Get the real story
Corporate-owned media outlets (like ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX and CBS) are more likely to give you the Pentagon approved version of the war than the truth. Turn off the 24/7 TV coverage and tune into more balanced and complete reporting.Here are some online sources that you may find useful:
Motherjones.com
Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.The Global Beat: Resources for the Global Journalist
The Global Beat Syndicate (GBS) offers new thinking on the issues and trends that are changing our world: ethnic wars, economic globalization, proliferating weapons, global crime and corruption, refugees and migration, the rise of NGOs, and more.Inter Press Service News Agency
The Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), a leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries.
The Guardian Unlimited
The UK's most popular newspaper website.
Electroniciraq.net
A brand new online news project, Electronic Iraq has been launched by veteran antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness and respected Middle East supplementary news publishers.
Commondreams.org
Breaking news and views for the progressive community.Alternet.org
AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism.Truthout
Truthout offers original content as well as underreported news and views from around the globe. Also offers a daily email service.
Democracy Now!
The home of the award winning radio program focuses on a range of issues that demand attention, highlighting grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy. Check out Pacifica Radio, the host network of Democracy Now!The Nation Magazine
"The Nation will not be the organ of any party, sect, or body. It will, on the contrary, make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred." from The Nation's founding prospectus, 1865Counterpunch
Counterpunch is a bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month they bring readers the stories that the corporate press never prints.The Progressive
A journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad. A champion of peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.
