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Parent topics
- Civil society [r]: The space for social activity outside the market, state and household; the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. [e]
- State [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See State (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Lobbying [r]: The legal process by which interest groups or individuals attempt to influence the policy or votes of government officials [e]
- Media monitoring [r]: The systematic observation of public media by interest groups and researchers to detect perceived bias; in the case of influence groups, finding such information will trigger statements, letter-writing campaigns, etc.; uses techniques similar to those of open source intelligence [e]
Motivations
- Conservatism [r]: A form of politics in which the interests of free enterprise entrepreneurs and shareholders are held to be paramount; typified by the Tory party in Great Britain. [e]
- Christian Right [r]: A number of contemporary right-wing political movements that are specifically Christian, which advocate socially conservative values in politics and the popular culture [e]
- Education [r]: Learning, teaching, research and scholarship activities for the purpose of organizing, presenting and acquiring knowledge, skills or social norms. [e]
- Feminism [r]: Movement seeking the emancipation of women from discriminatory gender roles and laws. [e]
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. [e]
- Progressivism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zionism [r]: The ideology that Jews should form a Jewish state in what is traced as the Biblical area of Palestine; there are many interpretations, including the boundaries of such a state and its criteria for citizenship [e]
Specific interest groups
- Aish HaTorah [r]: An Orthodox Jewish and Zionist group, based in Jerusalem but with a presence on the World Wide Web and in 65 countries, which has been associated with strongly right-wing elements in Israeli politics [e]
- American Cancer Society [r]: American Cancer Society mission statement says “The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.” [e]
- American Civil Liberties Union [r]: American political action group founded in 1920 for protection of civil liberties. [e]
- American Civil Rights Union [r]: A conservative group presenting itself as an alternative to the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing for a strict constructionist view of the Constitution [e]
- American Conservative Defense Alliance [r]: Think tank and interest group for national security conservatism, endorsing foreign action only when vital U.S. interests are involved or there is a direct threat [e]
- American Conservative Union [r]: An American conservative interest group founded in 1964; known for ACU ratings of Congressional voting [e]
- Americans for Democratic Action [r]: Americans for Democratic Action is a group that was created to preserve the ideals of the New Deal, continue to uphold American values with democratic and liberal views. [e]
- American Education Trust [r]: A private organization that provides information on the Middle East including Arab, Palestinian, and Israeli perspectives; it was founded by British and American diplomats in 1982, and publishes the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs [e]
- American Enterprise Institute [r]: A major U.S. political, economic and international relations "think tank", which has always been associated with a free enterprise view, and has, in recent decades, become more associated with neoconservatism and an interventionist foreign policy; many of its fellows went into policy positions in Republican administrations, and returned at the end of their tenure [e]
- American Federation of Teachers [r]: The American Federation of Teachers is a labor union representing 1.4 million education professionals in pre-K, primary, secondary, and higher education, related school personnel; federal, state, and local government employees; and nurses and other healthcare professionals. [e]
- American Friends of Likud [r]: A member of the world federation of Likud organizations, not directly under the Likud Party in Israel [e]
- American Foreign Policy Council [r]: A non-profit organization intended to inform world leaders, of or interacting with the United States, of democracy promotion and market economy development; original focus was on the former Soviet Union [e]
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Jewish Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Jewish Congress [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Red Cross [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Values [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Americans for Democratic Action [r]: Americans for Democratic Action is a group that was created to preserve the ideals of the New Deal, continue to uphold American values with democratic and liberal views. [e]
- Americans for Tax Reform [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amnesty International [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Congress for Truth [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Arab American Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ariel Center for Policy Research [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Atlantic Council [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bread for the World [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B'Tselem [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cato Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Center for American Progress [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Center for Global Development [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Center for National Policy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Center for National Security Studies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Christians United For Israel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Coalition to Defend Free Speech [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Code Pink [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Committee on the Present Danger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Concerned Women for America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Congressional Internet Caucus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Council for Citizens against Government Waste [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Council on American Islamic Relations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David Horowitz Freedom Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Forum Foundation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change [r]: Add brief definition or description
- DiscoverTheNetworks [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eagle Forum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Faithful America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Family Security Matters [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Feminist Majority Foundation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Focus on the Family [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Free Exchange on Campus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Freedom House [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hasbara Speakers Bureau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Heritage Foundation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hoover Institution [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HonestReporting [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Human Rights Watch [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Institute for America's Future [r]: Add brief definition or description
- International Crisis Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- International Committee of the Red Cross [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Islamophobia Watch [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Israel Policy Forum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Israel21c [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Issues of Concern for Justice and Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- J Street [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jewish Council For Public Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jewish Voice for Peace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- League of Women Voters [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Magen David Adom [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marijuana Policy Project [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Media Research Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Media Watch International [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MediaMatters [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Middle East Media Research Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Committee for an Effective Congress [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Congress of American Indians [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Council of La Raza [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Immigration Forum [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Organization for Women [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Rifle Association [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Right to Life Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Security Archive, George Washington University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Security Network [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Tax Limitation Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Taxpayers Union [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New Black Panther Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Partnership for a Secure America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- People for the American Way [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Progressive Policy Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Project for the New American Century [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ruckus Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Small Business Majority [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tea Party Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Third Way (U.S.) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- UN Watch [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Veterans of Foreign Wars [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Washington Report on Middle East Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zionist Organization of America [r]: Add brief definition or description
Historic
- Anti-Saloon League [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liberty Lobby [r]: Add brief definition or description
Intergovernmental
- African Union [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Arab League [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Group of Seven [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Group of Eight [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Group of Twenty [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Organization of the Islamic Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quartet (Israel-Palestine Conflict) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Political party [r]: Add brief definition or description
- QUANGO [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Think tank [r]: Add brief definition or description