Thought Provoking Sites
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Good comic relief. This is what the mainstream media might be broadcasting if we had real freedom of expression.
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Australian site, in line with my worldview, seeking to encourage ordinary people to engage themselves with the political processes that determine the course of our society. If sufficient numbers do so, this could make the necessary difference that will make it possible our society to turn back from the brink of the looming global environmental catastrophe which threatens our survival.
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Some good rational analysis from progressive America, but often conservative with a small c.
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Founded by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St Clair, Counterpunch challenges the institutional bias of much of the mainstream left. Don't expect to agree with everything, but learn to question assumptions and preconceptions.
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A critical look at the practices of modern psychiatry, with input from many psychiatrists and a special focus on the real agenda behind the diagnosis of more personality disorders and the government-sponsored mental health agenda.
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Updated most weeks with eco-political satire. "Morons celebrate endless debt and tyrrany to an evil wealthy elite Mcain doesnt call Obama a nigger, Obama doesnt call mcain a child killer In the UK happiness becomes governmnet policy, smiling ..."
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While reflecting a classic American liberal left bias, this TV station with bulletins available online (RealPlayer) features alternative reports on the Middle East with regulat interviews with Robert Fisk, Dahr Jamail and Noam Chomsky.
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Founded by Michael Ruppert, author of Crossing the Rubicon, this site inestigates events since September 11th, 2001 with a special focus on the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, surveillance, peak oil, US war plans and the crisis of humanity.
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This is the US's first magazine dedicated to monitoring biotechnology's social, ethical and environmental consequences.
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Dedicated to Oil Depletion and its aftermath, this site features a wealth of reports, interviews and videos about the environmental and economic consequences of our over-reliance on a finite resource. Contributors include Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over and Power Down, petrochemical expert Colin Campbell and ecologist Paul Ehrlich.
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There are undisputed reports that Coca-Cola bottling plant managers in Colombia, South America, allowed and encouraged paramilitary death squads to murder, torture and kidnap SINALTRAINAL leaders and members in an effort to crush their union.
This is of course in addition to the harmful dietary and neurotic effects of Classic and Diet Coke on hundreds of millions of regular consumers worldwide.Hyperlink: -
Describes itself as unreliable and possibly off-topic, but methinks always to the point.
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Blog inspired by an extreme fossil fuel consumer. <em>Because I try hard to consume less - in particular, by travelling as little as possible - she labelled me an 'extremist'. She likes to jet around the planet on holidays as do most people and her point was that I was taking an extreme position by not doing the same. I disagree. I think the time has come for 'frivolous travel' to be labelled extremist behaviour and it is the purpose of this blog to help propel my 'extremism' (!) into the mainstream: ex-treme to main-stream. I hope you will help!</em>
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Always thought-provoking, John Pilger never tires from flying the flag we all hoped we could achive in the 1960s and '70s, but has seemed elusive since. Insightful analysis of post-modern imperialism and neo-globalism. I guess I beg to differ with Mr Pilger on his take on debt ( see The Party Game is Over. Stand and Fight ), as overconsumption has indebted future generations and welfare expenditure far exceeds the extravagance of the super-rich.
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Deadly caustic sarcastic occasionally-angry hot temperamental exhausted fed-up hate-the-media hate-the-politicians no-nonsense kind of general whatever Kebz feels like posting blog
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It's hard to find two people who have sussed out the workings of our troubled world to such perfection. Great sense of humour too. Switch off the TV and tune in to this radio show!
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Insider view of the provision of mental health services in South East England replete with personal anecdotes.
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Another political Web log biting critically into the hypocrisy of the media and its cruise missle pseudo-lefties.
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Tired of piped music? This site provides information and helps you to complain about this unpopular form of persecution. There is a section on dumbing down and links to other sympathetic sites.
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This site explores various dimensions of the new resource wars, highlights contradictions and investigates claims and counterclaims. You'll need to scroll down for best bits. The web designer seems too keen on tables to present information.
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The online community for political discussion, an outgrowth from the Medialens message board, but permits debate about a wider range of topics.
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Comment on current events and other matters of interest with an excellent piece on the Illusion of Democracy in countries like the UK.
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Dedicated to Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly. Of all professions, psychiatrists seem to get into the most trouble. I have been collecting stories about psychiatric screwups for a while. Sadly, it has been disgustingly easy to do. View my collection. Check out the Factoids.
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Collection of articles, mainly by Sandy Irvine and made available as PDF downloads, promoting the cause of ecological sustainability and committed to a politics for life on earth, all life not just its human form. Challenges the orthodox left's misplaced belief in unsustainable growth.
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Salute to Jean-Paul Sartre, French Existentialist. Contains a wealthy collection of Sartrean biography, quotes, articles, essays and links to other Sartrean sites.
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Focussing obviously on the author's personal experience with one drug, Seroxat, this site details the collusion between large pharmaceutical multinationals and mental health charities, academia and supposedly independent research institutes.
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New Demographics, changing environs, disturbing phenomena and errr...other things....
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This site brings together a wealth of movie clips (most in QuickTime, some in Windows Media and RealPlayer formats) with speeches and docuemntaries on 9/11 research, oil depletion and wars.
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The emerging scene of AS-diagnosed people seeking to form virtual communities has given rise to classic forms of intimidation, quarrels and censorship. One may not agree with every dot or comma published on this site, but without it a marginalised group would be voiceless.
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An independent non-profit making organisation which monitors the role of public relations and spin in contemporary society, Spinwatch was founded in 2004 and promotes greater understanding of the role of PR, propaganda and lobbying through its website and through other outreach and campaigning activities, including media appearances, book and pamphlet writing, Spinwalks and investigative reporting.
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Launched in June 2005 to highlight and challenge the negative impacts of Tesco’s behaviour along its supply chains both in the UK and internationally, on small businesses, on communities and the environment, this campaign also advocates national and international legislation needed to curb the market power of all the major British supermarkets.
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Updated regularly by Philip Challinor, this web log brings you closer to the future by following current trends to theirn logical conclusion.
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Coca-Cola created The Zero Movement to promote their new artificially sweetened soda, Coke Zero.
Taste, pollution and questionable nutrition are at the centre of Coke's business model. Thanks to companies like Coke, land is cleared and waste & pollution are created just to provide consumers with deceptively sweetened chilled beverages.Hyperlink: -
A hypertext encyclopaedia that you can contribute to yourself, this site embodies the true spirit of the Internet, but is understandably and realistically open to abuse both by saboteurs and by vested corporate and state interests who seek to correct any unfavourable information or views, e.g. a link to this site's article on Open Source software (Reclaiming Word) was removed within 24 hours, but other contributions on AS and Schizophrenia articles have remained thus far intact. As a rule one does not delete contributions, but merely adds to an existing article with new correctly sourced information and perspectives. Long opinion pieces may be referenced but not included.
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