LINKS TO GOOD STUFF

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INDEX


ACTIVISM

  • War Resisters League
    Believing war to be a crime against humanity, the War Resisters League, founded in 1923, advocates Gandhian nonviolence as the method for creating a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation.

  • Civil Disobedience Manual
    The history of Civil Disobedience is a long and international one. ACT UP practices a form that comes from a variety of progressive movements. Below are several pages describing some of the history, theory, and practice of civil disobedience.

  • Demonstrators Manual
    Demonstrations have played an important part of this country's history. Even before there was a United States there were demonstrations. While the tradition of protest is supported by the constitution, the law also says that the police have the right to regulate demonstrations to maintain public order. Due to the conflicting rights of the demonstrator and the police, it is not always clear what is legal and what is not legal. However, this manual gives you many general rules and considerations to help you make the best possible decisions in demonstrating.

  • Organizing your apartment building
    Why organize? The answer is that organizing is the best way for tenants to gain negotiating power equal to that of the landlord. Tenants acting in concert significantly increase their collective power.

  • A Guide to Formal Consensus
    "On Conflict and Consensus" a handbook on Formal Consensus decision making Consensus, as a decision making process, has been developing for centuries. Many people, in diverse communities, have contributed to this development. From them, we have borrowed generously and adapted freely.

  • 54 ways YOU can help the homeless
    An online book with valuable information and ideas for what anyone can do to help everyone have a structure to call their own.

  • Rainforest Action Network
    "Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action." They also have a fantastic links section.

  • American Friends Service Committee
    The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

  • Earth First! Journal
    Earth First! Journal is a forum for the no-compromise environmental movement.

  • Abbeys Web
    Welcome to Abbey's Web, a WWW site dedicated to the life and works of author Edward Abbey. Enter at your own risk. Carry water. Avoid the noonday sun. Try to ignore the vultures. Pray frequently.

  • Natural Resources Defense Council
    NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 350,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

  • Greenpeace
    Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future..

  • The Electronic Activist
    An email address directory of congresspeople, state governments, and media entities.

  • National Coalition for the Homeless
    Our Mission is to end homelessness. Toward this end, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) engages in public education, policy advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

  • Amnesty International
    The voice of political freedom.

  • Peace Brigades International
    Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a unique grassroot organization exploring and implementing nonviolent approaches to peacekeeping and support for basic human rights. By invitation, PBI sends teams of volunteers who go into areas of political repression and conflict. PBI provides protective international accompaniment for individuals and organizations who have been threatened by political violence or who are otherwise at risk. In this way, PBI enlarges the space for local activists to work for social justice and human rights, while at the same time being non-partisan: not telling them what to do, how to do it, or how their future should be formed.

  • Essential Information
    Founded in 1982 by Ralph Nader, Essential Information is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. We are involved in a variety of projects to encourage citizens to become active and engaged in their communities. We provide provocative information to the public on important topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers.

  • Empowerment Resources
    Empowerment Resources is your Internet guide to Empowerment and the Green movement.

  • Peaceful Links
    As a service to the progressive community, the Root and Branch Collective provides links to many Web sites that you may find useful in your local organizing work. This list is being continually updated, so check in often!!

  • Nuclear Abolition Network

  • The Nonviolence Web
    The home to many of the US's most dynamic peace groups. Weekly online magazine is updated every Friday.

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    COMMUNES AND INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES

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    HARDWARE

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    HTML AND WEB DESIGN

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    MUSIC

  • Max Creek
    One of my all time favorite bands. I have one good picture

  • Ladyslipper
    Ladyslipper is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to heighten public awareness of the achievements of women artists and musicians, and to expand the scope and availability of recordings by women.
    Our annotated catalog contains information about an expansive variety of female musicians, writers, performers and composers, plus a section devoted to the musical contributions of non-sexist men, as well as video recordings, songbooks and music-related books -- over 1500 titles altogether.

  • Fairport Convention
    What can you say about FC that could even begin to describe them. To know Fairport is a pleasure
    and an honor and a party all rolled into one.

  • The Official Home Page of the Grateful Dead
    . . . a bus came and I got on that's when it all began . . .

  • The Jimmy Buffet Parot(t)head Home Page
    The complete parothead site. So come and follow "la vie dansante".

  • The Monkees Home Page

  • The Internet Underground Music Archive

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    REPAIR AND RELATED

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    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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    SEARCH ENGINES

  • Saavy Search
    My favorite search engine. Searches using multiple other search engines all at once.

  • Yahoo
    The favorite that needs no introduction.

  • The Searcher
    A plethora of search engines all in one place.

  • Avatar Search
    The occult search engine

  • Disinformation
    The Subculture search engine.

  • Infoseek

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    TELEVISION

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