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Thought
Control by Steven Clemons It used to be that
think tanks were funded to do independent basic research that upheld the
organizations' missions but wasn't targeted at creating a specific
effect. Increasingly, though, think tanks are being funded to do applied
research aimed at created what's called an "advocacy impact,"
seducing legislators and administration officials to adopt their policy
proposals or to heed their counsel on important policy questions
Has
the American Enterprise Institute Lost Contact with Reality? Ralph
Nader: comondreams.org, 6/13
On
the Rushwire: Libs Need Yet Another Think Tank Like a Fish Rush
Limbaugh on the new, American Majority ThinkTank, also has links to
conservative think tanks. He must be getting nervous. he attacks people
and organizations that scare him.
Happily, buzzflash.com ran my next to last Op-ed on
progressive think tanks. Several people told me about the commonweal
institute. It's new, it still needs funding. But it has the
right idea-- a think tank based on generail principles that aims to
influence the public towards a progressive perspective. This is good for
progressives, Demograts, greens, and progressive people all over the
world. They've invited me to join their advisory board and I've
accepted.
Think Tank Links
Think
Tanks in a Time of Crisis By Michael Dolny
FAIR's 2001 survey of the media's institutional experts
Right
Thinking, Big Grants, and Long-term Strategy: How Conservative
Philantholopies and Think Tanks Transform US Policy by
Sally Covington Must Read!
Right
Wing Philanthropy and the Billion Dollar Think Tanks
Moving
A Public Policy Agenda: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative
Foundations
Clashes
in the States
Can progressive nonprofits match their
conservative rivals? David Callahan
$1
Billion For Conservative Ideas David Callahan:
Why do Progressive
Foundations Give too Little to too Many?
Foundation
Culture
Black
and Blue | Issue 2
... The right has a lot of money, so the left
should raise funds from progressive foundations
and businesses. The right has think tanks, so the left should... ...
Joanna
Mareth | "Losing Ground On The Left"
Can
Thinktanks Change Policy-making in Japan?
Guardian
Unlimited | World dispatch | US thinktanks give lessons ...
Articles
about the right-wing movement, its history, how it is funded and how it
operates from Commonweal
What's
in a Label? Right-wing think tanks are often quoted, rarely labeled
Policy
Library ¦ UK Think Tank Directory
Policy
Library ¦ French Think Tank Directory
External Links
... Past NIRA International Directory of Thinktanks
Wiardi Beckman ... Conservatives Green
Womenspace
2001: Section 3: Towards Inclusion: The "In Crowd" In the
1990s, a score of politically conservative US Foundations directed most
of their hundreds of millions in donations to proselytizing academics,
thinktanks, and media groups. Their goal: to promote US conservative
philosophy, which favors unregulated markets and limited government.
Less than three percent of these foundations’ total donations went to
religious or philanthropic organizations in 1992-94, much less to
charities that help people in distress.
Two main websites carry the information about this
unprecedented public relations push. The
Media Transparency website carries a condensed version of the first,
1997 report. The
National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy still sells the
original 52 page document, and published a follow-up in 1999.
Political
Advocacy Groups: Think Tanks mostly conservative, including: Cato, American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Center
For Policy Alternatives Founded in 1976, the
Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is the nation’s leading
nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center
serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state
grassroots leaders. CPA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with a
staff of 17 and an annual budget of $3 million, supported by
foundations, unions, corporations and individuals. CPA
PROGRAMS Program Initiatives CPA
creates innovative solutions to the difficult challenges states and
part-time legislators are grappling with in this era of devolution. We
work closely with other progressive organizations to develop policy
briefs, talking points and legislative models. Click
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