Artists for Palestine is a network of artists, cultural workers and activists who stand in support of justice and equality for the Palestinians, and defend arts organisations and individuals from politically motivated attacks and censorship. Israel actively uses its own cultural output worldwide, to mask its violations of human rights and international law. Artists for Palestine promotes a Cultural Boycott of Israel and believes that people in the arts - artists with a conscience - have a special role to play in this. It promotes open and informed discussion on the responsibilities of artists, in the context of the Palestinian situation. www.artistsforpalestine.org.uk

ArtLyst is a comprehensive art information website, based in London. It distributes up-to-date contemporary art news, about events, exhibitions, fairs, and auctions. Its focus is on new and emerging art, including pop-up and temporary exhibitions. www.artlyst.com

This is a group of autonomous organisations united around the aim of ending oil sponsorship of the arts, and sharing its resources as the Art Not Oil Coalition. It is a cross-section of people - artists, cultural event and gallery-goers, environmentalists, human rights activists and others - who believe that oil company logos represent a stain on our cultural institutions. It works to end oil company sponsorship of the arts. www.artnotoil.org.uk

Art Threat is a guide to political art and cultural policy, based in Canada. It writes about art that seeks to interpret, influence, or reflect upon society. It discusses policy as it pertains to culture and showcases artists whose work inspires social change. http://artthreat.net

Art Rabbit works for contemporary art as a forum for thought, discussion and community among artists, curators, venues and galleries. www.artrabbit.com

ArtWeb is an easy-to-use web application that empowers artists, photographers, illustrators and all creative professionals to create and manage their own website quickly and affordably. This enables artists and creatives to have an online portfolio that can be seen worldwide. www.artweb.com

Axisweb supports contemporary art in the UK by giving artists and art professionals a platform to showcase their work, find work opportunities, stay informed and make useful connections. Its directory of over 2,000 selected artists and art professionals is an essential research tool for anyone interested in keeping in touch with UK contemporary art. http://www.axisweb.org

Cartoonists Rights Network International fights to protect the human rights and the personal and creative freedom of editorial cartoonists around the world under threat, arrest, or intimidation because of the power and influence of their professional work. www.cartoonistsrights.org

The Cartoon Movement is a community of international editorial cartoonists and fans of political satire. It is one of the world’s top platforms for high quality political cartoons and comics journalism. www.cartoonmovement.com

Culture Declares Emergency is a UK-based organisation bringing together individuals and organisations in the Arts sector to highlight the global Climate and Ecological Emergencies. It asks particpants in the Arts to Declare the Emergency and to take action on it. Red Line Art Works has done this and continues working on it. www.culturedeclares.org

Established in January 1999 in New York, e-flux is an international network which reaches more than 90,000 visual art professionals on a daily basis through its website, e-mail list and special projects. www.e-flux.com

Empathy Museum is UK-based and is a series of participatory art projects dedicated to helping us all to look at the world through other people's eyes. With a focus on storytelling and dialogue, its travelling museum explores how empathy can not only transform personal relationships, but also help tackle global challenges such as prejudice, conflict and inequality. All its projects are travelling, nimble pop-ups and they have been in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, the USA, Australia, Brazil and Siberia. www.empathymuseum.com

This is a collaborative network of Black artists and artists of color in Chicago who create work that uplifts and projects struggle, resistance, and survival within and for marginalized communities. It has created artwork for and participated in 3 large-scale campaigns challenging police violence in Chicago, has created a radical coloring book and has commissioned artwork or led creative workshops for many social justice organizations and collectives. www.forthepeoplecollective.org

Guernica is an award-winning online magazine of ideas, art, poetry, and fiction published twice monthly. Guernica Daily, the magazine’s blog, is updated every weekday. www.guernicamag.com

The Guerilla Girls are a U.S-based group who (in their own words) are ‘feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman.’ They ‘…expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, film and pop culture…with facts, humour and outrageous visuals.’ Their work has had global impact. guerrillagirls.com

Inspired by the Bob Dylan song ‘Hard Rain’, this project shows how all our global problems are connected by cause and effect and need to be tackled together. www.hardrainproject.com

This arts website project, based in Brooklyn, New York, is a forum for playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art and culture in the world today. It carries arts news and criticism, often with a witty and provocative slant. www.hyperallergic.com

In Place of War is a global organisation that uses creativity in places of conflict as a tool for positive change. It enables grassroots change-makers in music, theatre and across the arts to transform a culture of violence and suffering into hope, opportunity and freedom. It uses the arts to provide an inspirational alternative to violence and an opportunity for the voiceless to express themselves. Music, theatre and the arts can be a form of resistance, an act of defiance or a simple bridge of reconciliation. Creativity across the arts gives individuals and communities the opportunity to transcend their limitations and see potential in themselves and the world around them. www.inplaceofwar.net

Founded in 2010, Liberate tate is a collective dedicated to taking creative disobedience against the UK’s Tate Gallery until it drops its oil company funding. It mixes art and activism through surprise (and unsanctioned) performances and interventions in Tate’s gallery spaces and sites. It has performed a number art actions and interesting interventions in its campaign to get Tate to drop its sponsorship by the BP Oil corporation. www.liberatetate.wordpress.com

LMHR uses the energy and vibrancy of the music scene to promote unity and celebrate diversity through education and events. Its message is simple, there is more that unites us than divides us; and nothing demonstrates this more than music. Music is testimony that cultures can and do mix. Music has the power to unite, to give strength and to effect positive social change. LMHR brings together individuals and communities in a beautiful resistance against bigotry and hatred. www.lovemusichateracism.com

Since 1921 PEN has campaigned for freedom of expression and literature around the world and against the suppression of books, literature and writers. It seeks to protect writers across the globe who are persecuted, harassed and attacked for what they have written or simply for being a writer. www.pen-international.org

Platform combines arts, activisim, education and research in one collective to create unique projects focused on the social, economic and environmental issues arising from the global oil industry. It includes artists, researchers and campaigners working together to pursue its core values of justice, solidarity, creativity and democracy. www.platformlondon.org

This Foundation’s mission is to ensure that anyone with the desire to receive a music education has the opportunity to do so. It is dedicated to the fundamental idea that peace and change are possible through the universal language of music. Its music videos have been an online sensation around the world. www.playingforchange.org

This was a campaign set up in the United Kingdom in 1976 as a response to an increase in racial conflict and the growth of white nationalist groups. The campaign involved pop, rock, punk and reggae musicians staging concerts with an anti-racist theme, in order to discourage young people from embracing racism. It was partly a response to statements and activities by well-known rock musicians that were widely regarded as racist. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism

This is a UK-based online magazine for all artists and creatives, covering a wide range of news, developments and areas of interest. http://showandtellmagazine.wordpress.com

Based in the Netherlands, Theatre of Wrong Decisions can be briefly described as a fusion of visual arts and theatre. It manifests itself in short video productions critically responding to highly controversial and sensitive issues in today’s world. The video clips are closely linked to similar situations in Shakespeare’s plays. By using Shakespearean quotes the participants of ToWD are putting current issues of moral concern into a universal perspective. www.theatreofwrongdecisions.com

TransCultural Exchange's mission is to foster a greater understanding of world cultures through high-quality art projects, cultural exchanges and educational programming, most notably, a biennale International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts. It has worked with hundreds of artists, arts organizations, foundations, galleries, museums, and cultural centers in 60 countries to produce over 350 art projects. www.transculturalexchange.org

‘Under Her Eye’ is a biannual international arts-science summit and arts festival curated by Invisible Dust, in the UK. 2018 saw the first ‘Under Her Eye’, which chimed with the 2018 Suffrage Centenary. ‘Under Her Eye’ 2018 brought together a wide range of pioneering women working globally to tackle the environmental challenge of our age through art, science, technology, finance, health, activism, leadership and policy – united by the power of the arts to tell these stories, spark conversations and inspire change. www.invisibledust.com

VASW, based in south west England, is a network creating opportunities for artists, organisations and professionals to develop their practice, share ideas, knowledge & resources, and cultivate relationships. This is a region of talented artists and extraordinary work. VASW helps promote and support the work of the region's visual arts ecology, helping it become more resilient and connected so that it inspires more engaged and diverse audiences to value and advocate its work. www.vasw.org.uk

Writing for Peace is a non-profit international journal of the arts. Through education and creative writing, it seeks to open minds to new cultural views, to value the differences as well as the hopes and dreams that unite all of humanity, to develop a spirit of leadership and peaceful activism. It inspires and guides young writers to refine their craft, engage in nonviolent activism, and help them use their words and actions to bring about a society that values human rights, as well as environmental and economic sustainability. writingforpeace.org

The Yes Men are a two-man performance group using humor to open minds, share ideas, and change the world. The Yes Lab exists to help activist groups carry out media-getting creative actions, focused on their own campaign goals. It's a way for social justice organizations to take advantage of what the Yes Men have learned - about their own and other ways of doing things in this art-activist sphere. www.yeslab.org