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the JPBlog, rather than on this page.The main criterion for inclusion in this list is that a site be interesting. Out-of-the box thinking is sorely needed today. For completeness (and out of a sense of duty), I have included some less-than-innovative sites for the reason that they are extremely influential or of local interest. The categories are loose and idiosyncratic. There are far more first-class progressive sites than can be listed on this page, so the ones here are a matter of choice on the part of the editor. Many of the sites below contain links, and a little exploring will lead the reader to far more material than he or she can possibly absorb. Even so, suggestions are welcome.
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The Jackson Free Press is a biweekly news and culture magazine for the Jackson Metro Area. It is named after the civil rights newspaper published in Jackson in the '60s.
The Magnolia Report. A comprehensive collection of Mississippi Political links, mostly right wing (because that's the way Mississippi is). Excellent way to keep up with the ins and outs of Mississippi politics. You may not be happy at what you read, but at least you will know it.We appreciate the fact that they have a link to the Jackson Progressive.
Green Party of Mississippi. The registered political party of the Green movement in Mississippi. If you live in Mississippi, go here to get in contact.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi.
The Mississippi Alliance of State Employees, CWA Local 3570. One of the largest and most active and progressive union locals in the State of Mississippi.
Vicksburg Post Vicksburg news.The Clarion-Ledger Largest newspaper in Mississippi. The web site now contains news as well as classifieds and employment ads. The obituaries are particularly useful.
Mississippi Business Journal. Business-oriented, generally conservative, occasionally interesting.
Madison County Journal This is the website of the printed newspaper. Up-to-date local news. Free to print version subscribers. Only the headlines are free to others.
The Biloxi Sun-Herald is an excellent newspaper covering the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, originally the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, performs full orchestral concerts (Bravo series), chamber orchestra concerts (Chamber series) and pops concerts (Pops series) in the Jackson metro area and throughout the state. Disclosure: the editor has played in the MSO since 1960.
Ballet Mississippi, gives performances and conducts a school of ballet in Jackson.
Ballet Magnificat, a Christian-oriented ballet company formed by Cathy Thibodeaux, former prima ballerina of Ballet Mississippi, stages performances and conducts a ballet school in Jackson.
The Mississippi Museum of Art is Mississippi's largest art museum. It's collection includes international art plus the best in local works. The Museum also sponsors a series of world-class art exhibits during the year.
The Greater Jackson Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community foundation, incorporated in March 1994 and serving central Mississippi, primarily Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties.
The USA International Ballet Competition (USA IBC), founded in 1978 by Thalia Mara, first took place in 1979, when it joined the ranks of Varna, Bulgaria (1964); Moscow, Russia (1969); and Tokyo, Japan (1976). One of the oldest and most respected competitions in the world, the USA IBC is a two-week “olympic style” competition where tomorrow’s ballet stars vie for gold, silver and bronze medals, cash awards, scholarships and jobs. It can be a stepping stone to a dancer’s career. The audience is filled with company directors interested in hiring dancers, and for this reason, many dancers leave with contracts. This is possibly the grandest prize of all.
The BlackMarket.com is a black-owned, black-oriented web site with substance.
Mississippi Link Weekley newspaper covering African-American news in the Jackson Metro Area.
The Onion is a legendary satirical web site that takes aim at almost anything or anyone that pokes his head up out of the protection of obscurity. Some of its articles were written so "straight" that even foreign governments were fooled into believing that they were literally true.
Landover Baptist Church. A satire on right-wing churches. Not to be confused with real Baptist churches, where the Holy Spirit dwells.
From the 60s, Country Joe McDonald, formerly of Country Joe and the Fish. A web site of songs, anti-war protests and memories. If you are 45 or over, this site will bring tears to your eyes. If you are younger than 45, it's an education in being a full, feeling person. Read, listen and learn.
Michael Moore.com is the official web site of filmmaker and author Michael Moore, maker of Bowling for Columbine, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Moore is also the author of best-selling Stupid White Men, a powerful expose on the abuse of power by the elites that run our country.
The Institute for Southern Studies, Durham, N.C. A region-wide organization combining the in-depth investigations essential to understanding the South with the grassroots organizing needed to change it.
South Carolina Progressive Network is a multi-issue, multicultural nonprofit venture created to strengthen progressive alliances, to promote voter education and participation, and to support grassroots groups and projects across the South Carolina.
The Progressive Review A remarkable website created and maintained by Sam Smith. The inspiration for The Jackson Progressive
Naomi Klein, started in connection with Naomi Klein's book No Logo, the web site functions as a forum for discussion and debate, and for sharing information, strategies of subversion and creative alternatives. It is also intended to keep the reader abreast of news about the politics of brand hegemony and corporate power, and of acts of organized and disorganized resistance from all over the world
CREDO Action (formerly WorkingForChange) is a comprehensive Web site made up of resources for people with progressive values. Anyone with Internet access (members and non-members alike) can speak out on urgent issues, read informative news and columns, go shopping, make a donation or volunteer their time.
Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD). Eleven activists who have spent the last several years researching corporate, labor and legal histories, rethinking their past organizing strategies and talking with people about democracy movements. They work in the tradition of people's struggles to replace illegitimate and tyrannical institutions with democratic ones that disperse, rather than concentrate, wealth and power. An excellent resource.
Le Monde diplomatique. English version of the French political magazine. As each issue is published, some of the articles are made available on the web site for non-subscribers. The web site also includes archives. You will find virtually none of the news reported in Le Monde diplomatique in the newspapers here, either local or national.
Z-Net A community of people concerned about social change. Associated with Z-magazine. Contains the Noam Chomsky archive.
The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today over 175 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms.
Common Dreams Progressive website with links to the latest columnists and news sources.
Moving Ideas Network Network of liberal organizations organized by The American Prospect magazine. Formerly the Electronic Policy Network.
Swans In a time of revisionism, faux-semblant, spinning news and skewed information, Swans is about thinking, questioning, observing and providing a forum for ideas that is 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.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities One of the leading organizations in the country working on public policy issues affecting low-income families and individuals
Mother Jones Magazine Liberal, labor-oriented, muckraking, well-written on-line version of the magazine.
Hightower Radio RealAudio versions of Hightower's radio broadcasts. Populist Hightower is a former Agriculture Commissioner for the State of Texas. Click "On the Air" link to access his broadcasts.
New Democracy works for democratic revolution. Their goal is to give an organized and explicit voice to the revolutionary values and aspirations of the majority of people. This site contains some penetrating and forceful essays on education and democracy. Very readable. Non-Marxist.
Citizens for Tax Justice, founded in 1979, is a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on federal, state and local tax policies and their impact upon our nation. CTJ's mission is to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws against the armies of special interest lobbyists for corporations and the wealthy. The CTJ web site contains a copy of its 1996 report on state taxes. Our own Mississippi, for instance, taxes persons making $10,300 half as much again, as a portion of income, as people making $479,000. (12.1 % vs. 7.1%) After the federal deduction offset, the former folks pay more than twice as a percentage of income as the latter. Not exactly justice, is it?
Narco News. An extraordinary web publication by an extraordinarily brave reporter, Al Giordano, who reports the illegal and reprehensable events in Central and South America surrounding the drug war. Giordano is currently a defendant in a libel suit by the owner of a large Mexican bank for having published an expose on its involvement in the drug trade.
Michael Ruppert: Case File: CIA & Drugs. Former Los Angeles Police Department narcotic investigator's website. Scary stuff. Worth pondering. Update: Ruppert's website is now in archival status. The short story is that Ruppert finally succumbed to stress, including burglars tearing up his office and smashing his servers and other computer hardware, and moved to Venezuala, where he sought political asylum. His conditioned worsened to the degree that he finally had to be moved to Canada, where he currently is residing. He has a new website, http://www.mikeruppert.blogspot.com/, but has announced that he is retiring from activism but will continue to write on peak oil and global warming. You can find his personal update by going to the latter website and searching on "Ruppert."
Worldwatch Institute. One of the outstanding organizations studying the trends in the environment. A wealth of environmental and climatic information.
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
Redefining Progress - a public policy organization dedicated to sustainability. RP developed the Genuine Progress Indicator, as opposed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to measure the actual progress of society. It starts with the same accounting framework as the GDP, but then makes some crucial distinctions: It adds in the economic contributions of household and volunteer work, but subtracts factors such as crime, pollution, and family breakdown.
The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network a project of the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) and the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam), works in partnership with citizens groups globally on environment and development issues with a particular focus on climate change, energy, gender equity, and economic issues.
Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly. A newsletter (named in honor of environmental writer Rachel Carson) emailed free to subscribers, containing carefully-researched information on environmental threats and the response to those threats by governments, ngo's, corporations and publics. Must reading for persons concerned about the environment. Published by The Environmental Research Foundation.
The Heat is Online, a web site on global warming based upon the book The Heat is On by by Ross Gelbspan, (Perseus Books,1997); contains portions of the book itself plus additional comments and materials acquired by the author after the publication of the book. If you have a 56K modem or faster Internet access, there is a vivid 10-minute RealVideo presentation on global warming.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a leading content provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are campaigning to protect the environment.
The Nonviolence Web is a good resource for up to date news and commentary on nonviolence and social change.
Hidden Agendas: the films and writings of John Pilger. "It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messangers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it." The web site contains numerous clips of his most recent film on the fate of East Timor, Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy.
The Human Rights Campaign envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights - and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work, and in the community.
Oneworld.net 300 Global Justice Organizations
School of the Americas Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work.
FEAR (Forfeiture Endangers American Rights), is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process.
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC works in association with Privacy International, an international human rights group based in London, UK and is also a member of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, the Internet Free Expression Alliance, the Internet Privacy Coalition, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD).
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 intend to do something about it.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints
Institute for Public Accuracy Institute for Public Accuracy represents an effort to bring other voices to the mass-media table often dominated by a few major think tanks
The Center for Media & Democracy is dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. The Center serves citizens, journalists and researchers seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and misleading PR practices.
The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action. Since the first world encounter in 2001, it has taken the form of a permanent world process seeking and building alternatives to neo-liberal policies.
Peacemaking, a Korean online magazine, discusses events in South Korea from a liberal/progressive viewpoint.
Xinhuanet.com is the news web site run by Xinhua News Agency, the state news agency of China. The link takes you to the English section of the web site. This is a good place to get the official view of the government of the Peoples Republic of China.
VHeadline.com is an online newspaper covering news of Venezuala. Get some uncensored information about the events in Venezuala.
Global Issues That Affect Everyone looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. Over 5000 links to external articles, web sites reports and analysis are used to provide credence to the arguments made on this web site. The issue categories range from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics and the environment.
Foreign Policy in Focus. A joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, and an excellent source of progressive foreign policy analyses.The Commons A world-wide forum concerned with improving our understanding and control of technology as it impacts on people in their daily lives; A shared space on the Internet, freely accessible to all via the World Wide Web; A means for defining and moving toward an ethical framework that will make creative use of 21st century communications and a new spirit of international cooperation -- to find ways to reconcile the apparently contradictory but eminently human, and vitally complementary, traits of individual enterprise and our need for community and place. Based in Paris, France. Note that there is a Mississippi Rising section on this site.
Transnationale The french non-profit organization Transnationale was created on October 10, 1999 in order to collect commercial, financial, social and ecological information on transnational corporations, to confront those facts to the universal principles of justice and ethics and to communicate them to the citizens. The web site is mostly in French, but the link points to the section in English.
Third World Traveler provides travel information for developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania; and publishes magazine articles and book excerpts that inform citizens about the impact of the policies of transnational corporations, international financial institutions, and the United States government and its national security establishment on democracy, human rights, and social and economic justice in the Third World, and in the United States. Lots of enlightening information here.
The Guardian Unlimited British newspaper. Free but registration required.
The Electronic Telegraph. The Online version of The Daily Telegraph, a British Newspaper. Tory, conservative; good investigative writing. Some of the most damaging revelations about President Clinton came from Telegraph writers. Free but registration required.
The Independent (UK). Excellent reporting. It's not always easy to categorize this newspaper as left or right. Critical of both parties. The Independent ran some of the first stories connecting Gulf War syndrome to the use by the allies of depleted uranium ordinance. Some of the best articles are no longer free, including all the ones from the mideast by Robert Fisk.
BITS -- Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security is a treasure-trove of NATO and other political documents related to NATO and defense matters. A large part of the site is in German, but there is a significant portion in English.
The Transitioner.org brings together those who want to develop Collective Intelligence in order to build a fair world. This is a wiki, i.e. a public participative website made by its visitors.
Orion Magazine: Since 1982, Orion has worked to reconnect human culture with the natural world, blending scientific thinking with the arts, engaging the heart and mind, and striving to make clear what we all have in common.
Anthony Judge writings. "[T]he challenge of the theoretical complexity of the external form is matched by the challenge of juggling one's psychic innards into some appropriate harmony -- transcending simplistic understandings of concord and discord." Expect to be ruthlessly propelled out of the box by this thinker.
The Structure of Democracy The Institute for the Study of Civic Values has established this web page as a resource center for people working to promote democracy in America
The Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and technology. One of its principal projects is the furtherance of community-based research. "Community-based research" is research that is conducted by, with, or for communities (e.g., with civic, grassroots, or worker groups throughout civil society). This research differs from the bulk of the R&D conducted in the United States, most of which--at a total cost of about $170 billion per year--is performed on behalf of business, the military, the federal government, or in pursuit of the scientific and academic communities' intellectual interests.
Solari Village is a web-based toolmaker. Its tools are designed to help people: (1) understand how the resources work in and around their place; (2) start and build high performance sustainable businesses focused in residential services; (3) collaborate on back office, marketing, and finance with other local businesses; and (4) aggregate business activities through a network of community networks.
The GNU Home Page GNU (stands for "GNU not Unix") is a project of the FreeSoft Foundation to develope free, open-source software. Read the philosophical foundations of the GNU project and its history. Linux is distributed under the GNU software license, which makes it and all its derivatives freely copyable and modifiable. A whole new way of looking at "intellectual property."
Heritage Foundation Unbelievably pretentious and boring, but without question the most influential, most wealthy, right-wing think tank. Best for true believers looking for apologetics.
Cato Institute Libertarian. Cato Institute is in the forefront of the movement to gut Social Security. The arguments are all here.
FreeRepublic.com Nasty, flaming, almost fascist site. Visit this site to peer into the right-wing abyss.
Council of Conservative Citizens This is the far right organization with which Sen. Trent Lott is accused of associating. Not pretty. At one time it contained an unfinished book by one Frank Conner entitled Our War. Hard to tell if the title's similarity to Hitler's My War (Mein Kampf) is deliberate or not. In any case, the book is not to be found on the web site anymore.
Instapundit Right-wing blog of University of Tennessee Law School professor Glen Reynolds. Positive and irrefutable proof that a law degree does not guarantee political wisdom. This blog is no longer the commanding presence it was considered to be several years ago when the liberal/progressive blogosphere was just getting started. Like most right-wing blogs, it does not provide for readers' comments.
The Traditional Values Coalition is a right-wing fascist organization that calls itself Christian. It approves of torture, so long as it is "them" being tortured, and not "us." If you want to see what a political and religious cesspool is like, this is the place.
Jay's Leftist and 'Progressive' Internet Resources Directory. A Web Portal for all Good People around Planet Earth who are anti-War, anti-Imperialist, anti-Racist, anti-Sexist, and anti-Homophobic and who want to Fight Back and build together a Better World.History and Politics Out Loud (HPOL) HPOL is a searchable multimedia database documenting and delivering authoritative audio relevant to American history and politics. This project is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching With Technology Program in collaboration with Michigan State University and the National Gallery of the Spoken Word. Other website support from Northwestern University Library, School of Speech, Office of the Provost, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Political Science.The Smoking Gun Tape of President Richard Nixon is in the database as well as Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
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