Resources on Politics and World Affairs

[RageSk8]

I thought that it would be a good idea to share the web resources people on this forum use to get news. You can also post non-"web resources" but seeing that it is obvious we all have access to the internet, web resources are guaranteed to be available to everyone (unless one is in China). Personally, I only get news and political analysis from the web because I live in a dorm without subscriptions to newspapers or cable tv (I could go to the library, but I don't). Anyways, here are some of the sites I visit regularly:

General News:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Blogs:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.talkleft.com/
http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/
http://marston.blogspot.com/ (law commentary and links on a variety of nations - mostly the US and Germany)
http://www.tomburka.com/ (this site is political satire - I do not consider it a news source, but it is rather funny)
http://thismodernworld.com/ (one of my favorite leftist comics, has a blog on the site)

Slanted Commentary:
http://www.thenation.com/ (Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865)
http://www.salon.com/

Well, it is no secret that I lean to the left. You?

[HAVOC451]

Beyond the mainstream:
http://cryptome.org/
http://www.democracynow.org/
http://www.consortiumnews.com/

[Zero]

Here are the best 2 sites on the internet:

http://www.spinsanity.org/
http://www.dailyhowler.com/

[phi1978]

Some UK news sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk

[Mattius_]

www.politicsforum.com

Love for forums is identical to love for children. You dont love one less if another comes along, you love them both equally, and the total love grows.[:D]

[Njorl]

Rage covered most of mine, but for geo-political facts and stats, I like

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Njorl

[amp]

This one is very good:

http://counterpunch.org/

http://www.drudgereport.com/

http://www.salon.com/news/

http://www.truthout.com/

http://www.opensecrets.org/

[HAVOC451]

The antidote for Drudge.[;)]
http://www.drudge.com/

[Zero]

And if you like your news to be semi-nutty:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/

http://www.newsmax.com/

[HAVOC451]

Originally posted by Mattius_
www.politicsforum.com

Love for forums is identical to love for children. You dont love one less if another comes along, you love them both equally, and the total love grows.[:D]

Forums? Yes...

http://www.upsizethis.org/forum/index.php

Upsize is a political/social issue oriented forum. I'd say that most members are social democrats and left libertarian, but there are several that are more conservative. There are some truly wonderful people here. This fourum is moderated. You must register to post.

And the there's the Mad Guerrilla...

http://www.forums.madguerillabrigade.com/index.php?s=

This is a social forum. It can be quite funny. There is a place to discuss serious issues, but most of the conversation is in the say anything forum. WARNING: This place is not for the thin skinned, the feint hearted, or the innocent. Newbies are occasionally run over by the welcome wagon and then eaten. There are moderators here, but they don't inhibit free speech.

Tell 'em I sent you. It won't save you but I'll get some points for the store. [!:)]

[Nommos Prime (Dogon)]

The Aussie Anarchists Weekly Bible:

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~anarch/

Most articles are written by Dr Joseph Toscano/Libertarian Workers For A Self-Managed Society.

[selfAdjoint]

Here's a one size fits all, two dimensional guide to blogs of all stripes. Vertical axis is authoritarian-anti-authoritarian, horizontal is political left-right.

Political Compass (http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/surveys/compass.html?seemore=y)

[dave91353]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/
http://911review.org/
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
http://www1.iraqwar.ru/index.php?userlang=en
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://www.thememoryhole.org/index.htm
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/
http://www.madcowprod.com/
http://xymphora.blogspot.com/

[HAVOC451]

I can't imagine how I forgot this one.
http://www.tompaine.com/

[schwarzchildradius]

That CIA site is teriffic, too bad the neocons used "Team B" instead of real intelligence, s/a

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 6,339,458 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,541,467 (2003 est.)

just where did they think those 3.5 million guys were going to dissappear to?
anyway, I like the daily mirror:
www.mirror.co.uk (http://www.mirror.co.uk)

[BoulderHead]

America's Finest News SourceTM;

http://www.theonion.com/

[schwarzchildradius]

here's one (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/inside/about.html) that looks pretty cool, there's an article about the growing crime crisis from cutting cops ("Homeland Security Guards").

[schwarzchildradius]

I've recently found a few mailed to me by a "Military Families Speak Out" member, and I think they're excellent:
http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/ORR.htm#Occupation
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1274.shtml
http://www.uuiraq.org/english/who.html

[Jane]

For me it remains,

http://www.aljazeera.net

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.umrc.net

[pelastration]

When you are interested in real pressnews photo's on Iraq : http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iraq_photos5d.html

[Ivan Seeking]

didn't see this one

http://www.factcheck.org

[Njorl]

There's a good site for debunking urban myths and the latest false rumors. Does anyone recall it? It would be a good one for this llist.

Njorl

[HAVOC451]

Urban Legends (http://www.snopes.com/)

[pelastration]

This Arab news website is faster than aljazeera.net
http://www.albawaba.com/main/index.ns.php3?lang=e

[Njorl]

This Arab news website is faster than aljazeera.net
http://www.albawaba.com/main/index.ns.php3?lang=e
Thanks Havoc. I kept thinking snoopy.com or scooby.com.

[Njorl]

D'oh,
thanked right person, quoted wrong post!

Njorl

[pelastration]

Press service Department of Defence (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/)

[pelastration]

Towards a political union of Europe. Official source.

The idea that the European Union should speak with one voice in world affairs is as old as the European integration process itself. But the Union has made less progress in forging a common foreign and security policy over the years than in creating a single market and a single currency. The geopolitical changes following the collapse of communism and the outbreak of regional crises in the Balkans and beyond led EU members to redouble efforts to speak and act as one. A new framework is emerging

http://europa.eu.int/pol/cfsp/index_en.htm

[RageSk8]

Right leaning blogs I read (all more libertarian than conservative):
http://volokh.com/ - Smart Libertarians (sure their philosophy is bs, but they do have interesting things to say once in a while)
http://www.tacitus.org/
http://www.danieldrezner.com/blog/ (smart guy)

Economic Blogs with a liberal slant:
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/index.html (big free trader, served in Clinton Administration)
http://www.maxspeak.org/mt/

[Njorl]

http://www.wtrg.com/oil_graphs/oilprice1947.gif

Because everyone should know what the normallized price of oil has been!

Njorl

[Shahil]

Had to add some South African news sites. They're quite good and less biased than Northern Hemisphere based publications as South Africa is quite neutral.

www.news24.co.za
www.sundaytimes.co.za
www.iol.co.za

[Cod]

Best political forums on the internet:

Whistle Stopper (http://www.whistlestopper.com/forum/index.php)

[loseyourname]

Very good libertarian resource:

www.reason.org

And, of course, the libertarian party homepage:

www.lp.org

[Ivan Seeking]

An excellent source of information for issues of energy.

World Energy News
http://www.worldenergynews.com/

[Dissident Dan]

World News Network: http://www.wn.com

[Ivan Seeking]

News and information about missile technology and defense systems

http://www.missilethreat.com/

[Outcast]

Headline Spot (http://headlinespot.com/)

News Media from across the United States and around the world. Want to read the Yemen Times or the Bangkok Post? They got it. Lots of foreign papers written in English.

[Burnsys]

www.prisonplanet.com
www.indymedia.org

[fourier jr]

for Canada stuff:
www.cbc.ca
www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca
www.vivelecanada.ca
dominionpaper.ca (http://dominionpaper.ca)
www.notacolony.ca
www.canadians.org

for the rest:
www.gregpalast.com
www.killinghope.org
www.truthout.com
www.buzzflash.com

[Ivan Seeking]

If you're confused by the political jargon of this election season, consult our glossary featuring over 100 terms.

http://www.pbs.org/elections/glossary/index.html

[Smurf]

For all your 'Radical Politics' needs
http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm

[selfAdjoint]

For all your 'Radical Politics' needs
http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm

Doesn't even come close. Now for every shade of marxism, worldwide, try Ken Macleod's blogroll (http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/)

[Smurf]

:rofl: Very first line I read
More than half the US electors have voted for smirking evil
I like....

Some more sites I like:
Anarchosyndicalism (http://www.spunk.org/library/writers/rocker/sp001495/rocker_as1.html)
Spunk.org (http://www.spunk.org/)
List of Forms of Government (http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/List_of_forms_of_government)
Technocracy Incorporated (http://www.technocracyinc.org/main.htm)
Adbusters (http://www.adbusters.org/home/)

[Hat_Man]

Micheal Savage (http://www.michaelsavage.com)

Borders, language and culture.

[Astronuc]

Here are some interesting links:

www.worldpress.org - World Press contains news articles from a broad spectrum of journalistic sources from far right to far left and everything in between. I do endorse this organization.

Try also - http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm - access to several hundred online services from the world's newpapers.


www.motherjones.com - Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through 'first rate' (and I hope thorough and independent) investigative reporting. Mother Jones Magazine and Motherjones.com are made possible, in large part, by the support of the Foundation for National Progress and through donations from individual readers like its readers. Conservatives consider this organization 'Liberal'.

www.axisoflogic.com - Axis of logic claims to be "comprised of an all-volunteer group of writers and editors who are committed to publishing news and commentary that is often not presented in the major news outlets. We research news and opinion from around the world on a daily basis. We also announce action alerts, conferences and seminars. The editorial choices we make have no hidden agenda and are not attached to any particular ideology or political organization. We also believe there is no substitute for real, progressive action as all of us continue what has already become a perilous journey into the interior of 21st Century. We are grateful for the many wonderful organizations and coalitions active in the Peace Movement today and wish to do all we can to support their efforts and to promote unity, harmony and collective power among them. We readily confess our own set of presuppositions: Our world view is one of peace, democracy, environmental responsibility and compassion for ourselves and our fellow human beings. We identify "Corporate Global Empire" as our common foe and the enemy of the people. We believe that all current, viable political parties in the U.S. are in service to the empire and do not represent the people. We are not to be identified as "Democrats", "Republicans", "Capitalists", "Communists" or "Socialists", "Progressives" or with any ideology that can be reduced to a religion, organization or any other "ism". We offer no such target for attack by the enemies of the truth. We welcome original writing from our readers, as well as news and article submissions. We also invite you to offer critique of our work. Your suggestions are essential to our growth and improving our service."

Christian Science Monitor - http://www.csmonitor.com/

[Astronuc]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ - Represent left, right and everything in between.

[Rev Prez]

A sampling of open access resources I've bookmarked over the years

Globalsecurity.org (http://globalsecurity.org) - Excellent open source strategic studies repository and portal.

Defenselink (http://defenselink.mil) - DoD's information portal.

Jane's Intelligence Review (http://jir.janes.com)

MIT SSP (http://web.mit.edu/ssp) - Security Studies Program at MIT

DOAJ (http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=45) - Directory of Open Access Journals (Law & Political Science)

Dispatch Archive (http://www.state.gov/www/publications/dispatch/index.html) - Electronic archive of State Department's premier magazine

Economic and Political Weekly (http://www.epw.org.in/showIndex.php)

Joint Force Quarterly (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/index.htm) - Check out the broader Joint Electronic Library

Military Review (http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/milrev) - Combined Arms Center's bimonthly pub

MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (http://web.mit.edu/cis/www/mitejmes/intro.htm)

Naval War College Review (http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/aboutNWCR.htm)

RAND Review (http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/index.html)

Parameters (http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/) - US Army War College quarterly

...and finally...

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html)

[Astronuc]

http://smirkingchimp.com/index.php :biggrin:

[Astronuc]

On a more optimisitic side

Action Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.

Action Without Borders is independent of any government, political ideology or religious creed. Our work is guided by the common desire of our members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.

http://www.idealist.org/

[Astronuc]

Political Humor

http://www.markfiore.com/

Mark Fiore is an editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a web site featuring his work.

[GENIERE]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/

[edward]

Some documents must be purchased. Click on the left side bar "electronic briefing books" for much info readily available online.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/sets.html

[alexandra]

The Union of Concerned Scientists (homepage: http://www.ucsusa.org/index.cfm ) describes itself as "a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development, and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions". I have found this an excellent source of research-based critical analyses of pressing current issues such as global warming, deforestation, biotechnology, 'clean vehicles', energy and security. I believe this link to be especially appropriate to PF given the number of scientists who frequent this forum.

[The Smoking Man]

For anyone interested in Japanese history and the issues that go back 80 years or so, this site is an ongoing collection of facts and links.

It is heavily biased and does not contain links to any alternate points of view.

It is scary to say the least:

The Other Holocaust :
Nanjing Massacre, Sex Slaves, Opium
WMD Unit 731, 100, 516, and Slavery (http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/japan.html)

One read and you will question everything you ever knew about the war in the Pacific, Douglas McArthur and if Japan should EVER be entrusted with a Security Countil veto.

[The Smoking Man]

Bioweaponry: Try :!!)'The Sunshine Project' (http://www.sunshine-project.org/) :!!)

Okay ... so it sounds like Ronald McDonald house ... But it ain't.

The Project's name, a suggestion by van Aken's former co-worker Charles Margulis, is a reference to the fact that many biological weapons are quickly broken down and rendered harmless by exposure to bright sunlight.

[Smurf]

At any rate, the eXile would definitely go under if it had to publish in a normal country, with functioning libel laws. We found that out the hard way, when a breakaway faction tried to start up a stateside eXile. They couldn't even get the first issue into print; the printing press refused to touch it for fear of lawsuits. Land of the Free, our eXiled ***! Russia is the only place where our kind of freedom -- freedom from legal consequences -- can flourish.
www.exile.ru

[The Smoking Man]

Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War an AMAZING Site (http://www.sjwar.org/) :surprised :yuck:

[edward]

There is also a top 11 list you may want to check out. :rofl:

http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/

[1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21]

www.drudgereport.com

[Ivan Seeking]

A quote believed to be from the late Sen Patrick Moynahan: The thing that one must remember about life in Washington is that we're all in this alone.

[X-43D]

More about globalization, capitalism and corporatism:

http://www.marxist.com/Theory/chomsky_part1.htm
http://www.worldpsychology.net/World%20Psychology/VirtualPsyFiles/nova_pagina_45.htm

[jhe1984]

This site covers international affairs and world issues:

Worldstuffs - www.worldstuffs.com

[Astronuc]

Center for American Progress
http://www.americanprogress.org/

The Center for American Progress is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all. We believe Americans are bound together by a common commitment to these values and we aspire to ensure our national policies reflect these values. Our policy and communications efforts are organized around four major objectives:

• developing a long term vision of a progressive America,
• providing a forum to generate new progressive ideas and policy proposals,
• responding effectively and rapidly to conservative proposals and rhetoric with a thoughtful critique and clear alternatives, and
• communicating progressive messages to the American public.

We work to find progressive and pragmatic solutions to significant domestic and international problems and develop policy proposals that foster a government that is "of the people, by the people, and for the people." We believe in honoring work, building strong communities, fostering effective government and encouraging free and fair markets. About (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/c.biJRJ8OVF/b.3459/) the Center for American Progress

[Astronuc]

www.abanet.org

American Bar Association Dialogue Series - http://www.abanet.org/publiced/features/dialogues.html
The American Bar Association "Dialogue" series is built upon the idea of stimulating conversations about law and its role in society in high school classrooms and community settings. Often facilitated by a lawyer or judge, each dialogue includes background information, focus questions, and advice on holding civil discussions, as well as resources and other related information. Topics include separation of powers, the American jury, Brown v. Board of Education, and a dialogue on freedom focusing on American civic values. Following are brief descriptions of each Dialogue; you'll want to visit each Dialogue's website for more information and accompanying resources.

Dialogue on the Separation of Powers
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/features/sepdialogue.html
The U.S. Constitution was the first written constitution to create a government formed around the doctrine of separation of powers. Separation of powers gives each branch of government separate powers that act to check and balance the powers of the other branches. The framers of the Constitution deliberately created tension between the branches to ensure that no one branch would dominate our government. An understanding of separation of powers is fundamental to informed engagement with our government and the issues it confronts. We encourage lawyers and judges across the country to organize Dialogues in their community.

I heard a talk by Michael Greco, President of the ABA, concerning the US War on Terror and its impact on freedoms. Very interesting.

President of the American Bar Association, Michael S. Greco examines the legal issue that has divided America since September 11: What can, and can’t, the federal government lawfully do in the name of defending us from the threat of terrorism?

Greco tells why he believes that Americans must reject the false choice that has been offered between protecting our security and protecting our liberty. “We can and must” , he says, “protect both”. Mr. Greco is a Boston Lawyer who received his law degree from Boston College School of Law. Born in Italy, he is the first ABA president to have been an immigrant.

This program was recorded live on June 7, 2006 http://www.odeo.com/audio/1425398/view
Download mp3 of talk or listen to the podcast.

[Greg Bernhardt]

Open discussion on politics, looser moderation.
http://www.usmessageboard.com