Movement for the Abolition of War

A list of websites where you can find information, news and articles that don’t appear in our mainstream media. Many on-line articles give references for the information in the article. These references link you to other sites – always worth exploring.

www.globalresearch.ca – Canadian website for the the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Director and Editor Professor Michel Chossudovsky. Well researched articles, many with references you can follow up. It covers economics, politics, science (particularly environmental) and current affairs.

www.uruknet.de – specialises in Middle Eastern affairs, news and commentary. There are a lot of reports from the West Bank and Gaza. Look out for the Military Resistance newsletters by Tom Barton, which features news/reports direct from US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

www.unobserver.com – features articles on international affairs. Editor is an ex-UN journalist. www.commondreams.org – set up in 1997 to foster progressive change in America. Good articles and news.

www.TomDispatch.com - Tom Engelhardt’s website. Tom’s articles get posted on many websites because of their quality. Analysis by other writers also on this site.

www.thecommonills.blogspot.com – good digest of news from other sources, with comments

www.craigmurray.org.uk – Ex-Ambassador Craig Murray's blog, analysis of daily news spiced with Craig's inside knowledge from his diplomatic days

www.democracynow.org – a daily TV/radio news programme, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 800 stations, pioneering the kargest community media collaboration in the US.

Transcripts of latest interviews on the website.

www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk – the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) is an independent media research institution founded in the United Kingdom to foster a fair and accurate coverage in the Western media of Middle Eastern issues and in particular the Palestine Question.

www.rawa.org – Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. News and articles from the women’s perspective. Also has a good photo gallery.

www.wsws.org – World Socialist Web Site. Wide ranging world news and comment from the Left

www.medialens.org – “Media Lens is our response to the unwillingness, or inability, of the mainstream media to tell the truth about the real causes and extent of many of the problems facing us, such as human rights abuses, poverty, pollution and climate change.” One has to subscribe (i.e. register) to this website to get access to all the alerts etc, but it is free. Also recommended is their book Newspeak in the 21^st Century.

www.truthout.org – independent journalism with some top writers

www.opendemocracy.net - high quality news analysis, debates and blogs

www.globalstrategyforum.org – fairly establishment, but useful for transcripts of talks and seminars

www.globalsecurity.org – defence and security news

www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DCDC The MoD’s Development Concepts Doctrine Centre. Check out their Strategic Trends reports

www.defence.janes.com – Janes Defence News

www.darpa.mil – US military site, DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Scary news on new weapons systems etc.

www.call.army.mil – US military site, CALL: Center for Army Lessons Learned

www.english.aljazeera.net – Al Jazeera TV covers the world, with news that rarely appears in British media. Also does very good documentaries

www.alarabiya.net/english - Al Arabiya News Channel

Newspapers worth looking at, if only to see what other people get for news:

www.heraldscotland.com – Scotland, Herald and Sunday Herald. Watch out for articles by Rob Edwards

www.dailystar.com.lb – Lebanon, leading English language newspaper in Middle East

www.jordantimes.com – the Jordan Times, Middle Eastern and world news

www.palestinechronicle.com – the Palestine Chronicle, independent online newspaper largely focused on Palestine, Israel, and the Middle East region.

www.maannews.net - Ma’an News Agency, Palestine, Israel and the Middle East

www.haaretz.com - Israel

www.jpost.com – The Jerusalem Post

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com – English daily from Qatar

www.theglobeandmail.com – Toronto, often has hard-hitting articles

www.washingtonpost.com – good at reporting US security and military news

www.nytimes.com - New York Times

www.latimes.com - Los Angeles Times

www.straightstimes.com - Malaysian news

www.smh.com.au – Sydney Morning Herald, often first with world news