "Mother Jones."
http://www.motherjones.com
Pacifica Radio Website
Independent Radio Website featuring downloadable audio of their radio presentations and discussions as well as the audio of important hearings. "The Pacifica Radio Foundation. Bringing listeners alternative, community, free speech, listener sponsored radio for over 50 years."
http://www.pacifica.org/
Institute for Policy Studies - IPS:
733 15th St NW, Suite 1020
Washington DC, 20005
phone: (202) 234-9382 - fax: (202) 387-7915
Provides a large number of insightful articles about various U.S. policy issues and Bush Administration activities.
http://www.ips-dc.org/
Corporate Watch:
Articles about the activities of U.S. and Multi-National Corporations worldwide, and their local social and economic impacts.
http://www.corpwatch.org/
(Note: at times this site is very slow loading, but worthwhile.)
Muckraker: Center for Investigative Reporting
Insightful articles about special investigations conducted by the group or in collaboration with investigative television and radio shows or other investigative groups.
http://www.muckraker.org/
Rock the Vote:
Organization to Encourage Young People to Vote & Get Involved
http://www.rockthevote.com
True Majority - Group founded by Ben of Ben & Jerry's
Group goal: "To combine the power of Environmental, Social Justice, Peace, and Equal Justice Advocates..."
http://action.truemajority.org/welcome.asp
-- Check out their "SPANK BUSH GAME" - Vent your anger at:
http://www.spankbush.com/
California Voter Foundation:
-- Links to information about California Election system: http://www.calvoter.org/index.html
-- County-by-county directory of voting systems: http://www.calvoter.org/issues/votingtech/index.html
-- Information about the 2003 Recall: http://www.calvoter.org/recall/index.html
-- "Campaign Promises" made by various candidates (report card through 2000 shows Davis did exactly what he promised to do in 1998!)
They have archived Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign statements, as featured on his campaign website in October 2003. Read them here:
http://www.calvoter.org/voter/elections/promises/index.html
For a list of contributors to Arnold's (or other's) campaign Oct. 2003:
Cal-Access - California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contributions & Expenditure Search System:
http://dbsearch.ss.ca.gov/RecipientSearch.aspx
Go to the above page and fill in the following 2 lines (for Arnold):
"Name of Entity Receiving Contribution:" Schwarzenegger - & use down arrow for "Contains"
"Amount of Contribution:" "Min." 10,000 - "Max." 999,999,999
Do not fill out any other lines. Leave pre-checked items as-is.
Scroll down to bottom of page and hit "Search" button"
The results take a while to compile & download - but the list of 261 MAJOR contributors to Arnold is very telling about those "Special Interest" groups he says he isn't involved with!
Note: You can sort by Amount donated by clicking on the "Total" column heading on the results page.
The Campaign Disclosure Project:
http://www.campaigndisclosure.org/
Contains summaries of state campaign finance disclusure laws & issues plus a "report card" for EACH STATE.
Link Collections at Other Websites:(Try these if you didn't find the information link you need in our lists)
Los Angeles County Democratic Party "Links" Page:
http://www.lacdp.org/Links.html
California Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal "Links" Page:
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a54/links.htm
California Senate Majority Caucus "Links" Pages:
State Links: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/pub/static/state/main.htm
Federal Links: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/pub/static/federal/main.htm
Thomas Legislation on the Internet "Legislative Branch" links page:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
Links for Congress; Legislative Agencies & Commissions; Information Sources