Could [CA_J] = Community Alliance for Global Justice?
'repost from LB'
An anon wondered whether CA_J in Q Post 2527 refers to this group; it is quite possible based on the info below. See >>4152684 PB , >>4152622 PB CA_G Digg Notables
Info from website (cagj.org) unless otherwise noted
CAGJ is a grassroots, left-wing organization located in Seattle WA. Their Executive Director and co-founder Heather Day helped organize the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle and “were inspired to build a membership based, multisectoral organization for global justice in Seattle.” Organizing Director Simone Adler “as worked for land and food sovereignty, water rights, economic justice, and toward collective liberation and solidarity.” One of their advisors, Phil Bereano, taught at the Univ. of Washington during the 1980s and was well-known to conservatives as a particularly radical left-wing thinker in the era before the left-wing had completely taken over the university [this from my own experience].
Purpose/History
"Community Alliance for Global Justice educates and mobilizes with individuals and organizations to strengthen local economies everywhere. CAGJ is grassroots, community-based and committed to anti-oppressive organizing as we build solidarity across diverse movements. CAGJ seeks to transform unjust trade and agricultural policies and practices imposed by corporations, governments and other institutions while creating and supporting alternatives that embody social justice, sustainability, diversity and grassroots democracy.
"We aim to work in solidarity with the powerful social movements of the Global South who continue to inspire us with their growing resistance to the corporate-driven economic model – a model pushed by the US, Europe, and a transnational corporate elite."
Funding
Funding info is provided on the website (see attachment). Of special interest are the corporate donors, one of which is a Rothschild Foundation that deserves a further digg.
Anon on CAGJ
This is the kind of left-wing, grass-rootsy organization typical of the NW: pro-environment, pro-santuary cities, pro-migration, pro-"fair" (not free) trade. Members believe Trump is against the environment, affordable care and other issues they care about. If this org has ties to global entities, most members will probably not know it. The language alone shows its leftist sympathies. However, it is not as one anon speculated, outwardly aligned with the Gates Foundation (see callout above) because of Gates' open cooperation with large multinational entities like Monsanto using genetically-modified seeds, which it opposes (see "Actions" on website).