ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RESOURCES

 

 

Below are some websites you might want to visit to get different
points of view on what is happening. Some of them are routinely hacked from
domains in the US and might be down when you try to visit.

Al-Jazeerah in English
http://www.aljazeerah.info/

AlterNet: A project of the Independent Media Institute. Includes some
of the best alternative points of view on social issues.
http://www.alternet.org

Common Dreams News Center: Alternative analysis and best of the
mainstream press.
http://www.commondreams.org

Cursor: A critical look at the media on international issues.
http://www.cursor.org

Democracy Now News: Daily radio show. Audio and video are useful for
contrasting with mainstream news.
http://www.democracynow.org

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Articles critiquing mainstream
media coverage of the crisis. Good links.
http://www.fair.org

Foreign Policy in Focus: Valuable background readings on foreign
policy issues.
http://www.fpif.org

The Guardian (U.K.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk

The Independent (U.K.): including articles by Robert Fisk
http://www.independent.co.uk

Independent Media Center: Immediate reporting of anti-war protests and
resources for linking the current crisis to issues of global
inequality.
http://www.indymedia.org

The Iraq Journal: Reports directly from Iraq as well as links to
alternative sources of information on Iraq.
http://www.iraqjournal.org

Media Workers Against the War: A British site offers alternative
perspectives on the current war.
http://www.mwaw.org

Muslim Association of Britain
http://www.mabonline.net/

The Nation: Provocative articles on the crisis. Some
classroom-friendly. Helpful links.
http://www.thenation.org

The Progressive: Articles on the war and loss of civil liberties.
http://www.progressive.org

truthout

War Times: A free paper with clear writing, available for bulk
distribution.
http://www.war-times.org

Z Magazine and Z Net: Excellent site for all political news
http://www.zmag.org

Reports from two Belgian Doctors in Baghdad, on irak.be :
http://www.irak.be/ned/missies/medicalMissionColetteGeert/two_belgian_doctors_in_baghdad.htm

The Russian site with defence reports
http://www.iraqwar.ru