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  1. Bad Subjects
    Political Education for Everyday Life
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A magazine which seeks to revitalize a progressive politics in retreat. "We challenge progressive dogma by encouraging our readers to think hard about the political dimension to all aspects of everyday life."
  2. Chomsky.Info
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
  3. Common Dreams
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Breaking news and views for the progressive community.
  4. Counterpunch
    Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Progressive U.S. newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
  5. The Guy by the Door...
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Blog largely about social justice issues.
  6. Idealist
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    International directory, organized by country, of thousands of non-profit activist organizations, designed to help people "think globally and act locally".
    Features an events calendar of mostly US events.
  7. Institute for Global Communications
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Internet provider for social justice organizations; groups five online communities: PeaceNet, WomensNet, EcoNet, LabourNet, and ConflictNet. News, articles, features, links to progressive issues.
  8. Lawrence & Wishart
    Organization profile published 2007
    Resource Type: Organization
    Independent radical publisher. Web site a selection of progressive links, as well as a list of books they publish.
  9. Mickey Z. Cool Observer
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  10. Monbiot.com
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    George Monbiot's Web site.
  11. New Democracy Internet site
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Supports a democratic revolution to overthrow corporate capitalism, but opposes socialism. Features short articles on labour issues, the deficit, education.
  12. The Preservation Institute
    The Natural Environment : The Social Environment
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Today, most people recognize that modernization and growth can harm the natural environment. The Preservation Institute believes that modernization also damages the social environment - that many of our social problems are side-effects of modernization and economic growth. To preserve the natural environment and the social environment, we must modernize selectively. Factory mass production is an efficient way of producing most goods that used to be made by hand. But we are in danger of using the same centralized, standardized methods for every aspect of life, from housing to retail shopping to child care.
  13. Progressive magazine
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A leading voice for peace and social justice since 1909.
  14. Radical Statistics Group
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    We believe that statistics can be used to support radical campaigns for progressive social change. Statistics should inform, not drive policies. Social problems should not be disguised by technical language.
  15. The Red Menace
    A libertarian socialist newsletter
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1980
    Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, and terrorism.
  16. Remember the '80s
    Social Movements Between Woodstock and the Web
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    The history of 1980s activism deserves to be remembered and studied by those fighting for change today.It always helps to have a fuller view of the past, to figure out what to keep and what to discard.
  17. Rockridge Institute
    Organization profile published 2007
    Resource Type: Organization
    The mission of the Rockridge Institute is to help achieve a just, democratic, environmentally sustainable, and humane society.
    Rockridge works to:
    * Reframe the public debate to make a progressive moral vision more persuasive and resonant.
    * Tell the progressive story in moral terms and connect it to the values and ideals embodied in America’s history and traditions.
    * Build links with activists, policymakers, the media, academics, and other key groups to educate the public and inform the public debate.
    * Advance public policies that will bring us closer to a society that is just, democratic, humane and environmentally sustainable.
    * Nurture a unified voice among those working for progressive change by developing a common progressive story, a common moral language and shared policy directions.
  18. Shunpiking
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Web site of Nova Scotia's "discovery magazine".
  19. Solidarity
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A democratic revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization which publishes Against the Current magazine.
  20. The Third Camp
    Against U.S. militarism and Islamic terrorism
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    We must stand up with all our power to the US government’s and its allies’ bullying. We must put an end to the crimes of the opposite pole, i.e. Islamic terrorism. We must help the people of Islam-stricken countries to get rid of the menace of Islamic terrorist states and forces. American militarism and Islamic terrorism have brutalised the world. Neither of them has a solution to the present crisis and its resulting problems. Rather, they are themselves the cause of this crisis and its aggravation. Civilised humanity must rise up against both these poles and the suffering that they have imposed on the world.
  21. Toward Freedom
    A progressive perspective on world events since 1952
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Toward Freedom envisions a world ethic that honors the human spirit and the right of individuals to freedom of thought and creativity; advances movements for human rights, peace, justice, enlightenment, and freedom from oppression; and celebrates the contributions of the world's diverse cultures.
  22. truthout, News Politics
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  23. White House - www.Whitehouse.org
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  24. ZNet
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Extensive collection of articles and links compiled by the publishers of Z Magazine.
  25. ZNet Israel-Palestine Watch
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Progressive Web site with extensive coverage of Israel-Palestine.
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