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Descriptions in red are for sites that are on collaborative terms with PI   (Note: If you run a progressive site and would like to be listed here, just send an e-mail to admin@progressiveindependent.com with a brief desription for your site; if we promise and forget, please remind us!)

Alternate Focus - Independent Videos about Palestine, Iraq & the Middle East.

Antiwar: An excellent source for antiwar news, viewpoints and activities.

Bellacio: Franco-Italian political and cultural project calling for international resistance against Fascism. Emphasis is on Direct Democracy, the right of all peoples to be independent of neocolonialist exploitation and Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité regardless of ethnic, religious or cultural divides.  Main point is a non-negotiable refusal to war as a solution for international controversies.  The site ROCKS.

BenFrank Blog: Wake Up & Stop The Madness!~

Ben Heine Blogspot & Ben Heine Cartoons: Award winning commentarty and political cartoons by international peace activist Benjamin Heine.

Better World Links:  A collage of progressive links.

Black Commentator: Commentary, analysis and investigations on issues affecting African Americans.

Boycott Israeli goods:A comprehensive list of Israeli goods to boycott.

CanOFun Political News, Audio and Video:  For fun and serious news, audio and videos of interest to activists.  Looking for that clip of Sy Hersh on Bush and Iran- Bush is "Messianic? CanOFun has them all.

Centre for Research on Globalisation: Montréal-based news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focusing on the interrelationship between social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes. The website was established on the 9th of September 2001, two days before the tragic events of September 11. Barely a few days later, Global Research had become a major news source on the New World Order and Washington's "war on terrorism". Global Research has received for four years in succession, the Goodwriters award, classified among the best 80 alternative news sites. Global Research has also become a source of specialized information for journalists.

Chomsky Info: Originally created by Pablo Stafforini, with the purpose of celebrating Chomsky's work and encouraging activism worldwide. In December 2003, it became Noam Chomsky's official website.

Chomsky - Turning the Tide: Noam's official blog.

Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque: High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium   An A+ site from poster DutchDemocrat

Citizens for a Legitimate Government: Exposing the Coup! Daily breaking news and commentary of special interest to the Progressive Community. E-mailed daily upon request.

Common Dreams: Breaking news and views for the progressive community. An eclectic mix of politics, issues and breaking news with an emphasis on progressive perspectives that are increasingly hard to find with our corporate-dominated media.

Corporate Watch: CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. We work to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice.

Counterpunch: America's best political newsletter, a bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month they bring our readers the stories that the corporate press never prints.

Creative Youth: Site run by youth, edited by youth and containining the works of youth writers, photographers and artists.

Dalia's MySpace: The recommended, informative and heart-breaking site of a young Palestinian in Exile.

DesertPeace: A very thoughtful blog run by an Active Peace/Civil Rights Worker in Jerusalem, Israel... Aiming to establish a just and lasting peace between Israel and Palestine, while at the same time continue the struggle against racism and for peace throughout the world.

Democracy Now:  Homepage of Amy Goodman's acclaimed Pacifica show. She had been harassed by Pacifica before the radio network was reclaimed by activists. A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 350 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV ch. 375); as a "podcast," and on the internet.

Dissident Voice: A Radical Newsletter in the Struggle for Peace and Social Justice

Election Fraud News: Information & Analysis on voter suppression and election fraud.

Enemy of the State: DuctapeFatwa's astoundingly insightful blog... "Where one man's conspiracy is another man's business plan". Written with a literary finesse rarely seen anymore.

Enemy of the State: A second excellent blog with the same name!

Feral Scholar: "Your silence will not protect you!"  Stan Goff's excellent hard-hitting blog

Fight the NWO: A gateway for information and resources to help fight the global elite and their attempt to establish a New World Order.

From the Wilderness: Mike Ruppert. Economic and military analysis, detailed exposés of the CIA and the American political and economic system.

Global Conspiracies: Created in 2003 to help fight against the New World Order.

Gush Shalom: Israeli Peace Bloc run by Uri Avnery.  It should need no introduction. Their aim is to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and conciliation with the Palestinian people.

If America Knew: What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine. Excellent resource material.

Information Clearing House: News, commentary and insight. An independent media source attempting to correct the distorted perceptions provided by commercial media.

Informed Comment: Professor Juan Cole's rocking site.  "Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion" loved by Progressives everywhere.

Jewish Voice for Peace: Jewish Voice for Peace works to achieve a lasting peace that recognizes the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination. They promote a U.S. foreign policy based on peace, democracy, human rights, and respect for international law.

Joe Bageant: "Dispatches From America's Class War"    Brialliant progressive essays!

Kate/A/blog: "Where tinfoil is respected."   I can't say enough about this blog!  Insightful, witty, hard-hitting, honest!

Let's Try Democracy: Writings by David Swanson

MEDALIENS- News site focussed on the corporate media. Also includes a message board.

Media Monitors: A non-profit, non-partial and non-political platform with contributions from serious Media Contributors and Observers.

The Memory Hole: Rescuing knowledge, freeing information.

Mid-East Realities: News, views and analyses that governments, lobbies and associated interest groups don't want you to know.

Palestine Children's Welfare Fund: an enterprise that was established by a group of individuals whose goals are to improve the living standards of the children of Palestine in the refugee camps inside Palestine. The group aims to provide the children of the refugee camps with better educational opportunities, health facilities and a bright future without violence, hatred and discrimination.

Palestine Chronicle: PalestineChronicle.com is an independent online newspaper that provides daily news, commentary, features and book reviews on a variety of subjects, yet is largely focused on Palestine, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East as a whole. The Chronicle is a self-sustained project involving many volunteers from around the world, all striving to highlight issues of relevance to human rights, national struggles, freedom and democracy. Hanan Ashrawi & Noam Chomsky among board members.

Palestine Media Watch: Exposing the biased Western media.

Palestine Remembered:  Probably the best resource on the net for the truth about Palestinian history and the Nakba. Contains the most comprehensive online database about the 450 ethnically cleansed and destroyed Palestinian towns. A wealth of information has been researched and presented for each listed town, such as rare photos before and after destruction, dates of occupation and ethnic cleansing, land ownership size for Palestinians and Jews, population, number of houses, schools, religious institutions, shrines, the names of the usurping Israeli settlements, maps, archeological sites, the status of each town today, and more.  Dedicated to preserving the collective experiences of the 5.9 million dispossessed Palestinian refugees.

Project for the Old American Century: Keeping tabs on the PNAC agenda as it unfolds. A grass-roots organization that strives to protect and strengthen democracy primarily by disseminating unreported and underreported news stories from a perspective untainted by political or corporate sponsorship.

Propaganda Matrix: Nor recommended for sheep.

Rafah Today: On this website, a most courageous man presents photos and reports about what's really happening in the Occupied Territories. About their life, their community, the home demolitions, homeless families, the children in the camp.. About the unacceptable tragedies that happen there every day...

Rachel Corrie Foundation: Rachel Corrie was killed in the Gaza Strip in Palestine on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian pharmacist, his wife, and three young children. The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice was recently established by members of Rachel’s family and community to continue the kind of work that she began and hoped to accomplish.

Rigorous Intuition: Minstrel Boy, a walking brain. "What you don't know can't hurt them."

Rob Kettenburg's Page: Featuring the Best of the Net;Updated Daily - Videos, videos, videos!

Sabah's Blog: An informative "uprooted Palestinian blogger" who focuses on the intersection between politics and individual liberty in the Middle East and the Muslim world. Sabbah's blog exposes the politically expedient fantasies spread by Western and Israeli press propagandists.

Sensibly Eclectic: Sensibly Eclectic is a premier alterna-news site that features articles, commentary, and news items that are important to freedom and often neglected by the media-at-large. SE is an eclectic mix for the discerning liberal! A tribute to the left"

Serendipity: Based on a libertarian (in the sense of J.S.Mill) perspective and is opposed to Fascism, Zionism, Capitalism, the New World Order and all who secretly work to cause wars for their own advantage.

Solarbus/Election Justice Center: Your home for updated information on the fight for democracy in America.

Take Back The Media:  Take Back The Media is a cooperative project by progressive American citizens dismayed at the pro-government, pro-corporate bias shown by American media, and who are doing something about it! They advocate using the Power of The Purse and non-violent action to bring back responsibility to the corporate media.

Third World Traveller: Providing an alternative view to the corporate media about the state of democracy in America, and about the impact of the policies of the United States' government, transnational corporations, international trade and financial institutions, and the corporate media, on war and peace, democracy, free speech, social and economic justice, and human rights, in the Third World, and in the United States.  Chomsy & Zinn lovers, this one's for you!

The Wayne Madsen Report: Hard hitting news and commentary with no minced words. Wayne Madsen is an investigative journalist, nationally-distributed columnist, and author who has covered Washington, DC politics, national security, and intelligence issues since 1994. He has written for The Village Voice, The Progressive, CAQ, Counterpunch, and the Intelligence Newsletter (based in Paris). Madsen is the author of Genocide and Covert Operations in Africa 1993-1999, co-author of America's Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II, and the forthcoming Jaded Tasks: Big Oil, Black Ops & Brass Plates.

Thomas Paine's Corner: A forum for those dedicated to the affirmation, defense, and pursuit of civil liberties, social justice, human rights, and intellectual freedom.

Unknown News: Honestly, we have simply no words to describe this site.  It's PI News in a nutshell. Try it- you'll like it.  We guarantee it!

Upside Down World: an online magazine uncovering activism and politics in Latin America. It was founded in August of 2003 by Benjamin Dangl and is made up of work from writers, activists, artists and regular citizens from around the globe who are interested in flipping the world upside down...or right side up. Upside Down World provides concerned global citizens with independent reporting on Latin American social movements and governments that have refused to prostrate themselves to the interests of corporate globalization, and instead have focused their work on addressing the needs of the people.

Velvet Revolution: For the peaceful road to change in countries where governments ignored the inalienable rights of the people.

Washington Report On Middle East Affairs: magazine published 9 times/year that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region.

What Really Happened: The History the government & lobbyists hope you never learn. News from around the world, updated daily. Excellent site with excellent historical archives.

William Bowles: Investigating Imperialism

Znet - Zmagazine: A community of people devoted to social change.

Newspapers

Alarab Online: Daily newspaper for the Middle East and Arab world, published in UK

Asia Times:  Asia

Guardian: UK

Haaretz: Israel

Middle-East Report: What's REALLY happening in the Middle East, and in Washington about the Middle East? You won't really find out from the New York Times or The Washington Post or CNN...

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