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Tools and resources to support activists, as opposed to sites which are about activism itself.

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• United Kingdom
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Resources in This Category

• Activist Rights

  http://www.activistrights.org.au/
  Detailed information on rights of demonstrators and free speech participants. Most is specific to Victoria, Australia, but contains list of comparable international resources.

• Affero Service

  http://www.affero.net/
  Web tools and services for activists to elicit action from others through weblog, forum post, e-mail, or web pages.

• Avaaz

  http://avaaz.org/
  Organizing citizens of all nations to address global, regional and national issues to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.

• Black Cross Health Collective

  http://www.blackcrosscollective.org/
  First aid training to handle typical needs at protests. Based in Portland, Oregon.

• Campus Activism

  http://www.campusactivism.org/
  An extensive database of tools for student activists, groups, resources, and events.

• Center For Creative Learning

  http://www.cclearn.com/
  Publishes pages for nonprofit organizations, artists, and other "social threats."

• Center for Third World Organizing

  http://www.ctwo.org/
  A training and resource center dedicated to building a social justice movement led by people of color.

• Data Center

  http://www.datacenter.org/
  Provides social justice advocates, access to strategic information, analysis, and research skills to help conduct more effective campaigns.

• Democracy Center

  http://www.democracyctr.org/
  The Center combines investigation, reporting, training in public advocacy, and international campaigns to help build a global citizenry that understands the public issues before it and is able to take effective public action. They provide a range of how-to resources.

• Empowerment Resources

  http://www.empowermentresources.com/
  Contains tools for personal growth, social change, and ecology. Over 700 links and over 420 recommended empowerment resource books for sale.

• Flying Fish

  http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/links/
  Provides links to alternative news and media for stories not covered in the mainstream press.

• Human Rights Tech

  http://www.humanrightstech.org/
  Non profit organization assisting and encouraging grassroots anti-poverty initiatives. Includes program history, projects, and digital divide resources.

• National People's Action

  http://www.npa-us.org/
  Direct action community organizing for neighborhoods across the US.

• openDemocracy

  http://www.opendemocracy.net/
  Publishes international news analysis, debates and blogs about the world and the way we govern ourselves.

• Partners In Kindness

  http://www.partnersinkindness.com/
  Contains ideas, stories, advice, and encouragement for ways to practice kindness.

• PopTech

  http://www.poptech.org/
  Offers programs that bring innovators together from different fields, to undertake collaborative social innovation projects and initiatives around the world.

• Social Action & Leadership School for Activists (SALSA)

  http://www.hotsalsa.org/
  Offers training in Washington, DC, on topics such as organizing, fundraising, development, and use of technology. Provides course schedule, outlines, and information on trainers.

• Social Criticism Review

  http://www.socialcritic.org/
  Selected readings on modern society and its ills. Focus on alienation between man, nature, and a dysfunctional scientific/technical complex.

• The Change Agency

  http://www.thechangeagency.org/
  Two Brisbane-based activists offer workshops, curriculum development and campaign consulting services. Their site provides extensive resources, including activism training organizations around the world, academic research, and case studies.

• The Deliberative Democracy Consortium

  http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/
  Global network of researchers and practitioners working to advance deliberative democracy. Includes blog, articles, FAQ, workshops and resources.

• The Social Innovation Blog

  http://yatinsethi.blogspot.com/
  Opportunities and ideas related to the social sector in emerging economies.

• TwistMagick's Activist Resources

  http://www.angelfire.com/md/tortugadelsol/activism.html
  Short list of links.

• Vernal Education Project

  http://www.vernalproject.org/
  An effort to create an education network that can bolster and sustain grassroots progressive social change movements in the US. Provides writings on cooperative decision-making, democratic engagement, and nonviolent action.

• World Advocacy

  http://www.worldadvocacy.com/
  Comprehensive list of advocacy groups and sites.

• You Can Make a Difference

  http://www.angelfire.com/ne/1canmakeadifference/
  Links to interactive sites and petitions to sign.

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