IRAQ
Rudaw (Kurdish news)
Assyrian International News Agency
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR)
LAONF: Iraqi Nonviolence Group
Iraq Sustainable Democracy Project
Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI)
General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW)
Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI)
Left Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (LWCPI)
Worker-Communist Party of Kurdistan
NO-IFS: National Organization for the Iraqi Freedom Struggles
IRAN
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
Organization for Women’s Liberation in Iraq (OWLI)
Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organization (IKWRO)
Havaar: Iranian Initiative Against War, Sanctions and State Repression
CASMII: Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iraq
IASWI: International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran
CODIR: Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights
IWSN: Iranian Workers Solidarity Network
Iranian Progressives in Translation
Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI)
Komalah: Communist Party of Iran (Kurdish)
AFGHANISTAN
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
RAWA News: The Reality of Life in Afghanistan
SAWA: Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan (Australia)
Women for Afghan Women (pro-occupation)
Afghanistan Peace Organization
Khyber.org (Pashto resources)
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan—Voice of Jihad (Taliban website)
PALESTINE, ISRAEL & GREATER MIDDLE EAST
Alternative Information Center
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
B’Tselem: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Al-Haq: Defending Human Rights in Palestine
Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
ACRI: Association for Civil Rights in Israel
ICAHD: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Monitoring Israeli Colonization Activities
Yesh Din: Volunteers for Human Rights
Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual
IMEMC: International Middle East Media Center
IMEU: Institute for Middle East Understanding
MERIP: Middle East Research & Information Project
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The Media Line: MidEast News Source
WAFA: Palestinian News & Info Agency (official)
Gush Shalom: Israeli Peace Bloc
Ta’ayush: Arab Jewish Peace Fellowship
Who Profits? Exposing the Israeli Occupation Industry
GISHA: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
Palestine Remembered: al-Nakba, 1948
BADIL: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
ISM: International Solidarity Movement
BDS Movement: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
Breaking the Silence: Israeli Veterans Speak
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
American Jews for a Just Peace
IJAN: International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
New Jewish Resistance (anti-Zionist)
THE SUBCONTINENT, SOUTHEAST ASIA & THE PACIFIC
DRUM: Desis Rising Up and Moving
Samar: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection
Asia Pacific Forum: Progressive Pan-Asian Radio Show
APSN: Asia Pacific Solidarity Network
South Asia Solidarity Initiative
GroundViews (Sri Lanka)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (funded by Indian Ministry of Defence)
APFA News (Bhutan)
Mizzima: Burma News and Multimedia
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace (Indonesia)
Tapol: Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
ETAN: East Timor and Indonesia Action Network
Stop the Killing in the Philippines
Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center/Friends of the Earth Philippines
NUPL: National Union of People’s Lawyers (Philippines)
EAST ASIA
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Initiatives for China (pro-democracy)
Dui Hua Foundation (pro-democracy)
ChinaAid (Christian-oriented)
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
Caixin: China Economics & Finance
Japan — Fissures in the Planetary Apparatus
Zenko: National Assembly for Peace and Democracy (Japan)
MDS: Movement for Democratic Socialism (Japan)
Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
HRNK: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
HKnet: Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights
CENTRAL ASIA, CAUCASUS & THE BALKANS
IWPR: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
OSW: Centre for Eastern Studies
Forum 18 on religious freedom in the ex-Soviet republics
UzNews (Uzbekistan)
Gundogar: For Democracy and Human Rights in Turkmenistan
SMHRIC: Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
International Campaign for Tibet
Phayul.com: News & Views on Tibet
Gangkyi: the Heart of Tibetans in Exile
Tibetan Center for Human Rights & Democracy
Kavkaz Center (voice of the Chechen resistance)
DeFacto.am: News from Nagorno-Karabakh
BiaNet (Turkey)
World Bulletin (Turkey)
Dzeno Association (Roma news)
On Gogol Boulevard: Neither East Nor West Alternative News Service (archive)
Centrum Informacji Anarchistycznej (CIA)
The Balkans Pages: Anti-War and Human Rights Resources
BIRN: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
H-Alter (Croatia)
Congress of North American Bosniaks
We Remember the Bosnian Genocide
AFRICA
Africa Renewal (UN)
GRILA: Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa
Pambazuka News: Weekly Forum for Social Justice in Africa
Enough Project to end genocide in Africa
Radio Dabanga (Darfur)
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Darfur)
HRLHA: Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa
SIRAG: Somaliland International Recognition Action Group
Gadaa.com: Online Resource on Oromia
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia
Meskerem: Eritrean Opposition Website
Awate: News & Analysis on Eritrea
THE MAGHREB
Feb 17th: Libyan Youth Movement
Gouvernement Provisoire Kabyle (Algeria)
Mouvement National de Libération de L’Azawad (MNLA) (Mali)
Mouvement des Nigériens pour la Justice (MNJ) (Niger)
Front des Forces de Redressement (FFR) (Niger)
ARSO: Association for a free and fair Referendum in Western Sahara
Organization for Statehood & Freedom (Western Sahara)
Western Sahara Resource Center
Sahara Press Service (official agency of the Saharawi Republic)
Magharebia.com (US Africa Command)
THE AMERICAS
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Center for International Policy—Americas Program
NACLA: North American Congress on Latin America
LAWG: Latin America Working Group
WOLA: Washington Office on Latin America
COHA: Council on Hemispheric Affairs
LASC: Latin America Solidarity Coalition
ALAI: Latin American Information Agency
CIDH: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS)
CEDEMA: Centro de Documentación de los Movimientos Armados
InSight: Organized Crime in the Americas
Just the Facts: Civilian’s guide to US defense and security assistance to Latin America
Latin American & Caribbean Community Center
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Observatorio de Industrias Extractivas y Derechos Colectivos
Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de America Latina
Prensa Latina (Cuban)
Clarín (Buenos Aires)
MEXICO
Mexico Independent Media Center
La Otra División Del Norte (Matamoros)
Comité Cerezo: Freedom for Mexican Political Prisoners
LIMEDDH: Mexican League for the Defense of Human Rights
PRODH: Miguel Augustín Pro Juarez Human Rights Center
CCIODH: International Civil Human Rights Observation Commission
Tlachinollan: Human Rights Center of the Montaña (Guerrero)
Wixarika: Huichol Art, History and Culture
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
Enlace Civil (Chiapas)
SIPAZ: Servicio Internacional para la Paz
CIEPAC: Chiapas Investigative Center for Communitarian Action
FRAYBA: Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center
Chiapas Independent Media Center
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
NISGUA: Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
CICIG: International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (UN)
Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CNOC) (Guatemala)
Guatemala Human Rights Updates
CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH)
Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH)
Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular (FNRP)
Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
Solidarity with the People(s) of Honduras
Vos el Soberano: Contra el Golpe de Estado en Honduras
Revistazo (independent news from Honduras)
Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua)
Tico Times (Costa Rica)
Other Worlds Are Possible (Haiti)
Red Betances (Puerto Rico)
Claridad (Puerto Rico)
COLOMBIA
Colombia Solidarity Campaign (UK)
IPC Press Agency (Medellín)
ANNCOL: New Colombia News Agency (pro-FARC)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
Causa Justa/Colombian@s por la Paz
Movimiento Obrero Independiente Revolucionario (MOIR)
DHColombia: Red de Defensores No Instituciónalizados
CODHES: Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento
Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado en Colombia
Verdad Abierta: paramilitares y conflicto armado en Colombia
San José de Apartadó Peace Community
Red Juvenil (Medellín)
Fellowship of Reconciliation Colombia Program
Peace Brigades International—Colombia
National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC)
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (AICO)
Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC)
Association of Indigenous Cabildos of North Cauca (ACIN)
Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA)
Association of Indigenous Cabildos of Chocó (OREWA)
VENEZUELA
AVN: Agencia Venezolana de Noticias
ANMCLA: Associación Nacional de Medios Comunitarios, Libres y Alternativos
PROVEA: Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos
El Libertario (Venezuelan anarchist journal)
THE ANDES
Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI)
Servindi: Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural
Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times
Adonde.com: El Buscador del Peru
Coordinadora Nacional de Radio (Peru)
Pachamama Radio (Peru)
IDL Reporteros (Peru)
Caretas (Peru)
APRODEH: Associacíon Pro Derechos Humanos (Peru)
Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (Peru)
Programa de Democracia y Transformación Global (Peru)
La Mula (Peru)
Mariátegui: La revista de las ideas (Peru)
Wauqi (Peru)
InfoRegión (Peru)
Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Perú (CONAIP)
Convención Nacional del Agro Peruano (CONVEAGRO)
Confederación Nacional de Comunidades del Perú Afectadas por la Minería (CONACAMI)
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE)
National Confederation of Campesino, Indigenous and Black Organizations of Ecuador (FENOCIN)
Acción Ecológica (Ecuador)
FOBOMADE: Foro Boliviano sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
ANF: Agencia de Noticias Fides (Bolivia)
AINI: Agencia Intercultural de Noticias Indigenas de Bolivia
ABI: Agencia Boliviana de Información
The Democracy Center (Bolivia)
National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu (CONAMAQ)
Indigenous News (Chile)
THE AMAZON & WORLD RAINFORESTS
Mariri Magazine: Voice of the Forest
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA)
Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB)
Inter-ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP)
Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (CONAP)
Regional Organization of the Indigenous Peoples of Oriente (ORPIO)
Native Federation of the Rio Madre de Dios (FENAMAD)
Central Asháninka del Rio Ene (CARE)
Machiguenga Council of the Río Urubamba (COMARU)
Kichwa Confederation of Ecuador (ECUARUNARI)
Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Oriente of Bolivia (CIDOB)
CEDIA: Center for the Development of the Indigenous Amazon
CIMI: Conselho Indigenista Missionário
IIAP: Peruvian Amazon Research Institute
DAR: Derecho, ambiente y recursos naturales (Peru)
Shinai: Defending indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon
NORTH AMERICA
Indigenous Environmental Network
Censored News: Indigenous Peoples, Resistance and Human Rights
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) (Canada)
PLANET EARTH
Non-Aligned Movement News Network
Voltaire Network (conspiracist)
DESIP: Demographic, Environmental, and Security Issues Project
ISN: International Relations and Security Network
IRIN: Integrated Regional Information Networks (UN)
Global Justice Ecology Project
International Forum on Globalization
Center for International Policy
Project on Defense Alternatives
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SURVIVAL & GENOCIDE
Minority Rights Group International
UNPO: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
GALDU: Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Society for Threatened Peoples
Peoples of the World Foundation
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources
World Movements for Regional Autonomy
The Speed of Dreams (Maoist tendencies)
Prevent Genocide International
TRIAL: Tracking Impunity Always
CORPORATE & PETRO-OLIGARCHICAL RULE
NIRS: Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Citizens Awareness Network: Nukebusters.org
Trade Justice (NYC)
ICTSD: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
International Labour Organization
International Trade Union Confederation
International Labor Rights Forum
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights
CLIMATE, EARTH SCIENCE & GEOGRAPHY
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
EcoEarth.info: Environment Portal & Search Engine
Mobilization for Climate Justice
Rising Tide: Confronting the Root Causes of Climate Change
RealClimate: Climate science from climate scientists
The Watchers: Watching the World Evolve and Transform
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
University of Texas, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
International Boundaries Research Unit
Statoids: Administrative Divisions of Countries
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Nine Planets Solar System Tour
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
FIDH: International Federation of Human Rights
World Organization Against Torture
Center for Constitutional Rights
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union
NYCLU: New York Civil Liberties Union
Committee to Protect Journalists
IFEX: International Freedom of Expression Exchange
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
United Nations: Human Rights page
ICRC International Humanitarian Law page
DRUG WAR
International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy
Transnational Institute on Drugs and Democracy
NORML: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
ANTI-WAR
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
PRO-DEMOCRACY (U.S.A.)
RightWeb: Exposing the architecture of power that’s changing our world
PublicEye.org: Political Research Associates
POCLAD: Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
CELDF: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
ANTI-FASCIST
Searchlight Magazine (UK)
ANARCHISM & UNORTHODOX MARXISM
A-infos: Anarchist News Service
Anarchist International Information Service
Nodo50: Contrainformación el la Red (Spain)
La Haine: Proyecto de desobedencia informativo (Spain)
InfoAut.org (Italy)
Gipfelsoli (pan-European)
Infoshop.org: Anarchist News and Information
A New World in Our Hearts (NYC)
The Shadow (NYC)
Slingshot (Berkeley)
Cuntrastamu! (California)
The Defenestrator (Philadelphia)
Upping the Anti (Canada)
Flag.blackened.net (anarchist archive)
Spunk Library (another archive)
Anarchist Yellow Pages (global contacts)
International Workers Association (IWA/AIT)
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Class Struggle Online
LibCom.org: Libertarian Communism
News & Letters: Marxist-Humanism
The Hobgoblin (UK Marxist-Humanists)
The Socialist Webzine (Socialist Party USA)
Marxists Internet Archive (orthodox but non-sectarian)
In Defense of Marxism (sectarian but comprehensive)
MEDIA RESOURCES & CRITICISM
Free Press: Reform Media, Transform Democracy
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
PR Watch: Center for Media and Democracy
New York Independent Media Center
Voices of NY (NYC community and ethnic publications)
9-11: RATIONAL RESOURCES
Debunking 9-11 Conspiracy Theories
Debunking 9-11 Myths (Popular Mechanics)
NIST Fact Sheet on the World Trade Center
World Trade Center — Some Engineering Aspects (University of Sydney)
Screw Loose Change (right-wing, unfortunately)
ISLAM & RELIGION
The Noble Qur’an (full text)
DILP: Digital Islamic Library Project
IRFI: Islamic Research Foundation International
ISNA: Islamic Society of North America
CAIR: Council on American-Islamic Relations
Institution for the Secularization of Islamic Society
Muslims for Progressive Values
Muslims for Secular Democracy (India)
Al Risala Forum International (Islamic nonviolence)
Heeb Magazine: The New Jew Review
Jewcy (Judeo-hipsters)
Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture
Failed Messiah: covering Orthodox Judaism since 2004
New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
MISNA: Missionary International Service News Agency
Bartholomew’s notes on religion
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