Illinois Progressive Resources

Illinois is one of those funny states that seems lost in the shadow of one city. In the popular consciousness, there's not much of an Illinois identity as a whole state, just that massive area known as Chicagoland, and then some leftover scraps that don't seem to belong to the same world at all.

Of course, the truth is very different from popular perceptions. There's a lot going on in Illinois, inside and outside of Chicagoland. From the border with Wisconsin, over to the Quad Cities, and down to the near-Paducah parklands in the south, there's a lot of progressive action going on in Illinois. Most famously, Illinois has elected the great progressive hope for America: Senator Barack Obama, a leader of truly global levels, with a background that ranges from Africa, through small town Kansas, and into one of the biggest metropolitan centers of American power. There's a reason that Barack Obama got elected - it's because Illinois knows true vision when it sees it. In Illinois, the stakes are big, and that's why we still have hope for America.

We've located many individuals and organizations in our search for Illinois progressives, but we know that there are even more to be found. We want to help Illinois progressives in their efforts to make the world a better place, so, if you know of any progressive groups, candidates, and information resources in Illinois that we don't already have listed here in this directory, get in touch and we'll take a look, and consider adding links to them as a part of this growing catalog of people working for freedom and fairness in Illinois.

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Progressive Organizations in Illinois Democratic Party of Illinois Illinois Green Party Chicago Socialist Party U.S. Pacifist Party Chicago Democratic Socialists of America Democracy for Illinois Illinois Democrat Women Illinois National Organization for Women Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism Tenth Congressional District Democrats Columbia Action Network Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Campaign to End the Death Penalty Chicago Anti-Bashing Network Midwest Democracy Center Evanston Neighbors for Peace Illinois Peace Action Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice South Siders for Peace North Suburban Peace Initiative Peace Chicago Pledge Peace Chicago Not in Our Name Chicago Chicagoans Against War and Injustice DuPage Against War Now DuPage Peace Through Justice Confederation of Northern Illinois Peace Groups Equality Illinois Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Chicago Lesbian Avengers Chicago Radical Faerie Circle of Chicago Chicago Pride Illinois Public Interest Research Group Illinois Conservation Federation Illinois Environmental Council Illinois Solar Energy Association Illinois Environmental Health Association Grand Prairie Friends Illinois Recycling Association Illinois Audubon Society Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Earth Share of Illinois Nature Conservancy - Illinois Chapter Illinois Sierra Club Illinois Student Environmental Network ACLU of Illinois Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Planned Parenthood Action Illinois Progressive Resource / Action Cooperative Sustain Stevenson Society American Atheists of Illinois Secular Humanist Society of Chicago Ethical Humanist Society of Greater Chicago Center for Inquiry - Chicago

Mainstream News and Information Sources Chicago Public Radio The Southern Illinoisan Champaign News-Gazette Chicago Tribune Danville Commercial News Peoria Journal Star Daily Journal Chicago Access Network Television Progressive Sources of News and Information from Illinois Chicago Independent Media Center Chicago Media Watch Collective Interest Radio Chicago Free Press Windy City Times Independent Media Center of Bloomington-Normal Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Public I Prairie State Blue Illinois Democratic Network Messages for Illinois Progressives The Irregular State of Illinois Illinois Liberal Rectangular Magnet Illinois Anti-war Bumper Sticker Illinois Supports Clinton 2008 Button Chicagobama Bumper Sticker