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News Resources
Alternet AlterNet, a probject of the Independent Media Institute, publishes "grassroots success stories, inspirational narratives alongside hard-hitting critiques of policies, investigative reports and expert analysis."
Independent Media Center "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth" -- or, at least, their version of it.
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Anarchy, Counterculture & Culture-Jamming
Anarchy
AK Press a worker-run collective book publisher and distributor . . . Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials, titles that are published by independent presses."
Anarchist Black Cross "[Brings] attention to the plight of all prisoners and inspire Anarchist resistance and support movement on the outside. We fund-raise on behalf of prisoners or defense committees in need of funds for legal cases or otherwise, and organize demonstrations of solidarity with imprisoned Anarchists and other prisoners.
AutonoMedia.Com Autonomous Zone for arts radicals in old and new media."
Black Flag British anarchist publication
Dead City Now-defunct anarchist 'zine from North Carolina, compiled & distributed from 1995 to 1999.
Hakim Bey "is an avant-garde poet-philosopher whose work departs from the academic tradition . . ."
MediaFilter
The Ruckus Society "Ruckus facilitates the sharing of information and expertise that strengthens the capacity to change our relationship with the environment and each other." Yeah, something like that.
Spunk Press"Distributes literature in electronic format, with an emphasis on anarchism and related issues."
Culture-Jamming
Abrupt "Apocalyptic Optimism for the End of History"
Adbusters "A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major shift in the way we will live in the 21st century."
Billboard Liberation Front
Culture-Jammers' Encyclopedia
Disinformation
False Advertising
Infiltration.Org "the 'zine about going places you're not supposed to go."
Kill Your Television
Negativeland
Popaganda.Com Underground Press.Org
YuppieTakeOver.Com
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Conservative (of various stripes) Resources
The Acton Institute Inspired by Lord John Acton (1834-1902), "the Acton Institute seeks to articulate a vision of society that is both free and virtuous, the end of which is human flourishing."
American Enterprise Institute Dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom--limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense--through scholarly research, open debate, and publications.
The Cato Institute A non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.
The Claremont Institute "The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life."
Center for Security Policy "A non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to the time-tested philosophy of promoting international peace through American strength."
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies - "a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that conducts research and education on the war on terrorism, [producing] independent analyses of global terrorist threats, exploring the historical, cultural, philosophical and ideological factors that drive terrorism and threaten the individual freedoms guaranteed within democratic societies.
FoxNews.Com - "Fair and Balanced"
Townhall.com "Bringing Internet users, conservative public policy organizations, congressional staff, and political activists together under the broad umbrella of "conservative" thoughts, ideas and actions.
Worldnet Daily.com "An independent newssite created to . . . reinvigorate and revitalize the role of the free press as a guardian of liberty, an exponent of truth and justice, an uncompromising disseminator of news."
Publications
National Review
The Weekly Standard
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Economic Justice
Africa Faith & Justice Network - Reports, news, statements on debt, AIDS, GMOS, trade, and slavery in Africa.
Catholic Labor Network
The Catholic Worker
CorpWatch
CorpwatchIndia
Fifty Years is Enough - A coalition of 205 organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Food Not Bombs
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility - A coalition of religious investors merging social values with investment decisions to change unjust or harmful corporate policies.
McSpotlight
National Coalition for the Homeless
Sweatshop Watch
The World Trade Organization, official website.
The World Revolution"An idea for a new, global activist social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a definitive and comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era."
Workers Rights Consortium
Z-Net: Global Economic Crisis - A source for understanding global economics and trade issues, particularly in preparation for ongoing demonstrations.
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Environmental Activism
EnviroWeb - A web directory for environmental activism.
Greenpeace
Rainforest Action Network
Wetlands Preserve
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Human Rights & Civil Liberties
American Civil Liberties Union
Amnesty International - "Working to Protect Human Rights Worldwide."
Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
Free Tibet
Human Life International
Human Rights Watch
Kurdish Human Rights Project
Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History
The Privacy Foundation
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Media, Legal and Government Watchdogs
ActivistCash.Com - "committed to providing detailed and up-to-date information on where anti-consumer organizations and activists get their money." (Actually run by Washington lobbyist Rick Berman, funded by tobacco, alcohol & restaurant industries).
Columbia Journalism Review
The Center for Public Integrity
Citizens Against Government Waste
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Index on Censorship
Institute for Public Accuracy
Open Secrets - A non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.
Project Censored
PR Watch.Org
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Middle East Affairs
Alternative Information Center - A bridge of information and Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.
The Electronic Intifada
Middle East Network Information Center By U. of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Middle East Research and Information Project - Provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources.
Z-Net Middle East Watch
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Pacifism & Non-Violent Protest
Catholic Peace Fellowship
A Force More Powerful - PBS documentary on nonviolent movements around the world.
American Friends Service Committee
JustPeace - web directory for Catholic political activists.
The Nonviolence Web - Guide to the Contemporary Peace Movement
NoWarCollective.Com
Orthodox Peace Fellowship
Pax Christi USA
Peace.Protest.Net
Project Ploughshares
Salt of the Earth
SOA Watch, aims to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas which trains Latin American military, many of whom are involved in human rights abuses.
The War-Resistors League
Why War?
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Reference Resources
CIA World Factbook
First Government - information portal for the United States Federal Government.
Frequently Used Sites, related to U.S. Government.
National Security Archive Collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Political Dictionary
Poli Sci.com Almanac of Politics & Government
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Conspicuous Individuals
The Dorothy Day Internet Library
The Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford University
The Karl Marx & Fredrick Engels Internet Archive
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Resources for Political Activism & Citizenship
Electronic Activist - E-mail address directory of U.S. Representatives and Senators, state governments, and media entities.
E-ThePeople.Com - Nonpartisan site helping over 400 online newspapers, television stations and Internet portals bring government closer to the people.
GreenNet
OpenDemocracy.Net
Protest.Net - Worldwide calendar offers locations, dates and information for activism, protests, pickets, strikes, demonstrations, meetings, and direct political action.
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Web Directories
Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
Jay's Leftist & Progressive Internet Resources Directory
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