Resources

Information Leaflets for Activists - A coalition of 500 European organizations working against racism has put together a series of short practical tip-sheets on Fundraising, Electronic Action (using email and the internet), Communication and Networking, and other issues of interest to grassroots organizations everywhere. Use the tip sheets online, or print out as handouts.
http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/onderleaf.htm

Trade Observatory - The global information center on the WTO, trade, and sustainable development.
http://www.tradeobservatory.org/

Organizers' Collaborative - A nonprofit group harnessing the collaborative potential of the Internet and working to making computers accessible as a tool in support of community-based, social change organizing.
http://organizerscollaborative.org

TwistMagick's Activist Resources - Short list of links.
http://www.angelfire.com/md/tortugadelsol/activism.html

Liberty Activist - Provides information and materials to grassroots and underfunded liberty organizations.
http://www.libertyactivist.org

Campus Activism - An extensive database of tools for student activists, groups, resources, and events.
http://www.campusactivism.org

Partners In Kindness - Contains ideas, stories, advice, and encouragement for ways to practice kindness.
http://www.partnersinkindness.com/

Collective Book on Collective Process - Handbook built on collective process for activist groups to recognize and resolve common abuses and negative group dynamics.
http://www.geocities.com/collectivebook/

Affero Service - Web tools and services for activists to elicit action from others through weblog, forum post, e-mail, or web pages.
http://www.affero.net/

World Advocacy - Comprehensive list of advocacy groups and sites.
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/advocacy/

Black Cross Health Collective - First aid training to handle typical needs at protests. Based in Portland, Oregon.
http://www.blackcrosscollective.org/

Human Rights Tech - Non profit organization assisting and encouraging grassroots anti-poverty initiatives. Includes program history, projects, and digital divide resources.
http://www.humanrightstech.org

PR Media Consultants - Offers training and consultancy for public-interest groups on how the media really work and how to maximise exposure in the media.
http://www.prmediaconsultants.com

Vernal Education Project - An effort to create an education network that can bolster and sustain grassroots progressive social change movements in the US. Provides writings on cooperative decision-making, democratic engagement, and nonviolent action.
http://www.vernalproject.org/

Center for Cooperative Research - Facilitates research on issues including the war on terrorism, United States foreign policy, and corporate power. Includes timelines.
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/

Peace and Environment Resource Centre - Educates and empowers the public on peace, environment and social justice issues; supports groups, online library search of books and magazines, lots of links, discussion forum, some publications.
http://perc.ca/

Social Action & Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) - Offers training in Washington, DC, on topics such as organizing, fundraising, development, and use of technology. Provides course schedule, outlines, and information on trainers.
http://www.hotsalsa.org

Data Center - Provides social justice advocates, access to strategic information, analysis, and research skills to help conduct more effective campaigns.
http://www.datacenter.org/

Social Criticism Review - Selected readings on modern society and its ills. Focus on alienation between man, nature, and a dysfunctional scientific/technical complex.
http://www.socialcritic.org

Community Empowerment - These collections of practical training materials for community workers mobilizing people to overcome poverty are organized by topic (such as microenterprise, evaluation, and brainstorming), and include reproducible illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography.
http://www.scn.org/cmp/

Center for Third World Organizing - A training and resource center dedicated to building a social justice movement led by people of color.
http://www.ctwo.org/

Tools for Organizers, Activists, Educators, and Other Hell-Raisers - Information on activist organizing and getting people motivated on any issue.
http://www.casagordita.com/tools.htm

Flying Fish - Provides links to alternative news and media for stories not covered in the mainstream press.
http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/links/

Democracy Center - The Center combines investigation, reporting, training in public advocacy, and international campaigns to help build a global citizenry that understands the public issues before it and is able to take effective public action. They provide a range of how-to resources.
http://www.democracyctr.org

The World Revolution - An idea for a new, global grassroots social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a definitive and comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era.
http://www.worldrevolution.org/

International Website Against Fascism and Racism - Portal and news site for antifascist and antiracist people and groups. Also a free hosting service for such groups.
http://www.antifa.net/

Public Info Research Namebase - A database of articles on various political and paranormal subjects with information about their authors.
http://www.namebase.org/

Center For Creative Learning - Publishes pages for nonprofit organizations, artists, and other "social threats."
http://www.cclearn.com/

National People's Action - Direct action community organizing for neighborhoods across the US.
http://www.npa-us.org

Empowerment Resources - Contains tools for personal growth, social change, and ecology. Over 700 links and over 420 recommended empowerment resource books for sale.
http://www.empowermentresources.com/

You Can Make a Difference - Links to interactive sites and petitions to sign.
http://www.angelfire.com/ne/1canmakeadifference/

The Earthwatcher's Cryptodesk - Links to tools and resources for news gathering, research, homework, activism and the alternative cyber-underground.
http://www.cryptodesk.com/

Activist Rights - Detailed information on rights of demonstrators and free speech participants. Most is specific to Victoria, Australia, but contains list of comparable international resources.
http://www.activistrights.org.au

The Change Agency - Two Brisbane-based activists offer workshops, curriculum development and campaign consulting services. Their site provides extensive resources, including activism training organizations around the world, academic research, and case studies.
http://www.thechangeagency.org/