See our feature, Forever Dada, an animated political cartoon created by California artists Louis Dunn & Steve Campbell. Published occasionally.
Alternative News Sites
See these web sites with breaking news and commentary from progressive writers and publications around the world:
• Buzzflash, the left's answer to Matt Drudge
• Common Dreams News Center, with selected articles from newspapers and periodicals. See also the concise list of national and international news services, newspapers and periodicals.
• The Nation, liberal weekly has daily updates.
• Salon.com (requires a subscription to read many articles).
• TomPaine.com
• Working For Change
And you never know what will turn up on
C-SPAN.
For international news which the US media such as the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post might not see fit to print:
From Canada
• Globe and Mail of Toronto, for Canadian news and perspectives on its southern neighbor.
• Toronto Star, a liberal Canadian newspaper.
From Britain
• The Guardian, a liberal newspaper in London (formerly the Manchester Guardian). See its running reports on George Bush's America.
• The Independent, a liberal newspaper in London
• Daily Mirror, liberal tabloid in London.
• New Statesman, British Socialist weekly.
• BBC World News
From Elsewhere:
• Al Ahram, English-language weekly based in Cairo, for Arab perspective on Mid-East
• Dawn, of Karachi, centrist English-language Pakistan daily.
• The Frontier Post of Peshawar, Pakistan, for news from the front lines of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
• Ha'aretz, Israeli liberal daily with English language edition
• International Herald Tribune, Paris-based daily operated by the New York Times.
• Le Monde Diplomatique, English language monthly digest of the French daily newspaper.
• Mail and Guardian, daily web edition of South African liberal weekly.
• Mexico City News, the English language daily in our neighbor to the south.
• South China Morning Post, independent Hong Kong and Pacific news (registration required).
• Sydney Morning Herald, for news from Down Under.
• World Press Review, a monthly magazine with analyses and English translations of articles in the international press, as well as an excellent directory of publications by nation, with ideological leanings.
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A Few Good Weblogs
to keep you from getting your work done:
• Eric Alterman's Altercation
• The American Prospect
• Buzzflash
• Center for American Progress
• Daily Kos (politics)
• Eschaton by Atrios (politics)
• Iowa Opinion what's up in the Hawkeye State.
• It's No Accident labor notes by John Lacny
• Liberal Oasis
• Maxspeak (populist economics)
• Media Matters for America
• Nathan Newman (mainly labor law)
• The New Republic
• Progressive Review Undernews
• Political Wire by Taegon Goddard
• Raw Story
• Romenesko's Media News (journalism scuttlebutt)
• Salon's War Room
• Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall
• Talk Left, the politics of crime.
• This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow
• TomPaine.com, A.K.A. The Dreyfuss Report on foreign policy.
• Washington Monthly, by Kevin Drum (formerly Calpundit)
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words; well, here are some good cartoon sites:
Jules Feiffer
Jeff Danziger
Mark Fiore
Forever Dada, an animated political cartoon created by California artists Louis Dunn & Steve Campbell. Published every Monday.
This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow. (And he has a pretty good links page.)
Ted Rall, our cartoonist/columnist.
Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
Matt Wuerker
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