MoveOn.org

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MoveOn.org is a website and non-governmental organization established in 1998 . According to their own statements, their aim is to digitally network people who advocate progressive politics and to influence political actors through appropriate lobbying . She was involved in the founding of the campaign platform Avaaz , which, unlike MoveOn.org, also operates internationally and served as a model for other political Internet platforms such as the German Campact , the British 38degrees .org.uk and the European WeMove .eu.

history

MoveOn.org started in 1998 with an online petition , which spoke out against impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton . Even if this demand was unsuccessful, further campaigns were launched in the following years, which enjoyed great popularity, for example against the Iraq war in 2003. MoveOn has been supporting selected candidates in the presidential campaign since 2000, primarily those from the Democratic Party . In 2012, over 7 million people were active via MoveOn.org according to their own information.

financing

Financial magnate George Soros and his wife donated $ 1.46 million to MoveOn.org. Peter B. Lewis, head of Progressive Corporation , gave $ 500,000.

Moveon.org itself acted as a donor in 2007 when the activist platform Avaaz was founded.

criticism

In 2004 MoveOn.org spent millions on anti-Bush advertising. The organization came under particular criticism when it compared George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler in a film during the presidential election campaign .

MoveOn is repeatedly accused, especially by the conservative side, of exclusively lobbying for the Democratic Party .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b "Democrats Forming Parallel Campaign" Washington Post 2004
  2. ^ Julian Borger: "Avaaz: the activist organization behind Paul Conroy's rescue in Syria" The Guardian of February 28, 2012
  3. ↑ Michael Janofsky: "THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: ADVERTISING; Bush-Hitler Ads Draw Criticism" New York Times of January 26, 2004
  4. ^ Matthew Wells, "On the soft money," The Guardian, March 11, 2004