[Peace-discuss] Fwd: A List of credible justice organizations of interest, fighting for justice

Sat Dec 31 15:58:02 UTC 2016

Gentlemen,

Yes, that’s precisely why I neglected to post the full article on this Peace List, I didn’t really find it of value, only the list of those Jeffrey refers to as worthy organizations to support. Sometimes a positive message vs. a negative message has a greater impact.

On Dec 31, 2016, at 07:49, Carl G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu<mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:

'Labor-faker' is a term - the meaning is obvious - from the social struggles of the last century. (It occurs e.g. in Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’)

'Race-faker' and 'eco-faker' (or 'enviro-faker') are contemporary examples of the phenomenon.

It’s a matter of covertly giving up proclaimed principles for other commitments, personal or political.

Jeffrey St. Clair, editor of CounterPunch and a leading environmental writer, suggests that the organizations of the latter should be called collectively “Gang Green.”

—CGE

On Dec 31, 2016, at 9:15 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

Not to belabor the point, but Jeffrey St. Clair's comments in the rest of this article pertain to the recent debate about SPLC, etc., on this list. He doesn't mention SPLC by name, but it can I think be justifiably lumped in with those establishment non-profits that have essentially aligned themselves with the Democratic Party.

DG

On Saturday, December 31, 2016 7:30 AM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

From Jeffrey St. Clair, Counterpunch

Alliance for the Wild Rockies
P. O. Box 505
Helena, MT 59624
https://allianceforthewildrockies.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__allianceforthewildrockies.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=UAtr0HRQk7Ej-AkRbMmvQDwg1XXlnEgAz245SO72wTk&e=>
From the grizzly to the bull trout, the grey wolf to the lynx, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies is the last line of defense for the largest swath of unprotected wild lands in North America.
Anti-Police Terror Project
Oakland, California
http://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.antipoliceterrorproject.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=njh0LGVqaNFNfXgGcGy7VGN2eL705w30ZPlW9ftPxLk&e=>
Beatings, taserings, illegal arrests, chokeholds, and shootings are a daily occurrence in urban America. The police won’t police themselves. With Trump in power, the Justice Department will probably stop doing even cursory investigations of such brutal actions. The Anti Police-Terror Project is building a replicable and sustainable model to end state-sanctioned murder and violence against Black, Brown, and poor people.
Beyond Nuclear
6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400
Takoma Park, MD 20912
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.beyondnuclear.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=Yuk3oH3-RDLDruJCtaXbp2pDM281TRmYcBfUqKPtk3s&e=>
Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and activate the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an energy future that is sustainable, benign and democratic.
Buffalo Field Campaign
PO Box 957
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
1-406-646-0070
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.buffalofieldcampaign.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=EWZePeBuTKGdA4iVFbiIaCi78zKLK6yop18AoIAJ8C4&e=>
The annual slaughter of buffalo that migrate out of Yellowstone Park is one of the more horrific traditions in practice in the West today. Buffalo Field Campaign is perhaps the only group working tirelessly to defend the right of bison to wander to lower elevations during winter, without the threat of being killed by Montana bureaucrats.
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
PO Box 25730
Chicago, IL 60625
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nodeathpenalty.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=kKDXhJAzIRXchyTtcRuK9NyNhXBhDSUkUtLRhYlUzRM&e=>
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) is the premier national grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment with active chapters and members across the United States—including California, Texas, Delaware, New York, and Chicago. The campaign has placed those who have experienced the horrors of death row ﬁrst hand–death row prisoners themselves and their family members–should be at the forefront of their movement, arguing that those experiences help to shape their political strategies.
Civil Liberties Defense Center
259 E 5th Ave, Ste 300 A
Eugene, OR 97401
(541)687-9180
http://cldc.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cldc.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=3zvhZpnxlB8ZmqPmQPtyEhZWCtiqqZtVbW7WczY3qec&e=>
Increasingly the Civil Liberties Defense Center, a small, non-profit law firm based in Eugene, Oregon, has become the last line of defense for radical activists in America during this age of government repression and prosecutorial crack-downs on dissent.  CLDC has led the legal fight against the McCarthy-like Green Scare attack on the constitutional rights of environmental and animal rights activists. They have defended the rights of Rastafarians to practice their religious rituals in prison. They successfully defended a mosque against the FBI’s first-ever attempt to subpoena religious records. CLDC has also developed  and distributed much-needed “Know Your Rights” outreach material, and presented more than 150 “Know Your Rights” trainings.
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box 360
Mercersburg, PA 17236
http://celdf.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__celdf.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=A0B8iIAqNF2K_spF2_8ZqttoBtnlf9n5NUJX8Nv7adI&e=>
Communities facing fracking, pipelines, factory farms, and other threats are recognizing that these seemingly “single” issue threats share something in common – the community doesn’t have the legal authority to say “No” to them. The existing structure of law ensures that people cannot govern their own communities and act as stewards of the environment, while protecting corporate “rights” and interests over those of communities and nature.
Family Farm Defenders
P.O Box 1772
Madison, Wisconsin 53701
http://familyfarmers.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__familyfarmers.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=yZVSeVu-tMncvAx5BUeaP-tiSxW2USCYxC7AtabvfPU&e=>
Family Farm Defenders mission is to create a farmer-controlled and consumer-oriented food and fiber system, based upon democratically controlled institutions that empower farmers to speak for and respect themselves in their quest for social and economic justice. To this end, FFD supports sustainable agriculture, farm worker rights, animal welfare, consumer safety, fair trade, and food sovereignty.  FFD has also worked to create opportunities for farmers to join together in new cooperative marketing endeavors and to bridge the socioeconomic gap that often exists between rural and urban communities.
Fatal Encounters
3375 San Mateo Ave.
Reno, NV 89509-5046
http://www.fatalencounters.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fatalencounters.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=ek-1VELKxAG8qbKoUm4LvTT0eklJbxFmbNEEQqnmwKU&e=>
Fatal Encounters is an incredibly vital project by D. Brian Burghart, the editor/publisher of the Reno News & Review, to create a national database of out how many people are killed by law enforcement, why they were killed, and whether training and policies can be modified to decrease the number of officer-involved deaths. Fatal Encounters’ efforts to collect information about officer-involved homicides going back to January 1, 2000, is completely funded by donations.
Guardians of Our Ancestors Legacy (GOAL)
P.O. Box 30000 #360
Jackson, Wy, 83002
http://www.goaltribal.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.goaltribal.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=0MdGPoc_-M9m5p1muh3Sn2f_BVfvn1f-JYASb5yPtGY&e=>
GOAL, the Tribal Coalition to Protect the Grizzly, may be the last best hope to save the grizzly. This fierce, small, grossly underfunded outfit has pulled together over 40 tribal nations in an effort to keep the Interior Department from removing the grizzly from the Endangered Species list.  With many of the big green groups missing-in-action, GOAL has mounted a powerful legal and cultural defense of the bear, arguing that allowing trophy hunting of the grizzly infringes on tribal sovereignty and violates the federal trust responsibility by disregarding tribal interests and pursuing a policy that benefits three states over a coalition of tribes from Montana to Arizona.
Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions (USA)
PO Box 8118
New York, New York 10116
http://icahdusa.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__icahdusa.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=GK2N4BfsbbtF_VzEbu88Bz19BkCiQeAw3rfteMegwGI&e=>
Since 1967 and the beginning of the Occupation, the Israeli government has demolished over 28,000 houses belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. These demolitions are part of a web of policies designed to force Palestinians off their own land to make room for expanding Israeli settlements, construct a 26-foot high “separation barrier” that cuts deep into Palestinian territory, create a network of Israeli-only bypass roads, and generally “thin” Jerusalem of its Palestinian inhabitants. Largely obscured in U.S. politics and the media. ICAHD-USA works to educate the U.S. public about the realities of the Israeli Occupation.
Living Rivers
PO Box 466
Moab UT 84532
http://livingrivers.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__livingrivers.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=mZnKDjBd0id5JnKuyGPEA0PdBDZv58CuxAaS0RoXOzA&e=>
From the Rocky Mountains through seven states and Mexico, the Colorado River is the artery of the desert southwest. Its canyons, ecology and heritage render an international treasure. However, ignorance, greed and complacency are robbing the Colorado of its ability to sustain life. Living Rivers empowers a movement to instill a new ethic of achieving ecological restoration, balanced with meeting human needs. They work to: restore inundated river canyons, wetlands and the delta and repeal the antiquated laws which represent the river’s death sentence.
Los Alamos Study Group
2901 Summit Pl. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
http://www.lasg.org/contact.htm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lasg.org_contact.htm&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=_iGcudZgkXD0r6pIo39Ke_NuscR8CGrINXz0hC5dJXQ&e=>
Since 1989, the Los Alamos Study Group community—our staff and board, volunteers, interns, and supporters—has consistently provided vital leadership on nuclear disarmament and related issues. Their work includes research and scholarship , education of decisionmakers, providing an information clearinghouse for journalists, organizing, litigating, and advertising, with particular emphasis on the education and training of young activists and scholars.
Middle East Children’s Alliance
1101 Eighth Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94710 US
https://www.mecaforpeace.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mecaforpeace.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=qzyqKp3DbOXQCFmY8EsKyxbdEYy51anWXg07HBytXKU&e=>
The Middle East Children’s Alliance is a non-profit organization working for the rights of children in the Middle East by sending  humanitarian aid, supporting projects for children and educating North American and international communities about the effects of the US foreign policy on children in the region.
Migrant Justice
294 N. Winooski Ave, Ste. 130,
Burlington, VT, 05401
http://migrantjustice.net<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__migrantjustice.net_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=mJoyjec-CcM7uhowMzlTpAC72RRX1RQbiaD9MObL6FY&e=>
The seeds of Migrant Justice were planted in 2009 after young dairy worker José Obeth Santiz Cruz was pulled into a mechanized gutter scraper and was strangled to death by his own clothing. This tragedy inspired the production of the documentary film Silenced Voices<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DQ3DRQVbV6LM&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=81QhRhK0ryU-3H2hoQ4jYKXtsl-T8yTdYHL72dqyl2g&e=> and led to the formation of a solidarity collective organizing to partner with farmworkers to gather the community to share food, discuss community problems, envision solutions and take collective action.
Nevada Desert Experience
1420 W Bartlett Ave
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106-2226
http://www.nevadadesertexperience.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nevadadesertexperience.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=Fyr2YOPVw3qyroSjwegzVVLEFqZQUhbX9PvB4rERHoM&e=>
Fighting drones at Creech Air Base, nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site and radioactive waste disposal at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Desert Experience is trying to keep the Great Basin from becoming a national sacrifice zone for the Nuclear-Military-Industrial Complex.
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
174 W. Diamond St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
http://economichumanrights.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__economichumanrights.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=QMQAtsoz0u5imeI8Sfs6apZ0jN9UlQQEVKDmlZzitTA&e=>
The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is building a movement that unites the poor across color lines. Poverty afflicts Americans of all colors. Daily more and more of us are downsized and impoverished. We share a common interest in uniting against the prevailing conditions and around our vision of a society where we all have the right to health care, housing, living wage jobs, and access to quality primary, secondary, and higher education.
Solitary Watch
Community Futures Collective: Attn. Solitary Watch
221 Idora Ave., Vallejo, CA 94591.
http://solitarywatch.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__solitarywatch.com_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=i9A8ps-xw--gvyd0QyENTvDcBkcgZZHXASR-sALP528&e=>
While polls show that a decisive majority of Americans oppose the use of torture under any circumstances, even on foreign terrorism suspects, the conditions in U.S. prisons and jails, which at times transgress the boundaries of humane treatment, have produced little outcry. The widespread practice of solitary confinement, in particular, has received scant media attention, and has yet to find a firm place in the public discourse or on political platforms. Solitary Watch is a web-based project that brings the widespread use of solitary confinement out of the shadows and into the light of the public square. Their mission is to provide the public—as well as practicing attorneys, legal scholars, law enforcement and corrections officers, policymakers, educators, advocates, people in prison and their families—with the first centralized source of unfolding news, original reporting, firsthand accounts, and background research on solitary confinement in the United States.
Stand With Standing Rock
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
#1 N. Standing Rock Avenue
Fort Yates, ND 58538
http://standwithstandingrock.net/donate/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__standwithstandingrock.net_donate_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=dsbvkolPOCHtA4o1Ba3R1vj5Nyx5tkbYDXy5fOJSt9A&e=>
The battle at Standing Rock isn’t over. In fact, it’s just beginning.
Voices For Creative Nonviolence
1249 W. Argyle St. #2
Chicago, Illinois 60640
773-878-3815
http://vcnv.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__vcnv.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=rJV8xXgflVlbCFpwORdTYYgtCWpUScS5LUofLLki4gc&s=v0fiUz_i1giNVZpbFRmcs8Eh7EVbDn8aGzy4ozdh0kc&e=>
Since Obama’s election, the anti-war movement in the United States has withered away, even as the wars and interventions have expanded with rising body counts. Yet one group has never wavered. You’ll find activists with Voices for Creative Nonviolence leading protests at the White House, blocking the entry to Drone Operational Centers, occupying nuclear missile silos, educating inside US prisons,  and organizing for peace inside war zones, from Afghanistan to Syria. Most crucially, Voices for Creative Nonviolence recognizes that war is waged by many means. Almost alone among US anti-war groups, Voices For Creative Nonviolence is mounting a resistance to the economic war machine.
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