Democracy / Community
Community Toolbox ~ huge collection of how-to articles
Democracy Skills Course ~ from Canada's Democracy Education Network
Time Banks ~ article on sharing services and making friends
Study Circles Resource Center ~ includes how-to guide
New Tactics in Human Rights
CANVAS ~ tactics from the group who took on Milosevic
International Association for Public Participation
Public Citizen (US)
Media
Pew Research Center ~ 1st rate US social research
Center for Media & Democracy ~ PR Watch
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Elections / Voting
PoliticsOnline ~ "Fundraising and Internet Tools for Politics"
Project Vote Smart
US National Election Studies
Fair Vote Canada
Progressive Sites
Activist Resources
Ruckus Training Materials & Resources
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Essential Information
Kettering Foundation
Kiva - become a micro lender
Non-Corporate Political Insight
The Guardian Newspaper
Independent Media - Canadian non-corporate news
Dominion Paper - Canadian News from the Grassroots
Truth Out
Greg Palast
George Monbiot
The Real News
Alternet Alternative News
People's Action
The Story of Stuff - animation on consumption
The Citizen's Handbook / Home / Table of Contents
The Citizen's Handbook / Charles Dobson / citizenshandbook.org
The Troublemaker's Teaparty is a print version of The Citizen's Handbook published in 2003. It contains all of The Handbook plus additional material on preventing grassroots rot, strategic action, direct action and media advocacy. You can get a copy of The Teaparty from bookstores, Amazon or New Society Publishers.