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  1. Action a Day
    Keeps Global Capitalism Away
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  2. Alternative Movement, Press, and Literature of West Germany
    An Introduction with Lists of Alternative Serials, Publishers, Distributors, and Selection Tools
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  3. Alternative Press Annual 1983, The
    Resource Type: Book
  4. Alternative Press Annual 1984, The
    Resource Type: Book
  5. Alternative Press Center
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Annotated links to alternative points of view available on the Internet.
  6. Alternative Publications
    A Guide to Directories, Indexes, Bibliographies and other Sources
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    A listing of bibliographies, indexes, review journals, directories and other sources about the alternative or small press world.
  7. Anecdotes Tell Dramatic Story of British Underground Press
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Review of Underground: The London Alternative Press, 1966-74, by Nigel Fountain. A frank look back at what made the British underground press tick.
  8. Autonomous Media
    Activating Resistance & Dissent
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2005
  9. Barefoot Channel
    Community Television as a Tool for Social Change
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
  10. Canadian Dimension Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    We are a magazine which shows there is an alternative to the corporate agenda and the dictates of the global market; that the dream of a better society is still alive. It provides a forum for debate, where red meets green, feminists take on socialists, socialists take on social democrats, whites hear from aboriginals, activists report from all corners of Canada, trade unionists report from the front lines, campaigns make connections, and the latest books, films, web sites, CDs, and videos are radically reviewed.
  11. Connexions Annual 1994
    A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1994
    Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series of introductory articles surveying a wide range of social and environmental issues and possibile alternatives.
  12. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
  13. Connexions Annual Overview: Arts, Media, Culture
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
  14. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1994
    A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
  15. Countercurrents
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    An alternative news site based in India. "We bring out what the mainstream media fails to tell you, or hides from you. These are the things that really matter. The things which may determine the fate of planet earth! The future of our children! In a word, the survival of the species!"
  16. Counterpunch
    Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Progressive U.S. newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
  17. Dada World Data
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Dada World Data is a multi-media production house that makes content for TV, Internet, radio and movie screens as well as material for educational purposes. DWD also specializes in the production of festivals and events. In all of its activities, DWD’s goal is to foster diversity, give voice to those left voiceless, and stimulate people into being active participants, rather than passive spectators.
  18. Diemer.ca
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A left-wing perspective with articles and the Radical Digressions blog.
  19. Directory of Alternative & Radical Publications
    1989-90 - Periodical profile published 1990
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1990
  20. Factsheet Five
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Guide to zines and alternative publishing.
  21. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 3rd annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
  22. The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Winners of the 4th annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism.
  23. Green Left Weekly
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Independent Australian publication and Web site committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality, providing local, national and international news, analysis, and discussion and debate to strengthen the anti-capitalist movements.
  24. I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  25. I.F. Stone: A Wonderful Pariah
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1989
  26. Imagine Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
  27. In These Times
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Web site of the progressive American newsmagazines, featuring article excerpts.
  28. Information Clearing House
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Described as an independent media source and as "one person's effort to correct the distorted perceptions provided by commercial media", this extensive site provides a mixed bag of news, articles, audio and video clips, ranging from the soberly analytical to off-the-wall conspiracy theories.
  29. Is the Media Your Message?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Mainstream media are good for getting exposure, but for social change activists they may not be the best avenue.
  30. Media for Social Change
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1983
  31. The MoJo Wire
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  32. The Nation Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Selected articles from current and past issues of The Nation, the progressive weekly U.S. magazine.
  33. New Pages Guide to Alternative periodicals 1980-1981
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1980
    Selective alternative periodicals. Lists 123 periodicals that provide political, social, economic and cultural alternatives. Each entry includes subscription information, bookstore rates and a superb annotation opposite a photograph of a cover from an is
  34. News and Letters
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Articles from a Marxist-Humanist perspective.
  35. Profit over People
    Neoliberalism and Global Order
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
  36. Progressive magazine
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A leading voice for peace and social justice since 1909.
  37. Progressive Periodicals Directory
    Second Edition
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  38. Radio Alice: Radio in Action in Italy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1978
    Radio in action in Italy.
  39. Red Menace
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 1980
    A libertarian socialist newsletter.
  40. '68: The Year of the Barricades
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  41. The Straight Goods
    Canadians Informing Canadians
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 1999
    A daily Internet news and feature publication featuring investigative reports, columns, and a variety of features.
  42. Swans Commentary: Ideas, opinions, thoughts... and a flock of Swans
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    In a time of revisionism, faux-semblant, spinning news and skewed information, Swans is about thinking, questioning, observing, and providing ideas that are lacking in the mainstream media. Swans endeavors to bring food for thought to the readers and to provide a quality literary and political site on the Web.
  43. truthout, News Politics
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  44. The Tyee
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Independent alternative daily newspaper reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond.
  45. Uncovering the Sixties
    Life and Times of the Undergound Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
  46. Underground Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
  47. Utne Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
  48. Web Networks
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Web Networks is the online home of many non-profit and social change groups in Canada.
  49. ZNet
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Extensive collection of articles and links compiled by the publishers of Z Magazine.
  50. ZNet Israel-Palestine Watch
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Progressive Web site with extensive coverage of Israel-Palestine.

Experts on Alternative Media in the Sources Directory

  1. Connexions Information Sharing Services
  2. Diemer.ca
  3. Social Media Group
  4. Barrie Zwicker

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Links & Resources Selected Internet resources featuring information about alternatives.
Calendar Check out newsworthy events from across Canada. Plus: news releases from NGOs.
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