Project Censored examines censorship in our society, something which goes
on in places like Japan and the U.S. every day. If the mass media
does not provide us with all the information, how can we make
informed decisions concerning our own lives? Here you
will find the top 20 censored stories of the year, as determined
bystudents, faculty and guest judges of Sonoma State University in California.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting believes the media ignores minority
and dissenting viewpoints. You will find stories the mainstream media
doesn't report on.
Media Essays Short essays on the media (by me)
Quotes What famous people have said about democracy, the media, etc.
ZNET is partly a magazine and partly community of people concerned about
social change.
One of the best such sites anywhere!
Third World Traveler provides information on developing countries in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania; it publishes magazine
articles about the impact of the policies
of transnational corporations,
international financial institutions, and the United States government
on democracy, human rights, and social & economic justice in the Third
World.
The Institute for Global Communications is home to several sites: PeaceNet,
LaborNet, ConflictNet,EcoNet and WomensNet. Excellent
resource for discovering what kinds of social activism are happening.
The
Progressive
http://www.progressive.org/
Monthly
Review
http://www.igc.apc.org/MonthlyReview
In
These Times
http://www.inthesetimes.com
Bulletin
of Concerned Asian Scholars
http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/bcashome.html
The New Observer carries stories and viewpoints in English which
are ignored by the mainstream Japanese press.
Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (Japanese and English) Anti-nuclear
information and activism.
Japan Computer Access (Japanese and English)
"for peace, social
& environmental justice and human dignity". Many links to Japanese
NGOs and citizens' groups.
Pacific Asia Resource Center (Japanese and English) Social
activism in Japan and around Asia.
Japan Press Service Information from Dateline Tokyo, Japan
Press Weekly and other JCP publications.
MAINSTREAM INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
http://www.bahraintribune.com/home.asp
http://www.TurkishDailyNews.com/
http://www.jpost.com/
jerusalem post
http://star.arabia.com/
jordan
http://www.sptimes.ru/
st petersburg times, russia
http://www.filipinoexpress.com/
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
http://www.scmp.com/
south china morning post
http://www.hkstandard.com/
hong kong standard
http://inkpot.com/news/majint.html
major intl. papers/magazines
http://www.mediainfo.com/emedia/
worldwide tv, radio, newspaper
links
Korea Web Weekly Information on all aspects of Korean political
and social life.
Japan Documentation Center Information on Japanese Public
Policy concerning economics, commerce and industry, law,politics, the environment,
and social conditions from U.S. governmental archives (Library of Congress).
Japan Via the Web Academic organizations, government, history, law,
discussion lists, media, economics,etc.