We all know that some corporations and the military-industrial complex lobby behind the scenes for war. However, it is the political and media forces which have the decisive power to create and build political and public support for wars which might not happen except for that support. Many of them are tied to, funded by and/or front for corporate "military-industrial" interests. While there is some overlap in membership in groups below, these groups do have somewhat different agendas and modus operandis. All were for war against Iraq and most now promote sanctions and even war against Iran. Graphic shows just a few pro-war lobby headquarters in Washington, DC
See links to
articles about the new Harvard working paper THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND
US FOREIGN POLICY
See report on DC Forum on the paper. See dozens of photos of DC protests against these lobbies.
SEE PDF OF LEAFLET WITH ACTUAL ADDRESSES
See report on DC Forum on the paper. See dozens of photos of DC protests against these lobbies.
SEE PDF OF LEAFLET WITH ACTUAL ADDRESSES
| NEOCONSERVATIVES Few thousand ideologues, most very close to right wing Israeli ideologues |
| American Enterprise Institute
http://www.aei.org Center for Security Policy http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org Coalition for Democracy in Iran http://www.c-d-i.org Committee on the Present Danger http://www.fightingterror.org Hudson Institute http://hudson.org Middle East Media Research Institute http://www.memri.org Project for New American Century (“PNAC”) http://www.newamericancentury.org Foundation for Defense of Democracies http://www.defenddemocracy.org Washington Institute for Near East Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org |
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PRO-ISRAEL
LOBBY
millions of Zionists and supporters around world; however, many Jews dislike it's goals and tactics (see new working paper by Harvard and U. Chicago professors) |
| American Israel Public Affairs
Committee http://www.aipac.org American Jewish Committee http://www.ajc.org American Jewish Congress http://www.ajcongress.org Anti-Defamation League http://www.adl.org Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations http://www.conferenceofpresidents.org Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies http://www.israeleconomy.org Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs http://www.jinsa.org Jewish Council for Public Affairs http://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org National Action Committee Political Action Committee http://www.nacpac.org National Jewish Democratic Council (Democratic Party) http://njdc.org Republican Jewish Coalition (Republican Party) http://www.rjchq.org |
| Jerry Falwell’s Faith and Values
Coalition http://www.jerryfalwell.com/ Ralph Reed’s Stand Up for Israel http://www.standwithus.com Pat Robertson http://www.patrobertson.com Christian Broadcasting Network http://www.cbn.com The Institute on Religion and Democracy http://www.ird-renew.org List of groups at: http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/links/links.html |
| List of media watch dogs http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/j363/watchdogs.html
WikiPedia on Media bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias Alternative media http://www.indymedia.org/ Al-Jazeera on pro-Israel bias Jimmy Carter on pro-Israel bias |