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Flash Walken
02-04-2004, 11:54 PM
Ok, I've gone ahead and compiled a huge list of my favourites and sites I visit occasionally that provide me with specialty news info or news relating to a specific topic.

Here she is, beware, it's long:

News Sites
A-Infos
http://www.ainfos.ca/en/
Abya Yala Net
http://abyayala.nativeweb.org/
Ashevile Global Report
http://www.agrnews.org/
Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org
Counter Punch
http://www.counterpunch.org
Disinformation
http://www.disinfo.com
Guerilla News Network
http://www.guerrillanews.com
Infoshop News
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/
Inner City Press
http://www.innvercitypress.org
Interactivist Info Exchange
http://slash.autonomedia.org
LiP Magazine
http://www.lipmagazine.org
MediaChannel.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
ZNet
http://www.zmag.org


Alternative Media
Alternative Press Center
http://www.altpress.org
Cascadia Media Collective
http://www.cascadiamedia.org
Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org
Free Speech TV
http://www.freespeech.org
Independent Press Association
http://indypress.org
Pickaxe Productions
http://www.pickage.org
Project Censored
http://www.projectcensored.org
Radio4All
http://www.radio4all.org
The Video Activist Network
http://www.videoactivism.org

Political
Anarchy for Anybody
http://www.radio4all.org/anarchy
Colours of Resistance
http://www.tao.ca/~colours/
Flag!
http://flag.blackened.net
Infoshop.org
http://www.infoshop.org
Killing King Abacus
http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/vbutterfly.html
PR Watch
http://www.prwatch.org
Progressive Review
http://www.prorev.com
Spoon Collective
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/
Spunk Library
http://www.spunk.org

Labour And Work

Class Struggle Online
http://anarchosyndicalism.org/
IWWW
http://www.iww.org
Labourstart
http://www.labourstart.org

Anti-War

Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org
NonviolenceWeb
http://www.nonviolence.org

Outside The USA

The Electronic Intifada
http://electronicintifada.net/new.html
Middle East Report
http://www.merip.org
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com
Oneworld.net
http://www.oneworld.net
rabble.ca
http://www.rabble.ca

Resources

Daypop
http://www.daypop.com
Librarian.net
http://www.librarian.net
Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org
Protest.net
http://www.protest.net
Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org

Phewf, there.

This might be completely useless. Regardless, no one is going to go to ALL of these places, but if it strikes your fancy, or is something related to something you're interested in/studying, then g'head.

Sticky!

chemicaldisease
02-05-2004, 02:13 PM
Cart, you rule.

Alternet.org!

gioia
02-05-2004, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by chemicaldisease
Cart, you rule.

Alternet.org!

That's what I was going to recommend.

whatreallyhappened.com

Flash Walken
02-05-2004, 10:24 PM
Originally posted by gioia
That's what I was going to recommend.

whatreallyhappened.com

what really happened is ok, but you really got watch what you're believe, some of those guys are just absolute whackos

uf0s8mycar
07-28-2004, 07:22 AM
action links from ani difranco (http://www.righteousbaberecords.com) 's official site:

media-wise:

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/air_america.gif
http://www.airamericaradio.com/

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/thenation.gif
http://www.thenation.com/

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/indymedia.gif
http://www.indymedia.org/

CRITICAL MEDIA STUDIES RESOURCES
http://mediastudy.com/

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/alternet.gif
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/adbusters.gif
http://adbusters.org/home/

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/SCHR.gif
http://schr.org
Help this non-profit legal project challenge excessive and degrading forms of punishment and cruel, inhuman conditions of confinement. SCHR fights discrimination against people of color, the poor and the disadvantaged in the criminal justice systems of the South, and works to develop constructive, humane, and non-violent solutions to crime.


NOT IN OUR NAME
http://www.notinourname.net
Pledge of Resistance, event listings, organizing materials...
Sign the pledge of resistance and check out the great links at http://www.nion.us/

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/moveon.gif
http://www.moveon.org/
News, downloadable posters, stickers, and endlessly innovative forms of protest on a grassroots level.

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/upj.gif
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
Chock full of information, calls to action, resources for organizing, event reports, and a searchable engine for finding action groups in your area!

JUST CAUSE LAW COLLECTIVE's "Activist Handbook"
http://www.lawcollective.org/handbooks/activist/html/intro.htm
Stuff you need to know about legal issues and political protest.

GET YOUR WAR ON
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html
Because everybody could use a good laugh these days, and because cartoonist David Rees has one of the clearest, smartest perspectives on world events we know of. Still think yours is a voice in the wilderness? This guy's cartoons have spread throughout the world, and he makes them on zero budget in his own apartment.

BUFFALO PEACE PEOPLE
http://www.buffalopeacepeople.org/
This Buffalo-specific site contains a handy calendar of international events and an excellent page of "useful links."

http://www.righteousbabe.com/action/img/codepink.gif
http://www.codepink4peace.org
Women-centered actions to oppose the war. Think pink!
How are you working for peace?
http://www.codepink4peace.org/working_for_peace.shtml
Great ideas anybody can post and/or adopt for themselves.

ThePurpledWorld
04-17-2006, 09:09 PM
I love Adbusters, but not as much as I love Ani.

(I think I'd also make a fairly decent lesbian)

Jen
04-17-2006, 11:03 PM
Wow, nobody's updated this list for a long time.

I'd love to see some new ones.

I actually invited someone over who seems to know all the bets conspiracy news sites, but he seems to be having trouble decrypting the conspiracy that is the Angstlust registration form.

shroomvalley
10-05-2006, 11:49 PM
As specialty topics I feel the following are key players, as far as tech is concerned.

Http://www.digg.com
http://www.slashdot.org

Ashley
03-17-2007, 08:59 AM
We need to update this.

I'll work on a list tonight. Any contributors?