anti-defamation organizations

Examples of anti-defamation organizations in the following topics:

• The Function of Interest Groups

  • An advocacy group is a group or an organization that tries to influence the government but does not hold power in the government.
  • Groups representing broad interests of a group may be formed with the purpose of benefiting the group over an expended period of time and in many ways; examples include Consumer organizations, Professional associations, Trade associations and Trade unions.
  • An advocacy group is a group or an organization that tries to influence the government but does not hold power in the government .
  • Anti-defamation organizations issue responses or criticisms to real or supposed slights of any sort by an individual or group against a specific segment of the population that the organization exists to represent.
  • They may also index personalities, organizations, products and activities in databases to provide coverage and rating of the value or viability of such entities to target demographics.

• Interest Groups

  • These diverse organizations include corporations, charitable organizations, civil rights groups, neighborhood associations, professional associations, and trade associations.
  • SIG members may communicate, meet, and organize conferences.
  • Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential.
  • Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying.
  • Anti-defamation organizations issue responses or criticisms to real or supposed slights of any sort by an individual or group against a specific segment of the population which the organization exists to represent.

• Freedom of the Press

  • However, freedom of the press, like freedom of speech, is subject to some restrictions such as defamation law and copyright law .
  • The individuals, businesses, and organizations that own a means of publication are able to publish information and opinions without government interference.

• Trade

  • These organizations became operational in 1946 after enough countries ratified the agreement.
  • The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that was formed in 1995 to supervise and liberalize international trade .
  • The anti-globalization movement is critical of the globalization of corporate capitalism for these reasons.
  • Many anti-globalization activists, however, call for forms of global integration that provide better democratic representation, advancement of human rights, fair trade and sustainable development and therefore feel the term "anti-globalization" is misleading.
  • The WTO, succeeding GATT in 1995, is an organization that seeks to liberalize international trade.

• Abolitionism and the Women's Rights Movement

  • Two of the most influential were the anti-slavery or abolitionist movement, and the women's rights movement.
  • For example only two women attended the Agents' Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1836.
  • Women began to form their own abolition groups, organizing events such as the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837.
  • The convention was organized primarily by a group of Quaker women during a visit by Lucretia Mott, a Quaker woman well known for her role in the abolition movement and advocacy for women's rights.

• Interest Groups

  • For example, Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear issues.
  • It applies to a vast array of diverse organizations.
  • This includes corporations, charitable organizations, civil rights groups, neighborhood associations, professional, and trade associations.
  • Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• The Second Amendment

  • Anti-federalists were concerned that the new US government would be able to maintain a standing army, which might be temptation to abuse power.
  • The right to bear arms was seen as a check against tyranny, both domestic and foreign, and was designed to help states easily raise organized militias.
  • Others interpret it as an individual right enabling people to keep and bear arms outside of any organization for other lawful uses.

• LGBTQ Civil Rights

  • The LGBTQ rights movement refers to the efforts of individuals and organizations to improve the social and legal standing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) people.
  • In fact, some gay and lesbian organizations were established earlier than 1969 and advocated for the improved social standing of LGBTQ people.
  • Still, it was not until the second half of the twentieth century that LGBTQ advocates organized groups and demonstrations to improve the legal status of LGBTQ people.
  • By the 1950s "homophile organizations" comprised of self-identified homosexual men and women arose.
  • Since homosexuality was still illegal under anti-sodomy laws, and LGBTQ people had no protections against discrimination, police raids on known gay bars were common.

• Providing National Security

  • These organizations include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the White House National Security Council.

• Non-Democratic Governments: Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, and Dictatorship

  • The concept became prominent in Western anti-communist political discourse during the Cold War era in order to highlight perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on the one hand, and Soviet communism on the other.
  • Authoritarianism is a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority as well as the administration of said authority.
  • It uses political parties and mass organizations to mobilize people around the goals of the regime.
  • The concept became prominent in Western anti-communist political discourse during the Cold War era in order to highlight perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on the one hand, and Soviet communism on the other.
  • For Friedrich and Brzezinski, the defining elements were intended to be taken as a mutually supportive organic entity composed of the following: an elaborating guiding ideology; a single mass party, typically led by a dictator; a system of terror; a monopoly of the means of communication and physical force; and central direction, and control of the economy through state planning.