Links

Cacerolazos

http://www.cacerolazo.com/cacerolazo/index.asp

http://www.interactiva.org/Dir/I/English/Society/Activism/Cacerolazo/

For Whom the Bells Toll is a national initiative to have religious organizations throughout the country toll their bells whenever there is an execution. The campaign will continue until there is a moratorium on the death penalty.... http://www.curenational.org/~bells/origin.html

August Sound Collective. An Experiment in Participatory Radio http://radio.socialtechnology.net/

GENERAL NEWS

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/

The Independent/World

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/

The Guardian/World

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/

Los Angeles Times/Nation

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/?track=hpleftnav-nation

Buzz Flash
Anti-GOP news clipping service (see dated links), with their own, comforting, sarcastic headlines; pro activist Dems, like Dean

http://www.buzzflash.com/

LOCAL NEWS

When an important event happens, try to find
the most local online perspectives you can read
(abroad OR in your home town!). Important events also allow for interesting comparisons between news sources!

World newspapers links

http://www.world-newspapers.com/index.html

U.S. Newspapers links

http://www.world-newspapers.com/usa.html

Indymedia (do-it-yourself progressive news with branches all over the place—left sidebar)

http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml

Asia Times (panoptic and different)

http://www.atimes.com/

Middle East, etc. news—no one source is consistently useful

http://www.world-newspapers.com/east.html

Multimap (when researching news abroad, use these maps)

http://www.multimap.com/

NEWS ABOUT NEWS

These three are consistently entertaining.

Editor & Publisher

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp

Media Matters

http://mediamatters.org

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

http://www.fair.org/index.php

COMMENTARY

Counterpunch
Uncompromising independent- progressive columns, generally anti-Dem, pro-Nader

http://www.counterpunch.com/

Daily Show w/Jon Stewart (3-4 minute clips available weekdays)

http://www.comedycentral.com/

SCIENCE/ECO/EPIDEMIOLOGY NEWS

New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/news.ns

New Scientist’s eco news

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/

UN World Health Organization (disease outbreaks; check right column for reports focused on particular diseases)

http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/

BLASTERS

Instantly send your personal message to multiple media outlets or to senators & representatives

Democratic Underground

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster

Townhall

http://capwiz.com/townhall/dbq/media/

Capital Advantage

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

SOCIAL SCIENCE REF

Latest U.S. polls by topic

http://www.pollingreport.com/index.html

“Is George the worst president ever?” Historians vs. George Bush (History News Network)

http://hnn.us/articles/5019.html

“Something’s Gotta Give” (Crisis Papers)

http://www.crisispapers.org/essays-p/gotta-give.htm

Sourcewatch: Bush’s Lies & Deceptions resource

http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Bush_lies_and_deceptions

Rep. John Conyers’ chilling election 2004 report: “What went wrong in Ohio?”

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ ohiostatusrept1505.pdf