More birds of a feather - all in bed together
Veterans for Peace, Inc. (VFP) -
"Membership in Veterans for Peace is not limited to veterans with honorable discharges. Associate memberships are open to family members and may soon be expanded to include anyone who supports their principles. Contact them at (202) 347-6780, 1511 K Street NW, Suite 525; Washington, DC 20005; email:
VFP@igc.org."
There's been two addresses found for them - don't know (yet) for sure whether these are old, new or current
1511 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-6780
fax: 202-347-6781
VFP@igc.org
One thing kinda interesting (maybe) - The 733 15th Street address sits smack among a number of foreign embassies
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 928
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-6780 voice
(202) 347-6781 fax
vfp@igc.org
The 733 15th Street address is the "Woodward Building" in D.C., and "VFP" apparently shares building space with some interesting neighbors, among -
Volunteer Coordinator National Organization for Women (NOW), Second Floor
International Labor Rights Fund. (Human Rights and Labor Laws)
Gray Panthers
American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, Suite 620
Code Pink Women's Pre-emptive Strike For Peace, #507 (how convenient)
"Veterans for Peace" is shown as a grant recipient from the HKH Foundation of New York, NY
per http://www.hkhfdn.org/directory/national.htmlVeterans for Peace
David Hart
1511 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-6780
fax: 202-347-6781
VFP@igc.org"An educational organization made up of veterans working to educate the general public concerning the cost of war, the arms race, US foreign policy issues, and the exigency of abolishing war as an instrument of international policy."
Contact addy -
HKH Foundation -aka- the Harold K. Hochschild Foundation
521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1612
New York, NY 10175
hkh@hkhfdn.org
Here's a small rundown of some top grantees of HKH across varied timeframes -
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Activist Group |
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Total Donated |
|
Time Frame |
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|
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|
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Tides Foundation & Tides Center |
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$235,000.00 |
|
1991 - 1997 |
|
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Natural Resources Defense Council |
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$185,000.00 |
|
1990 - 2001 |
|
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy |
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$151,600.00 |
|
1997 - 2001 |
|
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Greenpeace |
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$100,000.00 |
|
1995 - 2001 |
|
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Western Organization of Resource Councils |
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$50,000.00 |
|
2001 - 2001 |
|
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Center for Media & Democracy |
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$45,000.00 |
|
1999 - 2001 |
|
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Union of Concerned Scientists |
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$40,000.00 |
|
1995 - 1998 |
|
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Center for Food Safety |
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$35,000.00 |
|
1996 - 1996 |
|
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Organic Consumers Association |
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$35,000.00 |
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1999 - 1999 |
|
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American Corn Growers Association |
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$20,000.00 |
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1999 - 1999 |
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"Veterans for Peace" is listed as an organization that has had direct contact with the International Action Center - you know, the outfit apparently founded by Ramsey Clark
Towards the top, after wading through the "mission" gobbley goop -
Organizations opposed to sanctions
"The following list covers a number of groups that have organized some form of opposition to sanctions against Iraq, especially those based in countries that were part of the alliance that waged war on Iraq in early 1991. The list is by no means complete, but consists of those groups that have been in direct contact with the International Action Center. The activities carried out by the organizations described here cover a wide variety of approaches to opposing sanctions: providing humanitarian assistance, organizing political opposition, publishing books and other educational material, and taking direct action. They illustrate both the growing opposition to sanctions and the variety of tactics to fight them."
(and what a list it is)
("Veterans for Peace" is shown using the 5011 "K" St. NW, #525 Washington address here)
Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
Address POBox 29904
San Francisco, CA 94126-0904
Voice (415) 561-6100
Fax (415) 561-6101
Web
http://www.igc.apc.org/
"Since 1992, IGC and its APC members have been the primary information and communications service provider at UN world conferences, including the 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the 1993 United Nations Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing."
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and most interesting, down towards the bottom -
"IGC Internet is a project of the Tides Center, a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt organization."
And finally, Veterans for Peace has a listing in the San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory -
http://www.bapd.org/dir.html, an index of organizations in the San Francisco area that are related to "progressive activism", though only their website is listed for contact
Hmm, okay.