Progressive News Sources

Database of Progressive Publications

Daily Headlines

Politics

Environment

Media

Privacy & Technology

Human Rights & Anti-Globalization

Audio/Video

Unclassifiable

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.

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.

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."

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."

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.

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."

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."

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."

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."

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.

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."