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The [[Alliance for Global Justice]] (AFGJ, sometimes styled AfGJ) is an organizing group that serves as a fiscal sponsor to numerous left-wing initiatives, among them Refuse Fascism<ref>Richardson, Valerie. [https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/13/antifa-protest-of-ben-shapiro-looms-at-berkeley/ “Antifa violence splits left as another major protest looms at Berkeley.”], ''[[The Washington Times]]''. September 13, 2017.</ref> and Stop Mass Incarceration.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blacklivesmatter-protests-held-amid-parties-new-years-eve-n277896 “#BlackLivesMatter Protests Held Amid Parties on New Year’s Eve.”] NBCNews.com. January 01, 2015.</ref> The group describes itself as “anti-capitalist,” opposed to the principles of [[liberal democracy]] and [[individual rights]], and favoring a “multi-polar” world order with powerful rivals to American international primacy.<ref><ref.[https://afgj.org/about/our-principles Our Principles.” Alliance for Global Justice.]</ref>
The organization provides “fiscal sponsorship” to groups advocating numerous foreign and domestic far-left and extreme-left causes, including eliminating the [[Israel|State of Israel]],<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/funder/alliance-for-global-justice/ “Alliance for Global Justice.” NGO Monitor.]</ref> supporting convicted violent leftist extremists, and advancing various labor union efforts.
Alliance for Global Justice has received substantial funding from organizations often claiming to be the mainstream of the center-left. The [[Open Society Foundations]], [[Tides Foundation]], Arca Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, and the Brightwater Fund have all made contributions to AFGJ.<ref>Data compiled by Foundationsearch.com subscription service, a project of Metasoft Systems, Inc. from forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Queries conducted December 14, 2017 by Influencewatch.org.</ref> AFGJ has also received substantial contributions through donor-advised funds, which allow donors to anonymize contributions which might otherwise be disclosed using an intermediary foundation.<ref>Hogberg, David. [https://capitalresearch.org/article/communists-funding-the-resistance-the-alliance-for-global-justice/ “Communists Funding the Resistance: The Alliance for Global Justice.”] Capital Research Center. August 29, 2017.</ref>
In addition to more general left-of-center organizations, AFGJ has taken money from foundations associated with the extreme left. The Foundation for Deep Ecology, an extremist environmentalist funder, has provided $30,000 to AFGJ.<ref>Hogberg</ref> The group has also received funding from the left-wing Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, the anti-Israeli Firedoll Foundation, and the left-wing Hill-Snowdon Foundation.<ref>Hogberg</ref>
Labor unions are also substantial contributors to AFGJ and its sponsored projects. In 2016, the [[SEIU]] reported a contribution to AFGJ, while numerous other unions have funded AFGJ projects United Students Against Sweatshops and US Labor Against the War.<ref>Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards from Annual Report of a Labor Organization (Forms LM-2) filed with OLMS in 2016 and 2017. Queries conducted December 15, 2017, Influencewatch.org</ref>
==References==
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The organization provides “fiscal sponsorship” to groups advocating numerous foreign and domestic far-left and extreme-left causes, including eliminating the [[Israel|State of Israel]],<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/funder/alliance-for-global-justice/ “Alliance for Global Justice.” NGO Monitor.]</ref> supporting convicted violent leftist extremists, and advancing various labor union efforts.
Alliance for Global Justice has received substantial funding from organizations often claiming to be the mainstream of the center-left. The [[Open Society Foundations]], [[Tides Foundation]], Arca Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, and the Brightwater Fund have all made contributions to AFGJ.<ref>Data compiled by Foundationsearch.com subscription service, a project of Metasoft Systems, Inc. from forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Queries conducted December 14, 2017 by Influencewatch.org.</ref> AFGJ has also received substantial contributions through donor-advised funds, which allow donors to anonymize contributions which might otherwise be disclosed using an intermediary foundation.<ref>Hogberg, David. [https://capitalresearch.org/article/communists-funding-the-resistance-the-alliance-for-global-justice/ “Communists Funding the Resistance: The Alliance for Global Justice.”] Capital Research Center. August 29, 2017.</ref>
In addition to more general left-of-center organizations, AFGJ has taken money from foundations associated with the extreme left. The Foundation for Deep Ecology, an extremist environmentalist funder, has provided $30,000 to AFGJ.<ref>Hogberg</ref> The group has also received funding from the left-wing Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, the anti-Israeli Firedoll Foundation, and the left-wing Hill-Snowdon Foundation.<ref>Hogberg</ref>
Labor unions are also substantial contributors to AFGJ and its sponsored projects. In 2016, the [[SEIU]] reported a contribution to AFGJ, while numerous other unions have funded AFGJ projects United Students Against Sweatshops and US Labor Against the War.<ref>Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards from Annual Report of a Labor Organization (Forms LM-2) filed with OLMS in 2016 and 2017. Queries conducted December 15, 2017, Influencewatch.org</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]