Note: Though Progressive Dane has similar positions to many of the organizations listed on this page, this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of the groups that we support. Also, we certainly do not endorse the activities or views of all of the groups listed here, but have provided the links because they are useful.
Local projects that support our work:
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The League of Women Voters: Making Democracy Work | Dane County |WI | USA
- Dane County's Living Wage Campaign: Living wages for a stronger community
- Sustain Dane: A loosely organized group promoting sustainability in Madison and Dane County
- Wisconsin Democracy Campaign: Getting big money out of Wisconsin's political system
- Campaign Disclosure Site: Reviews the finance records of local candidates and officials
- The Wisconsin Green Party:
- The Center for Voting and Democracy: Reforming elections to respect every vote and every voice
- Instant Runoff Voting: Advocating for a fair and economical way to conduct elections
- The Instant Runoff Project:
Links to other local resources:
- City of Madison, WI: City Government
- Dane County: County Government
- The Isthmus: Madison's weekly news magazine
- Madison.com: Local daily newspapers, the Capital Times and the Wisconsin State Journal
- The Madison Public Library: Provides access to many local resources
- Madison Indymedia: Indepedent media from Madison, WI
- WORT: local community-supported radio
Links to other news and activist sources:
- Adbusters: Culture Jammers Headquarters- media activism, online version of the magazine
- AFL-CIO: The federation of America's labor unions
- Alternative Press Review: Your guide beyond the mainstream
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The nation's foremost advocate of individual rights
- Amnesty International: Human rights
- Animals Agenda Magazine: Helping people help animals
- Café Progressive: The place to start for progressive education reform, a huge collection of progressive resources
- Center for Defense Information: The nation's foremost independent military research organization
- Center for Science in the Public Interest: Improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply
- Common Cause: Holding power accountable
- Covert Action Quarterly: Analyzes covert activity by military, governmental and corporate entities
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): A national media watch group
- The Feminist Majority Foundation Online: Maintains information about women's equality and feminist issues
- Free Speech Internet Television: A not-for-profit audio/video internet hub that provides free hosting
- Guerrilla Girls: The conscience of culture - a group of women artists who fight discrimination
- Human Rights Campaign: Working for lesbian and gay equal rights
- Human Rights Watch: Protecting the human rights of people around the world
- IGC, Institute for Global Communications: Internet's progressive gateway
- Intentional Communities: Serves the growing communities movement
- Mother Jones: Interactive exposés and politics
- Movement for Democracy and Education: Build campus-based movement for political empowerment
- NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - "90 years of making democracy work"
- The Nation: Unconventional wisdom since 1865
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: A national progressive organization working for the civil rights of LGBT
- NOW, National Organization for Women: Bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society
- Peacefire: Opposition to censorship on the internet
- Political Activism Resources: An independent, non-partisan, FREE web on political activism
- Program on Corporations Law And Democracy (POCLAD): Contest the authority of corporations to govern
- The Progressive: Online version of the magazine
- Project Vote Smart: National library of factual information on over 13,000 elected offices and candidates
- The Public Eye: Monitors and analyzes the organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the US political right
- Sierra Club: Protecting the environment...for our families, for our future
- TomPaine.commonsense: Featuring the ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by mainstream media
- United for a Fair Economy: Spotlights inequality in the United States and coordinates action to reduce the gap
- Utne Reader: A place in cyberspace where ideas and community intersect
- Znet: A community of people concerned about social change
- Government Accountability Board, State of Wisconsin
Links to other political parties & groups:
- The Progressive Party of Washington
- Democratic National Committee
- Democratic Socialists of America
- Wisconsin Green Party
- International Socialist Organization
- Labor Party
- The Libertarian Party
- The New Party: Progressive Dane's former parent organization.
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Republican National Committee
