These are some links to WEB sites maintained by pressure groups. You can find others by searching Yahoo or Google or other search engines. The Encyclopedia of Associations lists over 81,000 non-profit associations, not all of which have WEB sites.
Many represent economic interests or occupational
groups, e.g.,: American
Farm Bureau. National Educational
Association American Medical
Association. National Association of
Manufacturers. AFL/CIO.
Council
on Foreign Relations The
National Slag Association American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials International
Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education International
Police Organization. American
Sociological Association American
Anthropological Association National
Criminal Justice Association. National
Association of Police Organizations
The largest of all
is the American Association of Retired Persons.
Others represent a
cause, e.g., Pro-choice: NARALA
List of Organizations and Pro-life: National
Right-to-Life A
List of Organizations
Pro guns - National Rifle Association.
Anti-guns - Handgun Control, Inc.
Others include: Mobilization
Against Corporate Globalization.
Zionist
Organization of America Greenpeace
Internatinal Friends of the EarthStewards
of the Range. Montanans
for Property Rights American Civil
Liberties Union Environmental
Defense Fund National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People Young
Americans for Freedom National
Organization for Women Gay
and Lesbian Task Force National
Association for the Advancement of White People
Others are more purely
social or reflect a cultural interest or a hobby: The
Free and Accepted Masons (but see the
Ex-Masons for Jesus) Rotary
International, which has seven thousand local chapters.
The
Elvis Presley Fan Club International
Society of WorldWide Stamp Collectors America's first 4-H
Skateboarding
Club. These may have little political significance, although
that is not always seen to be the case. Many, for example, have seen
the FreeMasons as a powerful political elite, e.g., responsible for the
American Revolution. Where have you seen their symbol, a pyramid
with an all-seeing eye? Or is this a myth?