Mois : septembre 2009

Linked with Women’s Refugee Commission.

We are the International Rescue Committee – a critical global network of first responders, humanitarian relief workers, healthcare providers, educators, community leaders, activists, and volunteers. Working together, we provide access to safety, sanctuary, and sustainable change for millions of people whose lives have been shattered by violence and oppression … (about 1/2 /who we are).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Where we work; Research Library; Take action; Careers; News; How you can help; FAQs;
Address: International Rescue Committee, 122 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10168-1289, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2 /who we are: … Our mission: Founded in 1933, the IRC is a global leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression.
Learn more about what we do … (more).  Continuer la lecture de « International Rescue Committee IRC »

(also named Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children)

Linked with International Rescue Committee IRC.

The Women’s Refugee Commission was established in 1989 to address the particular needs of refugee and displaced women and children. The Women’s Refugee Commission is affiliated with and is legally part of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and does not receive direct financial support from the IRC (down of each page).

Homepage;
Programs; Women’s Refugee Commission Fact Sheet; Resources; Take action; Donate;
Blog; Press; Business model; 2008 Achievements; 2009 Action Agenda;
Addresses: 1): Women’s Refugee Commission, 122 East 42nd Stree, New York, NY 10168-1289, USA;
2): Women’s Refugee Commission, c/o International Rescue Committee, 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 505, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
Contact.

About /How we work: Through research and fact-finding field missions, we identify critical problems that affect displaced women, children and young people, including gaps in lifesaving reproductive health care, lack of dignified livelihoods for refugees and, in the U.S., the treatment of asylum-seekers. Continuer la lecture de « Women's Refugee Commission »

Linked with Genesis 1 for atheists.

Humorality.com is the brainchild of Tim Patrick, which in itself is somewhat gross given that brains don’t have children, at least not male brains … (about 1/2).

Homepage and online Feedback;
Archives: Author results and Category results;
Commentaries; Humor Links; Store; Visit Tim’s personal website;
Contact Tim Patrick.

About 2/2: … Tim Patrick has been a software developer since the early days of personal computers, so you know he’s qualified to write offbeat humor. And that’s just what you find in the pages of Humorality.com.

Tim has been writing books and articles since the very-late twentieth century, and he’s unlikely to stop now. He has a half-dozen technical books on the market and many articles on technical, humorous, and religious topics.

(a project of BioMed Central, UK)

Linked with The implications of trade liberalization for diet and health, and with I washed and fed my mother before going to school.

Globalization and Health is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that provides an international forum for high quality original research, knowledge sharing and debate on the topic of globalization and its effects on health, both positive and negative. (The journal is is affiliated with the London School of Economics LSE Health) … (about 1/2).

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Register/log in; Submit an article; Journals A-Z; Press; Jobs; Support;
Address and map, (inkl. a link to Google Street View): BioMed Central Ltd, Globalization and Health, Floor 6, 236 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8HL, United Kingdom;
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About 2/2: … Globalization, namely the intensification of flows of people, goods, and services across borders, has a complex influence on health. The journal publishes material relevant to any aspect of globalization and health from a wide range of social science and health-related disciplines (e.g. economics, sociology, epidemiology, demography, psychology, politics and international relations).  Continuer la lecture de « Globalization and Health »

Linked with ThirdWay.

• Welcome to the Progressive Book Club, a unique new space for debate, discussion and community based on that venerable yet still so vital form of media: the printed word.
• More than two centuries ago, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the radical democratic inspiration for mass support of the American Revolution. Books have played a critical role in American politics ever since, regardless of changes in technology, culture, politics, and communications … (about 1/2).

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Books: all categories, all Issues;
Community; Blog; Features; Join; Help, FAQs; Supports;
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About 2/2: … It was Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass that galvanized the abolitionist movement. It was Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle – with its gripping portrait of rapacious industry – that inspired the reforms of the Progressive Era.  Continuer la lecture de « Progressive Book Club PBC »

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Third Way is the leading think tank of the moderate wing of the progressive movement. We work with elected officials, candidates, and advocates to develop and advance the next generation of moderate policy ideas. Since our launch in 2005, our policy and communications products as well as our issue trainings have been used extensively in the House and Senate, by governors and by candidates ranging from Barack Obama to those running for Congress … (about 1/2).

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Leadership; Employment; Internships; Products; Press; Media Kit; Dispatch; Links;
Address: Third Way, 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
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About 2/2 /Programs: … The Economic Program: Third Way is designing a new economic agenda and narrative for the 21st century. Continuer la lecture de « Third Way »

Linked with Peaceable Assembly Campaign.

Voices for Creative Nonviolence has deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws upon the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and U.N. against the Iraqi people between 1990 and 2003. Voices participants rely on and have learned from experiences of those who have engaged in active nonviolent resistance to military might in the U.S. including draft resistance; resistance to the wars in Latin America; and resistance to nuclear weapons, such as the Plowshares resistance efforts. Voices draws upon the lessons gleaned from active participation in peace teams in Haiti, Yugoslavia, Palestine and Iraq … (full text about).

Homepage;
Campaigns; Events; Nonviolent Resistance; Member’s writings; Blog; Iraq war;
What you can do; Friends, Allies; Newsletters; Archive; Resources; Books, DVDs;
Address: Voices for Creative Nonviolence, 1249 W Argyle Street #2, Chicago, IL 60640, USA;
Contact.

Nonviolence Guidelines: The Peaceable Assembly Campaign is committed to nonviolence in all aspects of the campaign. All participants in the PAC are expected to share this commitment to nonviolence during this campaign.  Continuer la lecture de « Voices for Creative Nonviolence »

• Council for a Livable World (CLW) is a Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(4) non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to reducing the danger of nuclear weapons and increasing national security. The Council was founded in 1962 by nuclear physicist Leo Szilard and other scientists who pioneered the development of atomic weapons and immediately became concerned about their use and spread.
• Our mission is to advocate for sensible national security policies and to help elect congressional candidates who support them … (full text Mission).

Homepage; Sitemap;
What we stand for; Issues; Action; Staff; Support; Join; Media; Blog;
Address: 322 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA;
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About /Our Legacy: Nuclear physicist Leo Szilard founded Council for a Livable World in 1962 to deliver “the sweet voice of reason” about nuclear weapons to Congress, the White House, and the American public. “The policies of the great powers have consistently followed the line of least resistance, and this line leads to an unlimited arms race.  Continuer la lecture de « Council for a Livable World »

site in english coming soon

Linked mit Giordano Bruno Stiftung.

Viel Leid, Not und Tod in afrikanischen, arabischen und asiatischen Ländern entsteht nicht durch äußere Einflüsse wie Hunger, Dürre und Krankheiten. Es wird von den Menschen selbst verursacht – und ist somit gänzlich vermeidbar. Dieses Elend ist immer auch ein entscheidendes Entwicklungshemmnis. Damit aufwendige Investitionen in Entwicklungsprojekte überhaupt Früchte tragen können, muss dieses selbst geschaffene und vollständig vermeidbare Leid zuerst einmal beendet werden … (ganzer Text: Das Problem).

Homepage;
Die Lösung; Mitmachen;
Postanschrift: Postfach 30 41 44, 20324 Hamburg, Germany;
Find us on facebook; on twitter; Impressum; Kontakte.

Wir über uns: Im Sommer 2009 haben sich acht Organisationen und Initiativen zum „Bündnis zum Schutz von Mädchen vor Genitalverstümmelung“ zusammengeschlossen. Alle Organisationen engagieren sich in den Bereichen Kinder- und Menschenrechte, Gewalt-Prävention oder Ethik/Humanismus:  Continuer la lecture de « Bündnis zum Schutz von Mädchen vor Genitalverstümmelung 2009 »

protecting the climat by saving forests – coming soon also in spanish

Avoided Deforestation Partners is an international network of thinkers, strategists and practitioners, founded by leaders in forest carbon policy and project implementation, science, finance, and conservation in 2007, to support international efforts to halt tropical deforestation … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Background; Initiatives; News, events; Press; Partners;
Addresses (1 of 3): Avoided Deforestation Partners, Glenn Hurowitz, Washington Director, ADPartners.org, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036, United States;
Contact and donate.

About 2/2: … Vision Statement: The adoption of effective climate policies to significantly reduce tropical deforestation and degradation, improving the quality of life for indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities, preserving biodiversity, and enhancing global security.   Continuer la lecture de « Avoided Deforestation Partners »

Vietnam, if Kennedy had lived – a website about the film

Virtual JFK investigates one of the most debated « what if » scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been re-elected in 1964? The resulting film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls « virtual history, » assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals – « what ifs » – and the outcomes they might have produced. The film makes use of an array of resources including recently declassified and never-before-seen archival footage, documents, and audio tapes, and testimony from a critical oral history conference including Kennedy and Johnson administration officials. The heart of the film deals with the question: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace? (See under Synopsis).

Homepage … All other pages have the same URL, to reach them click on the internal links, as: Synopsis, Director, Gallery, Bios, Book, Press, Theaters, Mailing List, buy the DVD, Contacts.

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER KOJI MASUTANI     Continuer la lecture de « Virtual JFK »

energy and security solutions

… Apply to Be a Regional Director: Think you have what it takes to be a Regional Director? Regional Directors must be full time students at any University. After being brought to Washington, DC for a week of training and lobbying, they work four to six hours per week leading one of America’s most effective student-led campaigns working to stop global warming and kick America’s oil habit.
Download the *brochure to apply (by internal link) – requires the free Acrobat Reader … (full long texts of the big page Get Involved).

Homepage (a big page full of links);
Issues; News; Join our campaigns; Allies; Donate;
Address: , Corporate Office, 2020 Vision, 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 640, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA;
Contact.

Who we are; We bring together energy and security solutions.   Continuer la lecture de « 2020 Vision »

a program of the Center for International Policy

Linked with Capitalism’s Achilles Heel.

Global Financial Integrity (GFI) promotes national and multilateral policies, safeguards, and agreements aimed at curtailing the cross-border flow of illegal money.  In putting forward solutions, facilitating strategic partnerships, and conducting groundbreaking research, GFI is leading the way in efforts to curtail illicit financial flows and enhance global development and security … (about 1/2).

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Resources; Task Force; Blog; Newsroom; Jobs; Donate; Links;
Address: 1319 18th Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
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About 2/2: … CHALLENGE: Our mission stems from the estimate that $1 trillion in funds which are illegally earned, transferred or utilized are spirited across borders annually. Of this, $500 billion a year comes out of developing and transitional economies into western accounts, constituting the most damaging economic condition hurting the poor.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Financial Integrity GFI »

Linked with Win Without War.

StandUpCongress.org gives you an inside look into what’s happening on Iraq in the halls of Congress – from a complete listing of the current legislation on Iraq to messages from Members and Washington insiders on what they believe the strategy is for moving us forward and bringing an end to the war … (full text inside congress).

Homepage and latest news;
Take Action; Press; Video archive; Grassroots report;
Partners on Iraq; Afghanistan; Town Hall; Inside Congress;
Address: Win Without War, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA;
Contact.

About: StandUpCongress.Org is a « one-stop-shop » for Americans seeking information and tools to move Congress to take a stand to end the war in Iraq and prevent an escalation of war into Iran.  Continuer la lecture de « Stand Up Congress.org »

Linked with Stand Up Congress.org.

Win Without War is a coalition of national organizations representing broad constituencies that aim to keep America safe. The coalition advocates that international cooperation and enforceable international law provide the greatest security for the United States and the world. WWW offers a mainstream, patriotic voice for engaging opinion makers, activating concerned citizens, and communicating effectively to the media … (mission 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
Take action; Coalition members; News; Press; Donate:
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Mission 2/2: What We Support: We are patriotic Americans committed to a US foreign policy that embodies our nation’s highest ideals.   Continuer la lecture de « Win Without War »