Links

Sites Devoted to Literature, Democracy, and/or Dissidence
N.B.:  The editor, of course, does not necessarily agree with everything these organizations do or support. 

—American Civil Liberties Union. www.aclu.org

—American Library Association.  Although the editor has been battling the local libraries for the right to disseminate ideas, the ALA does have a good site on freedom... perhaps lofty in word and not applied, but of interest nonetheless.  In its own words, "Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas."  www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.htm

—Americans United for Separation of Church and State.  http://www.au.org/site/PageServer

—Anti Censorship Page.  cgd.best.vwh.net/home/anticens.htm
—Citizens against Government Waste (CAGW).  www.cagw.org

—Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).  www.citizensforethics.org
—Center for Media and Democracy.  Investigates and exposes public relations spin and propaganda.  www.prwatch.org

—Center For Public Integrity. www.publicintegrity.org
—Center for Responsive Politics.  www.opensecrets.org.
—Common Cause (Holding power accountable).  www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=186966

—Congressional Accountability Project (Working against corruption in the US Congress). www.congressproject.org

—Democracy Index. www.economist.com/media/pdf/DEMOCRACY_INDEX_2007_v3.pdf. America rates 17th, hardly first!!!

—Democracy 21.  www.democracy21.org

—First Amendment Center.  www.firstamendmentcenter.org

—Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.  www.thefire.org

—Fund For Independence in Journalism: www.tfij.org

—Free Expression Policy Project. www.fepproject.org/factsheets/politicalspeech.html

—Judicial Watch:  Promoting Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Government, Politics and the Law.  www.judicialwatch.org

—Just $6 (Public campaign funding).  just6dollars.org

—National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC). www.ncac.org

—National Association of Scholars www.nas.org
—Public Citizen (Protecting health, safety & democracy).  www.citizen.org

—Society of Professional Journalists.  www.spj.org/ethics.asp

—Transparency International: The Global Coalition against Corruption.  www.transparency.org
—Underground Literary Alliance.  www.literaryrevolution.com

—United Nations Human Development Index.  http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics  Whenever someone boasts America is the best country in the world, I cite this Index.  In 2008, it rated America only #12. 

Poetry Sites Linking The American Dissident
—AA Independent Press Guide.  www.thunderburst.co.uk.
—I Think Therefore Iambic. ithinkthereforeiambic.com. 
—Mad Hatters' Review.  www.madhattersreview.com.
—Pemmican Press.  www.pemmicanpress.com.

—VS., An Online Journal of Deliberative Poetry.  www.vs-poems.com. 
—Thunderburst Press.  www.thunderburst.co.uk