updated Oct 2009
many of the links here defy simple categorization - please scan the entire list to find useful links

Alternative Media
Streamed Radio/TV - Listen to Win

Democracy Now! - Journalist Amy Goodman's Award Winning Daily Radio/TV Program - text and streamed.
Web TV International Directory - "Comfm" Streamed TV Stations Sorted By Region & Country.
Web Radio International Directory - "Comfm" Streamed Radio Stations Sorted By Region & Country. Best.
Web Radio International Directory - "Webradio" On Line Stations Sorted by Country. Above link is more up to date.
TUC Radio - Excellent Radio Programming Available Streamed and on select NPR stations.
Alternative Radio -Zinn, Chomsky, Said, Korten, Churchill, Hitchens etc.Not Streamed, but Avail via streamed stations.
New Dimensions Broadcasting Network - Interviews and Reports on current social issues (avail via NPR).
Meria - Radio show focusing on issues censored by corporate media.
WLUW-FM  - What radio could be.  From the Jesuits at Loyoloa University.
WFMU-FM - Listener supported independent alternative radio from East Orange, NJ of all places.
Radio For Peace International - Shortwave Station Based in "Armyless" Costa Rica.
Blast Furnace Radio -- No to War Radio From the Catholic Workers
Free Speech TV & Radio -- Live on Dish or Streamed Here
UnWelcome Guest - Interviews and Public Speeches with Commentary From The Finger Lakes
Pacifica Radio - This is What NPR Should Be but sure as hell ain't.
Making Contact - A Weekly Program from the National Radio Project. 
Radical Radio - Alternative News and Commentary in 18-24 Hour Blocks Updated Twice a Week.

Pirate Radio (many stations not streamed)

Alternative Media
Magazines, Newspapers & On-Line News

Directory - Of  Major Alternative Press Publications in the US.
The Nation - Excellent News Source for Over 150 years. Weekly Magazine with Hard Hitting Investigations.
The Progressive - Monthly Alternative News Magazine. Send for Free Sample On-Line.
Information Clearing House - "News You Won't Find on CNN." Articles, Video Streams etc.
WorldWar 4 Report - Journalist Bill Weinberg's Extremely Well Researched Reports on the "War on Terrorism," the "War on Drugs," and the war on you.
MultiNational Monitor - Monthly Watchdog of Trans-National Corporate Culture. True Evil exposed!
Covert Action Quarterly - Brave Well Researched Investigative Reporting Focusing on US Govmt. Covert Activities.
Utne Reader - Magazine for Middle Class Consumers Suffering from Political Consciousness. Ads for "Eco" toilet paper.
The Shadow - Alternative Newspaper from Lower East Side (NYC) Squatters.
Earth First! Journal - Newspaper of the Earth First! Movement. Deep Ecology. Lovable EcoFascist Rednecks.
Mother Jones Magazine - Glossy BiMonthly Magazine With Occasional Good Exposes.
EXTRA! - Monthly Magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Media Bias Exposed.  Important Reading.
ADBUSTERS - Monthly Magazine of Anti-Consumerism -- For Profit Anti-Union Hierarchical Cult of Charisma.
Global Info.org - "Daily News Service of the Developing World."
Counterpunch - State of the Art Investigative Journalism and Commentary edited by Alexander Cockburn.
Greg Palast On Line - America's Journalistic Soul In Exil.  The Best Investigative Reporting Today!
Public Citizen - Muckraking in DC a la Nader.
Inst. For Public Accuracy - Alternative (to corporate) Analysis of Current News Stories.
In These Times - Weekly International News With a Left Perspective.
The Progressive Populist - Hightower, Nadar, Molly Ivins, Norm Solomon etc. contribute to this Iowa based paper.
Z Magazine - News and Politics. Excellent Global Forums.  Quick Coverage of Current Events.
WORLD NEWS - From Mario's News Service in Croatia. 
UnKnown News Service - Underreported Stories from Various Sources.
Indy Press - US Independent Press Association News Site.
AlterNet News Site - Independent News Available for Syndication.  Good Source for UnCensored Daily News.
Direct Action Media Network - Independent Alternative News about Political Activism.
Cybertraveler.org - Freelance Cyberjournalist & Hitchiker Extraordinaire John Tarleton - America's Favorite Vagrant
Progressive Review - Sam Smith's Washington DC On-Line Muckraking & National News.
The Daily Howler - Laugh at the Corporate Press.
Better Times - Catholic Worker (AnarChrist) Webzine.  Progressive Links Updated Often
The Humanist - Humanism, Civil Liberties Reporting
Aborigional Peoples Telecom Network - Toronto Based Native Media Initiative.
The American Prospect - Investigative Reporting and News Analysis.  Good Stuff.
Amnesty International News - Bad News from Around the World
ACORN - Updates pertaining to struggles for Social and Economic Justice.
ColdType - Covering the World from Canada - Monthly Available as Download
Clamor Magazine - Keeping the dreams of the Seattle Generation alive. Anarcist.
Common Dreams - Daily updates and viewpoints.  Short reads often lack depth.
Daily Media News - Reports on the Media from around the globe (from mediachannel.org)
Alternative Media Links - News and Info from the Alternative Press.
Paper Tiger TV - Public Access Television Programming.
Free Speech TV - Alternative Television.
TruthOut - Daily Listing of Important News Stories
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies - Many of Which Have "Sold Out."
Institute for Global Communication (IGC) - Providing Internet Service to Third World Countries & Social Change Groups in North America.
Guerrilla Media - Direct Action Media Activism (get out your cyber spraypaint)
Guerilla News Collective - Active Alternative Media Group. Inspiring.  
Pacific News Service - Progressive News Service
Cryptogon - News Blog. Yes, it's a Blog. But a Fascinating One. Always Double-Check Blog Stories.
SEARCH the web for Alternative Press Info.

Alternative Press Organizations Are Listed at Media Study Links Page
Alternative Radio Stations and Organizations are Listed Below.

Buffalo, NY Alternative Media

ArtVoice - Pretentious / Artsy Thick Weekly Reaches "Hundreds of Thousands." Good Features & Columns. Read my "Getting a Grip" column here.
PoliticsWNY(Buffalo) - Formally called "The Illuzziletter." Often we disagree, but this zygote loving muckraking Reaganite is often on target when it comes to Buffalo area political incompetence and corruption. Illuzzi is the only person I know w/o a substance abuse problem who voted for GW Bush.
Outcome - Buffalo's Gay and Lesbian Information Source - Monthly Paper with a Comprehensive Website.
Corporations-Suck - "If You Are Not Outraged, You Are Not Paying Attention."  Columns, Reports, Forums. 
Progressive Directory - The Newest Offering from the Corporations-Suck Media Empire
Niagara Falls Reporter - Independently Owned. Occasional Muckraking.
Buffalo Women in Black - News From the Peace Vigil Front
Buffalo Beast - Beastly.
Buffalo Pundit - Lively Local Politics Blog
WNY Media Network - Progressive News and Info

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from Knuckle City Films and Odessa Pictures

International News Sites for Various Views of the Obama Era WARS

WW4Report International Links - Best Collection of Up to Date Sites re Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Other Fronts in the War on Everybody
Dahr Jamail Reports - Unembedded and Still Alive
Operation Truth - US Soldiers Blog from the Front Lines. Listen to the Soldiers - Not the Chickenhawks.
Iraq Indy Media Center - Al-Muajaha - "The Iraqi Witness" 
Sunday Herald -- Scottish Paper Has Been Doing Investagative Reporting about Iraq.
Al Jazeera English Web Site - On the Ground Mideast Journalism When Their Reporters Aren't Being Murdered.
Anti-War.com - Anti-War / War News
Guardian Unlimited - Online Presence for British Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer.
Reuters - Euro Corporate Coverage. 
Alternet - War on Iraq Homepage
Islamic Republic News Agency - Iran's Semi-Official News Bureau
Sunday Times - South Africa.  Daily Online Coverage.
Deception Dollars - News and Theories From the Terror Wars
Truthout - Daily Collection of Links to US and International Press
Cost of War - Moment by Moment Tally of the $ Cost of the Iraq War With Comparisons  to Education Spending etc.
Google News Search - Iraq War Briefs from Around the World

This Space, Like 10,000+ Empty Buildings in Buffalo, is Abandoned.

Multi-National Corporation Watch

Corporate Watch - Research Trans-National Corporate Activity - also see Multinational Monitor (above)
Responsible Shopper - A Co-op America Searchable Guide to Corp Criminals & Responsible Businesses. 
Paywatch - In 1999 the average CEO made 475x average worker's salary, up from 42x in 1980!  Stats Here.
Clear Channel Sucks -- Research Info on the Parasite Gobbling up the Public Airwaves.
Swoosh! - Nike workers in Indonesia earn 16 cents an hour.  UNITE reports about their working conditions.
Nike Watch - Reports on Factory Conditions and Resistence. Also serach Nike News - Websearch on Worker Abuses  Just Do It!
Wal Mart Facts - Studies, Numbers, Policies. Facts Galore from Wake Up Wal Mart.
Wal Mart Watch - Why They're Evil.  Boycott Walmart - As If You Really Needed to Know Why.
Exxon Secrets - Searchable Database on Exxon/Mobil Funding of Ersatz Anti-Climate Change Studies.
Expose Exxon - Exxon/Mobile: Possibly The World's Most Evil Corporation.
Boycott Information - Info About Current Consumer Boycotts and Related Links. Vote With Your $.
Kodak's Toxic Colors - Learn about Kodak (NY's #1 Toxic Polluter) Corporate Indifference to Cancer Clusters etc.
Council on Economic Priorities - Analysis of Social and Environmental Performance of Corporations.
The McSpotlight Website - News from the McLibel Trial and McFun Filled Fast Food Facts.
Killer Coke - Coca Cola Kills Onion Organizers in Columbia
Sweatshop Info - Know Which Products and Companies to Avoid.
Boycott Action News - Latest Info on Major Boycotts from Co-op America.
Consumer Project on Technology - Excellent info on the Microsoft monopoly
"Whirledbank" - Infosite dedicated to study of the World Bank
Public Info Network - Database on environmental & social impact of corporations. 
Economic Reporting Review - FAIR's criticism of WPost and NYTimes Economic Reporting.
AFL-CIO Corporate Research Page - Resources
Top 30 Republican Donors - International Consumers are Boycotting Bush's Backers 
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops - Research, Info.  Names names.
Multinational Resource Center -  Database for journalists and students tracking corporations. 
Corp Political Contributions - Track Political Contributions and Lobbying Expenses for Major Corporations. Excellent Resource.
Ctr. For Public Integrity - Database of Corporate Funding of Polticos
They Rule - Database Mapping Connections Between Corporations
International Forum on Globalization - 60 Organizations form 20 Countries.  Scholarly Analysis of Global Economy
Excellent Magazine About Corporate Crime -- Investigative Reporting

Political / Social Activism

Move On -- Premier Interactive Web Site for Easy Social and Political Activism.  Just Click to Fax!
True Majority -- Like Move On, Another Excellent Site for Easy Activism! Click to Fax!
Bill of Rights Defense Committee -- Use It or Lose It!
Impeach Bush Now! -- Why Wait?  
Military Families Speak Out -- Anti Iraq War Site Created by Families of US Military Serving in Iraq.
Bring Them Home Now -- Another Military Families for Peace Site.
Web Interactivism - Send a Fax, Change the World (so the theory goes...)
WebActive - Web Based Political Activism.
Sign a Petition On-Line - Current e-petions from "e the people."
Global Exchange - Real FAIR trade! Socially responsible international shopping.
Co-op America - Info on So Called Environmentally and Socially Responsible Investing and Consuming.
Responsible Shopper - Know the Worst and the 'Least Worst' Corporations Before You Spend $. 
Social Invest - List of "Good" Banks that Reinvest in Communities.  Where Does Your Bank Invest Your $?
Turn the Tide - Join the Movement to Consume Less and Hope More for a Sustainable Future.

Also See Environment Section (Below) / Multinational Corps (above)
and CULTURE JAMMING on the Media Links page

US Military

Live Military Spending Clock - Watch Your Tax Dollars Fly Away.  From Center for Defense Information.
Center for Defense Information - Good research site on global  and US military issues.

Misc. Politics, Health, Culture & Economics

Not Milk! - Milk is Bad For You.  Very Bad, according to notmilk.com.  Scary Stuff.
Project Vote Smart - Voting Records and Campaign Finance Info for Federal Candidates.
Report Police Brutality - On-Line Service for Reporting and Reading about Police Abuses.
BURN - Alternative Politics from the BURN Collective at the University of California at San Diego.
Tupac Amaru - Rebel Army in Peru Tells Their Side of the Story. You Decide. (English Translation)
Global Political Resistance - Links to Political Resistance Movements Around the World. Get Counterpoints Firsthand. Also Anti-Fascist Links. No Sausage Links.
BGH Information - Info about Bovine Growth Hormone.
Bood - Malaysian rainforests are being turned into plywood. Learn about the Semai people who live there.
Here our Culture is Hard by Dr. Laura McClusky.  Great Book About Domestic Violence in a Maya Village.
Electronic Privacy Info Center - Who's Tracking Ya Now?   Did Yahoo drop you a cookie?
One Big Kitchen - Everyone like's food
Hate Watch - Monitors Pathetic Losers and Their Internet Hate Sites.
Human Rights Watch - Reports of Rights Violations from Around the World.  Quite Busy Lately.
Righteous Babe Records - Ani DiFranco's Independent "On Her Own" Buffalo NY Based Record Label.  Who Needs Corporate Art?
The Memory Hole - "Rescuing Knowledge, Freeing Information."  Lest we forget.  
The New York Sociologist - The Journal of the New York State Sociological Association
Union for Democratic Communication - Media Criticism Scholars and Activists

Environment

Earth Island Institute - Publishers of Earth Island Journal -- Environmental News & Activism.
Natural Resources Defense Council - Environmental Activism.
SeaShepherd - Info About SeaShepherd, the Direct Action Nautical Environmental Movement That's Everything Greenpeace Ain't.
Earth First! - Direct Action Environmental Movement of Anarchist Deep Ecologists (and rednecks).
Rainforest Action Network - Environmental Activism and Information.
Environmental News Network - Environmental News On-Line.
Lawn Chemical Facts - ChemLawn, Nature's Lawn, Funk Lawn and others callously poison us.
Pesticide Action Network - Carcinogenic Pesticide use in California up 127% since 1991. More pesticide info.

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