The Nation. Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865.

Pacifica Radio online
 Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance (CDR)
Independent Media Center -- 

Covert Action Quarterly

American Newspeak -- Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) - national media-watch group advocating greater media pluralism and the inclusion of public interest voices in national debates. FAIR publishes Extra!, their award-winning bi-monthly magazine; "Media Beat," a weekly syndicated column on media and politics by Norman Solomon; and produces Counterspin, a weekly radio show soon to be available in real audio.

 The Cultural Environment Movement The Cultural Environment Movement (CEM) is a coalition of independent organizations and supporters in every state of the U.S. and 63 other countries on six continents. Its over 150 affiliated and supporting organizations and its individual supporters represent a wide range of social and cultural concerns, united in working for freedom, fairness, diversity, responsibility, respect for cultural integrity, the protection of children, and democratic decision-making in the media mainstream.

Z-Mag online --

Z-Net includes robust educational offerings, socially responsible internet guides, audio and publishing functionality and archives, socializing facilities, Z Magazine article archives and search engines, activism updates and campaigns, research tools, and espeically interactive forums including, among their regular participants, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Albert, Katha Pollitt, and Howard Zinn.

Media Watchdog - an excellent collection of online media-watch resources, with an emphasis on
     organizations exposing the biases of the mainstream media.

Media Education Foundation -- More for the radical flare.  "Citizens of the democratic societies
    should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation
    and control, and to lay the basis for meaningful democracy." -Noam Chomsky

The Allodium - A bit on the liberal side, and compiles "under-reported" political news, finds
    alternative angles to conventional reporting in an effort to "help citizens recapture the tools of
    public discourse." Also has a link to the Progressive Politics Ring.