NUMBERS TO KNOW
The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
202-456-1414 phone
202-456-2461 fax
Senator _____________
U. S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Representative ______________
U. S.
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
U.S. Capitol Switchboard
for Senate and House of Representatives
202-224-3121
Alliance for Democracy
established to free America from corporate
domination of politics, economics, culture, the environment, and
information
Box 1011
N. Cambridge, MA 02140
617-491-4221, 617-259-9395 tel
617-259-0404 fax
e-mail peoplesall@aol.com
Amnesty International, USA
a highly respected international organization
that works for the release of prisoners of conscience, and for
human rights throughout the world
322 Eighth Street
New York City, NY 10001
212-807-8400
web site -- www.io.org/amnesty/
Center for Defense Information
provides alternative information about
US defense needs and the US defense industry
1500 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-862-0770
web site -- www.cdi.org/
Center for International Policy
the Center was founded after the Vietnam
War to promote a foreign policy that reflected democratic values,
and to set human-rights standards for the distribution of U.S.
aid
1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
e-mail us at cip@igc.apc.org
web site -- www.us.net/cgi-bin/imagemap/cip/buttmap.map?340,231
Center for Responsive Politics
the Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit
research group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the
study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in
its elections and actions
1320 19th Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-0044 phone
202-857-7809 fax
info@crp.org
web site -- www.crp.org/
Coalition for Corporate Withdrawal
from Burma
works for the withdrawal of transnational
corporations from Burma
c/o Franklin Research and Development Corporation
711 Atlantic Avenue, NE Suite 310
Boston, MA 02111
Council
On Hemispheric Affairs
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)
is a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information
organization, founded to encourage the formulation of rational
and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, and to deal
with political, economic and diplomatic issues involving the nations
of this hemisphere.
1730 M Street NW, Suite 1010
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 216-9261
Email: coha@coha.org
http://www.coha.org/
Earth First
a radical environmental organization that
acts to protect the environment
PO Box 1415
Eugene, OR 97440
503-741-9191 tel
503-741-9192 fax
web site -- www.envirolink.org/orgs/ef/
East Timor Action Network /
USA
pressures the US government to persuade
Indonesia to end its occupation and genocide in East Timor, with
the ultimate goal of self-determination for the East Timor
PO Box 1182
White Plains, NY 10602
914-428-7299
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:70/11/peace/timor.gopher
Economic Policy Institute
a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that
seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve
a prosperous and fair economy
1660 L Street, NW, Suite 1200; Washington DC 20036
800-EPI-4844, 202-331-5510 tel
economic@cais.com
web site -- tap.epn.org/epi/
Fair
Trade Federation
an international network of fair traders
with goal of achieving a better deal for small farmers in Third
World
PO Box 128
Barre, MA 01005
508-355-0284
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
(FAIR)
an organization that exposes uncovered
stories, biases and inconsistencies in nation's media and especially
TV news programs
130 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-633-6700 tel
212-727-7668 fax
web site -- www.fair.org/fair/
50 Years is Enough
an international campaign to end the World
Bank and International Monetary Fund's destructive policies in
Third World, policies which force Third World countries to reduce
social spending on needed services such as education and health
care, and to choose export agriculture over the growth of food
for consumption
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW , Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Free Burma
is a networking tool for the Burma support
community
web site -- sunsite.unc.edu/burma-bin/WebX?14@0.0ojve4W4^6@.ee6b2d2
Free
Radio Berkeley
micro-radio broadcasting
1442 A Walnut Street, Berkeley, California
94709
tel 510-464-3041
email: frbspd@crl.com
Global Exchange
an organization that takes an activist
approach to human rights in Third World countries, especially
Latin America and the Caribbean, by sponsoring responsible tourism,
working for fair trade and indigenous rights, sending election
monitors, and mobilizing support for human rights activists and
victims of human rights abuse
2017 Mission St. Room 303
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-255-7296 tel
e-mail globalexch@igc.apc.org
web site -- www.globalexchange.org
Hemispheric Resource Center
publishes books and reports providing
critical analysis on issues of international economic and social
justice, peace and sustainable development, and the empowerment
of movements for progressive change, in Latin America and the
Third World
PO Box 4506
Albuquerque, NM 87196
505-842-8288 tel
505-246-1601 fax
e-mail resourcectr@igc.apc.org
Human Rights Watch
a highly respected international organization
that works to expose and end human rights abuses worldwide
485 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10017
212-972-8400 tel
web site -- www.hrw.org/
IN-FACT Coalition (International
Nestle boycott)
international campaign to boycott all
Nestle products until Nestle stops promoting its baby milk to
poor women in the Third World
10 Trinity Square
Toronto, Ontario MSG IBI
416-595-9819 tel
416-591-9355 fax
Institute for Global Communications
The Institute of Global Communications, through its IGC Networks
-- PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet, LaborNet and WomensNet -- serve
individuals and organizations working toward peace, environmental
protection, human rights, social and economic justice, sustainable
and equitable development, health, and nonviolent conflict resolution.
web site -- www.igc.apc.org/
Institute for Policy Studies
(Working Group on World Economy)
progressive think tank produces books,
studies,articles, and films on globalization, and strategies for
citizen responses
1601 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-234-9382 ext. 228
International Campaign for
Tibet
supports autonomy for Tibet and cultural
survival for Tibetans
1825 K Street N.W., Suite 520
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-785-1515 tel
202-785-4343 fax
web site -- www.peacenet.org/ict/
International Committee of
the Red Cross
aids refugees, famine victims, war and
disaster victims supports ban on land mines
780 Third Avenue, 28th floor
New York, NY 10017
212-371-0770 tel
International Rescue Committee
an highly regarded international organization
that aids refugees worldwide
122 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10168
212-551-3000 tel
212-551-3180 fax
Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights
critiques US State Department's Annual
Report on Human Rights
New York City, NY
212-629-6170
web site -- www.traveller.com/~hrweb/groups/lchr.html
Oxfam America
a highly respected organization that has
for more than 50 years provided humanitarian and development assistance
to Third World countries
26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
617-482-1211 tel
web site -- www.charity.org/oxfam.html
Pacifica Radio
a listener-supported, community-based
radio network, with a mission to promote freedom of the press
and to serve as a forum for progressive viewpoints.
1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
501-848-6767 tel
501-848-3812 fax
web site -- www.pacifica.org/pacifica/
Physicians for Human Rights
an organization of health professionals
and concerned citizens which uses the knowledge and skills of
the medical sciences to investigate violations of international
human rights.
100 Boyleston Street #702
Boston, MA 02116
617-695-0041 tel
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:5000/11/int/phr
Project Censored
researches and publishes 25 important
stories that the mainstream media ignore or suppress each year
and presents them in a book.
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2500 tel
web site -- zippy.sonoma.edu/ProjectCensored/
Project on Corporations, Law,
and Democracy
educational programs on corporate dominance;
organizing strategies for challenging corporate charters
PO Box 806
Cambridge, MA 02140
Project Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan,
grassroots effort established to provide voters with accurate,
dependable and instant information about elected officials. The
information includes biographical material, campaign finance histories,
issue positions, voting records, performance evaluations by competing
special interest groups, and addresses and phone numbers of campaign
offices and county voting offices in every state.
129 NW 4th Street #204
Corvallis, OR 97330
503-754-2746
503-754-2747 fax
web site -- www.vote-smart.org/
Public Citizen
an organization that advocates for consumer
protection, political reform, universal health reform, and control
of corporate power -- Ralph Nader is founder
2000 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-833-3000 tel
web site -- www.essential.org/public_citizen/
Right Livelihood awards
a non-profit international endowment that
gives awards to individuals for efforts that improve the human
condition; called the Nobel Prize for good works
PO Box 15072
S-104 65 Stockholm, Sweden
School of the Americas (SOA)
Watch
established to inform Americans about
the existence and activities of, and to lobby for the elimination
of, the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia, that
trains Latin American officers and soldiers to subvert democracy
and undermine progressive political and social movements in their
own countries
Father Roy Bourgeois
School of the Americas (SOA) Watch
PO Box 3330
Columbus, GA 31903
706-682-5369 tel
http://www.derechos.org/soaw/
United Nations
New York, NY
212-963-1234
web site -- www.undcp.org/unlinks.html
United Nation's High Commissioner
for Human Rights
United Nations, Office 148
Palaise Des Nations 1211
Geneva 10, Switzerland
Worldwatch Institute
conducts research and publishes on global
environmental issues, with a goal of fostering a sustainable global
society -- one in which human needs are met in ways that do not
threaten the health of the natural environment.
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20036
202/452-1999 tel
202/296-7365 fax
web site -- www.worldwatch.org/
What
You Can Do
Reforming the System