PEACE AND JUSTICE

PEACE and JUSTICE

Peace Government Research and Information
Crime and Punishment Military & Nuclear Issues Hunger and Poverty
Environmental Issues Issues of Gender Heroes of Peace
Nonviolence Freedom Non-Profits

Peace

American Friends Service Committee
" ... committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service."

Peacewire
Building a world of peace.

United States Institute of Peace
Independent organization, created and funded by Congress.

International Peace Bureau
Founded in 1892, won Nobel Peace Prize in 1910.

War Resisters' League
"There is no way to peace-peace is the way."

Peace Action
"Practical, positive alternatives for peace."

Peace @nd Security
"Worldwide Metapage."

Peace Ideas
If five percent of the people work for peace there will be peace.

AlterNet
" ... provides a mix of news, opinion and investigative journalism ... "

www.Antiwar.com
" ... source of antiwar news, viewpoints, and activities."

The Association for Progressive Communication
" ... featuring news and activities from across the globe."

Arms Control Association
Covers a broad range of arms control issues.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
" ... dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States."

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
" ... to provide informed assistance to groups committed to understanding and preventing violence, particularly adolescent violence."

Globalise Resistance
Globalise Resistance brings together groups and individuals opposed to the global growth of corporate power.

GuideStar
The national database of nonprofit organizations.

Hoover Institute on War, Revolution and Peace
"Ideas defining a free society."

Waging Peace
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

The King Center
A part of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy.

@ssociations
Large index of organizations.

WebActive Directory
Find Web sites for a variety of organizations.

Citizen Works
Ralph Nader organization "to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power."

Peace and Security
What th UN is doing for peace and security.

Government

United Nations
A section on peace and security.

The Commission on Global Governance
Ideas for Reforming the UN.

FirstGov
Comprehensive site for citizens, business and government employees.

Government on the Internet
Links to government sites.

Government Resources
Resources grouped by legislative, executive & judicial branches, by independent government agencies and by states.

George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography
A not to friendly biography of George the First.

CataLaw
CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet. Very extensive.

Chester County Pennsylvania
My county's official Web site.

Congressman Joe Pitts
My representative's Web page.

Chester County Court of Common Pleas
Useful information about the court.

Congressman Denis J. Kucinic's Action & Information Page
Here's someone I agree with on most of the issues.

Foreign Policy In Focus
A think tank ... "seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner."

The Hill
Another perspective.

Robert Lederman
A really different perspective from an artist and street activist.

Granny D. Home Page
An important activist.

Index
Very different perspective! Just looking at this page makes me dizzy.

Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism
A critique of capitalism.

Jim Hightower
My favorite populist.

Law and Politics: Internet Guide
A good place to start your research, good links.

Federal Consumer Information Center - National Contact Center
"Have a question about Federal programs, benefits, or services?"

National Political Index
Over 30 categories, each expands, some more than once.

National Political Index - On-Line Political Magazines
Links to 0ver 100 magazines.

NixonEra.com
Mostly documents relating to Watergate.

Opensecrets.com
"Your Guide to Money in U.S. Elections."

Operation Tips
Terrorism Information and Prevention System.

Citizen Corp
"Public education, training, and volunteer opportunities to support community and family safety."

PAPowerPort
Web page of the State of Pennsylvania.

Palestine Independent Media Center
" ... was founded to record and explore the current practices of the Israeli occupation and the real background to the conflict."

The Palestine Monitor
"The voice of civil society."

Peace Corp
Official page of the Peace Corp.

Pennsyvania Department of Revenue
Get information about state taxes here.

PoliticalMoneyLine
Money in politics.

Politics1.com
Guide by states, by issues and other perspectives.

Politics1: Campaign Buttons & Political Colletibles
Collect political memorabilia, the lighter side of politics.

Beaucoup Search: Politics
Links to search pages at a large variety of world-wide government organizations.

The United States Senate
Find your senators, tack bills and committees.

Senator Arlen Specter
One of my Pennsylvania Senators.

U.S. Senator Rick Santorum
My other Pennsylvania senator.

Socialist Worker.org
Their still around.

Social Security Online
The official website of the Social Security Administration.

Social Security - Philadelphia Region
Serving Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

FirstGov for Seniors
Resources for seniors.

U.S. Department of State
The official page.

The Ultimate Political Science Links Page
Great variety, numerous categories, don't miss.

Government Search Engines
"Over 1,000 fully specialized search engines within 50 categories."

Washington Post - On Politics
The political news from Washington.

WWW Virtual Library--Law
Search or browse by topic or by information source.

Friends Committee on National Legislation
A Quaker lobby in the public interest.

Foreign Policy In Focus
News on the foreign policy front.

Research and Information

Welcome to Peace and Conflict
" ... to serve as a virtual guide to, and library of, peace studies and conflict resolution."

Center for Defense Information
"Independent military research page."

Center for Defence and International Security Studies
" ... an inter-disciplinary research centre ... "

Common Dreams News Center
"Breaking news and views for the progressive community.

Conciliation Resources
"CR serves as an international resource for local organisations pursuing peacebuilding and conflict resolution initiatives."

CorpWatch
"Holding corporations accountable."

Cultural Creatives Ring
Cultural Creatives: A Worldview of over 50 million people in the United States and rapidly growing.

Dear Habermas
"A Journal of Postmodern and Critical Thought Devoted to Academic Discourse on Peace and Justice."

MidEast Web Gateway
".. Arabs, Jews and others who want to build a new Middle East based on coexistence and neighborly relations."

Global Roots
"Building a multi-racial, locally-rooted globalization movement in the US"

The Global Activists Manual
Local ways to change the world.

Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information
" ... Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-tank ... It is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
A wide-ranging electronic clearinghouse.

Chance for Peace Speech
This Dwight D. Eisenhower speech from 1953 is still valid today. Read It!

Rand
" ... to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis."

Union of International Associations
Huge database of information.

ZNet
A community of people committed to social change.

truthout, News Politics
News you won't find elsewhere.

Project Censored
Stories that have been censored, one way or another.

People of Color Portal
News and action on issues of race.

Political Activism Resources
Comprehsive links for activists.

Hello, Neo -- The Matrix
Just take the red pill.

Crime and Punishment

Prison Activist Resource Center
" ... the source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system ... "

Prison Links
Learn about prisons, worldwide.

Dead Man Talkin'
Columns from a death row inmate.

Vera Institute of Justice
"They created the Vera Foundation to find a way to make the system more fair."

Juvenille Justice Network
A project of Physicians for Human Rights.

Youth Law Center
"Every child has a right to remain at home as long that home can be made safe and the child is not a danger to the community."

Military & Nuclear Issues

Military Spending Clock
A graphic representation of U.S. military spending.

Nuclear Issues - Nuclear Weapons Database
Nukes, how many, where, hotspots, control, poliferation, treaties, and more.

Nuclear Abolition Network
To eliminate nucler weapons.

Abolition 2000
A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons.

Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
"The Alsos Library provides a wide range of annotated references for the study of nuclear issues."

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
See the famous doomsday clock.

Center for Defense Information
In depth iformation on a wide range of defense issues.

Council for a Livable World
Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation and PeacePAC

DefenseNews.com
"The authoritative news source for the world’s most powerful defense decision-makers."

Radiation and Radiation Contamination
" ... we have a situation that we can no longer ignore. And " new directions " to solve a major problem."

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
The arms race is moving into space.

Campaign Against Depleted Uranium
" ... trying to achieve a global ban on the manufacture, testing, and use of depleted uranium weapons."

The Low Level Radiation Campaign
"For 50 years the nuclear establishment has defended itself by claiming that its discharges are harmless."

Nuclear Threat Initiative
Created by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn.

Peace or Atomic War
"The commitment of Albert Schweitzer against the nuclear bombs."

Hunger and Poverty

The World Hunger Program
" ... has the long-term prevention of hunger as its primary goal."

A Basic Income for All
" ... that everyone should be paid a universal basic income (UBI), at a level sufficient for subsistence."

Food First
Institute for food and development policy.

The Hunger Site
What you can do.

Environmental Organizations

Greenpeace International
An international, activist organization to protect the environment.

Environmental Research Foundation
Find projects by state, by country or by organization.

Global Circle
"Promoting local self-sufficiency, rural community survival, practical skills, and simple, sustainable living."

Global Green USA
" ... fosters a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure world ..."

Global Cross International
Green Cross International was founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993.

Union of Concerned Scientists
A first-class environmental organization.

Environmental Organization Web Directory
Amazingly detailed directory.

Global Vision
Communicating sustanability.

Ecology WWW Page
Huge number of links, wide range of ecological subjects.

Home Planet
"This site promotes local self-sufficiency, community survival, practical skills, and simple, sustainable living."

WorldWatch Institute
"..research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends."

Overpopulation.net
See the latest population data.

LoveEarth Network
Environmental issues with an attitude.

The EnvironLink Network
Environmental resources by topic.

Gender Issues

Women's Human Rights Resources
A wide range of information on international women's human rights.

Heroes of Peace

Mahatma Gandhi
The master of nonviolence.

Nonviolence

The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
" ... to promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, ..."

The Complete Sit on Mahatma Gandhi
"A Place to learn about Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy."

Decade to Overcome Violence
Churches Seeking Reconcilliation and Peace.

The Albert Einstein Institution
"The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict."

198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
"Practitioners of nonviolent struggle have an entire arsenal of "nonviolent weapons" at their disposal."

Nonviolence.org
"Nonviolence.Org is the World's #1 source for news and commentary on peace and nonviolence."

Freedom

Freedom Portal
Wide range of links to freedom, by category.

Non-Profits

America's Top 100 Charities
Worth magazine rates America's top 100 charities.

More PEACE and JUSTICE
Links that didn't make this page, totally unorganized.

Information About Peace & Justice

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Last updated: January 4, 2003

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