Feminist Groups

Founded in December 2003, the Backbone Campaign (BC) describes itself as “a grassroots effort to embolden citizens and elected officials to stand up for progressive values.”   The Executive Director of the Backbone Campaign is Bill Moyer (not the longtime PBS broadcaster Bill Moyers). A staunch opponent of Republican and conservative policies, Backbone’s  Moyer charges that President Bush tried to justify ...

The Alliance For Justice (AFJ) was founded in 1979 by Nan Aron, when its predecessor, the Council for Public Interest Law, decided to expand its activism beyond the statutes governing “public interest” nonprofit groups. Today AFJ describes itself as “a national association of over 100 organizations, representing a broad array of groups committed to progressive values and the creation of an ...

Founded in Boston in 1973 by Karen Nussbaum, “9to5, National Association of Working Women” began as a local group for female clerical workers but eventually grew into one of the largest national feminist organizations in America. One of its original members, Ellen Cassedy, attended Heather Booth‘s Midwest Academy, which trained radical activists in the tactics of direct action and community ...

An outgrowth of Britain’s anti-war movement, RESPECT — The Unity Coalition is a joint venture between the Socialist Workers Party and the Muslim Association of Britain. Founded in 2004, this London-based organization goes by the acronym RESPECT, which stands for its ideals of Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environment, Community, and Trade Unionism. The group’s aim is “to build a broad-based and inclusive alternative ...