- Activism From Home
- Grandmothers for Peace International ask other Grandmothers to exercise their free
speech from home. They quote war resistors league: "“If you think you’re
too small to be effective … you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito."
- Adbusters Culture Jammers
Headquarters - Free Speech with a purpose. Adbusters sometimes can not get mainstream
television to air their ads for any amount of money. Ads are contrary to commercials
- Against Pacifica Radio? - Rafael
Renteria in this CounterPunch article, Challenges Pacifica Radio managers who are
allegedly gutting the voice of freedom in US radio
- Alert Service - Internet Action Alert Service (IFEX)
provides daily updates of world wide consequences to journalists and others whose exercise
of free speech led to their arrest, imprisonment or ....
- Am Civil Liberties Union ~
Free Speech - Links to issues such as book banning, electronic censorship. Excellent
part of site defines "What is Free Speech?"
- American News Service (ANS) - ANS
offers solution oriented news and information and helps journalists balance their coverage
of crime, coups and corruption with in-depth articles on solution-oriented action
- Bill Lambrecht takes on a "giant."
- Terminator Gene and other genetic engineering of crops is ignored in U.S. but a global
investigative look around the world last year led Bill Lambrecht of St. Louis Dispatch, to
dig up major connections of politicians, money, power and future bottom line focus in one
article.
- Brill's Content - On Line version of Steven
Brill's hip, engaging, critical print magazine, Brill's Content.
- Center for Democracy and Technology - Free
Speech Issues includes E Mail subscription for individuals to keep abreast of laws and
rulings on Free Speech.
- Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition - Broad
internet and library coalition to support freedom of speech in their realms.
- Civil Liberties - Home Page - J.D.
Tucille lists Civil Liberty sites on The Mining Co. This broad and inclusive exploration
goes to the far reaches of free speech. Extensive links and resources.
- Committee for Naming Facts - Ayn Rand
Institute's Committee for Naming Facts, honors (and vindicates) Mr. Elia Kazan who showed
great moral courage in testifying about the influence, in the American film and theatre
industry, of those who wished to replace freedom with totalitarianism during the House
UnAmerican hearings in 1952.
- Cyber Tribune - First ammendment content, updated
freqeuently.
- Cyberspace Law Institute - Where will
"free speech" be tomorrow? Extensive examination of cyberlaw issues.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF, the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public
interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of
expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet
- FlyingFish through the mists of media -
Seeing through the mists of the modern media is this alternative news & comment site
focusing on human rights & quality of life
- Free Expression Network - Current news,
features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
- Free Speech and Intellectual Capital -
IntellectualCapital is an e-zine that explores social, political and cultural issues
affecting the world today.
- Free Speech Internet Television - Independent
site which individuals or organizations can join to set up their own web TV or radio free
speech ideas.
- Free
Speech Issues in organizations - Michael Martin argues that atheistic organizations
should generally allow their members to criticize them. "Infidels.org" site.
- Freedom Forum Newspage - Journalists
site, First Amendment section carries fresh news weekly on U.S. issues concerning free
speech.
- The Freedom Forum Online - A nonpartisan,
international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all
people. The foundation pursues its priorities through conferences, educational activities,
publishing, broadcasting, online services, fellowships, partnerships, training, research
and other programs.
- Freedom of Expression - Freedom Magazine
- Perhaps the most essential right is that of communication. Without the freedom to
communicate, other rights deteriorate.
- Internet Free Expression Alliance - Ensure the
continuation of the Internet as a forum for open, diverse and unimpeded expression and to
maintain the vital role the Internet plays in providing an efficient and democratic means
of distributing information around the world
- Libertarian Policy Issues - Free
Speech is one of several major Libertarian issues. Graphic on this page presents major
political categories that bear upon such issues.
- LOW Power to the People - Small
groups, nonprofits and individuals might get low power FM radio stations. Free Speech
Issue article in Mother Jones lays it out. by Geov Pharrish
- MIT Student Association for
Freedom of Expression (SAFE) - SAFE provides links on censorship search engine,
arguments against campus political correctness as it affects free speech.
- Mother Jones Side Show page - Page is
updated monthly. May, 1999 is called, Winks and Giggles at the State Department's
doublespeak.
- New Age of Falsification ?
- Nature photographers face a crisis of ethics as digital imaging makes photo fakery
easier than ever. Overview in Atlantic Monthly of May, 1998.
- Open Studio: The Arts Online - Free Speech in
the modern era requires visual images to communicate.
- Police Investigative Report - Win at all
costs - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Bill Moushey and Bob Martinson studied cover ups,
paid perjury by zealous law enforcement culture that wins indictments and convictions at
any cost.
- Primer
on "Usenet" Net Abuse and Free Speech - U.K. Oxford University presents
reasoned and balanced information and links about free speech in "news" groups
online.
- RCFP First Amendment Handbook:
Contents - This site which is part of the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the
Press site contains a fount of information on the application of the First Amendment to
such issues as access to the courts, gag orders, access to places, freedom of information
and libel. Well organized and well written.
- Religious Right, an 18 year study -
People for the American Way studies U.S. religious right from among other standpoints,
concerns about free speech, separation of church and state, minorities.
- Resolving The Pacifica Crisis
- 50 year old Pacifica Radio, progressive source for U.S. liberals is apparently being
gutted by actions of its paid leaders and board.
- Save Pacifica Radio - Group to
restore democratic voice to governance by the community, for the community of progressives
of Pacifica Radio.
- Search page to index of free thought -
Infidels.org's Secular Web has numerous scholarly articles and links on free speech and
thought.
- The Shoebox Forum - Local Maine
example of enabling free speech access for workers who might not otherwise have such a
voice. Part of "Blue Information Systems," Weld, Maine. Brilliant use of high
tech as tool, not goal in biz & community development.
- Smoke Signals - Chris
Eyre's film of Sherman Alexie short story gives voice to two groups whose free speech seem
impaired.
- Suppression of dissent -
The general field of "suppression of dissent" includes whistleblowing, free
speech, systems of social control and related topics. The purpose of the site is to foster
examination of these issues and action against suppression. It is founded on the
assumption that openness and dialogue should be fostered to challenge unaccountable power.
- Toward Freedom - Worldwide
advocates of free speech because it permits the disenfranchised of the world to be heard,
this monthly online and print magazine focuses on human rights issues.
- Where's the
watchdog? - Instead of public news, the news media focus on the culture of celebrity,
and sensational entertainment. The Freedom Forum asks: Can there be free speech when
"news" is so distorted?
- Whistleblowers
Australia - The goal of Whistleblowers Australia (WBA) is to help promote a society in
which it is possible to speak out without reprisal about corruption, dangers to the public
and other vital social issues, and to help those who speak out in this way to help
themselves.
- Wolfe's Lodge - The writings of
Claire Wolfe, Patricia Neill and other lovers of liberty. It is also dedicated to all
people who choose to be free, rather than wait for others to free them.
- World Press Freedom
Committee (WPFC) - WPFC is 37 organizations on five continents, defending the freedom
of the press and assisting independent news media organizations around the world.
- Your investigative toolkit to speak truth
to power - Simple site intended to invite people to use resources and ideas to speak
up about humans and environment.
- Actual WAR versus intermittent terror -
U.S. bombs Iraq. Might a legally declared war by U.S. on Iraq be fairer to the people of
the world than what we do now? Careful read of these pacifists is an eye opener. (November
11, 1999)
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