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Excellent list of links for research and information - Magda Hassan - 10-01-2010 Plenty of good links some dead but use The Way Back Machine for those. From who is getting corporate subsidies, to who owns what brand, weapons production databases, government statistics, lobby watch and directories, Freedom of Information help, online encyclopedia for legal researchers, free Lexis Nexis search. Plenty more in this treasure trove of links. From Derrick Jensen via Ed Jewett. Thanks Ed.:ciao: Topics A to Z: ACTIVIST RESEARCH -- GUIDES & GROUPS THAT DO ACTIVIST RESEARCH Activist Research Manualsfrom Public Information Network. Association for Independent Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Research (Europe) Center for Corporate Policy Citizen Muckrakingfrom the Center for Public Intergrity. Corp Watch (US) Corporate Watch (UK) includes DIY Guide: How to Research Companies Crocdyl Wiki database of corporate profiles DataCenter Dirt Diggers Digest from Philip Mattera eActivist many social issues and a worldwide directory of politicians. Endgame.org you're already there! Environmental Background Information Center How to Do Corporate Research Online from the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First Internet Guide to Power Structure Research: Corporations Jay's Leftist and Progressive Internet Resources Directory Multinationals Resource Center Probe International Public Information Network you're already there! Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) Raising Hell from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Researching Corporations from Corporate Watch. Sourcewatch Center for Media and Democracy project documenting public relations and propaganda ADVERTISING and COMMERCIALISM 100 Leading National Advertisers [PDF Adobe software] Adbusters Commercial Alert mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy. Consumer Trap blog from Michael Dawson exposing capitalism, marketing & market totalitarianism Obligation, Inc "reminding businesses and governments of their responsibility to children." Center for Commercial Free Public Education Center for Media & Democracy publishers of PR Watch. Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education Citizens Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools Telemarketing Do Not Call List 1-888-382-1222. Firms that call numbers on the list face fines of up to $11,000 for each violation. AGRIBUSINESS see also FOOD, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH, etc Agribusiness Accountability Initiative of the Center of Concern and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. Agribusiness Centerof the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is a clearinghouse for information on agribusiness corporations, news, and activist campaigns. Agriculture of the Middle Corporate Agribusiness Research Project Al Krebs, the master of agribusiness muckraking, monitors the economic, social and environmental impacts on family farmers, rural communities, ecosystems and consumers. Farm Subsidy Database from Environmental Working Group. GM Watch monitors genetically modified foods. Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ram's Horn information and analysis of the whole food system, including food security, biotechnology & genetic engineering, corporate ownership, agriculture and farmers, international trade, organic standards & pesticides, government regulation, and consumer's rights. USDA PACA database of fruit and vegetable growers ALTERNATIVES Most of the Endgame website is focused on exposing the dysfunctions in industrial culture. Here are some organizations which focus on practical alternatives and postitive action. Earth Charter Community Summits website has a large Resource Directory. Breakthrough Institute Community-Wealth from The Democracy Collaborative Earth Share E.F. Schumacher Society and SmallIsBeautiful.org Green Challenge Institute for Local Self-Reliance and New Rules Project Local Harvest New Road Map Foundation OneWorld Simple Living Network Sustainability Institute Sustainable Communities Network YES! Magazine DECENTRALISTS Lao Tzu Aristotle Peter Kropotkin Thomas Jefferson M.K. Gandhi G.K. Chesterton E.F. Schumacher Leopold Kohr Wendell Berry Ralph Borsodi Jane Jacobs Kirkpatrick Sale David Morris The Diggers ANTITRUST see MONOPOLY AUTOMOBILES Sprawl-Busters Culture Change / Sustainable Energy Institute and the Alliance for a Paving Moratorium. BANKS BankTrack network of civil society organisations tracking the operations of the private financial sector and its effect on people and the planet. Bank Information Center Berne Declaration monitors the role of Swiss corporations, banks, and government agencies. IFIwatchnet monitoring international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, IMF, and regional development banks. Inner City Press covers banking, community reinvestment, redlining, insurance, telecommunications issues, etc. Mobilization for Global Justice Rainforest Action Network Global Finance Campaign Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse Endgame bank links BIOTECH Campaign for Food Safety Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Human Genome Project Organic Consumers Association Primal Seeds untangling ourselves from the monocult. ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)formerly RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International). Union of Concerned Scientists BOYCOTTS see also CONSUMER ISSUES & CAMPAIGNS Boycott Board Boycott Action News from Co-Op America. Envirolink Boycotts Karma Banque National Boycott List from AFL-CIO. BRAND NAMES FindOwnerSearch Brand name owner search by Uchisearch CAMPAIGN FINANCE see POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS & LOBBYING CHILDREN & CORPORATIONS see ADVERTISING CIVILIZATION Derrick Jensen explores the spiritual, psychological, cultural, economic, and environmental underpinnings of our culture's unbiquitous destructiveness and asks for sane, effective, and appropriate responses. Primitivism: Index of Articles Social Criticism Review1,000 online readings on modern society and its ills, with a focus on alienation between man, nature, and a dysfunctional scientific-technical complex. COMMERCIALISM see ADVERTISING COMPUTERS see TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ISSUES & CAMPAIGNS see also ADVERTISING and BOYCOTTS and CORPORATIONS RANKED BY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Commodity Fetish Times Consumers Digest Ethical Consumer looks behind the brand names and helps you to vote with your wallet. Council on Economic PrioritiesFrom the folks who brought you "Shopping for a Better World." CEP ranks corporations on the environment, diversity, charitable giving, working conditions, family benefits, and community outreach. It's all relative, so Chevron and Citicorp have been on their Honor Roll. Recalls.gov database of recalled consumer products from the Consumer Products Safety Commission, Food and Drug Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Coast Guard, and Agriculture Department. CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS Association Transnationale citizen portal on corporations (English, French and Spanish versions). Aurora Institute Business Ethics Network is a project of the Corporate Ethics International which builds the capacity of its members in their corporate campaign work, by providing education, facilitating collaboration, and increasing recognition of their campaign successes. Campaignstrategy.org from Chris Rose. Center for Corporate Policy working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable. Corporate Accountability Project Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) Corporate Power Information Center Corporate Responsibility Coalition in the UK. Corporate Watch (UK) monitors social and environmental impacts of large corporations. CorpWatch (US) Global Exchange Global Response The Corporation documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. CORPORATE CHARTERS & THE CORPORATION AS AN INSTITUTION State-level corporation records summary and liks from LLRX Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund includes a Manual For Revoking Corporate Charters and other information for individuals wishing to pursue charter revocation activities. The Corporation documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. CounterCorp sponsors of the annual Anti-Corporate Film Festival Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD) Richard Grossman, Ward Morehouse and others urging us to redefine corporations rather than regulate them. CORPORATE CRIMEsee also CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY and MONOPOLY Alien Tort Claims Act cases from the corporate lobby group USA Engage. Organizations using ATCA to fight corporate abuse include EarthRights International and Center for Constitutional Rights and International Labor Rights Fund Corporate Crime Reporter includes a report on The Top 100 False Claims Act Settlements. Corporate fraud database compiled by Law.com CrimeZyland The Corporate Libraryinvestment research firm specializing in corporate governance and board effectiveness. White Collar Crime Prof Blog Endgame database of corporate fines & settlements Settlements, Verdicts and Rulings (Lawyersandsettlements website) ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History On-Linefrom the US EPA. Government Accountability Project monitors governmental wrongdoing and protects whistleblowers. New Internationalist reports on world poverty and inequality; their July 2003 issue featured the Corporate Crime Wave. Royal Canadian Mounted Police RECOL database Anti-scofflaw proposal to keep corporate criminals from getting government contracts. Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) on federal government enforcement activities US Federal Trade Commission decisions Ten Worst Corporations as ranked by Russell Mokhiber (Corporate Crime Reporter) and Robert Weissman (Multinational Monitor) Ten Worst Corporations of 2005 Ten Worst Corporations of 2004 Ten Worst Corporations of 2003 Ten Worst Corporations of 2002 Ten Worst Corporations of 2001 Ten Worst Corporations of 2000 Ten Worst Corporations of 1999 Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the 1990s # Global Exchange's "Most Wanted" Corporate Human Rights Violators of 2005 Global Exchange's "14 Worst Corporate Evildoers" CORPORATE DOCUMENTS, GOVERNANCE, and SHAREHOLDERS Corporate documents: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) gives instant access to the annual, quarterly, proxy, and other reports filed by corporations. EDGAR database for searching a particular corporation's documents. SEC Form 10K annual report SEC Form 13D shareholders with 5% or more of a company's stock SEC Form 13F institutional shareholders SEC Form DEF14 proxy statement (board of directors, shareholder resolutions) EDGAR Online and 10K Wizard and Free EDGAR and EdgarScan provide access to SEC documents including insider trading and other information. Energy utility documents Form 1 annual report submitted by major electric utilities. Corporate docs available from U.S. states by Kathy Biehl at LLRX.com Non-U.S. corporations: The Scannery searches the websites of more than 10,000 publicly traded companies around the world. Corporate governance standards from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [PDF Adobe software] CANADIAN corporationsfile their disclosure documents with SEDAR and SEDI is Canada's System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders. Strategis business and consumer information from Industry Canada, including corporate profiles. Identifying shareholders of particular corporations: Compact Disclosure (a commercial database available in some libraries) Lionshares SecForm4.Com insider trading CNN Money company profiles and shareholder lists Google Finance company profiles MFFAIS MSN Money Central - shareholder lists MSN Money Central - insider trading Yahoo Finance company profiles and shareholder lists Reverse listing directory (EDGAR Online People) - find a person’s stockholdings. Corporate directors: Corporate directors are named in public companies' annual shareholder proxy form (Form DEF14) which can be found by searching the SEC's EDGAR database. They Rule can be used to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top 100 companies in the US in 2001. Corporate governance: see CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONIBILITY CORPORATE FRONT GROUPS LOOKING AT ACTIVISTS ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, "provides the public and media with in-depth profiles of anti-consumer activist groups, along with information about the sources of their exorbitant funding." Capital Research Center studies non-profit organizations, which it defines as "organizations that promote the growth of the welfare state." CRC principals include people from Heritage Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, etc. CRC's projects include Green Watch. Corporate Social Responsibility Watch (CSRwatch and SRIwatch) from the Free Enterprise Education Institute. NGO Watch from the American Enterprise Institute and the Federalist Society. ACTIVISTS LOOKING AT CORPORATE FRONT GROUPS Center for Media & Democracy includes PR Watch, Disinfopedia, and other projects. CLEAR Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research from the Environmental Working Group. Tracks industry-supported backlash against the environmental movement. Disinfopedia directory of public relations firms, think tanks, and organizations that influence public opinion and public policy. Full Frontal Scrutiny exposes front groups that hide or obscure their identity, membership or sponsorship. A project of Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy. LobbyWatch monitors lobbyists, PR firms, front groups, political networks and industry-friendly scientists. Non-Profit Organizations With Ties to Industry database from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. PR Watch monitors the public relations industry. Western States Center has a Wise Use Public Exposure Project. CORPORATE LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS (these are the corporate websites. For critical profiles see The Corporate Consensus). Business Roundtable Conference Board Council on Foreign Relations Industry Functional Advisory Committees (IFAC) Industry Sector Advisory Committees (ISAC) Transatlantic Business Dialogue Trilateral Commission U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion World Business Council for Sustainable Development World Economic Forum (Davos) World Trade Organization CORPORATE NEWS Local/regional business news from American City Business Journals News by industry from Yahoo. Business.com Strategis business and consumer information from Industry Canada, including corporate profiles. CORPORATE PROFILESsee also CORPORATIONS RANKED and SHAREHOLDERS Some of these websites are designed by and for corporations, so they do not provide much history or perspective, much less any critical thinking. But they are places to find descriptions of corporations' operations, analyze corporate documents, and gather basic facts. A more critical and broad perspective can be found under other headings such as CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS and CORPORATE CRIME and in Endgame's Directory of Transnational Corporations. Gorporate governance rankings from Institutional Shareholder Services, covering board of directors, audit, charter and bylaw provisions, anti-takeover provisions, executive and director compensation, progressive practices, ownership, director education. Go to Yahoo Finance, enter the company' stock symbol, click on Profile, then look at Corporate Governance. Corporate Information covers public and private corporations in the U.S. and in other countries. The Corporate Library is an independent investment research firm specializing in corporate governance and board effectiveness. Their website includes Corporate and Director Interlocks in the USA. Crocdyl is a Wiki database of corporate profiles by using a global network of researchers, journalists and nonprofit organization members, including the Center for Corporate Policy, CorpWatch, and Good Jobs First. EuroPages the European Business Directory FundingUniverse company histories. Hoover's corporate profiles, rankings, links to corporate websites. Pacific Sustainability Index reports on corporations and industries from Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College Yahoo Finance corporate profiles, news, shareholder lists, links to corporate websites. US SEC EDGAR database of annual reports, proxy forms, etc. To search a particular corporation click here. Sourcewatch Center for Media and Democracy project documenting public relations and propaganda Strategis business and consumer information from Industry Canada, including corporate profiles. Students for Informed Career Decisions Taiwancorpwatch US Business Reporter The Digital Research Tool of Business. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Big Insiders tracks corporate governance, insider trading, and political influence. BCSD and Corporate Governance Principles Business Ethics magazinelists the "100 best corporate citizens" each year. Business Ethics Network Business for Social Responsibility - Issue Briefs Caux Roundtable Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) Code For Corporate Responsibility (C4CR) Minnesota-based effort to enact Robert Hinkley's 28 Words to Redefine Corporate Duties: "but not at the expense of the environment, human rights, the public health or safety, the communities in which the corporation operates, or the dignity of its employees." Confronting Companies Using Shareholder Power: A Handbook on Socially-Oriented Shareholder Activism from Friends of the Earth Corporate Accountability Project Corporate Governance aims to enhance the return on capital through increased accountability. Good links page. Corporate Library is an independent investment research firm specializing in corporate governance and board effectiveness. Corporate Responsibility Code Book by Deborah Leipziger has a list of codes summarized [PDF Adobe software] Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire Corporate Watchdog Media Council on Economic Priorities ranks corporations on the environment, diversity, charitable giving, working conditions, family benefits, and community outreach. Council of Institutional Investors has a membership roster. Dow Jones Sustainability Index Ethical Consumer Ethical Corporation EthVest Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility database of shareholder resolutions. FTSE4Good Index Series Global Citizenship 360 (GC360) software data-gathering and reporting tool developed by Future 500 that tracks shareholder, workplace, community, marketplace and environment. Global corporate governance index Institutional Shareholder Services and FTSE Group of Britain. Global Reporting Initiative is a set of sustainability reporting guidelines. Global Sullivan Principles Goldman Sachs Corporate Governance Guidelines Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) coordinates shareholder resolutions co-filed by different investors. While ICCR's members are faith-based organizations, its broader constituency includes non-religious groups who look to it for guidance on social issues. ICCR's website includes a database of social-issue shareholder resolutions currently being filed Investor Environmental Health Network Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) provides research, software products, and consulting services to clients representing institutional investors, corporations, law firms and other organizations. Journal of Corporate Citizenship Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award New York Stock Exchange Section 303A governance standards NGO Guidelines from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Northwest Corporate Accountability Project's David E. Ortman gives step-by-step information on the shareholder resolution process and guides you through the maze of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. OECD corporate governance standards [PDF Adobe software] ONEREPORT SRI World Group data requests from 20 research and rating organizations. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance Pacific Sustainability Index reports on corporations and industries from Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College Responsible Shopper ResponsibleInvesting.org Natural Capital Institute analysis of the holdings and screening categories of SRI (socially responsible investment) mutual funds. Smart Growth Network Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) Social Investment Forum SocialFunds.com Stakeholder Alliance Students for Informed Career Decisions Trucost Plc emissions and natural resource usage in financial as well as quantity terms. United Nations Global Compact United Nations Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment CORPORATE SUBSIDIES Center for Public Integrity Citizens for Tax Justice Corporate Welfare Information Center Corporate Welfare Shame Page Earmark Watch database of "pork barrel" spending measures Export Credit Agencies (ECA-Watch) Federal Procurement Data Center FedSpending searchable database of US government spending by OMB Watch Green Scissors annual reports from Friends of the Earth et al. 2002 report and 2003 report [PDF Adobe software] Illinois Corporate Accountability Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy from Citizens for Tax Justice. No More Secret Candy Store: A Grassroots Guide to Investigating Development Subsidies, from Good Jobs First. Stakeholder Alliance directed by former corporate accountant Ralph Estes, author of Tyranny of the Bottom Line. State subsidies databases and State procurement contract databases linked at the Good Jobs First website Tax Justice Network Taxpayer Assets Project Taxpayers for Common Sense True Cost Clearinghouse economic, health, and social costs of pollution, worker exposures, and resource exploitation. USASpending.gov Where Americans Can See Where Their Money Goes CORPORATIONS RANKED BY NUMBERS (SALES, PROFITS, ASSETS, ETC) Forbes magazine provides lists of the largest 500 U.S. public and 500 U.S. private corporations, the richest people, the highest executive pay, and an annual report on U.S. industry. Fortune magazine ranks the largest 1000 U.S. corporations, the top 500 global corporations, the corporations most admired (by corporate executives!), 500 Asian corporations. Forbes Global 2000 Hoover'sIncludes corporate profiles, rankings, and links to corporate websites. Institute for Policy Studies Top 200 [PDF Adobe software] Pacific Sustainability Index reports on corporations and industries from Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College CORRUPTION see POLITICS & MONEY DRUGS Drug Compay Watch Keeping tabs on the drug companies. Drugs@FDA regulatory history of pharmaceuticals. ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES E.F. Schumacher Society Institute for Local Self-Reliance National Center for Employee Ownership National Cooperative Bank Natural Capitalism (based on book by Paul Hawken & Amory & Hunter Lovins) New Rules Projectof the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. People-Centered Development Forum Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology (Vandana Shiva) ENERGY Endgame Oil Industry Information CleanEdge clean-tech markets, trends, and opportunities. Climate Action Network working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Climate Solutions accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment and bridging divides. Oil Change International exposes the true costs of oil and facilitates the coming transition to clean energy. Sustainable Energy and Economy Network from Institute for Policy Studies & Transnational Institute; includes global map of energy infrastructure projects. ENVIRONMENT see also TOXICS, HEALTH & SAFETY Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory Chemical Scorecard Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research tracks the industry-supported backlash against the environmental movement. ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History On-Line) from the US EPA. Eco-Portal full text searches of reviewed environmental internet content. EnviroLinkThe Online Environmental Community. Environmental Background Information Centertools and strategies people need to confront corporate power. Strategy Guide, Court Research Guide, Proxies for People shareholder activism, Operation SLAPP Back. Environmental justice principles Environmental justice resourcesNYU Environmental and Land Use Law Center. Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide Environmental Media Services expanding media coverage of critical environmental and public health issues. Environmental reports on corporationsof them, gathered together by Hitochi Suzuki. Environmental Working Group European Pollutant Emission Register of industrial facilities by facility name, location, industry or pollutant. Global Directory for Environmental Technology Global Footprint Network tracks how much individuals, organizations, cities, regions, nations or humanity as a whole consumes. GRACE (Global Resource Action Center for the Environment) includes factory farm, nuclear, public health, and corporate accountability issues. International Corporate Environmental Reporting Sitepublishes expensive reports. League of Conservation Voters Environmental Scorecard MapCruzin Millennium Institute: State of the World Indicators Money and Environmental Politics from Environmental Working Group. Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly Todd's Atomic Homepage Waterjustice campaigns against water privatisation initiated by the Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATIONsee WEALTH FOOD see also AGRIBUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH, etc Agribusiness Center Campaign to Label Geneticallly Engineered Foods Center for Food Safety Consumers Unionhas a food safety section. Corporate Agribusiness Research Project Drug Compay Watch Keeping tabs on the drug companies Organic Consumers Association Ram's Horn USDA PACA database of fruit and vegetable growers FREE TRADEsee GLOBALIZATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS FOIA Contacts at Federal Agencies FIO.net resources for research on freedom of information law. Freedominfo.org online network of advocates. Freedominfo.org global survey of information disclosure in various countries. [PDF Adobe software] Government Accountability Project has a National Whistleblower Center How to Use the Federal FOI Act from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. LOUIS Library Of Unified Information Sources (US federal documents) Memory Hole OpenTheGovernment.org National Freedom of Information Coalition list of State and National FOI Resources National Security Archive Project on Government Secrecy Project On Government Oversight Truth-Telling Project of Daniel Ellsberg WikiLeaks Search Systems Free Public Records Directory Public records links from BRB Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Investigators Anywhere Inc Merlin Information Services links page Getting Public Records DataCenter's overview of FOIA and public records. GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE Bank Information Center Bretton Woods Project BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest Challenging the FTAA, NAFTA & WTO: Community Research Toolkit from the DataCenter. Council of Canadians Export Credit Agencies ECA-Watch Focus on the Global South Foreign Policy in Focus project of Interhemispheric Resource Center and Institute for Policy Studies. GATSwatch International Business Forum International Business Research (Rutgers Univ) trade treaties, commissions, etc. International Forum on Globalization Federation of International Trade Associations People Centered Development Forum founded by David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World. Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Third World Network Transnational Insitute (TNI) is a worldwide fellowship of committed scholar-activists working on democratisation, the global economy, peace and security, and shadow economies. U.S. Trade Representative USTR's Industry Trade Advisory Committees World Trade Organization WTO Watch from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy GOVERNMENT see U.S. GOVERNMENT HEALTH see TOXICS, HEALTH & SAFETY HUMAN RIGHTS Aboriginal Resources Amnesty International website includes Human Rights Links and country reports. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Cultural Survival Global Witness exposes the link between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses. Indigenous Environmental Network Native Americans and the Environment Native Web Survival International INSURANCE INDUSTRY Inner City Press covers banking, community reinvestment, redlining, insurance, telecommunications issues, etc. INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES NameTraq gathers news articles containing specific last names. Copernic has free software which will save and update Internet searches. Highbeam tracks mulitple news sources. NewsTrove tracks mulitple news sources. Wayback machine from Internet Archive stores earlier versions of websites. Who is? identifies who is behind a website. LABOR (separate webpage) LAND The Land Lords This Land is Ours OneWorld's Big Issues Land Rights Earth Liberation LAW & LEGAL RESEARCH see also CORPORATE CRIME Capitol Reports guide to federal and state agencies and laws. All LawInternet legal gateway. FindLaw gateway to state, federal, and international law. FindLaw Documents Archive A-Z LexisONE free online version of LexisNexis. Nolo self-help law center. PACER (ublic Access to Court Electronic Records) U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records Zimmerman's Research Guide online encyclopedia for legal researchers. LOBBYISTS see also POLITICS & MONEY Hired Guns searches lobbyists by state and industry. Center for Responsive PoliticsStart here for data on Incumbent Campaign Finance, PAC contributions, Donor Lookup, Lobbyists, and much else. Lobby Filing Disclosure Program from the US Senate Office of Public Records LobbyWatch monitors lobbyists, PR firms, front groups, political networks and industry-friendly scientists. National Lobbyist Directory State lobbying disclosure databases linked at Good Jobs First website Tax Lobbying Report: Follow the Money Trail A public service of Tax Analysts Inc. Where Are They Now? tracks Congressional staffers through the revolving door. MAPS & PHOTOS GoogleMaps TerraFly Virtual Earth (Microsoft) YahooMaps MAQUILADORAS Border Information and Outreach Service MEDIA Search Tools MediaQ PR tool that integrates media contacts and content NewsTrove searches multiple news and websites simultaneously. Highbeam eLibrary searches multiple news and websites simultaneously. Free and subscription versions. Links to News Media ABYZ News Links NewsLink Common Dreams homepage has good links to mainstream and alternative news sources. Drudge Report major U.S. media and syndicated columnists. WebActive progressive streaming media. Yahoo News & Media Directory Media Monopoly Media: Who Owns What from Columbia Journalism Review. Well-Connected includes a media ownership tracker by city/state/zipcode. Big Ten Media Conglomerates from The Nation magazine. CJR magazine database CJR newspaper database Medialens monitoring the media for corporate and government distortion. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Mergerstat MILITARY see WAR MINING Earthworks (formerly Mineral Policy Center) protecting communities and environment from the impacts of mining and oil and gas. Project Underground monitors oil and mining impacts worldwide. Mines and Communities worldwide database from the muckraker Roger Moody. Mountain Justice Summer fights mountaontop removal, steep slope strip mining, and other forms of surface mining for coal. Who Owns The West? Environmental Working Group report on companies with mining rights on US public land. MONOPOLY & ANTI-TRUST Endgame list of corporate mergers American Antitrust Institute Antitrust Case Browserfrom St Olaf College Antitrust Case Summary Browser Competition Online maintains a list of Competition, Anti-trust and Regulatory websites European Commission competition website lists mergers and anti-trust cases Market Share Reports Mergerstat NameBase http://www.namebase.org/ index of individuals, corporations, and groups compiled from 600 investigative books published since 1962. NEWS see MEDIA NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Lifting the Veil of Secrecy from the Center for Science in the Public Interest report on corporate funding of non-profits. Guidestar database of nonprofit organizations. IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosure NUCLEAR Nuclear Information & Resource Serviceincludes background information on nuclear-related issues, including economics, decommissioning, radiation, reactor safety, radioactive waste, and more. NucNewscompendium of news about nuclear, plutonium, uranium, radioactivity, arms sales, and wars. Downwinders "Welcome America, We're All Downwinders Now!" WISE Uranium Project PETROCHEMICALS see Oil Industry Information Resources POLITICS & MONEY American Voter HotlistCongressional Quarterly's links to political websites, with emphasis on the federal. Buying of the President from the Center for Public Integrity Center for Public Integrity investigative journalism to make institutional power more transparent and accountable. Center for Responsive PoliticsStart here for data on Incumbent Campaign Finance, PAC contributions, Donor Lookup, Lobbyists, and much else. Campaign Finance Information Center from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). Includes database of federal contracts granted to corporations, state campaign finance databases, tip sheets for doing investigations, etc. Common Cause Holding Power Accountable Congressional Votes database from Washington Post lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. Electionworld Federal Election Commission FundRace searches donors by zipcode. Guidestar database for tracking non-profit organizations. Hired Guns searches lobbyists by state and industry. IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosuredatabase of non-profit political organizations that contribute money to candidates. Members of Congress and the people who pay themfrom Open Secrets. Mother Jones 400 profiles the 400 biggest individual contributors to political campaigns. National Institute on Money in State PoliticsFollow the Money. National Lobbyist Directory Open Secrets Personal Financial Disclosure forms filed by members of US Congress and Executive branch from Open Secrets. Political Money Line Project Vote Smart Tracking the performance of over 13,000 political leaders: President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators. Public Campaign Advocacy group for "Clean Money, Clean Elections." Soft Money Laundromat from Common Cause. Sunlight Foundation promotes transparency and accountability by US Congress. Tax Lobbying Report: Follow the Money Trail A public service of Tax Analysts Inc. Transparency International global coalition against corruption. US Senate lobbyist registrations POLLS PollingReport summarizes many current poll results. Gallup Organization Louis Harris and Associates [url=http://survey.rgs.uky... Excellent list of links for research and information - Ed Jewett - 10-01-2010 All for a worthy cause. :beerglass: Excellent list of links for research and information - Ed Jewett - 25-05-2010 To which, add http://timshorrock.com/. 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