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A Selective and Annotated Listing of Politically Progressive Internet Sites Dealing with U Osaka Keidai Ronshu, Vol. 56 No. 3 September 2005 27 A Selective and Annotated Listing of Politically Progressive Internet Sites Dealing with U. S. Imperialism and Foreign Policy, War and Peace, and American Domestic Political Issues David Lawrence Keywords : American Media, Culture, and Society, Iraq War, War on Terrorism, Internet Web logs (Blogs) Introduction This listing of left-wing and liberal electronic magazines (“e-zines”) and web logs (“blogs”) was compiled as an educational and research tool for educators, researchers and students in Japan who wish to learn more about contemporary American thought concerning important in- ternational anddomestic political and economic issues. The sitesselected have decidedly left/- liberal/ libertarian points of view. As many left-wing and liberal political commentators have pointed out, left-of-center points of view are not widely represented in the corporate or publicly-owned mainstreammedia. There are many reasons for theexclusion of such points of view from theestablishment press and airways, but as Chomsky, Parenti, Bagdikian and many other writers have pointed out, the result is that Americans are increasingly exposed to a very narrow range of news and analysis of important issues ranging from the so-called “War on Terrorism” and the U. S. invasion and occupation of Iraq to domestic issues, such as the decline in the standard of living and cuts in education and vital social services and health care.1) So, too, whetherreading the Japanese English language press or viewing broadcast satellite and cable news programs in Japan, when it comes to news and analysis from the United States, readers and viewers also are only exposed to a very narrow range of views from the U. S. The internet is increasingly becoming a vital source of alternative news and analysis, espe- cially since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks againstthe United States. While the main- streammedia has basically closed ranks behind the Bush administration and filtered out any negative news and critical analysis, the alternative media on the internet has blossomed. While many “bloggers” are writers lack establishment news media experience, many others are sea- soned journalists who cuttheir teeth working for mainstream wire services, newspapers, news 1) Third World Travel. http://www. thirdworldtraveler. com/TWTwebsite_INDEX.html 28 Osaka Keidai Ronshu, Vol. 56 No. 3 magazines and the broadcast media. Many others haveexpertise in academiaand are using the internetto air their professional view to abroader audience than they could reach through traditional academic journal and book publishing. These listings are intended to give Japanese academics and students interested in following the issues an alternative source of informationnot readily available in venues other than the internet nor very easily foundduring a traditionalinternet search. Third World Traveler http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/ TWTwebsite_INDEX.html Thissite is by far the most extensive source of information from a progressive-left perspec- tive on the Net. The Third World Traveler site offers a cornucopia of magazine articles and book excerpts from an alternative viewpointto that of the corporate mediaaboutthe state of democracy in America. The site proclaims that it examines “the impact of the policies of the United States’ government, transnational corporations, international trade and financialinstitu- tions, 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.” 2) Third World Traveler also is an excellent source of information and links for international travelers. The collection of book excerpts is the most extensive thatthis writer has found on the Internet. Thissite also has the most extensive array of topics about every imaginable topiccon- cerning Americanhistory, politics, economics,and international affairs from a left perspective. Indeed, you can get lost for days whileexamining the sites vast resources. Extensiveexcerpts from books by noted American authors, such as Professor Noam Chomsky, historian Howard Zinn, and offers a plethora of progressive commentators and jour- nalists, make thissite a valuable resource on contemporary American politics, economy, and foreign policy. The site’s editors encourage theirreaders to buy the books found on itssite because “...with- out public awareness of and support for independent progressive authors, publications and pub- lishers, this much-needed information may not continue to be available.” 3) A sampling of the site’s index give the reader some sense of the magnitude of thissite’s re- sources: MEDIA-MAIN PAGE * Authors’ Page * Books-sorted alphabetically * Books-sorted by subject * Project Censored 2) loc. cit. 3) Michael Parenti Page. http://www. thirdworldtraveler. com/Parenti/Michael_Parenti.html A Selective and Annotated Listing of Politically Progressive Internet Sites…… 29 * Media Control * Media watch * Broadcast Media watch * Magazines page-alternatives to the mainstream press * Media page * Progressive Media Links * Media & New World Order * Public relations watch * Media Reform * Internet News and Information * Independent Press & Publishers * Think Tank watch U. S. FOREIGN POLICY and the PENTAGON * Iraq page * War on Terrorism * American Empire * Friendly dictators * Reordering America’s Priorities/Reducing U. S. Military Budget * Dictators * International War Crimes * Terrorism watch * Yugoslavia page * Torture watch * School of the Americas watch * Pentagon watch * Militarization of Space * Foreign policy watch * Imperialism and colonialism * Europe watch * Caribbean watch * Central America watch * Mexico watch * South America watch * Asia watch * Central Asia watch * Africa watch * Middle East watch * Israel watch * Central Asia watch * Pacific watch * Islands watch 30 Osaka Keidai Ronshu, Vol. 56 No. 3 * Land mine watch * United States & Third World * New World Order * War on Drugs * Weapons page INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES and CRIMINALS * Truth Commissions page * Human Rights Watch * International Criminal Court * Jurisdiction of International Criminal Court * Iraq page * Yugoslavia page * School of the Americas * Land mines * Genocide watch * Our War Criminals * Henry Kissinger page * Ronald Reagan page COVERT ACTIVITIES-CIA, FBI, NSA * CIA watch * Secret Wars of the CIA-John Stockwell * CIA Diary: Inside the Company-Philip Agee * Deadly Deceits-Ralph McGehee * The Lawless State-Morton Halperin, et al * CIAs Greatest Hits-Mark Zapezuer * FBI watch * National Security Agency (NSA) watch * Terrorism watch * Global Secrets & Lies TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS * Know Thine Enemy a history of corporations in US * When Corporations Rule the World * NAFTA / FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of the Americas) * Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) * World Trade Organization (WTO) * International Monetary Fund and World Bank * Structural Adjustment * Banks watch * Transnational corporations & Third World A Selective and Annotated Listing of Politically Progressive Internet Sites…… 31 * New Global Economy * Corporate watch * Corporate Welfare * Controlling Corporations * Globalization watch * Oil watch * Water page * Diamonds page DEMOCRACY and SOCIETY * Democracy watch * Society watch * Ruling Elites * Labor page * Reordering America’s Priorities * Reforming the Electoral Process * Dissent page * Patriotism page * National Security page * Civil Liberties watch * Nationalism page * Politics watch * Political Crimes and Criminals * Militarization of America * Military-Industrial Complex * Fascism watch * Police State watch * Socialism watch * Education watch * Economics watch * History watch * Environment watch * Health watch * Energy watch * Food watch * Women watch * Youth & Children watch * Class War watch * “Third Worldization” of America HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE and REFORM * Human rights watch 32 Osaka Keidai Ronshu, Vol. 56 No. 3 * United Nations * Human Rights Documents * World Federalism page * Genocide watch * Justice watch * Prison watch * Reforming the System * Jubilee 2000 Campaign * 50 Years Is Enough Campaign * Third World in United States * Heroes * Zeroes * Life & death in Third World PROGRESSIVE WEB SITES WHAT YOU CAN DO * What you can do * Boycott page * Solidarity page * Numbers to know * Progressive web sites * Become informed-books * Become informed-magazines, media organizations & publishers * Progressive Politics THIRD WORLD TRAVEL TRAVEL INFORMATION * Travel Links * Airports & Airlines * Weather * Country tourism offices in U. S. * World currencies * Conversions-U. S./ metric TRAVELLINKS TRAVEL WEATHER TRAVEL HEALTH * Disease risks & precautions * Health alerts * Diseases A Selective and Annotated Listing of Politically Progressive Internet Sites…… 33 THIRD WORLD TRAVEL * Third World-definition anddescription * Responsible travelin Third World * Elsewhere * The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle * We musttravel... * Burma: to goor notto go * Conscientious projectors-travelers and human rights Michael Parenti Page http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Parenti/Michael_Parenti.html Michael Parenti (featured on www. thirdworldtraveler.com) has written extensively on the issues of the uses and effects of propaganda in Americaand American foreign policy. According to Parenti, “Theenormous gap between what U. S. leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propagandaaccomplishments of the dominant political mythology.”
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