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QUAKER SPECIFIC:

• American Friends Service Committee - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service.

• Christian Quaker Internet Mission - A voluntary ministry of Christian Friends (Quakers) who want to fulfill the Great Commission.

• Conservative Quakers of America - Website for Conservative Friends.

• Description of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

• Digital Quaker Collection - A project of the Earlham School of Religion.

• Evangelical Friends International - Assists local Friends churches around the world meet the spiritual needs of their communities by stretching across racial, cultural, national, even denominational barriers to reach people with the life-changing love of Christ.  Serves over 1,100 Evangelical Friends churches representing more than 140,000 Friends in 24 countries.

• FAQs About Quakers - From the "soc.religion.quaker" Usenet.

• The Friend - Independent Quaker journalism since 1843.  The Friend is a weekly Quaker magazine published in London, bringing readers news and views from a Quaker perspective, as well as from a wide range of authors whose writings are of interest to Quakers and non-Quakers alike.  Print and online versions available.

• Friendly Pilgrim - A Quaker approach to rites of passage.

• Friends Association for Higher Education - FAHE provides a supportive relationship and opportunities for fellowship among all who share Quaker ideals of higher education, whether on Quaker or non-Quaker campuses.

• Friends Churches - A directory of Quaker meetings and worship centers within the US.

• Friends in Christ (Primitive Quakers) - Primitive Quakers in the UK who seek the community and fellowship of all who truly love the Lord and wish to make a stand for Christ Jesus in this day and generation through the faith, testimonies, and witness that all true Friends have held since the beginning.  Independent and separate from the Britain Yearly Meeting.

• Friends Meeting of New Orleans

• Friends Resources on the Internet - An information resource page maintained by the Silverton Friends Church in Silverton, OR.

• Friends School in Palestine - The Friends School of Ramallah and El-Bireh strives to be a leading educational institution in the Palestinian community. The Lower School (FGS) and the Upper School (FBS) were founded in 1869 and 1901, respectively, for the purpose of offering Palestinian youth a rigorous program guided by principles of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

• Friends United Meeting - Friends United Meeting commits itself to energize and equip Friends through the power of the Holy Spirit to gather people into fellowships where Jesus Christ is known, loved and obeyed as Teacher and Lord.

• Living Witness Project - A network of UK Quaker meetings developing a corporate witness to sustainable living.

• Nonviolence.org - Off-beat, energetic site by Quaker peace activist Martin Kelley.  See also his blog.

• North Carolina Yearly Meeting - Conservative Friends espousing a radical Christian lifestyle, including peace, simplicity, equality, and honesty.  Meetings are unprogrammed, waiting worship.

• Ohio Yearly Meeting of Conservative Friends

• Peace Church Bible Study - Susan Jeffers' site for anyone with an interest in the Bible and the "Historic Peace Churches" (Brethren, Mennonites, Quakers).

• Pendle Hill - Quaker contemplative center and publications.

• Quaker Concern for Animals News - UK Quaker site working for the protection of animals and the promotion of their rights, by characeristic Quaker means.

• Quaker Earthcare Witness - A spiritually-centered movement of Quakers and like-minded people seeking ways to integrate concern for the environment with Friends' long-standing testimonies for simplicity, integrity, peace, and equality.

• Quaker Economist - A free electronic journal devoted to examining worldwide economic, social, and political problems as if people matter.

• Quaker Electronic Archive - A repository of Quaker literature.

• Quaker Green Action - A gathering point for members, attenders, and others interested in Quaker ways and thought who are actively concerned with the global ecological crisis.

• Quaker House - Quaker House of Fayetteville, NC, is a witness of the peace testimony of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).  Quaker House assists and supports conscientious objectors and military personnel who seek discharge or noncombatant service.

• Quaker Information Center - Information about the Religious Society of Friends: Quaker beliefs & practices, history, organizations, literature, activities, and events; volunteer & service opportunities; and some employment listings.

• Quaker Institute for the Future - Seeks to develop an institute that can carry on Friends' experiments with Truth in the context of research work that will provide the foundations for the applications of Quaker testimonies undertaken by AFSC, FCNL and other Quaker bodies and meetings.

• Quaker Intentional Village Project - A network of Quakers and others who are interested in creating and living in a new kind of community.  There are now member communities in Canaan, NY, and Finland, MN.

• Quaker Jane - A plain-dressing Quaker in Denver, CO.

• Quaker Jargon Buster - Navigate the minefield of Quaker language, especially the antiquated (like Book of Discipline), anachronistic (Meeting for Sufferings), obscure (leading, visitor, notion) or just plain quaint (like right ordering).

• Quaker Pamphlets - Large catalog of online-available pamplets in several formats: HTML, Printer Friendly, eBook, and Booked PDF.

• Quaker/Philosophy - Asks "What does it mean to be a Philosopher and a Friend?"

• Quaker Resources Online Index - This web-based index at Malone College provides organized access to some historical and contemporary Quaker (Friends) writings and resources.

• Quakers Online - Seeks to establish an online community for Friends who would like to build new relationships and for seekers with genuine interest in Quaker beliefs and values but who have no opportunity for fellowship.

• Quakers Uniting in Publications - QUIP is an international network of over 50 Friends organizations and individuals concerned with the ministry of the written word.

• Quaker WebRing - Links sites with a Quaker (as in the Religious Society of Friends) interest, owned by people who are attenders or members at Quaker meetings, and with themes that cover the Quaker movement, spirituality, peace issues, social action, history, Quaker businesses, but always in the context of the Quaker movement.

• Quaker Worship Online - This innovative, online meeting for worship has no theological, yearly meeting, or organizational affiliation.  People of different Quaker traditions worship here separately and together, as they are led.  See also the Online Faith & Practice for harmony with a Book of Discipline.

• QUEST: Quaker Ecumenical Seminars in Theology - Online site for the Quaker Theology journal, which is also available in a print edition.

• Religious Society of Friends - If anything can be said to be the main Quaker web site, this is it.  Very inclusive.

• Sierra Friends Center - A non-profit organization committed to stewarding diverse learning communities and educational programs which weave together spirituality, peace, sustainability, and social action.  Also hosts the Woolman Semester, Sierra Friends Camp, and Adult Workshops.

• Simple Churches - Resources for building and sustaining organic, redemptive fellowships, home churches, and missional communities in the primitive Quaker tradition.

• Tract Association of Friends - Since 1816, the Association has published pamphlets, essays, and books on Quaker beliefs, concerns, history, and practice.  Also publishes the annual Friends Calendar.

• "Wink" - A game probably played only by Quakers.  It's called "Screwdriver" in the UK and "Bloody Winkum" in New England and Maryland.  This is a link on the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting website.

• Woodbrooke - Woodbrooke is the Quaker Study Centre in the UK, an educational retreat for exploring Quakerism and themes of interest to Quakers (e.g., peace and reconciliation, Quaker history, spiritual journeys).

MINISTRIES:

• Answers in Genesis - A Christian apologetics ministry that equips the church to uphold the authority of the Bible from the very first verse. Thousands of articles and media programs on the site answer questions about creation/evolution, dinosaurs, new scientific discoveries, and much more.

• Christian Answers Network - A megasite providing Bible-based answers to contemporary questions for all ages and nationalities, with over 30,000 online files.  A faith ministry of Eden Communications.

• CBMC International - Christian Business Men's Committee International.

• Creation Care - A unique evangelical ministry whose purpose is to "declare the Lordship of Christ over all creation" (Col 1:15-20).  Also publishes Creation Care magazine.

• ECHO - This ministry has been assisting a global network of development workers and missionaries since 1981 by providing seeds, information, training and ideas critical to those in the fight against world hunger in over 180 countries.

• Every Church A Peace Church - Invites churches to make and act on this affirmation: "Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all, becoming a peace church to share in God's work to save the world."

• Friends in Christ - A local ministry building Christian small groups and providing other Christian opportunities primarily in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, and Baltimore.

• Friends of Jesus Christ - "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you" (John 15:14).

• Gospel for Asia - The mission of Gospel for Asia is to reach the unreached of Asia with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fulfill the Great Commission through recruiting, training, sending and assisting qualified laborers to win the lost and plant local churches in partnership with the body of Christ.

• International Bible Society - The International Bible Society translates, publishes and reaches out with the Word of God so that people around the world can meet and become disciples of Jesus Christ.

• Jewish Voice for Peace - Creating a voice for the quiet majority of Jewish and non-Jewish Americans who believe that peace requires a US foreign policy that is itself based on peace, democracy, human rights, and respect for international law.

• Jews for Jesus - "We exist to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide."

• Kingdom Now - Challenges the rampant nationalism in our churches in the US by calling the Body of Christ to a deeper level of allegiance to the Kingdom of God, by training church communities to live under the reign of God in all things, and by encouraging the growth of a biblical counter-culture.  Publishes the 95 Theses.

• Open Doors - Working in over 60 countries and 23 international offices, Brother Andrew's ministry at Open Doors delivers Bibles and assists with pastoral training, literacy training, and more—all with the purpose of strengthening the Persecuted Church.

• Progressive Christian Witness - As a ministry of Pacific School of Religion, this is a web-based resource that aims to strengthen the voices of progressive Christianity in the public square by publishing theologically grounded articles for laypeople and pastors on significant issues in American life.

• Sojourners - A Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.  Publishes Sojourners magazine and other resources that address issues of faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective.

• Voice of the Martyrs - A non-profit, interdenominational organization with a vision for aiding Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ, fulfilling the Great Commission, and educating the world about the ongoing persecution of Christians.

PORTALS:

• The Best Christian Links - Large Christian portal with categorized links.

• Cross Daily - A portal to Christian sites and content.

• CrossLeft - A strategy clearing-house and central hub for grassroots activism among progressive Christians.

• Crosswalk.com - A website which aims to offer the freshest and most compelling biblically-based content to Christians who take seriously their relationship with Christ.

• FaithTree.com - Customizable Christian portal, start page, and search engine.

• Radical Christian Information - A new webportal specifically for serious Christians with a steadfast faith in the radical, transforming love of Jesus Christ.

• Spirit Restoration Ministries - Ecumenical Christian website and resource for mature Christians and scholars.

• Sites Unseen - Mike Morrell and Philip Scriber present the Library of the Alternative Christian Web, otherwise called "the best Jesus-infused sites you never knew about."

WEBLOGS:

• A Friendly Letter—The Blog - Between 1981 and 1993, Chuck Fager's A Friendly Letter was in print as an independent journal of news and issues of concern to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and like-minded persons.  He brings the Letter back to life as a blog.

• A Musing Environment - A Friend looks at (mostly) the environment.

• A Place to Stand - A conservative Quaker from North Carolina and a philosophy professor by trade.

• A Poor Wayfaring Stranger - A blog to explore what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

• A Silly Poor Gospel - Blog by a Quaker Pastor in Salem, Oregon.

• A Thing So Small - Quaker blog by an evolutionary biology and entomology student at a tiny college in New England.

• Aj Schwanz - A Friend writing in the Pacific Northwest.

• Art Kauffman - An Anabaptist and nonconformist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Better Bibles Blog - Linguist Wayne Leman's blog on improving English translations of Scripture.

• Bible Study - Ben Richmond's Quaker flavored Bible study and discussion blog.

• Bible Wonderings - A Quaker philosopher shares the Bible.  She also blogs at Embracing Complexity.

• Bill Samuel's Web Journal - Bill is active in the wider body of Christ, but is especially focused on Christian renewal among Friends.

• Blogdom of God - Blog aggregator created by Christian psychiatrist Adrian Warnock.  He also maintains Adrian Warnock's UK Blog.

• blogs4God - This is a "semi-definitive list of Christian blogs," but is also itself a blog about blogs.

• Brooklyn Quaker - Richard Accetta-Evans' thoughts on Quaker faith and practice.

• Can you believe? - Johan Maurer's fifth-day commentaries: published every Thursday (mostly).

• Chris M: Tables, Chairs and Oaken Chests - "Yet another Liberal Quaker with Conservative-leaning tendencies!"

• Christianity Today Weblog - Blog aggregator of all things Christian, and more.

• Confessions of an EarthQuaker - Carl Magruder's journey of spiritual seeking.

• Conservative Friend - An outreach of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Conservative Friends.

• Contemplative Activist - The musings of a wannabe psychologist, trying to make a difference in the world—thoughtfully.

• Dohiyi Mir - N. Todd Pritsky's "non-violent, counter-dominant, left-liberal, possibly charismatic, quasi anarcho-libertarian Quaker's take on politics, volleyball, and other esoterica."

• earthwitness journal - Marshall Massey's witness to environmental reforms.  See also his Quaker Magpie Journal.

• Embracing Complexity - Quaker philosophy teacher trying to stay centered in a complicated world.  She also blogs at Bible Wonderings.

• The Exciting Life of a Quaker Scholar - A scholarly Canadian Quaker who speaks her t(T)ruth.

• Friendly Skripture Study - A communal blog in which members have full access to comment or to blog as they feel lead by their hearts and by the Spirit.

• god-of-small-things - Bob Smietana's sensitive blog on religion stories that fly beneath the radar—small stories about God, Faith, Life, Death, and whatever comes in between.

• The Good Raised Up - A Quaker woman's journey to be faithful in the face of her and others' humanness.

• Gregg's Gambles - A Northwest Friend exploring leadership, church, family, and life.

• Grey Avenger - Lorcan Otway's really, really funny cartoon blog.

• Holy Ordinary: Quaker Thoughts on Life - Brent Bill is a Quaker minister and author who writes about everyday spirituality—the ordinary which is wholly holy.

• Imperfect Serenity - A Quaker, mother, writer, teacher, and activist writes about the connections between these different parts of her identity.

• Lamb's War - From Micah in Richmond, Indiana.

• Leaving Münster - An experiment in Anabaptist spirituality in a post-Christian world.

• Light and Silence - Reflections on Quakerism.

• living on both ends - An exploration of "best and worst" by a Quaker woman, mother, and wife.

• Luminiferous Ether - A convinced Quaker, mother, and public school teacher (a practitioner of neo-schoolmarmism) who sees teaching as a radical act.

• Mennochinese - Intellectual clarity from an Anabaptist and nonconformist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Missionary Anna - Kiwi tales from a resident Friend in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand).

• My Life and Hard Times - Smart blog, smart writing by Friend Jay Sullivan.

• Nancy's Apology - Blog by an Ontario Quaker and entrepreneur.

• New Quaker Notebook - Always in your face with critical dialog on contemporary culture from the perspective of an evangelical Quaker Christian.

• Noli Irritare Leones - Quaker blog about life, the Internet, and everything else.

• Of the Best Stuff, but Cracked - A convinced Friend (Quaker), knitter, reader, writer, singer, dancer, sister, daughter, and many-other-thingser.

• One Quaker Take - Blog by a convinced Friend in Portland, Oregon.

• Pig Tsui's Website - Reflections from a Quaker sociology student in China.  Go here for the translated page.

• Plain in the City - "A plain Quaker folk singer with a Juris Doctorate in his back pocket, salt in his blood, and a set of currach oars in the closet, Ulleann Pipes under his arm, guitar on his back, Anglo Irish baggage, wandering through New York City ... in constant amaze."  See also Lorcan Otway's hilarious cartoon blog.

• Planet Quaker - Russ Nelson's Quaker blog aggregator.

• Pondering the Gospels - An invitation to ponder the Gospels.  See also Brooklyn Quaker.

• Present Simple - Good writing from a New Zealander now living in Japan and teaching English to reluctant university students.  She likes taking photos of birds.

• Quaker Agitator - A public service announcement, with a guitar.

• Quaker Blogs - An outstanding list of Quaker blogs. Maintained by Susie from Umpqua Valley Worship Group.

• Quaker Magpie Journal - A catch-all site for facts, stories, and opinions by Marshall Massey, a conservative Friend in Omaha, NE.  See also his earthwitness journal.

• Quaker Oats Live - A Quaker who enjoys oatmeal and is struggling to live out her faith in this crazy world.

• Quaker Pamphlets Online - An introduction and review of linked literature at the the Quaker Pamphlets website.

• Quaker Ranter - Blog by a Quaker peace activist—and ranter.

• Quaker Street - A Quaker in London who moved there in the summer of 2005 on account of leadings of his Quaker faith; he records what happens to him and where his beliefs take him.

• The Quaker's Colonel - Col Dan Smith, USA (Ret) talks about military affairs.  Col Smith, a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran, is Senior Fellow on Military Affairs for the Friends Committee on National Legislation.

• Quakers Engaging Ministry, Culture & Community - Blog by the pastor of Olympic View Friends Church in northeast Tacoma, WA.

• R. Scott Miller - Earlham School of Religion seminary student with many passions and joys—family, social justice, nonviolent atonement, and the Detroit Tigers and Michigan Football.

• The Seed Lifting Up - Radical Quaker blog on politics, spirituality, and ecology.  From an anarchist perspective.

• Showers of Blessings - Convinced Quaker writing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Spiritual Journeys - A young Friend's spiritual contemplations on her journey with Quakers.

• Street Corner Society—a Blog - Kirk Wattles' Street Corner Society is "a common space where the historical experience of Friends and other groups connects with issues of our day, and where modern-day Friends and fellow-travellers may find ourselves more clearly in a broader context."

• Street Prophets - A Daily Kos community blog for faith and politics.

• Through a Glass Dimly - In an ongoing struggle.

• Totem to Temple - Christian thought and sports analysis.  Bob Rouse's weblog for his ezine and website Available Light Online.

• Trainorphans - Jeffrey Gitchel is a seeking Quaker in Trowel City, a.k.a. West Des Moines, Iowa.  There's a reason why his site is called Trainorphans, but you'll have to find out the same way I did.

• Under the Green Hill - Simon, a Shropshire lad, exploring ways of expressing Quaker spirituality.

• Waiting In the Light - The late Tom Fox's blog.

• What Canst Thou Say? - Blog by a Quaker wife and mother.

MARKETS:

• Blackdove Press - Publishes and distributes literature that focuses on the intersection of anarchist and Christian traditions from a variety of perspectives, especially revolutionary pacifism.

• Doteasy.com - This is such a great deal.  It's the only $0-cost, ad-free web host I recommend and endorse.  Their servers are in Canada.

• Doulos Christou Books - A small independent press publishing books and other materials on topics related to radical Christian discipleship.

• Food First - The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger: by analyzing the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation, and by developing solutions in partnership with movements working for social change.

• Free Higher Education - A campaign for free tuition at all public colleges and universities.

• A Friendly Spirit - Books and gifts for Friends (Quakers) and other seekers.

• Geez Magazine - This hip new Anabaptist magazine from Canada integrates spiritual adventure and social change, for theologically conservative activist Christians.

• Kimo Press - Chuck Fager's press—reporting and writing by and about Quakers, and Quaker concerns, worldwide since 1979.

• Lone Prairie Art Works - Christian artist Julie R. Neilinger's rich website based in Hampden, ND, with sales of her original fine art, graphic designs, stationery, clothes and accessories, knits, North Dakota souvenirs, and other cool stuff. You also get her worth-reading blog from the Pentecostal point of view.

• Oxfam America - Boston-based international development and relief agency and affiliate of Oxfam International.  Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty.  Oxfam was originated in 1942 by a group of Quaker intellectuals, social activists, and Oxford academics.

• QuakerSong - Web location for Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, creators of Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook.

• Training for Change - Helping groups stand up for justice, peace, and the environment through strategic non-violence.

PEACE MONGERING:

• Association for Conflict Resolution - A professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.

• Bethel University Reconciliation Studies - Degree program through the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.  The approach prepares students to live and serve in our complex multicultural world of rapid urbanization, diverse religious voices, political conflict, and a widening gap between the haves and have-nots.  Students are encouraged to use the tools of the social sciences to meet these challenges in the light of an informed Christian faith.

• Center for Justice and Peacebuilding - Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding was founded to further the personal and professional development of individuals as peacebuilders and to strengthen the peacebuilding capacities of the institutions they serve.

• Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies - Peace studies program at Fresno Pacific University, offering graduate education in conflict management and peacemaking leading to the MA degree or graduate certificate.

• Institute for Economic Democracy - An educational foundation researching and promoting sustainable world development and elimination of world poverty through economic democracy and democratic cooperative-capitalism.

• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict - Independent, non-profit, educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies to establish and defend human rights, democracy, and justice worldwide.

• International Philosophers for Peace - Contributing as philosophers and concerned educators in a worldwide effort to prevent and eliminate nuclear and other threats to global existence, to create an enduring world peace, and to develop a just social, economic, and political basis for peace and human well-being.

• Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies - This program at the University of Notre Dame conducts research, graduate and undergraduate education, and outreach programs on the causes of violence and the conditions for sustainable peace.

• Peace and Justice Studies Association - A nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers, and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice, and social change.  PJSA also serves as a professional association for scholars in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies.

• PeaceJesus.org - Answers the question, "Who Would Jesus Torture?"

• Plowshares Collaborative - Cooperative project with Earlham College, Goshen College, and Manchester College.

• Quakers With a Concern for Palestine-Israel - A resource for Quakers led to work for peace and justice for the people of Palestine and Israel.

• Texas Center for Documentary Photography - Alan Pogues' haunting documentary collection.

• The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research - A think tank for research, conflict-mitigation, and education in individual-to-global (transnational) peace.

OTHER SITES:

• AlterNet - An acclaimed information source that provides readers with crucial facts and passionate opinions they cannot find anywhere else.

• Amnesty International - A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

• Center on Conscience & War - Formed in 1940 by an association of religious bodies to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors.  Formerly the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO).

• Common Dreams - Breaking news and views for the progressive community.

• Council for Emerging National Security Affairs - A non-partisan, not-for-profit organization established to shape US national security policy by advancing the innovative perspectives and long-range planning concepts of a select group of non-partisan professionals.

• CorpWatch - Counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building, and activism.  It strives to foster democratic control over corporations by building a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights, and environmental justice.

• Counterpunch - A political newsletter.

• CrossLeft - Helping to organize the Christian Left through a website community, national progressive Christian calendar, and portal featuring the exclusive CrossLeft News Service.

• CURE - Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants is a nation-wide grass roots organization dedicated to reducing crime through reform of the criminal justice system.

• Dads & Daughters - The national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters.  DADs inspires fathers to actively and deeply engage in the lives of their daughters and galvanizes fathers and others to transform the pervasive cultural messages that devalue girls and women.

• Democracy Now! - A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 350 stations in North America.

• Disseminary - The project stands for an approach to education and educational materials apart from the constraints of institutional education: credits, fees, restrictive copyright limitations, grades, and other limitations.

• Early Christian Writings - The most complete collection of online documents from the first two centuries with translations and commentary.

• Encyclopedia of Religion and Society - Comprehensive online encyclopedia by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford Seminary.

• Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting - A national media watch group offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.  It advocates for greater diversity in the press and scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.  As an anti-censorship organization, it exposes neglected news stories and defends working journalists when they are muzzled.

• Flashpoints Radio - Investigative news radio.

• Foreign Policy in Focus - A think tank for research, analysis, and action that brings together scholars, advocates, and activists who strive to make the US a more responsible global partner.

• Free Speech Network - A publicly-supported, independent, non-profit TV channel fueling the movement for progressive social, economic, and political transformation by exposing the public to perspectives excluded from the corporate-owned media.

• Global Exchange - A membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic, and environmental justice around the world.

• Greenpeace - A non-profit organization with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific.   It exists to expose environmental criminals and to challenge government and corporations when their actions promote environmental degradation.

• The Holy Observer - God's no. 1 source for Christian news—in other words, it's outrageous religious satire.  Recommended by The Door Magazine.

• Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society - A a non-profit research center focusing on the "natural family" as the fundamental unit of society and affirming family and religion as the foundation of a virtuous and free society.

• In Defense of Animals - An international animal protection organization dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of animals by raising the status of animals beyond that of mere property, and by defending their rights, welfare and habitat.  See also IDA's abundant links to other animal-friendly resources.

• Independent Media Center - Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.  A democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.

• The Institute for Policy Studies - A multi-issue think tank that strengthens social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials.

• International Action Center - Information, activism, and resistance to US militarism, war, and corporate greed, linking with struggles against racism and oppression in the US.

• Jacques Ellul - Website for the Christian theologian, activist, and anarchist. Also publishes the Ellul Forum.  See the Association Internationale Jacques Ellul for another resource.

• Jesus Radicals - A resource site for Christians "who are tired of playing power games practiced in the name of Jesus—for those of us who are tired of violence and the lording of it over others."

• Jewish Encyclopedia - The complete unedited contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, available online.  Originally published between 1901-1906 and now in the public domain, the encyclopedia contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

• Kill Radio - A Los Angeles based internet radio station run by the Kill Radio Collective, a group of older activists and journalists.  Kill Radio is short for Kill Corporate Radio, or Kill Monopoly Radio, or K-ILL Radio, whatever.

• Liberty Online - A magazine of religious freedom.  Online version of Liberty magazine.

• MediaChannel.org - A media-issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide.

• Mother Jones - An independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.

• The Nation - Makes 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.

• New Internationalist Online - A communications co-operative that exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality, focusing attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations.

• Open Directory Project - An endeavor to create the most comprehensive directory of the Internet through the efforts of a vast army of volunteer editors.

• Paper Tiger TV - An open, non-profit, volunteer video collective.  Through the production and distribution of its public access series, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, Paper Tiger Television works to challenge and expose the corporate control of mainstream media.

• Poynter Institute - An exceptional school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.

• The Progressive - Its mission is to be a journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad.

• Project Censored - A media research group out of Sonoma State University which tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters.  From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported, or self-censored by the country's major national news media.

• Project Gutenberg - The Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or eTexts); supported by battalions of volunteer readers, "distributed proofreaders," and editors.

• Psalters - Hymn writing troubadors with a gypsy-like musical style.

• Restoring Eden - Christian activists dedicated to encouraging faithful stewardship of the creation by advocating for natural habitats, wild species, and indigenous cultures.

• Ship of Fools - This is a hilarious webzine.  Dubbed "the magazine of Christian unrest," Ship of Fools was first launched in 1977 as a print publication; it sank in 1983, leaving a gap never filled in publishing circles.  Read it now online.

• Small House Society - A cooperatively managed organization dedicated to the promotion of smaller housing alternatives which can be more affordable and ecological.

• Street Spirit - A publication of the AFSC that reports extensively on homelessness, poverty, economic inequality, welfare issues, human rights issues, and the struggle for social justice; dedicated to empowering poor and homeless people and giving a voice to the voiceless, at a time when the voices of the poor are virtually locked out of the mainstream media.

• Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19 used to be just another day for me. Arrr!

• Theocracy Watch - Raises awareness about the pervasive role of the Religious Right in the US government. A project of the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP) at Cornell University.

• Truthout.org - Getting the truth out with on-the-spot news and information.

• The Yes Men - Helping the world through a process of "identity correction" (not to be confused with identity theft) where basically honest people impersonate big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them; targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.

• Z Magazine - An independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty.

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