Some Alternative Media Sources
this page needs lots of editions....i don't have the energy and time to add them all, sorry
Independent Media Centers (IMCs) around the world carry news of protests of all kinds and of many protests against the US war threat. IMC web sites allow anyone to post pictures and articles and do their own reporting on activist issues. Sometimes there are reports with sound and video on the web sites also. IMC's sometimes produce print newspapers. This main site will link you to every Independent Media Center in the World. There are a number of them in the United States.
The DC Independent Media Center often has pictures and articles about anti-war protests in Washington DC which gives a more accurate view of the events than the nanosecond news clips you can see on corporate news networks as the people who were actually there can do the reporting and put up their pictures. If you go to a demonstration and have some pictures, you can find instructions on the IndyMedia sites on how to upload them.
Common Dreams.org is a news center for progressive news, using articles from a wide variety of mainstream and not-so-mainstream newspapers and magazines to give people easy access to articles and editorials of interest to progressive-minded people, and they have many articles on the war on Iraq and related US government actions and policies. There is a running column called "Ari and I" with real questions and answers from Ari Fleischer's White House press conferences which is quite amusing sometimes. At this web site you can also buy bumper stickers that say No War on Iraq.
Democracy Now! is a great, progressive source of news on the radio, which you can listen to either online, or if Pacifica airs on a radio station in your area, on the radio. NPR very stupidly took Democracy Now off their airwaves, but it has not left the airwaves thanks to many devoted listeners. Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now! and provides intelligent news.
Alternet.org is another alternative media site with a section of news about the war on Iraq. They also have an internet message board where people can join for free and post their opinions.
Antiwar.Com has frequently updated news about the war on Iraq and anti-war activities.
Infoshop an anarchist website with independent news
Merge is a feminist zine with some articles and resources online
The Utne Reader is a progressive magazine that has been around for a number of years
Bust is a popular zine among young women and has a website with articles and interesting links
Bitch is an interesting feminist response to pop culture
Achilles Heel Magazine particularly for men looks at gender issues in a way that mainstream men's magazines never do
Mother Jones is a well-known progressive magazine that has been in existence for a number of years. Their website has interactive forums and some articles you can read online.
Michael Moore has produced interesting and provocative independent films, a television show which exposed corporate abuses and political nonsense, and has written a number of funny, and intelligent books on social and political issues particularly relevant to the United States (he was also once fired by Mother Jones, but that was a long time ago).
Off Our Backs is a feminist news journal (or independent magazine) that has been in existence for a number of years, produced by a collective of women. You can read a few of their previously featured articles on their website.
Ms. Magazine is a well known independent, feminist magazine originally created by Gloria Steinem during the "second wave" of the women's movement, in the 1970's and remains active today with interesting articles about women's rights issues worldwide, relevant to women of all ages. Some of their articles, and an interactive forum, are on their website.
