Progressive News Sources
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Database of Progressive Publications
DAILY HEADLINES
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."
B92
http://www.b92.net
A Yugoslavian Internet, TV, and Radio station with excellent coverage of breaking news from around the world.
Common Dreams NewsCenter
http://www.commondreams.org
"Breaking news and views for the progressive community."
FreeNews
http://www.theexperiment.org
A "news filtration experiment" from theexperiment.org which invites users to post news stories relating
to current world events.
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk
One of the more balanced western daily newspapers.
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."
Inter Press Service (IPS)
http://www.ips.org
"IPS, the world´s leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more
than 100 countries, with satellite communication links to 1,200 outlets." Includes daily wire feeds on world news, environmental issues, and human rights. All reports are provided in English and Spanish.
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."
Salon
http://www.salon.com
News and commentary from slightly left of center.
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POLITICS
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."
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.
Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org
A daily radio and tv news programs on over 300 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
The Four Reasons to Impeach Bush
http://www.thefourreasons.org
A clearinghouse of resources so that people
- seeking to participate in the democratic process- can more
easily find answers to the many questions that arise when trying
to determine the motivation for the actions of, what should
be, our elected officials.
"Knowledge is nothing if you don't act on it."
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."
Middle East Wire
http://www.middleeastwire.com
The latest news breaking news about the Middle East & North Africa.
MotherJones.com
http://www.motherjones.com
The web site of the 25 year old politically progressive Mother Jones magazine.
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.
Political Circus
http://politicalcircus.com
The "premier online source for daily political
news & information affecting the Asian Pacific American community."
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.
Protest.net
http://www.protest.net
"Protest.Net is a collective of activists
who are working together to create our own media. By publishing
a public record of our political activities on the web we are
taking a stand against the established media."
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.
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ENVIRONMENT
Grist Magazine
http://www.gristmagazine.com
Grist is an online environmental magazine with
the credo "Pull no punches, take no prisoners, accept no
advertising. Eschew the wealth and fame that so often seduce
online environmental journalists. And try to have a better sense
of humor than a pack of fur protesters."
Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.org
The home of Reuters Daily World Environment
News, with pictures, free subscriptions, and environmental news
radio.
Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org
"Worldwatch is a non profit public policy
research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and
the public about emerging global problems and trends and the
complex links between the world economy and its environmental
support systems." Worldwatch Online is your "internet
source for cross-disciplinary, global environmental information."
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MEDIA
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."
MediaChannel.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
"As the Media Watch the World, We Watch the Media."
Mountain Eye Media
http://www.mountaineyemedia.org
"Mountain Eye Media is a Media Arts and
Education collective based in Asheville, NC. We produce videos
on a range social and environmental issues. We are especially
interested in the ways that communities and individuals are
creating visions for a more sustainable future.
"We also offer workshops and lessons in areas such as videoactivism,
youth video, and media strategies for social change. We are
dedicated to increasing media access for those who need it the
most, especially youth.
"We are constantly looking for ways to infuse our media work
with principles of bio-regionalism and permaculture."
Project Censored
http://www.projectcensored.org
"The Primary Objective of Project Censored is
to explore and publicize the extent of censorship in our society
by locating stories about significant issues of which the public
should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another."
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PRIVACY & TECHNOLOGY
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.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org
"EFF is a donor-supported membership organization
working to protect our fundamental rights regardless of technology;
to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about
civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as
a defender of those liberties. "
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."
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HUMAN RIGHTS & ANTI-GLOBALIZATION
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.
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."
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."
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AUDIO/VIDEO
The a-Infos Radio Project
http://www.radio4all.net
Numerous excellent audio streams from alternative news sources.
Bright Path Film and Video
http://www.brightpathvideo.com
"Through the medium of streamed video content
and unique text we bring our discoveries to an audience hungry
for depth, quality programming and the truth."
DEMOCRACY NOW! in Exile
http://www.democracynow.org
Democracy NOW! was launched by Pacifica Radio
in 1996 to open the airwaves on a daily basis to alternative
voices traditionally excluded from the political process.
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."
Guerilla News Network
http://www.guerrillanews.com
"Guerrilla News Network is an underground news
organization with headquarters in New York City and production
facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose
people to important global issues through guerrilla programming
on the web and on television."
Independent Media Center Radio Network
http://www.radio.indymedia.org
"The IMC Radio Network is a collaborative project,
intended to help create radical weekly programming for radio
broadcast."
KGNU
http://www.kgnu.org
"KGNU is Boulder County's independent, noncommercial
community radio station. We seek to stimulate, educate and entertain
our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world
community, and to provide a channel for individuals, groups,
issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented
by other media." Don't miss their program
guide.
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."
Oddcast Channels
http://www.oddcast.com/oddcast/site/infopages/channels.html
"OTV news is an homage to the relentless onslaught of mainstream
media which provides such rich material for overdose. An ongoing
satire of news, Wall Street, politics and current events" and "
Witness
Rights Alert brings activists and the survivors of human
rights abuses together to deliver extraordinary tales of courage."
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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UNCLASSIFIABLE
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."
GregPalast.com
http://www.gregpalast.com/
Articles by the award-winning reporter and columnist
on subjects including the WTO, the theft of the presidency,
the Bush/bin Laden family connections, globalization issues,
and many others.
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.
Unknown News
http://www.unknownnews.net
"The news you need, whether you know it or not."
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