List of progressive organizations

The following is a list of progressive organizations; that is, organizations that promote progressive political and/or social values. Particularly notable or relevant books may also be included.

Government watchdogs and advocates

* Campaign for America's Future
* Center for American Progress
* Center for Progressive Reform
* Center for Public Integrity
* Center for Responsive Politics
* Common Cause
* Democracy for America
* Government Accountability Project
* Institute for Policy Studies
* National Security Archive
* New America Foundation
* New Democrat Network
* People for the American Way
* Privacy International
* Progressive Maryland
* Progressive Policy Institute
* Project On Government Oversight
* Schumann Center for Media and Democracy
* Transparency International
* TrueMajority

Elections

* America Coming Together
* Americans For Democratic Action
* Center for Voting and Democracy
* Election Defense Alliance
* League of Conservation Voters
* Progressive Democrats of America
* Rock the Vote
* Verified Voting

Fundraising

* 21st Century Democrats
* ActBlue
* EMILY's List
* Media Fund
* National Committee for an Effective Congress
* OpenSecrets.org
* Public Campaign
* Grassroots Campaigns, Inc.

Law

* American Civil Liberties Union
* American Constitution Society
* Alliance for Justice
* Berkman Center for Internet and Society
* Brennan Center for Justice
* Center for Constitutional Rights
* Earthjustice (formerly Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund)
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
* First Amendment Center
* Human Rights First
* Lambda Legal
* National Lawyers Guild
* Southern Poverty Law Center
* Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Economy
* Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
* Citizens for Tax Justice
* Center for Economic and Policy Research
* Economic Policy Institute
* Future of American Democracy Foundation
* Mobilization for Global Justice
* National Priorities Project
* United for a Fair Economy

Media advocates

* Alicia Patterson Foundation
* Center for Investigative Reporting
* Center for Media and Democracy (PR watch)
* Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
* Free Press
* Indymedia
* Institute for Public Accuracy
* Media Alliance
* MediaMatters
* Project Censored

Media outlets

* Adbusters Media Foundation
* Adbusters
* Air America Radio
* Alternative Radio
* AlterNet
* The American Prospect
* The Atlantic Monthly
* Bad Subjects
* The Baffler
* Common Dreams
* Consumer Reports
* Counterpunch
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* Dollars and Sense
* Free Speech TV
* Grist
* Guerilla News Network
* Harper's
* In These Times
* Left Business Observer
* Liblogs
* London Review of Books
* Media Matters
* Mother Jones
* MoveOn.org
* The Nation
* New Left Review
* The New Yorker
* New York Review of Books
* Nova M Radio
* NOW with Bill Moyers
* Pacifica Radio
* The Progressive
* Progressive Bloggers
* Salon.com
* TomPaine.com
* Z Magazine

Technology

* Center for Democracy and Technology
* Center for Social Media
* Chilling Effects
* Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
* Consumer Project on Technology
* Council for Responsible Genetics
* Creative Commons
* Downhill Battle
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
* Electronic Privacy Information Center
* freeculture.org
* Free Software Foundation
* IP Justice
* Institute for Global Communications
* Internet Archive
* League for Programming Freedom
* Online Policy Group
* Participatory Culture Foundation
* Peacefire
* Public Knowledge
* Public Patent Foundation
* Union for the Public Domain
* Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
* Verified Voting

Education

* American Library Association
* Coalition of Essential Schools
* FairTest
* National Education Association
* Sudbury School
* Teach for America

Citizen advocate groups

* American Friends Service Committee
* Americans for Peace Now
* Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
* Center for Defense Information
* Center for International Policy
* Council for a Livable World
* Doctors Without Borders
* Federation of American Scientists
* Fellowship of Reconciliation
* Food Not Bombs
* Global Exchange
* Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
* Mobilization for Global Justice
* Nuclear Information and Resource Service
* Peace Action
* Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
* School of the Americas Watch
* Sojourners
* Union of Concerned Scientists
* Veterans for Peace
* Violence Policy Center
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Consumer advocate groups

* CASPIAN
* Center for Auto Safety
* Center for Science in the Public Interest
* Consumer Federation of America
* Consumers International
* Consumer Project on Technology
* Consumers Union
** Consumer Reports
* Co-op America
* National Consumers League
* Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
* Public Citizen
* Public Interest Research Group

Environmental

Human rights

* ACRA
* School of the Americas Watch
* Amnesty International
* Andean Commission of Jurists (Comisión Andina de Juristas)
* Center for Investigation and Popular Education (Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP))
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* Code Pink
* Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
* Human Rights First
* Human Rights Watch
* If Americans Knew (Israel/Palestine)
* Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States
* International Committee of the Red Cross
* Overbrook Foundation

Labor

* AFL-CIO (ties to government)
* Chain Worker Advocacy
* Cooperative Social Economy
* Fight Privatization
* Global Fight for Justice
* Jobs with Justice
* Occupy, Resist, Produce
* Promote Direct Democracy
* Protect Indigenous Rights
* SafeSpaces (formerly National Safe Workplace Institute)
* SEIU
* Sweatshop Watch
* Workers Without Bosses
* Zapatista Army of National Liberation
* ZNet's Latin America Watch

Poverty

* Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
* Bread for the World (hunger)
* Center for Community Change
* Center for Third World Organizing
* Families USA (health care)
* Food First
* Food Not Bombs
* Habitat for Humanity (homeless)
* Hunger Project
* Invisible Children
* National Coalition for the Homeless
* National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
* Oxfam
* Partners In Health
* Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
* The Women's Trust (microfinance organization)

Gender and reproductive rights

* American Association of University Women
* American Nurses Association
* Black Women's Health Imperative
* Catholics for a Free Choice
* Center for Reproductive Rights
* Choice USA
* Church Women United
* Dads and Daughters
* EMILY's List (fundraising for pro-choice women candidates)
* Equality Now
* Feminist Majority Foundation
* Girls Incorporated
* Institute for Democratic Studies
* Law Students for Choice
* League of Women Voters
* MADRE
* Ms. Foundation for Women
* NARAL Pro-Choice America
* National Abortion Federation
* National Council of Women's Organizations
* National Network of Abortion Funds
* National Organization for Women
* National Women's Law Center
* National Women's Political Caucus
* Planned Parenthood
* Quixote Foundation
* Radical Women
* Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
* Veteran Feminists of America
* Voters for Choice
* Women's Action for New Directions
* Women's Economic and Development Organization
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
* Women Leaders Online
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* The Women's Trust (microfinance organization)

Civil rights

* By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
* Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
* Human Rights Campaign
* Lambda Legal
* Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
* National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
* Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Drugs

* Drug Policy Alliance
* Marijuana Policy Project
* Americans for Safe Access

Other notable groups
* AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
* Ad Council
* Alliance for Democracy
* American Social Science Association
* Australian Privacy Foundation
* Campaign to Defend the Constitution
* Children Now
* Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination
* Critical Art Ensemble
* Environmental Media Services
* Friends of the Earth
* Global Green USA
* GRAIN
* INFACT
* Music for America
* National Breast Cancer Coalition
* National Jewish Democratic Council
* Open Society Institute
* Political Research Associates
* Progressive Student Organization
* Ruckus Society
* Social Science Research Center
* Tides Center
* Wellstone Action
* Working Assets

* Worldwatch Institute
* The Yes Men

Websites
* Daily Kos - progressive blog
* Democratic Underground- Progressive news views and active progressive message boards
* Oregon Bus Project - Progressive, grassroots non-profit based in Oregon
* Arianna Huffington Blog- Progressive Blog
* MoveOn, "Democracy in Action"
* People for the American Way

Bibliography

* Benjamin, Medea, and Freedman, Andrea. Bridging the Global Gap: A Handbook Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds. Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press, 1989. ISBN 0-932020-73-9
* Blaustein, Arthur I. Make a Difference: Your Guide to Volunteering and Community Service. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2002. ISBN 1-890771-55-4
* Brockway, Sandi. Macrocosm USA: Possibilities for a New Progressive Era. Cambria, CA: Macrocosm USA, 1992. ISBN 0-9632315-5-3
* Bullard, Robert D. People of Color Environmental Groups. Flint, MI: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 1994.
* Button, John. The Radicalism Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Radical Movement in the Twentieth Century. London: Cassell, 1995. ISBN 0-304-32711-5
* Erickson, Brad, editor. Call to Action: Handbook for Ecology, Peace and Justice. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990. ISBN 0-87156-611-7
*Keller, Hans J. Who Is Who: In Service to the Earth. Second edition. Waynesville, NC: VisionLink Education Foundation, 1993. ISBN 0-9628405-2-1
*The Harbinger File: A Directory of Citizen Groups, Government Agencies and Environmental Education Programs Concerned with California Environmental Issues. Santa Cruz, CA: Harbinger Communications, 1988.
* International Directory of Non-Governmental Organizations Working for Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable Development. Sacramento, CA: WorldWise and Friends of the Earth, 1992.
* Lanier-Graham, Susan D. The Nature Directory: A Guide to Environmental Organizations. New York: Walker and Co., 1991. ISBN 0-8027-7348-6
* Lipnack, Jessica, and Stamps, Jeffrey. Networking: The First Report and Directory. New York: Doubleday, 1982. ISBN 0-385-17772-0
* Peace Resource Book: A Comprehensive Guide to Issues, Groups, and Literature. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1988. ISBN 0-88730-289-0
*Progressive Periodicals Directory. 2nd ed. Nashville, TN: Progressive Education, 1989.
*Project Censored. The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999. ISBN 1-888363-84-3
* Ryan, Tim, and Case, Patricia J. The Whole Again Resource Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: SourceNet, 1986. ISBN 0-915051-01-X
* Seredich, John, editor. Your Resource Guide to Environmental Organizations. Irvine, CA: Smiling Dolphins Press, 1991. ISBN 1-879072-00-9
* Staudinger, Jeff. The Environmental Guidebook: A Selective Reference Guide to Environmental Organizations and Related Entitiees. Menlo Park, CA: Environmental Frontlines, 2002. ISBN 0-9720685-0-3
* Walls, David. The Activist's Almanac: The Concerned Citizen's Guide to the Leading Advocacy Organizations in America. New York: Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1993. ISBN 0-671-74634-0
* Wilcox, Derk Arend. The Left Guide. Second edition. Ann Arbor, MI: Economics America, 1998.

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