Political Sites

Websites for good information about political issues

  • Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

  • www.iraqwar.ru

  • We Stand for Peace & Justice

  • Heather Wokusch.com

  • Action for Change

  • True Majority

  • Cities for Peace

  • Roe v. Wade Petition (NOW)

  • The Crisis Papers: An Anthology of the Best Political Opinion and Commentary; From the Progressive Internet

  • A Stake In Civil Liberties: Bill of Right Defense Committee

  • INITIATORS AND ENDORSERS for the March on Washington to stop the war before it starts

  • Download the: "Regime Change Begins At Home" Poster

  • Citizens For Legitimate Government
    A pro-democracy activist group established to expose the Bush coup d'etat, and to oppose the Bush occupation in all of its manifestations.

  • No Rush to War
    Recent events have confirmed that the American political establishment is not united in support of the Bush Administration's policy of forcible "regime change" in Iraq. The rest of the world, and a good part of the American public, also seem unconvinced of the necessity of an attack.

  • Who Controls the Media? Awesome resource! Scary info!

  • Metro Times (check out Jack Lessenberry's column, especially "Homeland Insecurity")

  • Arianna Online: politics, wit and unconventional wisdom

  • United Students Against Sweatshops

  • MediaChannel.org is a nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated to global media issues. MediaChannel offers news, reports and commentary from our international network of media-issues organizations and publications, as well as original features from contributors and staff. Resources include thematic special reports, action toolkits, forums for discussion, an indexed directory of hundreds of affiliated groups and a search engine constituting the single largest online media-issues database.

  • CJR: Media companies continue to grow, and a shrinking number of them shape what we view and read. What does that mean for journalists -- and for the nation?

  • Common Dreams: Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community

  • RETHINKING MARXISM: A Journal of Economics, Culture, and Society

  • How Dare They!

  • The Progressive
    McCarthyism Watch

  • Unconservative Listening: Tired of all the conservative rhetoric on the airwaves?
    Check this site out – you can even contribute to the list of unconservative radio stations etc. My station (WMNF) is already there - yeah!

  • Adbusters: April 22-28, 2002 is tv turn off week - can you handle it???

  • Citizen Works: People-powered democracy, not corporate rule, is the only way to create a sustainable and just society.

  • Internet Free Expression Alliance

  • Kids and Commercialism
    from The Center for a New American Dream: Helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.

  • Anti-Defamation League: Fighting Anti-Semitism, Bigotry and Extremism Since 1913

  • Media Reform Information Center

  • Blue/Green Alliance: A self-selected group of labor union and environmental officials, staff and activists seeking serious approaches to environmental protection that benefit working people and their unions. For the last five years we have worked together to develop a responsible labor-friendly approach to reduce global warming threats.

  • EarthRights International: The power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment.

  • muslimsAGAINSTterrorism: To stand against those who preach violence and hatred in the name of Islam and to promote peace and understanding through interfaith and intercultural coalition building.

  • international alert: International Alert Perspectives on the Current Global Conflict

  • Amnesty International: working to protect human rights worldwide

  • Mother Jones Magazine: Celebrating 25 years of raising hell

  • Voices in the Wilderness

  • The Empowerment Project

  • Office of the Americas

  • The Center for Psychology & Social Change: A community of visionaries, leaders and activists with an unswerving commitment to the study of the science of human experience and its practical application to the challenges facing our planet and ourselves.

  • Responsible Shopper: What is more political than where you spend your money?

  • CIA Drugs: Evidence of 50 years of CIA drug trafficking into the United States--and other crimes against America.

  • The World Revolution: The World Revolution is a new, large-scale, activist social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era.

  • Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc (VVAW)

  • http://www.dnai.com/~borneo/crisis.htm
    - Country Joe McDonald, The Crisis
    Check out the "advise from a veteran" page - scroll down!

  • Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft

    - From that site: Collateral Damage and the Tragedy of September 11

  • http://frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=3&date1=11/10/2001 about the possibilities for Bin L to have weapons of mass destruction.

  • http://whatreallyhappened.com/: Interesting articles that have to be read with a wary mind. A bit conspiratorical but still have some things worth pondering.

  • http://aktuelles.t-online.de/nach/ausl/asie/ar/CP/ar-binladen-atomwaffen-interview-1110.html: Interview with Bin L by Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir.
    A must read!!

  • (Jerre) got a tip from an old mail friend in Massachusetts, you can check it on:
    http://www.counterpunch.org/oden1.html
    Itīs getting a bit scary what can be done in the fight against terrorism.

  • I (Jerre) happened to find a site in Pakistan that seems to have some reliable reportings of the ongoing conflict. Gives quite balanced ideas and views I think. Thereīs also a forum for discussion (though mostly inhabitated by Americans as far as I can see). http://frontierpost.com.pk/

  • Fact-Finding URLs: I (Jerre) have compiled a list for some time containing a lot of websites where facts or "facts" can be found on a lot of topics.
    Disclaimer: I havenīt read but bits of it and agree with far from all of what Iīve seen and donīt even know if all is functioning, but some of it might come in handy when looking for certain things.
    J.S.

    Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security activities, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police information systems, and medical privacy.

    Rob Rogers' political cartoons - Very powerful stuff!

    Village Voice

    L.A. Times

    Adbusters

    Global Ecovillage Network: Thought-Provoking Reactions to September 11 (includes a letter from the Dalai Lama, an essay by Noam Chomsky, "Bomb Them With Butter", etc)

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