Atelier
N°19, article n°43
© Jim Hightower :
from Thieves in High Places (Ces truand qui nous gouvernent): 2004 ;
(American
pages 263-270) and (French pages 441-448).
CONNNECTIONS
“A man ain't no good alone.”
-Tom Joad
The
greatest compliment I've ever received came from a young guy named Jay. He was
a waiter in a Cajun cafe' here in Austin. He'd heard me speak and been
reading my stuff, and he said: “You give power
to my voice. Before, it was just volume, but now I have information and
connection.”
That's
awfully nice to hear, for that's exactly what I hope my modest work might
amount to-giving strength to others so together
we can do what needs to be done.
Of course,
I too draw my strength, ideas, information, and inspiration from others. The
Powers That Be want you to feel alone, weak, and hopeless, but that's nonsense-not
only do we progressives have the numbers, but we also have tremendous activist
resources to draw on, inform us, and-most important-connect us.
Here are
some of the great public-interest and grassroots groups that I turned to for
material in this book, and I urge you to connect with them :
ACORN
Living Wage Resource Center
1486 Dorchester Avenue
Boston, MA
02122
617-740-9500
www.livingwagecampaign.org
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-5000
www.aflcio.org
Agribusiness Examiner
Corporate
Agribusiness Research Project
P.O. Box 2201
Everett, WA 98203-0201
423-258-5345
www.eal.com/CARP
Alliance for Democracy
631 Main Street
Waltham, MA
02451
781-894-1179
peoplesall@aol.com
Alternative Radio
P.O. Box 551
Boulder, CO
80306
1-800-444-1977
www.alternativeradio.org
AlterNet.org
77 Federal Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-284-1420
www.alternet.org
American ( Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
212-549-2500
www.aclu.org
American
Independent Business Alliance
1510 Fifth Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303-402-1575
www.amiba.net
American
Library Association
50 Fast
Huron
Chicago, 60611
1-800-545-2433
www.ala.org
Bioneers Collective Heritage
Institute
901 West San Mateo Road,
Suite L
Santa Fe, NM
87505
1-877-246-6337
www.bioneers.org
Business Alliance for Local Living Economics (BALLE)
www.livingeconomics.org
National Coordinators:
Michelle Long
360-303-7779
Michell@LivingEconomics.org
or
Derek
Long
360-303-7776
Derek@LivingEconomics.org
Campaign
for America’s Future
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 205
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-955-5665
www.ourfuture.org
Carol Trevelyan Strategy Group (CTSG)
1718 Copnnecticut Avenue, NW
6th
Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-448-5200
www.ctsg.com
Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities
820 1st Street, NE
Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202-408-1080
www.cbpp.org
Center
for Community Change
1000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-342-0567
www.communitychange.org
Center
for Public Integrity
910 17th Street, NW
7th
Floor
Washington, DC 20006
202-466-1300
www.publicintegrity.org
Center
for Responsive Politics
1101 14th Street NW
Suite 1030
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-0044
www.opensecrets.org
Center
for Study of Responsive Law
Ralph Nader
RO. Box 19405
Washington) DC 20036
202-387~8030
www.essential.org
Center
for Voting and Democracy
6930 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-270-4616
www.fairvote.org
Center on
Wisconsin Strategy
(COWS)
University
of Wisconsin-Madison
1180 Observatory Drive
7122 Social Science Building
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-3889
www.cows.org
The Century
Foundation
41 East 70th Street
NewYork, NY 10021
212-535-4441
www.tcf.org
Citizens
for Tax Justice
1311 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-626-3780
www.ctj.org
Commercial Alert
4110 SE Hawthorne
Boulevard #123
Portland, OR 97214-5426
503-235-8012
www.commercialalert.org
Committee
for the Study of the American Electorate
421 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-546-3221
Common
Cause
1250 Connecticut Aveue, NW
#600
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-1200
www.commoncause.org
Communication
Workers of America
501 3rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2797
202-434-1100
www.cwa-union.org
Conscious
Choice
920 Franklin Street #202
Chicago, IL 60610
312-440-4373
www.consciouschoice.com
Consortium
for Independent Journalism
2200 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 102-231
Arlington, VA
22201
www.consortiumnews.com
Consumers Union
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703-1057
914-378-2000
www.consumersunion.org
Co-op America
l6l2 KStreet,NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
1-800-58-GREEN
www.coopamerica.org
Critical
Mass Energy and Environmental Program
1600 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-588-1000
www.citizen.org/cmep
Democracy Now!
DCTV
87 Lafayette Street
NewYork, NY 10013
212-431-1990
www.democracynow.org
Economic
Policy Institute
1660 L Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
202-775-8810
www.epinet.org
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
202-483-1140
www.epic.org
Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (PAIR)
112 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-633-6700
www.fair.org
Farm Aid
11 Ward Street, Suite 200
Somerville, MA 02143
617-354-2922
1-800-FARM
AID
www.farmaid.org
Free Speech
TV
P.O. Box 6060
Boulder, CO 80306
303-442-8445
www.freespeech.org
Global
Exchange
2017 Mission Street #303
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-255-7296
www.globalexchange.org
Global
Trade Watch
215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-546-4996
www.tradewatch.org
Granny D
P.O. Box 1492
Dublin, NH 03444
www.grannyd.com
Grassroots
Solutions
1954 University Avenue, Suite 12
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-645-2433
www.grassrootssolutions.com
GreenpeaceUSA
702 H Street) NW
Suite 300
Washington) DC 20001
202-462-1177
1-800-326-0959
www.greenpeaceusa.org
Independent
Media Institute
77 Federal Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-284-1420
www.alternet.org
Independent
Press Association
2729 Mission Street #201
San Francisco, CA 94110-3131
1-877-INDYMAG
www.indypress.org
Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-870-0453
www.iatp.org
Institute
for Policy Studies
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
202-234-9382
www.ips-dc.org
Jobs With Justice
501 3rd Street, NW
Washington) DC 20001
202-434-1106
www.jwj.org
Moveon.org
P.O. Box 9063
Berkeley, CA
94709-0063
www.moveon.org
Multinational Monitor
P.O. Box 19405
Washington, DC 20036
202-387-8034
www.multinationalmonitor.org
The Nation
33 Irving Place
NewYork,NY 10003
212-209-5400
www.thenation.com
National
Farmers Union
400 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 790
Washington, DC 20001
202-554-1600
www.nfu.org
National Labor Committee
275 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1503
NewYork,NY 10001
212-242-3002
www.nlcnet.org
National
Priorities Project
17 New
South Street, Suite 302
Northampton, MA
01060
413-584-9556
www.natprior.org
Natural
Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
NewYork, NY 10011
212-727-2700
www.nrdc.org
New Dimensions Radio
P.O. Box 569
Ukiah,
CA 95482
707-468-5215
www.newdimensions.org
The New
Rules Project
Institute
for Local Self-Reliance
1313 5th Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-3815
www.newrules.org
Organic
Valley Family of Farms
CROPP
Cooperative
507 West Main Street
LaFarge, WI 54639
1-888-444-6455
www.organicvalley.com
People for
the American Way
2000 M
Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-326-7329
www.pfaw.org
The Program
on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD)
Box
246
S. Yarmouth, MA 02664-0246
508-398-1145
www.poclad.org
The Progressive
409 East Main Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-257-4626
www.progressive.org
Progressive
Majority
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 205
Washington, DC 20036
202-408-8603
www.progressivemajority.com
The Progressive
Populist
P0. Box 150517
Austin, TX
78715
512-447-0455
www.populist.com
Progressive Strategies, LLC
1224 M Street, NW
Suite 201
Washington, DC
20005
202-628-7771 phone
202-628-7773 fax
www.progressivestrategies.net
Public Campaign
1320 19th Street, NW
Suite M-1
Washington, DC
20036
202-293-0222
www.publicampaign.org
Public Citizen
1600 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC
20009
202-588-1000
www.citizen.org
ReclaimDemocracy.org
P.O. Box 532
Boulder, CO
80306
303-402-0105
www.reclaimdemocracy.org
Rocky Mountain Media Watch
P.O. Box 18858
Denver, CO
80218
303-832-7558
www.bigmedia.org
Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour
c/o Carol Trevelyan
Strategy Group
116 New Montgomery
Street
Suite 237
San Francisco, CA
94105
415-267-0888
www.rollingthundertour.org
Social Ventures Network (SVN)
P.O. Box 29221
San Francisco, CA
94129-0221
415-561-6501
www.svn.org
Sojourners
2401 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC
20009
202-328-8842
1-800-714-7474
www.sojo.net
Sprawl-Busters
Strategic Planning--Field Operations
21 Grinnell Street
Greenfield, MA
01301
413-772-6289
www.sprawl-busters.com
TeamX/SweatX
807 Mateo Street
Los Angeles, CA
90021
213-362-9001
www.sweatx.net
Tides Center
The Presidio
P.O. Box 29907
San Francisco, CA
94129-0907
415-561-6300
www.tidescenter.org
TomPaine.com
1636 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 30
Washington, DC
20009
202-332-2881
www.tompaine.com
True Majority
191 Bank Street,
3rd Floor
Burlington, VT
05401
802-860-6882
www.truemajority.org
Union of Needletrades,
Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE)
1710 Broadway
NewYork,NY 10019
212-265-7000
www.uniteunion.org
United for a Fair Economy
37 Temple Place,
5th Floor
Boston MA
02111
617-423-2148
www.stw.org
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
(UFCW)
1175 K Street, NW
Washington, DC
20006
202-223-3111
www.ufcw.org
United Steel Workers of America
(UWSA)
5 Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, PA
15222
412-562-2400
www.uswa.org
United Students Against Sweatshops
888 16th Street, NW
Suite 303
Washington, DC
20006
202-NOSWEAT
www.usasnet.org
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
218 D Street, SE
Washington, DC
20003
202-546-9707
www.pirg.org
Utne Magazine
1624 Harmon Place
Minneapolis, MN
55403
612-338-5040
www.utne.com
Wellstone Action
P.O. Box 14386
Saint Paul MN
55114
651-251-7550
www.wellstone.org
Working Assets
101 Market Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA
94105
415-369-2000
www.workingassets.com