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Politics
and Activism
AK
Press
Specializes in libertarian socialist
(anarchist)/anti-authoritarian material. Great books available --
very cool literature.
Altar
Magazine
a forum for critical thought, coalition
building, artistic creativity, and activism.
Backwash.com
Great
collection of user-submitted articles, news and discussion on a
variety of topics.
Clamor
Magazine
"New perspectives on politics, culture
and media."
Common
Dreams Newscenter
"Breaking news and views for
the Progressive Community." This site is amazing, full of
information and fighting the good fight.
Counterpoise
Counterpoise
is a quarterly review journal that makes independent points of
view widely accessible to librarians, scholars and activists.
Different
Voices
"Alternative news, zines, books, music,
opinion, media resources, and more!" Great collection of
alternative media articles on many subjects.
The
Drug Reform Coordination Network
A central internet
resource for online drug reform activism.
Farm
Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary is a U.S.-based organization
which operates farm animal sanctuaries and wages campaigns to
stop the exploitation of animals raised for food.
Hear
the Issues
"Political Issues and Commentary"
Human
Rights Campaign
"Working for Lesbian and Gay
Equal Rights" - this site is GREAT.
Human
Rights Watch
Comprehensive, shocking, important,
urgent -- words can't describe the info this site contains.
Impact
News
They have a similar name and a similar approach.
But these cool cats are overseas. Check 'em out!
Institute
for First Amendment Studies
"Founded in 1984,
IFAS is a non-profit educational and research organization
focusing solely on the activities of the radical Religious
Right."
Manufactured
Citizens
An online zine for anarcho, crust, and peace
punks.
Mindfield
Magazine
An eZine that features political satire,
short stories, poetry, and interviews.
Montreal
Anarchist Black Cross Federation
The ABCF is a network
of collectives that support North American Political Prisoners
and Prisoners of War. Different PP/POWs participated in
progressive and revolutionary movements in varying levels, some
in educational and community organizing, others in clandestine
armed and offensive people's armies. All are in prison as a
result of conscious political action, for building resistance,
building and leading movements and revolution.
National
Abortion Federation
The Voice of Abortion Providers;
very informative site, lots of info.
October
22nd Coalition:
Stop police brutality, repression, and
the criminalization of a generation.
Orlando
Direct Action:
Central Florida-based
anti-authoritarian group organizing protests and educational
events around local, regional, Florida, national and
international issues.
!OutProud!,
The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth.
Great, needed information.
Great, needed information.
People's
Weekly World Newspaper
The People's Weekly World is
the newspaper of the Communist Party, USA reporting on and
analyzing the pressing issues of the day: peace, social and
economic justice, workers1 rights, civil liberties, reproductive
rights, protection of the environment, and more.
Project
Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart (PVS) provides a
comprehensive database about thousands of candidates and elected
officials for President, Congress, Governors and State
Legislators. Less detailed information is available at the county
and local level for each state.
Protest.Net
Protest.Net
is a site to help progressive activists by providing a place
where times and locations of protests and meetings can be posted
and activists can find out about events near them and around the
world.
SixBillion
SixBillion
is an online magazine of narrative journalism. "There are
six billion people in the world. Each has a story to tell."
Smirking
Chimp
Tons of news and commentary from alternative
news sources plus interactive discussion boards on current
issues. You'll also find political satire galore. Ask not at whom
the chimp smirks - he smirks at you.
Thought
of Freedom
Inside news and stories of first-hand
experiences with activism in British Columbia and Canada.
True
Food Now
Greenpeace's campaign against Genetically
Modified foods. This is a site you MUST CHECK OUT if you want to
avoid GMO products.
Turn
Left
The home of Liberalism on the web.
Vegan
Action
Vegan Action is a non-profit organization that
educates the public about the many benefits of the vegan diet and
lifestyle.
VegSource
Your
friendly vegan and vegetarian resource. There is a TON of
information at this site. Don't miss it!
Voice
of Freedom
"As an organization, our mission is
dedicated to informing the public of actions by our government
that affect our Unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness, and our Constitutional guarantees of
Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Peaceably Assemble and Freedom to
petition the Government to redress of grievances."
Where
In The World Is Bush
All George W. Bush, all the time;
incredibly comprehensive newssite compiling information on the
activities and travels of our unelected 43rd president.
Working
For Change
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,
go shopping, make a donation, volunteer their time or listen to
the radio.
WWWomen
The
Premier Search Directory for Women Online. VERY comprehensive
women's resource site. Easy to use and loaded with info and
links.
Music
Links
Anticon
It's
the dope shit! Comprised of 8 gentlemen involved both
individually and in small groups with recording, performing,
writing and unlearning art at large, anticon is a label for a
movement. Bound by 8 brands of genre defiance, the anticon family
along with a handful of coworker cousins have been amassing an
archetypal work ethic for the past 5 years while allowing their
respective aesthetics to grow separately and influence one
another.
Ari's
Simple List of Record Labels
Tremendous listing of
record labels, major and indie, alphabetized and indexed. It also
shows where the labels are based out of.
Blac
Bloc
Central Florida-based anarcho-punk band.
Caught
Red Handed
A Seattle-based political D.I.Y. band and
record label.
Central
Florida Local Music Scene
Get listings for shows
across Central Florida, from Tampa to Daytona and everywhere in
between. This is DIY internet at its best.
Crustacean
Records
Cool indie label with releases by bands such
as: Fierce Nipples, Mucky Pup, and Carl You Know Peggy.
Fearless
Records
Home of Dynamite Boy, Bickley, Lonely Kings,
Aquabats, Bigwig, Whitekaps and other punk/hardcore bands
Holiday
Matinee
A San Diego-based music publicity company,
representing such artists as Piebald, Jejune and Kind of Like
Spitting. Also publishes Muddle
magazine, covering punk/hardcore music and pop culture.
Hopeless
Dregs of Humanity
"We are an anarchist
band comprised of the three horsemen of the rock apocalypse. We
geographically hail from central New Jersey and have come to
single-handedly spur the rock 'n roll revolution! Hopeless Dregs
of Humanity is not a political band. This is about life, not
fucking politics. Politics is the sterilized bullshit that those
Republicrats of the state shovel around every 4 years and is
spoken of on television news programs."
House
of the Rising Punk
Extremely cool site that has a
tremendous number of links for bands, zines, labels and other
misc. punk related things. It is presented in a very easy to use
framed fashion.
The
Music and Miscellany of TagYerit
Discover why Guitar
Player says "full of the pure joy of words and music"
(samples in .wav and .mpg)
Rainmaker
Music Publicity
Regardless of genre, age demographic,
and musical ability, without the power of the media, your
artistry will never reach its full commercial potential.
Rainmaker educates you on the machinations of the music media and
the myriad of ways to define and succeed in a niche market.
Ropeadope
Don't
fight the feeling to listen to Ropeadope releases 24 hrs. a day.
They're just THAT good. Artists on this genre-bending label
include The Philadelphia Experiment, Jazzanova, DJ Logic, Spanish
Harlem Orchestra and much more. Bump it!
Signal
Path Records
A Gainesville, FL-based indie label with
releases by The Horror, Might As Well, Robotix, Daughters of the
Revolution and Today Doesn't Count.
Sudden
Death Records
Started in 1987 by Joey Shithead
Keithley (of punk legend D.O.A.), the label has several, varied
bands on their roster.
Wilmington
Exchange--festival of independent music -- films -- zines
-- microbrews
"The Wilmington Exchange is a cooperative
organization that encourages independent thought, striving for an
environment where people can come together and be inspired."
Zhopka
Records
This California-based indie label bills itself
as "Strange music for strange people." Check it out and
decide for yourself. Its artists include Ethelscull, Hmmm...,
Mandible, Pangenitor, Pilesar and The Gray Field Recordings.
Miscellaneous
BaskInYourThoughtCrimes.com
A
Detroit-based artist whose Thoughtcrime installations composed of
intricately made stencils, inspire and evoke autonomous
free-thinking over conformity and feature deconstructions of
popular icons, self-analytical purgings, and social and political
commentary as key central motifs.
CashForCDs.com
A
quick and easy way to convert your unwanted CDs and DVDs into
cold, hard cash without ever having to leave home!
Daddy
Zero
Tampa's independently owned and operated punk,
rockabilly, vintage, tiki, surf, metal, goth, emo, swing, retro,
mod and just plain fun boutique. Tell Miss Holly and Joe that you
learned about the store and site through IMPACT.
FatAmerican.tv
Orlando,
FL-based maker of politically and socially conscious apparel. All
T-shirts are sweatshop-free.
Jonathon
Baker - ARTIST
Jonathon has done some extraordinary
work for IMPACT press. Check out his web site to see more.
The
Montage Art of Winston Smith
You've got to see Winton
Smith's amazing art to really appreciate it - descriptions don't
do it justice.
MooShoes
MooShoes
is one of the best vegan shoe stores around. Not only are the
sisters who run it very cool and totally down with IMPACT, they
also sell GREAT shoes (and other items). The store front is in
NYC, but you can order online too!
Reusablebags.com
This
site offers a wide variety of re-usable bags of all types along
with facts and news on the huge environmental problem posed by
the billions of plastic and paper bags that our society consumes
every year and the global push to reduce their consumption.
Zine
Guide
Zine Guide has established itself as the
definitive resource for independent and underground publications
known as zines. And they give IMPACT press plenty of props.
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