NonProfit Organizations

The INCSOC Consumer Movement
The International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition is a coalition that operates over a virtual network (via the Internet). It gives the public a voice in international governmental competition law and policy decision-making, and promotes "a healthy competition culture" that results in consumer protection and welfare.  The coalition is made up predominantly of public and civic interest organizations, consumer organizations, academic institutes and lawmakers. Governmental agency representatives, academics, lawyers and others are associate members. Included in INCSOC's advocacy is the production of publications, and the hosting of events.
 
CUTS - International
Founded in Rajasthan, India, in 1983, the Consumer Unity & Trust Society engages in research and advocacy (including through frequent publications of press releases and reports, as well as participation in and hosting of events including training programs), organized through several advocacy and program centers, including:
 
CIRC
CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition trains "civil servants, staff of regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, researchers, professionals and business" in developing countries on competition and sectoral regulatory laws, and their implementation.
 
CITEE
CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, established in 1996, aims to be a high-level global standard institution for research and advocacy on multilateral trade and sustainable development issues. 
 
C-CIER
CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation, Jaipur, established in 2003, aims to be a centre of excellence on regulatory issues. The centre has been created to give focused attention to our work on competition, investment and economic regulation. 
 
CART
CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training at Jaipur works towards enabling people, especially the poor and other disadvantaged groups of society, to assert their rights so that they can achieve the right to basic needs and sustainable development through a strong consumer movement.  It conducts "a range of activities in the area of in-depth research, evaluation, advocacy, capacity building and awareness generation on different issues of development like environment, health, education, sustainable livelihood, administrative reforms, quality implementation of public oriented various schemes/programmes, decentralisation of financial and administrative powers".
 
Consumer Federation of America's Antitrust Advocacy
Press releases, studies, comments and Congressional testimony.
 
Consumer Action
Although this consumer protection and financial literacy nonprofit does not have an antitrust page, it advocates for the public interest in antitrust enforcement.  Performing a keyword search on its site will reveal numerous press releases and other documents covering its antitrust advocacy.
 
Consumer's Union
This site has a page with numerous documents covering the Union's advocacy during the energy deregulation movement.  Although the Union has advocated for the public in mergers in the past, it does not seem to have any antitrust-related documents on its site.
 
National Consumers' League
Use the general search tool on the site to find antitrust and merger related documents.  The NCL has advocated against the approval of numerous mergers over the years.
 
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Advocates decentralizing techniques for strengthening communities. Publishes The New Rules, which sometimes writes about antitrust issues.
 
Organization for Competitive Markets
"Reclaiming the agricultural market's place for independent farmers, ranchers, and rural communities" is the slogan of this confederation, founded in 1998, of people interested in bringing more competition to the food industries, with a focus on agricultural marketing, food consolidations, Packers & Stockyards Act enforcement, futures trading, and related issues. Michael Stumo is Executive Director.