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Learn how specific non-profits, government agencies, for-profits, labor unions, or other organizations are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor and includes funding data where appropriate.

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Trump Administration

Government Agency, Other
This profile refers to the first Trump administration, in office from 2017 through 2021. For information on the second Trump administration that was inaugurated in…
View Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

Organization, Other, Economic Policy
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest demonstration that took place in lower Manhattan, from September 17 through November 15, 2011. The New York “occupation,”…
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Al Jazeera

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Al Jazeera (sometimes written as "Aljazeera" or "Al-Jazeera") is a Qatar-based international news outlet. The organization has been called "the emirate’s most visible export for…
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Second Trump Administration – Department of Justice

Other, Criminal Justice Policy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Second Trump Administration – Federal Courts

Government Agency, Other
This profile contains Second Trump Administration judicial nominations to federal courts.
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International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA)

Organization, Other, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, LGBT Policy
The International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA) is an international network of more than 200 socialist, communist, left wing, and labor union-oriented political organizations. IPA supports anti-imperialist,…
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United Nations

Government Agency, Other, Foreign Policy
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental agency founded after World War II to provide a forum for peaceful international dispute resolution. Most recognized independent…
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Second Trump Administration – Department of Labor

Government Agency, Other, Labor Policy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Second Trump Administration – Independent Agencies

Government Agency, Other, Multi-Issue Advocacy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at independent agencies of the United States government.
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Obama Administration

Government Agency, Other
The administration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, lasted from 2009 to 2017. Obama, a Democrat, succeeded Republican President George W. Bush….
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Second Trump Administration – Department of Energy

Government Agency, Other, Energy Policy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Energy.
View Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network)

Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Samidoun, also known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, is an international advocacy group which opposes the detention and prosecution of pro-Palestine activists and militants…
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Dream Defenders

Non-profit, Other, Criminal Justice Policy
Dream Defenders is a Miami-based “revolutionary organization” that seeks to end capitalism in the United States and replace it with a socialist system. Dream Defenders…
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Fayer Collective

Organization, Other, Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy
The Fayer Collective is a loosely organized group of Jewish radical anarchists that protest in support of a Palestinian state, against police, and in favor…
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Escalate Network (EN)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Escalate Network (EN) is an anonymous activist organization that opposes the state of Israel and defends the actions of the terrorist group Hamas. The organization…
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Second Trump Administration – Department of State

Other, Foreign Policy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of State.
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Pan-African Community Action (PACA)

Organization, Other, Criminal Justice Policy
Pan-African Community Action (PACA) is an activist organization that advocates for left-of-center political ideology that align with “African/Black people organizing for community-based power.”
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Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
The Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL) is an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian advocacy organization that calls for the “decolonization of Palestine” from Israeli control and argues that…
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Unity of Fields

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Unity of Fields, formerly known as Palestine Action US, is a pro-Palestinian student activist organization. The group calls itself a “militant front” against what it…
View Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)

Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) is a coalition of student organizations at Columbia University in New York City that describes itself as “Westerners fighting for…

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