Social and Political Action Page


Hot Topics and New Additions

Click Here to sign the petition demanding that President Bush Fire Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, for his public statement that the nation's leading teacher's union is a terrorist organization.

Recommended reading: The Deal Nuclear Traders and the Hunt for Bin Laden by Semour Hersh charges that the U.S. has looked the other way, allowing Pakistani black marketeer, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, to trade nuclear arms in exchange for permission for the U.S to enter Pakistan this Spring to search for Osama Bin Laden in the Hindu Kush. The New Yorker

Recommended reading: My Amendment by George Saunders - Saunders proposes a supplementary constitutional amendment to prohibiting "Samist" Sex Marriage, or marriage between feminine men and masculine women. The New Yorker

The Daily Progress Report from The Center for American Progress

George W. Bush AWOL Link

The Center for American Progress

Letters from Congress

Note: I sent e-mail messages to Congressman Simmons, Senator Dodd, and Senator Lieberman on March 3, 2004, asking for their positions on sending troops into Pakistan and on pardoning confessed nuclear arms dealers.

Responses to my Questions

E-mail from Joseph Lieberman Concerning Policies in Iraq and The War Profiteering Bill (S. 1813)

E-mail from Joseph Lieberman Concerning Same Sex Marriage

Letter from Chris Dodd Concerning Same Sex Marriage

Letter from Chris Dodd Concerning Underfunding the Troops in Iraq

Political and Social Action Resources

This page provides links to government leaders, various social and political organizations, alternative sources of information and news, and other information. These links do not necessarily represent my own views on political and social issues. The links are intended to encourage critical thinking, communication, research, reflection, and social action.

Books and Magazine Articles

The Activist’s Almanac: The Concerned Citizens Guide to the Leading Advocacy Organizations in America by David Walls, published by Simon and Schuster.

The Better World Handbook by Ellis Jones, published by New Society Publishers.

Social Problems in the Modern World by Frances V. Moulder, published by Wadsworth

Nickel and Dimed - On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, published by Owl Books

Contract Sport by Jane Mayer, New Yorker Magazine, Feb. 16 and 23, 2004, page 80 - Examines Vice President Cheney's connection to Halliburton

Government Links

Green Party of the United States

Congressman Rob Simmons

Senator Chris Dodd

Congressman Rob Simmons

Connecticut General Assembly Home Page

Connecticut House Democrats

Connecticut House Republicans

State Senator Cathy Cook

State Representative Ted Moukawsher (40th District)

News Sources

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Resistance Inc. - Alternative Media and War Resistance Sources

The New London Day

The New York Times

The Washington Post

The Christian Science Monitor

Common Dreams

The Manchester Guardian

The Nation

The New Yorker

The Atlantic Monthly

The New Republic

Political USA Magazine Links

Resurgence Magazine (Ecology and Spirituality)

Yes Magazine

The New Internationalist

Greensweek - Green Party Newsletter

Labor Notes

Activist Organizations

World Federalist Movement

The American Civil Liberties Union

The Connecticut Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union

Connecticut Citizen Action Group

The Carter Center

Political USA - Home Page for Political Activists

MoveOn America

Apollo Alliance (Energy Policy)

War Resisters League

Amnesty USA

International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)

Cross Point U.S.A. (Links to Groups Working to End Racism)

The NAACP

The National Organization of Women

League of Women Voters

Women's Human Rights

International Women's Health Coalition

Families USA - Healthcare Issues

Human Rights Information

Free the Slaves

Standing Against Global Exploitation

Antislavery International

Fair Labor

International Labor Organization

CorpWatch (Corporate Accountability)

Gay and Lesbian Rights Information

International Gay and Lesbian Rights Organization

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

National Human Rights Campaign

The HungerWeb

The Hunger Site

The Hunger Project

America's Second Harvest

National Immigration Forum

Center for Immigration Studies

World and National Political Parties

A Guide to American Political Parties

Guide to World Political Parties and Social Activitist Groups

World Political Groups on the Internet

Contacting National Political Parties

World Political Parties

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