Links


Democracy / Community
Antidote to Apathy ~ great TED talk on engagement in Canada
Time Banks~ NY Times article on sharing services and making friends


Activist Magazine Toolkit
Community Toolbox ~ large collection of how-to articles

Study Circles Resource Center ~ includes large how-to guide

Civic Practices Network ~ lots of material

New Tactics in Human Rights ~ human rights tactics from around the world
CANVAS ~ tactics from the group that won a nonviolent war against Milosevic
The Municipal League of King County ~ long running candidate evaluation project

Oranizations that build democracy

H-Urban ~ discussion and scholarly articles on urban history
and urban studies
International Association for Public Participation
Communitarian Network

Public Citizen (US)

Media

Women in Media and News - media resources
Video Activist - lots of links
Center for Media & Democracy ~ PR Watch

Center for Science in the Public Interest
Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents
 

Elections / Voting

PoliticsOnline ~ "Fundraising and Internet Tools for Politics"

Teledemocracy network

Project Vote Smart

Proportional Representation Library

US National Election Studies

Steal Back your Vote - long piece of movie on US election fraud
Fair Vote Canada

Progressive Sites
Activist Resources - a great hub
Ruckus Training Materials & Resources
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
OneWorld
Essential Information
The Progressive Directory
Kettering Foundation
Progressive Economics
Kiva - become a micro lender

Non-corporate Political Insight
Independent Media - Canadian non-corporate news
Dominion Paper - Canadian News from the Grassroots
Truth Out
Michael Parenti
Greg Palast
George Monbiot
The Real News
Alternet Alternative News
Oreo Cookie Budget (US) - great animation
The Story of Stuff - animation on consumption

Web Parodies
Jean's Favorite Endangered Species Recipes

Black Envy

The Onion

Music Parodies
Godcasts