Links

Helpful websites to keep informed

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The following websites have been recommended as helpful sources of information:

http://COMMONDREAMS.org -

News and views for the progressive community

 

http://TOMDISPATCH.com/ -

"A regular antidote to the mainstream media"

Email addresses for political information

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The Progressive Directory of Western NY

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http://www.progressivedirectory.com/NA/USA/NY/western

An extensive list of local progressive and peace-oriented organizations.

Iraq Body Count

| Submitted by admin on March 14, 2006 - 7:41pm.
http://www.iraqbodycount.org

Thw worldwide update of reported civilian deaths in the Iraq War and occupation.


United for Peace and Justice

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http://unitedforpeace.org/

A coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the Iraq War and oppose the government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.

Amnesty International

| Submitted by admin on January 27, 2006 - 6:16pm.
http://www.amnesty.org/

A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.  AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.  AI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. 

(Universal Declaration of Human Rights - http://web.amnesty.org/pages/aboutai-udhr-eng)

Farm Worker Legal Services of NY, Inc. (FLSNY)

| Submitted by admin on January 26, 2006 - 1:32pm.
http://www.flsny.org

A non-profit corporation providing free legal services to New York's migrant and seasonal agricultural workers to assure that employers and housing providers comply with the law, that government entities respect farm workers' civil rights, and that the public is educated about farm worker exclusions from existing labor laws. 

Governmental Leaders

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President George W. Bush
president@whitehouse.gov
(202) 456-1111 [comment line]
(202) 456-2461 [fax]
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton
senator@clinton.senate.gov
(202) 224-4451
(202) 228-0282 [fax]
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
senator@schumer.senategov
(202) 224-6542
(716) 846-4111 [Buffalo office]
(716) 846-4113 [fax]
U.S. Representative Brian Higgins
www.house.gov/higgins [click on the "Contact Brian" link]
(202) 225-3306
(716) 484-0729 [Jamestown office]

Gold Star Families for Peace

| Submitted by admin on October 22, 2005 - 6:52pm.
http://www.gsfp.org/

"We as families of soldiers who have died as a result of war are organizing to be a positive force in our world to bring our country’s sons and daughters home from Iraq, to minimize the 'human cost' of this war, and to prevent other families from the pain we are feeling as the result of our losses."

Iraq Veterans Against the War

| Submitted by admin on October 22, 2005 - 6:42pm.
http://www.ivaw.net

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is a group of veterans who have served since September 11th, 2001 including Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. They are committed to saving lives and ending the violence in Iraq by an immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces, and that governments that sponsored these wars are indebted to the men and women who were forced to fight them and must give their Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen the benefits that are owed to them upon their return home.

American Friends Service Committee

| Submitted by admin on October 22, 2005 - 6:37pm.
http://www.afsc.org/

The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.

The Institute for Peace and Justice

| Submitted by admin on October 6, 2005 - 8:08pm.
http://www.ipj-ppj.org/

The Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) is an independent, interfaith, not-for-profit organization that creates resources, provides learning experiences, and advocates publicly for alternatives to violence and injustice at the individual, family, community, institutional and global levels.

Media Matters for America

| Submitted by admin on September 25, 2005 - 9:39pm.
http://mediamatters.org/

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

WNY Peace Center

| Submitted by admin on July 31, 2005 - 9:45am.

(716) 894-2013
2123 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY 14211

An organization oriented to activism and education on global and local issues of peace and justice. It has several issue-oriented task forces (e.g., Latin America, foreign policy reform, economic justice, non-violent conflict resolution).



Naga Project for Libraries

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http://www.ideafusion.biz/NagaProject

A project for libraries and publishers in the United States to help build a Reference Collection for the Library of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.

Buffalo Peace Center

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http://www.buffstatepeace.org

BSC Students for Peace is a group brought together in response to tragedies resulting from the events that took place on Sept. 11th, 2001. This group promotes patience, education, co-operation and understanding of others in our communities and through-out the world as we remain committed to work towards bringing about justice and peaceful resoutions during these times of conflict. 

Room to Read

| Submitted by admin on July 31, 2005 - 8:39am.

http://www.roomtoread.org

Room to Read seeks to intervene early in the lives of children and help provide them with an education and the lifelong gift of literacy. 

Reclaim the Media

| Submitted by admin on July 31, 2005 - 8:37am.

http://www.reclaimthemedia.org

Reclaim the Media envisions an authentic, just democracy characterized by media systems that inform and empower citizens, reflect our diverse cultures, and secure communications rights for all.

Grandmothers for Peace

| Submitted by admin on July 31, 2005 - 8:36am.

http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org

This site offers an “opt-out” form for parents of high school students under 18, who do not wish to share their children's information with military recruiters.

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