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CorpWatch

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Works to expose corporate greed and counter corporate-led globalization by documenting the social, political, economic, and environmental impacts of transnational giants through education and activism. Also works to foster democratic control over corporations by building a grassroots globalization movement — a diverse movement for human rights, labor rights, and environmental justice.

Citizens for Tax Justice CTJ

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Works to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws and to stand against the armies of special interest lobbyists working for corporations and the wealthy.

Reclaim Democracy!

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Works to restore democratic authority over corporations, revive grassroots democracy, and revoke the power of money and corporations to control government and civic society.

US Labor Education in the Americas Project USLEAP

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Works to support the basic rights of workers in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, especially those who are employed directly or indirectly by U.S. companies.

Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign PPEHRC

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Works to unite the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty by advancing economic human rights as named in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights such as the rights to food, housing, health, education, communication, and a living wage job.

United Students Against Sweatshops USAS

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An international student movement of campuses and individual students fighting for sweatshop free labor conditions and workers’ rights.

Alliance for Democracy AfD

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Progressive populists working to free all people from corporate domination, to establish true democracy, and to create a just society with a sustainable, equitable economy.

Social Accountability International SAI

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Promotes human rights for workers around the world as a standards organization, primarily through the voluntary SA8000 international ethical workplace management system which is based on International Labor Organization ILO standards and U.N. Human Rights Conventions.

National Center for Law and Economic Justice NCLEJ

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Engages in legal representation and policy advocacy around the U.S. to improve the administration of cash assistance, Medicaid, food stamps, and childcare.

National Low Income Housing Coalition NLIHC

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Works to end America’s affordable housing crisis.