Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001
From: "i.d." <id@scratch.com>
For those of you interested in following alternative media sources to get a better idea of what's going on than might be sold to you by many manifestations of CorpNews, Inc., I've posted the following link list to http://www.agrnews.org/media_links.html
Let me know if I missed any good sources, and feel free to pass them on...
david
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Alternative News Sources
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AlterNet.org
http://www.alternet.org
"AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media
Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening
and supporting independent and alternative journalism."
Alternewswire
http://www.alternewswire.com
An altnerative news wire.
Asheville Global Report
http://www.agrnews.org
A free weekly newspaper that covers "news underreported
by mainstream media, believing that a free exchange
of information is necessary to organize for social
change."
B92
http://www.b92.net
A Yugoslavian Internet, TV, and Radio station with excellent
coverage of breaking news from around the world.
The Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org
"The Center for Democracy and Technology works
to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties
in the digital age." Topics covered include free
speech, data privacy, government surveillance, cryptography,
domain names, and international issues.
Common Dreams NewsCenter
http://www.commondreams.org
"Breaking news and views for the progressive community."
CorpWatch
http://www.corpwatch.org
"CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization
through education and activism. We work to foster democratic
control over corporations by building grassroots globalization--a
diverse movement for human rights, labor rights and
environmental justice."
CorporateWatch
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk
Updated archives and articles tracking the actions of
British corporations.
Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.com
A bi-weekly newsletter that brings their readers "the
stories that the corporate press never prints."
The section "Resources on the Events of 9/11"
is very useful.
Disinformation
http://www.disinfo.com
A search service and article archive "for individuals
looking for information on current affairs, politics,
new science and the 'hidden information' that seldom
seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned
media conglomerates."
Fairness and Accuracy in Media
http://www.fair.org
FAIR, the national media watch group, works to "invigorate
the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity
in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that
marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting
viewpoints."
FreeNews
http://www.theexperiment.org
A "news filtration experiment" from theexperiment.org
which invites users to post news stories relating to
current world events.
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org
"Global Exchange is a human rights organization
dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and
social justice around the world" that strives
to "increase global awareness among the US public
while building international partnerships around the
world."
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk
One of the more balanced western daily newspapers.
In These Times
http://www.inthesetimes.com
"A news magazine committed to extending political
and economic democracy in the United States and around
the world and to opposing the dominance of transnational
corporations and the tyranny of marketplace values
over human values."
Independent Media Center
http://www.indymedia.org
"Indymedia is a collective of independent media
organizations and hundreds of journalists offering
grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a
democratic media outlet for the creation of radical,
accurate, and passionate tellings of truth."
International Action Center
http://www.iacenter.org/
"Information, Activism, and Resistance to U.S.
Militarism, War, and Corporate Greed, Linking with
Struggles Against Racism and Oppression within the
United States."
LexisNexus Free Resources for Background and Context
on 9/11 http://www.lexisnexis.com/resources
A subscription database usually used by reporters and
lawyers that's currently allowing free searches relating
to 9/11..
MediaChannel.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
"As the Media Watch the World, We Watch the Media."
MichaelMoore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com
The site of documentary filmmaker, author, and TV producer
Michael Moore, complete with extensive articles, forums,
and links to alternative media, labor, political action,
and research sites.
Middle East Wire
http://www.middleeastwire.com
The latest news breaking news about the Middle East
& North Africa.
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com
The online version of the magazine that has waged war
"upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and
misrepresentation by which so much of the political
writing of the day is marred" for over 130 years.
Nowar Collective
http://www.nowarcollective.com
Activist groups, background on Afghanistan, essays,
etc.
OneWorld.net
http://www.oneworld.net
"OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing the democratic
potential of the internet to promote human rights and
sustainable development."
Out There News
http://www.megastories.com
An online news source that uses "interactivity
to create communities who report the news rather than
just consume it." They accompish this by going
"out there in the global village with satphones,
laptops and digital cameras giving a voice to real
people."
Political Circus
http://politicalcircus.com
The "premier online source for daily political
news & information affecting the Asian Pacific
American community."
Privacy.org
http://www.privacy.org
"The site for daily news, information, and initiatives
on privacy. This web page is a joint project of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Privacy
International"
PrivacyRightsNow!
http://www.privacyrightsnow.org
A non-commerical site organized by Ralph Nader and Remar
Sutton"to highlight the efforts of the key non-profit
organizations that care about the integrity of your
private life."
The Progressive
http://www.progressive.org
The online version of the magazine that has been opposing
"militarism, the concentration of power in corporate
hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty,
and prejudice in all its guises" since 1909.
Project Underground
http://www.moles.org
"Project Underground exists as a vehicle for the
environmental, human rights and indigenous rights movements
to carry out focused campaigns against abusive extractive
resource activity."
Salon
http://www.salon.com
News and commentary from slightly left of center.
TomPaine.com
http://www.tompaine.com
"TomPaine.com seeks to enrich the national debate
on controversial public issues by featuring the ideas,
opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the
mainstream media."
Znet from Z Magazine
http://www.zmag.org
One of the US's premier alternative political magazines.
Audio/Video
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The a-Infos Radio Project
http://www.radio4all.net
Numerous excellent audio streams from alternative news
sources. FAIR's Counterspin http://www.fair.org/counterspin/
The radio production of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
that "provides a critical examination of the major
stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream
media might have missed in their own coverage."
Flashpoints
http://www.flashpoints.net
A daily investigative news program produced at KPFA
in Berkeley, CA.
Free Speech Radio News
http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/ A daily news
program produced by Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship.
"Over 40 freelance reported in 14 states and four
continents are boycotting the Pacifica Network News
for censoring legitimate news stories."
Free Speech TV
http://www.freespeech.org
An audio/video hub that "attempts to respond to
the interests of that majority of the people whose
voices are excluded or distorted in the corporate media."
LUVeR Alternative News
http://www.luver.org
"LUVER ALTERNATIVE NEWS covers ... through multi-media
... the social, cultural, political, and personal [r]evolution
that the corporate media actively supresses."
People's Video Network
http://www.peoplesvideo.org
"A group of media activists with more than 50 public
access shows across the country and hundreds of videos
documenting the struggle." Full downloadable MP3
archives are available.
undercurrents
http://www.undercurrents.org
Alternative news videos from around the world.
WebActive alternative radio streams
http://www.webactive.com
Numerous audio streams, including Democracy Now!, Pacifica,
and Hightower Radio.
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