Alert -- Monitoring and Countering the Conservative Agenda
About Alert	English (USA)
RightWATCH is a low-volume e-newsletter that disseminates information about the activities of the "right-wing." "Right-wing" is used not as a partisan term but to refer to campaigns that attempt to "limit democracy" or "limit pluralism." More specifically we are concerned with monitoring right wing attacks on any or all of the following: -reproductive rights -civil liberties, constitutional rights, and church-state separation -environment protections -education -voting reforms -gay rights -social programs -efforts to reduce corporate corruption and economic inequality This list was originally created in 1995 as can-rw, a resource for campus organizers, and is now associated with the collaborative research web site www.13myths.org. Our strategy is to focus on information that includes grounded research about the background, true motives, or actual agenda of conservative players and institutions. Most of the articles on this list are posted by designated "stringers" who are assigned to watch some higher-volume email lists and forward over the most relevant material. Other submissions are considered, but need to be strictly within the guidelines. Opinion pieces and articles that contain unsubstantiated allegations are unlikely to be posted. In addition, it is our goal to exclude messages that are too long, that contain HTML mail with embedded graphics or large attachments, or that are already cross-posted to numerous other discussions. Typically, no more than two messages a week will be sent out. By following these guidelines, we hope to establish RightWATCH as a source of relevant and reliable information. Here are some other sources for information on the right: Texas Freedom Network: has lots of background info on the major players of the right wing, great news and updates http://www.tfn.org Political Research Associates: site has up to date research on the right wing and other oppressive movements: http://www.publiceye.org Citizens for Legitimate Government: contains information on the 2000 election, and other right wing myths: http://www.legitgov.org Media Transparency: An online database mapping the impact of conservative foundations and the right-wing organizations they fund. http://mediatransparency.org People for the American Way's Grassroots E-Mail Network that contains a right wing watch e-mail list, and their page on the right wing: PFAW Right Wing Watch GreenWash: monitors environmental issues, and has lots of good links. See: http://www.mapcruzin.com/greenwash NOW's Fighting the Right Wing page that monitors right wing attacks on women's rights, gay rights, and other gender issues: http://www.now.org/issues/right/ Campus Resources: Below are links to the Feminist Majority campus program resource, and a link to the 1997 book on "Uncovering the Right on Campus" put out by Center for Campus Organizing (defunct). http://www.feministcampus.org/sam/sam4.asp http://organizenow.net/cco/right/ Exposing the new "Confederate" movement http://templeofdemocracy.com An archive of the excellent, but defunct, CultureWatch publication: http://www.igc.org/culturewatch This resource list was created by OC intern Kyla Artley in July of 2002. You can help us support future interns, whose role will include keeping this list up to date, by making a donation here: http://organizenow.net/donate-r.html Thank You! To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Alert Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
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