Posted to WordUp on 21st of Sepember.
Via: rebecca <rebecca@wetadigital.com>
from one of rebecca's workmates, an american living in new zealand.
over the past week, as i have watched with disgust as our executive branch and the loyalist corporate media conspire to ramrod the stunned American people into widescale war, i have been very concerned with trying to find good alternative media sources, particularly on the web. i feel I've found some good resources, and i'd like to share them and ask you all to share anything you find useful as well. it seems clear that the only way for anything good to come out of all this, whether war is justified or not, is for an unprecedented grassroots sharing of information over the internet to supercede the mainstream media.
- general news sites:
analysis, commentary & media criticism:
http://www.fpif.org (progressive think tank. good analysis)
conspiracy-oriented (don't ignore what mainstream liberal intellectuals & the media dismiss as 'conspiracy theory'; in the past year or two I've started to do my own dilligent fact-checking, and i'm shocked at how much truth underlies what some of those people are saying)
http://www.almartinraw.com (from an ex-Iran-Contra insider... some excellent dirt on our govt. mafia)
http://www.rense.com (this one is all over the map, but useful to survey. beware, though)
http://www.disinfo.com (popular site, but temporarily down after the disaster)
http://www.skolnicksreport.com/pkem.html (wait for proof on this one...)
conservative & right wing (yes, you heard me right. Although my views are very progressive, I've found recently that there are some really worthwhile facts and opinions among the antiestablishment 'true conservatives' or 'libertarian right', as opposed to the pro-establishment, pro-Bush Limbaugh style neo-cons. keep a thick skin against random knee-jerk prejudice and backcountry paranoia, and you may find some gems. The traditional 'left' and 'right' have both been twisted into the service of the elite to some extent... it's time to make new connections).
http://forum.samfrancis.net/Forum6/HTML/000100.html (an excellent anti-Clinton thread, must read)
http://www.williamcooper.com (scroll down for provocative questions about the previous WTC bombing)
http://www.apfn.org (this one can get gross, but look for the anti-war statements in the message boards)
- partisan viewpoints:
- the washinton times editorial page is said to be a very close mirror of Bush administration foreign policy. good to keep tabs on... btw, it was founded by Reverend Moon, who happens to be a good friend of the Bush family!
- bonus: past CIA involvement at CNN
Via: Joel <null@spack.org>
- kinda drudge-ish/knowles-ish (i.e. fairly kludgy looking) but interesting info.