Read All About It: Don't Think of an Elephant: Progressive Values and the Framing Wars--a Progressive Guide to Action. Linguist George Lakoff shows why right-wing conservatives have succeeded with their "family values" focus, and how progressives can--and must, if we are to succeed--reframe the "morality" debate by promoting progressive values, not just programs and policies. Click to order from a local independent bookseller. Purchase also benefits Progressive Portal.

Read All About It: Manatees and Dugongs of the World by Jeff Ripple "is clear, readable, and packed with enough scientific data and conservation information to satisfy the needs of even insatiable fact collectors," according to the School Library Journal. "Liberally enhanced by large, clear, full-color photos, the book is an excellent introduction." Describes the mixed success of recent conservation efforts, and stronger measures required to save this gentle sea mammal. Click to order from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Background on Japanese Dugong from EarthJustice
  Background information, including photos and videos of dugongs and the habitat being threatened.
  
• Association to Protect Northernmost Dugong
  Updates and calls to action from Okinawa activists opposing the offshore airbase that would destroy the dugong's habitat.
  
• Sirenian International's Dugong Pages
  A brief description of the dugong (order Sirenia, family Dugongidae, species dugong dugon) with a few photos, plus numerous links to more information. The home page of Sirenian International also contains links to various email discussion lists.
  
• Global Alert to Save the Dugong
  Good overview article from the Inter Press Service news agency.
  
• Dugong Network Okinawa
  Links to news articles, statements, documents, and organizations concerned with saving the Japanese dugong. From a professor at Okinawa University. More dugong links appear halfway down the professor's home page.
  
• Dugong Status Report
  One-page summary and link to full report from the Division of Early Warning and Assessment of the United Nations Environment Programme.
  
• "Mermaids": Urgent Action Needed
  News release from the United Nations Environment Programme outlines risk to the dugong. February 2002.
  

Read All About It: Challenging Inequities in Health edited by Timothy Evans has been called "comprehensive," "a delight to read," and "a powerhouse" by leading figures international health. Authors from throughout the world cover values, the state of world health care, root causes of inequity, and strategies for building equitable and effective health systems. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Act Up/New York
  This "diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis" is the organization working with Progressive Portal on a new AIDS letter campaign.
• Global Treatment Access Campaign
  Sponsored by Health GAP (Global Access Project), this is a source for action alerts, as well as in-depth updates on various action campaigns, news updates, and a substantial collection of background papers and other resources. Web site of the fund created at the urging of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. A current Progressive Portal letter urges the U.S. to contribute substantially to this fund.
• Access to Essential Medicines
  This is a campaign of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), the highly regarded international humanitarian organization of medical professionals, to make critical medications available in the world's neediest places.
• Also: Student Global AIDS Campaign  |  Global AIDS Alliance

Read All About It: Trading with the Enemy by Tom Miller. The author of On the Border provides an entertaining, first-hand tour of Cuba --drinking with bartenders who knew Hemingway, traveling with a baseball team, touring Guantanamo Bay, and visiting with Cubans of all kinds. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Write to Congress
  Write a letter to your member of Congress encouraging the lifting of the Cuba trade embargo and normalization of relations.
• Cuban American Alliance
  This nonprofit network of Cuban Americans educates on hardships caused by current United States-Cuba relations. It helped with drafting our letter on Cuba.
• Cuba Speaks
  Statements from Fidel Castro and other official statements of the government of Cuba.
• Many Cuba Links
  Links to Cuba-related Web sites provided by: Cuban American Alliance | Project InfoMed

• How Dangerous Is Iraq?
  Several perspectives, including from weapons inspectors, collected by the Los Angeles Weekly
• Refuting the Bush Resolution
  A point-by-point rebuttal of an earlier version of Bush's Iraq-war resolution, from the Institute for Policy Studies.
• How Much Will It Cost?
  Articles about the cost of war with Iraq from the Foreign Policy In Focus and a factsheet (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file, 36K) from the National Priorities Project.
• Anti-War Arguments and Articles
  Several short "talking points" essays from the Center for American Progress (look for titles containing "Iraq"); detailed points from the National Network to End the War Against Iraq; and several articles from The Nation magazine.
• Activist Web sites -- events and projects you can join in on:
  Global Exchange Iraq Project -- our partner in the Iraq letter campaign of Sept. 2002
  United for Peace -- Listing peace actions around the country and around the world
  Not In Our Name -- Collecting a pledge of resistance, organizing nationwide demonstrations

Read All About It: Tinderbox by Stephen Zunes explains the tragedy of U.S. policy in the Middle East -- how the more the U.S. has militarized the region, the less secure we have become; how we have become a target of terrorists not because of our values but because our foreign policy has strayed from them. "Refreshing." -- Rabbi Michael Lerner Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

Campaign to Get Caterpillar to Stop Selling Bulldozers Used to Raze Palestinian Homes Jewish Voice for Peace Our partner organization in the Caterpillar letter campaign Stop Caterpillar Web site of the coalition working to end Caterpillar's role in Palestinian home demolitions The Right to a Home and a Homeland Global Campaign Raising funds to rebuild Palestinian homes Israeli Committee against House Demolitions

Generally Opposed to  Current Israeli Policy: Courage to Refuse (English site) Israeli conscientious objectors. The Electronic Intifada Foundation for Middle East Peace IndyMedia Center - Israel (English section) Mid-East Viewpoints Promotes peace in the Middle East through dialogue and rapprochement. Middle East Children's Alliance Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) MERIP's site includes a primer on the Palestinian uprising. Mitfah A Palestinian initiative promoting global dialogue and democracy. PEACE: a Mid-East Dialogue Group with links to many other dialog groups. Peace Now (English site) SUSTAIN (Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now) ZNet's Middle East Watch Regularly updated analysis and context. Stop U.S. Military Aid to Israel Site contains articles and an online petition.

Generally Supportive of  Current Israeli Policy: American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) The major pro-Israeli lobby in the United States. Anti-Defamation League's Israel section Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israel Prime Minister's Office Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Operated by former and current national security officials, the Institute supports military aid to Israel. Washington Institute for Near East Policy A conservative policy think-tank.  Israeli Daily Newspapers: Ha'aretz Israel Insider The Jerusalem Post  Human Rights Organizations: Amnesty International's Israel/Occupied Territories section Human Rights Watch Israel/Palestinian National Authority section

Read All About It: Welfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor by Kenneth Neubeck and Noel Cazenave analyzes the impact of racism on U.S. welfare policy. Through historical and present-day analysis, the authors show how race-based attitudes and actions have long affected public-assistance programs. An important and controversial book. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Grassroots Organizing for Welfare Leadership (GROWL)
  The GROWL network for racial justice in the welfare system is a project of the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO), Progressive Portal's partner in our letter-writing campaign for humane welfare reform.
• Welfare Advocacy Research Project (WARP)
  This project is part of the Applied Research Center (ARC), the author of the Fair Treatment and Race Equity Bill.
• NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
  The tax-exempt organization associated with the National Organization for Women (NOW) offers a wealth of information about welfare policy.

Read All About It: Working by Studs Terkel is a classic. Working men and women representing describe the daily routine of their jobs and express their grievances, aims, and dreams. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• CFL Internet Action Center
  This site, from the California Federation of Labor - AFL-CIO, contains numerous action alerts on labor issues.
• Labor Links
  A long list of Web sites from the Campaign for Labor Rights.
• Electronic Activism List
  Sign up to receive action alerts by email from the Communication Workers of America.

Read All About It: Hip Hop America by Nelson George, "the most insightful hip-hop writer on the planet" (Rolling Stone), gives a first-person tour of the history of the musical genre and cultural phenomenon. He illustrates why Hip Hop has held sway in America for more than 20 years. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner
  Davey D's own Web site contains links to political as well as music articles.
• Hype
  From the Center on Blacks and the Media, "Monitoring the Black Image in the Media."
• San Francisco Independent Media Center
  Articles by and about Davey D on this Web site for alternative media in the Bay Area.

Read All About It: Pacifica Radio by Matt Lazar is considered by many to be the definitive work on the history of Pacifica and the evolution of the crisis from the early days to the present time. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• SavePacifica.Net and WBAIaction.org
  Two extensive resources, including much history of the struggle and the most current developments.
• Extensive list of Web links
  This page offers a comprehensive set of links to other Web sites covering the Pacifica struggle.
• Our own Pacifica pages
  A smattering of information (mostly historical).
• Pacifica Foundation
  Pacifica's official site. Barely a whisper about the historic conflict now underway.

Read All About It: Weapons in Space is the latest from Karl Grossman, author of The Wrong Stuff: The Space Program's Nuclear Threat to Our Planet. Covers the Outer Space Treaty, and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Foreword by Dr. Michio Kaku. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
  This International network, founded in 1972, hosts an international conference each year bringing together peace-in-space activists.
• Council for a Livable World
  Ballistic Missile Defense page contains an extensive wealth of links to analyses, research reports, editorials, issue briefs, and much more.
• Federation of American Scientists
  Ballistic Missile Defense page connects to detailed descriptions of missile defense proposals, Bush Administration statements, technical studies on missile-defense vulnerabilities, and resources on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (which prohibits missile-defense systems).

Read All About It: The Terrorism Trap: Sept. 11 and Beyond by Michael Parenti is a powerful analysis of the deeper causes and meaning of Tuesday 911. Parenti covers the religious, political, and economic forces behind the attacks, in historical perspective. Click to purchase from a local independent bookseller. Your purchase will also benefit Progressive Portal.

• Article: Extent of Western Spying on Global Communications (London Guardian)
• Interchange: Progressive Portal and National Pollster John Zogby
• Article: International Law Limits U.S. Right To Go To War (Associated Press)
• Article: Dangers of Bush's War on Terrorism (Washington Post)
• Essay: Don't Let Terrorism Evoke Blood Lust or a Civil-Liberties Clampdown (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Statement: Don't Descend To Terrorists' Level; Act Within the Law (Peace Action-California)
• Statement: "Compassion Alert": Eliminate Conditions that Breed Terrorism (Food First)
• Peacemaking Strategy: Compassionate Listening (Gene Knudsen-Hoffman)

• Progressive Letter Writing Pages on other organizations' Web sites
• Action Alerts from other organizations

As Progressive Portal adds letters on different issues to the letter-writing section of this site, we will add related Web links here. Feel free to suggest your favorite links and books via our feedback page!

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