Alternatives to the Right-Wing Agenda of Repression

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Alternatives to the Right-Wing Agenda of Repression

 

General Interest

 

AlterNet and Institute for Alternative Journalism

http://www.alternet.org/an/

The Institute for Alternative Journalism is a nonprofit

organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting

independent and alternative journalism, and to improving

the public's access to independent information sources.

 

Democracy Works

http://www.igc.apc.org/an/demworks.html/

" An online guide to the work of individuals and

organizations promoting greater understanding and

tolerance in America and heightened awareness of threats

to freedom of expression and civil liberties. " Featured

issue areas include culture, right watch, reproductive

freedoms, environment, gay/lesbian/bisexual issues,

education, and upcoming events. A project of the Institute

for Alternative Journalism and the National Campaign for

Freedom of Expression.

 

Institute for First Amendment Studies

http://www.berkshire.net/~ifas/

" Founded in 1984, IFAS is a non-profit educational and

research organization focusing solely on the activities of

the radical Religious Right. Our home page contains a

wealth of information on the Religious Right. Whether

your focus is on reproductive rights, gay rights,

censorship, education, law, politics, religion,

televangelists, church/state issues - you'll find it on the

IFAS home page. "

 

Mother Jones Magazine

http://www.mojones.com/

Check out the article " Sin of Omission: How long can

religious conservatives go on about protecting kids from

dangerous drugs without saying anything about

smoking? " Or check out " Smoking and the Unborn " --

" It's hypocrisy, " says one pro-life activist about the right's

silence on smoking and pregnancy. " What are you going

to stand for? Tobacco growers or the sanctity of life? "

 

Paper Tiger Television

http://papertiger.org/

" Smashing the Myths of the Information Industry " --

Paper Tiger is a public access tv show that " looks at the

communications indutry via the media and all its forms. "

Contains a listing of over 260 shows and tells you how to

order them. Check out the info about the new vidoetape

Narrowcasting: Technology and the Rise of the

Christian Right at

http://artcon.rutgers.edu/papertiger/narrowcast.html.

 

People for the American Way

http://www.pfaw.org/

Updated frequently, this site contains topic areas such as

Issue fo the Month, Free Expression, Building

Democracy, Equal Rights, Education, Religious Liberty,

Choice, Recent Press ReleasesWhat's Up On Capitol Hill,

Links to Progressive Groups. The site is also searchable

by keyword.

 

Political Research Associates

http://www.publiceye.org/pra/

PRA monitors authoritarian, anti-democratic, and racist

movements and trends of the U.S. political right. Their

web site contains a wealth of information dedicated to

helping you understand the right-wing threat to

democracy and diversity.

 

Working Assests

http://www.wald.com/

A long distance phone company dedicated to social

activism. Check out their Newsbite section for opinion,

humor and news from a progressive perspective. Updated

constantly.

 

Other Interesting and Relevant Sites

 

Globalvision

http://www.globalvision.org/globalvision/

Globalvision is an independent television and film

production company specializing in information,

entertainment and corporate programming. They are

producers of several award-winning programs including

South Africa Now and the current Rights and Wrongs:

Human Rights Television. The web site contains more

info about Globalvision, station programming schedules,

video catalog, and more. Also check out the Human

Rights World Map to obtain human rights reports of

various countries.

 

WebActive

http://www.webactive.com/

WebActive is a weekly publication designed to offer

progressive activists an up-to-date resource on the World

Wide Web to find other organizations and individuals

with similar values and interests. Updated frequently.

 

Regional Interest

 

Fight the Right Network

http://www.critpath.org/ftrn/

The Fight the Right Network is a Philadelphia

organization established in April of 1994. In 1996 they

joined with People for the American Way to develop the

Pennsylvania Expose Project.

 

Interfaith Working Group

http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/

Our mission is to inform the public of the diversity of

religious opinion on social issues where it is not widely

recognized by providing a voice and a forum for religious

organizations, congregations and clergy in the

Philadelphia area who favor gay rights, reproductive

freedom, and the separation of church and state.

 

Pennsylvania Expose Project

http://www.libertynet.org/~exposepa/

Pennsylvania Expose is a project of the Fight the Right

Network and the People for the American Way Action

Fund.

 

 

Censorship and the Arts

 

First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT)

http://w3.trib.com/FACT/

The FACT Web site is intended to be a resource for

anyone wanting to learn about the First Amendment. It

provides information on all the liberties guaranteed by the

amendment. The site will be continually updated and

expanded. FACT maintains links to other Web sites that

have relevant material.

 

National Campaign for Freedom of Expression

http://www.tmn.com/Artswire/www/ncfe/NCFE.htm

The National Campaign for Freedom of Expression is an

education and advocacy network of artists, arts

organizations and the public, founded to fight censorship

and to protect and extend the First Amendment right to

freedom of artistic expression.

Their web site contains News, Action, Resources, and

Election Coverage.

 

National Coalition Against Censorship

http://www.ncac.org/

Contains information about NCAC as well as excerpts

from their publication Censorship News. The National

Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974,

is an alliance of over 40 national non-comercial

organizations, including literary, artistic, religious,

educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups.