POLITICAL SITES ~ Eyes Open: A Gateway to Alternative and Progressive Media Sources

Nearly all men can withstand adversity; If you want to test a man's character, give him power.

- Abraham Lincoln

Activist web hangouts and opportunities for action

Cascadia Summer - call to action for upcoming environmental campaigns in the summer of 2003

Derechos Cafe - Human Rights hangout

Idealist.org - activism without borders

The Media Channel - public interest site on global media issues. News, commentary, action toolkits, classroom guides, forums.

Practical Radical - Action alerts and analysis if current issues

Progressive Portal - "Provides opportunities for effective, easy grassroots activism on a range of progressive issues." Action alerts and letterwriting.

The Progressive Secretary - sends out email letters to Congress, the President, and other officials on peace, ecology, civil rights and other issues, at your request.

Protest.net - Guide to protests and resistance events all over the world. Search by issue, country, date, etc.

RAIN - Broadcasting, chat, rural community web

resist!ca - Vancouver B.C. based collective providing a communications space for activists. Events, campaigns, etc.

The Rolling Thunder Tour - "a county fair with guts...A festival with funk and function....bringing together a large and broad group of progressive constituencies..."

The Ruckus Society- "... provides training in the skills of non-violent civil disobedience to help environmental and human rights organizations achieve their goals."

TAO Collective - "a regional federation comprised of local autonomous collectives and individuals. We organize networks [and] create knowledge through independent public interest research, and distribute it freely through participatory education."

Voice Yourself - An animated meditation on why things are the way they are. Very Powerful!

Political and other single-issue sites Sites

These classifiacations are my own and I apoligize for any mis-classifications. Let me know if you think a site should be listed differently. Some sites cover more than one issue, and I have placed those either under what appears to me to be their main issue, or under 'other'.

Anarchism

Anarchist Groups of New York

The Bad Days Will End

BURN! Nothing ever burns down by itself.

Infoshop.org - your guide to Online Anarchy.

Totse - Hacking, anarchy, politics, religion, fiction, science.

Anti war in Iraq + Anti US/Bush Foreign Policy

A.N.S.W.E.R. - Act Now to Stop War and End Racism

From the Wilderness - Michael Ruppert's site, with detailed exposés of the CIA and the American political system. Documenter of US government 9/11 foreknowledge.

Get Your War On - political cartoons - very intense!

GWBush.com - mostly satirical. Lots of bumperstickers to order. Forums, archives.

No Blood for Oil - A Voter March afilliate Protest news, action alerts, and more.

Not in Our Name - Multi lingual site of the anti-war and anti-police-state movement.

Portland Peaceful Response Coalition - Anti-war organization formed after 9/11.

Voices in the Wilderness - a joint US/UK campaign to end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq.

Campaign Finance

Open Secrets - Your guide to the money in the US Elections. Big, complex, national.

Oregon Follow the Money - Non partisan. Analysis of political funding. Who is getting? Who is giving? Who is benefitting?

Civil Liberties/Privacy

Info Wars - Alex Jones' anti-police-state civil liberties site. Daily updates.

Judicial Watch - non partisan ethical and legal "watchdog" over the U.S. government, legal, and judicial systems.

Justice Action - Prison and Criminal Justice Issues, Autstralian focus.

Partnership for Civil Justice - Legal defense and education fund working towards the elimination of discrimination and prejudice.

Privacy Rights Now - organized by Ralph Nader and Remar Sutton to highlight the efforts of organizations that care about individuals' privacy. Helps you 'opt out', and other things.

Environment and Ecology

Earth First! -

Earth Liberation Front -

Cascadia Summer - call to action for upcoming environmental campaigns in the summer of 2003

The Ecologist - the world's longest running environmental magazine.

Environmental Defense - "one of America's most influential environmental advocacy groups...linking science, economics and law to create solutions to environmental problems."

Environmental News Network - timely environmental news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more.

Environment News Service - Lycos' Environmental news service.

The Greens

Honor the Earth - "national foundation and advocacy organization that supports front line Native environmental work.

Indigenous Environmental Network - "an alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth .by strengthening the traditional teachings and the natural laws."

Scorecard - Environmental information, particulary about toxins and how they affect your community

Sierra Club -

Spirit of Freedom - Information about Earth Liberation Front prisoners

Stop Eco Violence - "Grassroots advocacy organization to raise awareness of ecoterrorism and the harm it causes others."

Tidepool - Environmental news "for the Rainforest Coast", changing daily.

Transnationale - Amazing four-language database of information about health, products, the environment, supremacy, food, and finance across the globe. Check for the corruption and horror behind your favorite brand!

Grassroots Democracy

Citizens For Legitimate Government - "a pro-democracy activist group established to expose the Bush coup d'etat."

Democracy Means You - Serious articles, satirical articles, and tons of bumperstickers and tees for the shopping dissenter.

League of Revolutionaries for a New America - "We are people from all walks of life who refuse to accept that there should be great suffering in a world of great abundance."

Voter March - a nation-wide organization for voter rights and electoral reform, post 2000 Bush/Florida. Organizes major national demonstrations.

Human Rights/Globalism

Citizens Network on Essential Services - a challenge to globalization through democratization of local governance,

Community Currency - in opposition to globalization and the world order monetary system

Global Exchange - " a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world."

Global Research - Very comprehensive coverage of all aspects of globalization. "Behind the News, Analysis, Commentary and Intelligence on the New World Order.

The Media Channel - public interest site on global media issues. News, commentary, action toolkits, classroom guides, forums.

School of the Americas Watch - "seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work."

Transnationale - Amazing four-language database of information about health, products, the environment, supremacy, food, and finance across the globe. Check for the corruption and horror behind your favorite brand!

Voices in the Wilderness - a joint US/UK campaign to end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq.

Indigenous Peoples

The American Indian Movement - continuous radio webcast.History, archives, resources.

Black Mesa Relocation Support - “Relocation is Genocide”

Free Leonard Peltier website - history, legal team news, updates, FOI documents.

Honor the Earth - "national foundation and advocacy organization that supports front line Native environmental work.

Indigenous Environmental Network - "an alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth by strengthening ... the traditional teachings and the natural laws."

My Two Beads Worth - Native American news site, unfortunately very slow to download through a modem.

Native Culture.com - links to many Native American sites.

International (I.e. non- U.S.) movements/information

Gush Shalom - "The Peace Bloc" - the "hard core of the Israeli Peace Movement."

MRTA Solidarity Page - The Peruvian Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.

Narco News - Reporting on the Drug War and Democracy from Latin America

Sinn Fein - Ireland

Zapatista Army of National Liberation - Mexico

Labor/Socialism/Class struggles

LaborNet

World Socialist Web Site - published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)

Collective Action Notes - documents and discusses different struggles (strikes, occupations, etc.) world-wide.

Other

ACT UP/New York - Aids Coalition To Unleash Power

Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade - exposes and opposes Canada's role in the international arms trade.

The Feminist Majority - Timely articles, calendar, Internet gateway, research center, and more.

Freedom Links - African American issues.

Sunshine Project - Research and facts about biological weapons and biotechnology.

Tetrahedron - public heath, terrorism, government coverups, etc. Autism, smallpox, anthrax, etc.

The Truth - "Exposing the truth about tobacco so that people can have all of the information necessary." They make those groovy PSAs on TV.

Vikings Guide to Alternative Media on the WWW - many links to progressive sites. Also a collection of radical lyrics from famous songwriters.