SpamCon.org: The SpamCon Foundation protects email as a viable communication and commerce medium by supporting measures to reduce the amount of unsolicited email that crosses private networks, while ensuring that valid email reaches its destination.

spamNews: A daily journal of aggregated news articles about junk e-mail and Internet marketing.

The Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools: The goals of the group are to protect children and youth from commercial influences in school, to educate the public about commercialism in schools, and to advocate for the elimination of such commercial influences.

IMPACT press: a nonprofit, bi-monthly, socio-political magazine that features aggressive journalism, biting commentary and a healthy dose of satire. IMPACT is almost purely volunteer-run and strives to "Cover Issues the Way the Media Should."

Mental Engineering: a new national public television series that explores the messages television commercials aim at us and how those words and images attempt to engineer us mentally. Each week, host John Forde and four invited panelists screen and discuss several recent national commercials. The discussion always begins with the commercials use of social psychology mechanisms, then wanders through history, technology, sex roles, spirituality and humor.

Spam Tracer and What Is My IP Address?: Check the header of spam email, trace the route of relaying servers, and determine the source of the email as well as the contact person to complain.

International Society to Preserve the Beauty of Space: Can space be kept free from marketers' hands?

MediaChannel.org: A non-profit site concerned with the political, cultural, and social impacts of the media, large and small.

BADvertising Institute: An anti-tobacco advertising site.

Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education (CACE)

Adbusters Online

MyGiftCoach.org: working for "a world in which natural and non-natural persons of wealth lead by example."

ComplainTOus.org: a complaint site run by a group of Boston college students.

Blacklist of Internet Advertisers

Center for a Commercial-Free Public Education

Media Literacy Online Project

Stay Free: A magazine against ad creep.

Commercial Alert: Protecting children, families and communities from the excesses of commercialism, advertising and marketing.

Advertising Takes Off: As companies spend ever greater sums on promotion, brands are starting to pop up in unusual places.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Media Awareness Network: Offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community.

EcoFuture.org: Information on getting rid of junk mail, spam, and telemarketers.

Advertisers Anonymous

War on Commercialism: This site will help you fight intrusive advertising like spam, telemarketing, and junk faxes.

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