The “Shadow Party” is a term originally devised by journalists to describe "527" political committees promoting Democratic Party agendas. It is here used more specifically to refer to the network of non-profit activist groups organized by George Soros and others to mobilize resources -- money, get-out-the-vote drives, campaign advertising and policy iniatives -- to elect Democratic candidates and guide the Democratic Party towards the left. The Internet fund-raising operation MoveOn.org is a key component. The Shadow Party in this sense was conceived and organized principally by Soros, Hillary Clinton and Harold Ickes. Its efforts are amplified by, and coordinated with, key government unions and the activist groups associated with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The key organizers of these groups are veterans of the Sixties left.
Groups
Air America Radio America Coming Together America Votes American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now Brennan Center for Justice Campus Progress Catalist Center for American Progress Center for Progressive Leadership Change America Now Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Cloward-Piven Strategy Democracy 21 Democracy Alliance EMILY's List Institute for Policy Studies League of Conservation Voters Media Fund Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC Midwest Academy MoveOn Moving Ideas Network NARAL Pro-Choice America National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New Organizing Institute People for the American Way Planned Parenthood Federation of America Project Vote Service Employees International Union Shadow Party Sierra Club Think Progress Thunder Road Group USAction Vote For Change Working Families Party Individuals
Alterman, Eric Bing, Stephen Booth, Heather Clinton, Hillary Rodham Exley, Zack Fonda, Jane Glantz, Gina Halperin, Morton Ickes, Harold Kest, Steven Lewis, Peter Malcolm, Ellen McAuliffe, Terry Onek, Joseph Podesta, John Pope, Carl Rathke, Wade Richards, Cecile Rosenthal, Steven Soros, George Stern, Andrew Trumka, Richard Villaraigosa, Antonio Weiss, Cora Wiley, George Alvin Funders
Joint Victory Campaign 2004 Open Society Institute Schumann Center for Media and Democracy Tides Foundation and Tides Center - (We are talking Teresa Heinz Kerry and John Kerry) Source: Discovering the Networks.org
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