If you're going to buy something online
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-- especially at Amazon-- don't forget to click through the affiliate links at your favorite liberal sites. It will cost you nothing extra and you will be supporting liberal and progressive voices by giving them a commission of your purchase.
Some of them I could find are:
truthdig.com
thisweekinblackness.com
davidpakman.com
majority.fm
tytnetwork.com
thepoliticalcarnival.net
bartcop.com (not sure if the site is still active)
allthingsdemocrat.com
thepeoplesvoice.org
bradblog.com
alan.com (Alan Colmes)
Just look for the link to Amazon (or their "store"
on any of the above websites.
Another way to support liberal and progressive causes is to use a site called GoodSearch.com For every valid search you do, your chosen cause will get a donation. Each donation for each search is small - one penny - but they add up-- especially if a lot of people choose that cause. And every bit helps.
You can do a search to find your cause. I've seen many NPR and PBS affiliates come up. The cause I've chosen was WBAI Radio NYC (wbai.org) - They provide many great programs one of which is Economic Update with Dr. Richard D. Wolff.
Of course, this is not for everybody but I will update and bump this thread from time to time to help remind people who are interested.
Not enough of you liberal and progressive websites have Amazon affiliate links so get 'em up there! I will be looking for more to add to this list!
Thank you very much!
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If you have any suggestions for sites, let me know. 
I would suspect they do so if you have qualms about that sort of thing (I do too, I use DDG and ixQuick) you might want to just stick to the affiliate links. Or just don't search for anything too personal like foot fungus.
here on DU?
Here is the link and it would be great to have it available there for those of us who didn't realize one could do this to help out causes we believe in and want to support.
Thanks if you could share it there: 
Progressive Media Resources Group
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1269
Also, if it's in compliance with DU policy, feel free to copy & spread this wherever. Thanks for the suggestion and bumping.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]You can donate to any other cause of your choice by clicking through to on-line vendors via Goodshop,
...by eating out at places in your area registered with GoodDining,
...and every time you do a websearch through GoodSearch (as mentioned).
It's just a little bit each time, but it adds up fast with enough conscientious participants.
More ways to give painlessly: Greater Good and Click-to-Donate. Just make these a part of your daily routine.
You don't have to have money to make a positive difference!
PS: For those who may be tempted to think or use the perjorative term, "slactivist," I refer you to the statesman/philosopher, Edmund Burke, who said: “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I've heard the term "slactivist" a couple of times from younger activists, the kind who loudly and regularly participate in meetings and demonstrations. For an older loner introvert like me, that's not a terrific option.
It's very similar to being called a "breeder" for having had two children (now grown) by someone much younger, who had chosen not to have any children herself.
Both epithets convey an immature attitude of self-righteous superiority. I anticipate that persons using these terms will soften their scornful attitudes as they age, having experienced more of life's ups and downs for themselves.
Every little bit helps and as you say, "If we all do it, just like voting, things start to add up in our favor."
Meanwhile, I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing.
