Organizations
Named after one of the primary mentors in my own life, the source of grants for grass roots groups, and of literature. It is not a membership organizaiton.
Has several regional offices and maintains a range of programs to cope with domestic and international problems. It is not a membership organization.
Radical pacifist organization with which Dorothy Day was associated. I'm lucky - two of the CW houses are within a few blocks from where I live. The CW ministers to the poor and homeless, has CW houses across the country. It is more radical than me - for those who choose to live communally and in voluntary poverty. I'm always honored when members of the CW drop by my apartment.
A place where veterans or active members of the US military can find help. Not a membership organization
but of great help to those in the military.
Formed in 1991 by my friend, the late Gil Green, Angela Davis, and others who left the Communist Party to establish a socialist group committed to democracy. It permits dual membership in the Socialist Party & is one of the socialist groups to which I belong.
Another of the three socialist groups to which I belong. It is a membership group, and publishes material on democratic socialism.
The national office is in Nyack, New York, and there are local FOR groups around the nation. Founded during World War I, this is a membership organization for religious pacifists, and maintains an active program of literature and local groups.
A center for democracatic activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work for peace, social
justice, and human rights. It seeks an end of Israeli Occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza strip, and east Jerusalem. It supports Israeli refuseniks.
The historic American Socialist Party of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas, and one of the three US socialist groups to which I belong.It has a number of locals and a publication.
Originally had roots in the Trotskyist movement but is committed to a grassroots and democratic approach to socialism. It is a membership group. I'd belong to it, if I could afford the dues (on social security three socialist group is about my limit). Has local groups, publishes a magazine, and is active in labor.
A membership group, and one for which I worked for 39 years. It has a number of local
groups, takes part in coalition work, and has a publication. It represents secular and radical pacifism, and includes a number of people
who resist war taxes.
A campaign to close Guantanamo and end torture.
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