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U.S. Political Parties and Activist Groups
- UNT Resources
- Web Sites of Political Parties
- Directories of Lobbyists and Interest Groups
- Institutions Promoting Political Activism
UNT Resources
To locate resources at the UNT Libraries, search the library catalog using the following subject headings:
- Lobbying
- Political Activists
- Political Participation
- Political Parties
- Politics, Practical
- Pressure Groups
- Student Movements
Web Sites of Political Parties
Major Parties
- Democratic Party
- Republican National Committee
- Green Party of the United States | Green Parties of North America | Greens/Green Party USA
- Libertarian Party | See also Mike Huben's Critiques of Libertarianism
- Constitution Party (formerly United States Taxpayers Party) | See also American Independent Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan, Concerned Citizens Party of Connecticut, Nebraska Party, and Independent American Party of Nevada
- Reform Party
Minor Parties
- America First Party
- American Nazi Party
- American Patriot Party
- American Patriot Party
- American Reform Party (formerly the National Reform Party Committee)
- Campaign for a Working Democracy (formerly the New Union Party)
- Christian Falangist Party of America
- Constitutionalist Party
- Democratic Socialists of America (affilliated with The Socialist International)
- Family Values Party
- Independent American Party
- International Students for Social Equality/Socialist Equality Party (in solidarity with International Committee of the Fourth International)
- Labor Party
- Libertarian Party | See also Mike Huben's Critiques of Libertarianism
- Libertarian National Socialist Green Party
- Light Party
- Multicapitalist Party
- National Socialist Movement
- Natural Law Party of the United States of America
- New Party
- Pansexual Peace Party
- Party X
- Peace and Freedom Party
- Pot Party
- Progressive Labor Party
- Prohibition Party
- The Revolution®
- Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
- Social Democrats, USA (affiliated with The Socialist International)
- Socialist Action
- Socialist Labor Party of America
- Socialist Party USA
- Socialist Workers Party: see The Militant, their official newspaper
- Third Party of America
- United States Marijuana Party
- United States Pacifist Party
- Veterans Party of America
- We The People
- Workers Party, USA
- Workers World Party
- World Socialist Party of the US (affiliated with World Socialist Movement)
Directories of Lobbyists and Interest Groups
- Activist Groups (ActivistCash.com)
- This site, created by the Center for Consumer Freedom, is committed to providing detailed and up-to-date information about the funding source of radical anti-consumer organizations and activists.
- Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists
- Information on organizations that personally contact, pressure, and/or "educate" representatives;
conduct and disseminate policy-oriented research; organize grassroots citizen
activism; and provide financial resources to Congressional candidates. Organizations can be browsed by name or subject.
- Youth-Led Social Activism (The FreeChild Project)
- Directory of youth activist organizations, with links to other online resources for youth activists.
Institutions Promoting Political Activism
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Organization that works to protect First Amendment rights, equal protection under the law, the right to due process, and the right to privacy. The Activist Toolkit provides such advice as how to contact and influence elected officials, how to write an op/ed piece for the newspaper, and how to give an effective interview on the radio.
- Civic Practices Network
- Collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the new citizenship movement. Provides tools for community problem-solving (success stories, case studies and essays); searchable by topic, keyword and geographic area.
- Institute for the Study of Civic Values (Edward Schwartz)
- Links to historic documents, resources for teaching civics, links to sites related to government, politics, interest groups and public issues.
- Internet NonProfit Center
- Information about more activist groups than any other site in the world, including a library of all-purpose information for non-profits.
- League of Women Voters
- The League, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in elections and government. Voter Information explains voter registration and includes educational materials.