(listed in alphabetical order)

FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD:

English language versions of Islamic newspapers: http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly: Al-Ahram, Cairo, state-owned; http://www.dailystar.com.lb: Daily Star, Lebanon; http://www.gulf-times.com: Gulf Times, Qatar; http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews: Daily Jang, Pakistan, excellent reporting on Afghan war.

Other sources for regional news: http://www.al-jazeera.net: Al-Jazeera, the now-notorious Pan-Islamic Qatar TV station; in Arabic, but until the U.S. bombs all of their reporters and facilities, the pictures alone can tell lots that we don't otherwise see or hear about both the news stories and Islamic news priorities; http://www.allafrica.com: AllAfrica Global Media, good news coverage of Islamic Africa; http://www.irna.com: The Islamic Republic News Association, based in Teheran, tends to be a fundamentalist viewpoint; http://www.islamonline.net/english/: IslamOnline.net, an impressive pan-Islamic site (Arabic & English) of news, opinion, and culture; http://www.memri.org: Middle East Media & Research Institute, translates articles from Farsi and Arabic media; http://www.haaretzdaily.com: Ha'Aretz, left-leaning daily Israeli newspaper, good for domestic Israeli news and a spectrum of opinion on the occupation of Palestine and other Middle Eastern matters far broader, actually, than what passes for debate on Israel/Palestine in mainstream U.S. media.

EUROPEAN SOURCES:

Daily newspapers & TV: http://www.bbc.co.uk: BBC; http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk: Daily Telegraph; http://www.guardian.co.uk: The Guardian (until a few years ago, the Manchester Guardian), Britain's leading left-leaning daily, also publishes London Observer on Sundays; http://www.independent.co.uk: The Independent, home of the immortal Robert Fisk, the single best English-language Middle East reporter in the world); http://www.dailymirror.co.uk: The Daily Mirror, home of John Pilger, who gives Fisk a solid run on both experience and on eloquent opposition to America's neo-colonialism; http://www.ireland.com: Irish Times; http://www.MondeDiplo.com: Le Monde Diplomatique, a separate online magazine published by Le Monde, the prestigious Paris daily. It's not the daily, but still a good source for European perspectives on international issues.

Other Western voices: http://www.debka.com: DebkaFile, an excellent Website devoted to Middle East intelligence run by a former Economist foreign affairs writer); http://www.eurasianews.com: scores of links to sites on Afghanistan, Iraq, and other Eureasian counties; http://www.iwpr.net: Institute for War and Peace Reporting, a British outfit that ranges from the Balkans throughout Asia, but especially valuable for the former Soviet republics; http://www.mwaw.org: Media Workers Against War, originally formed after 9/11 by disgruntled BBC and Guardian employees scrutinizing British media coverage of the Afghan invasion, has since morphed into becoming, as well, a British anti-war.com, with news on much of the global anti-war movement; http://www.wombatnews.com: Wombat International News, a Japanese site with a stunning number of links to news coverage around the world, including heavy coverage of U.S. adventurism.

ALTERNATIVE U.S. MEDIA:

http://www.alternet.org: AlterNet: makes its money by syndicating articles to newspapers, magazines, and web sites around the country, but also carries a lot of great original content; http://www.anti-war.com: Libertarian-oriented, utterly invaluable source of news and opinion on militarism and the resistance to it; http://www.commondreams.com: Common Dreams; http://www.eatthestate.org: Eat the State!, local Seattle activist newspaper with a much wider readership; http://www.fair.org: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, an invaluale media watchdog group; http://www.indymedia.org: Independent Media Center, activism-oriented, with links to over 90 local indymedia sites around the world. Can be stunning in its on the spot coverage of protest, but the open publishing policies of many of its affiliates can mean its quality varies wildly in reliability; http://www.inthesetimes.coml; In These Times magazine, updated more frequently than the print publication; http://www.motherjones.com: Mother Jones' magazine; their daily site tends to be harder-edged and not as focused on long investigative pieces as the monthly print version; http://www.thenation.com: The Nation magazine, also with many features that don't make it to print; http://www.theonion.com: The Onion, an often brilliant satirical newspaper that's more painfully truthful than the garbage in your local daily; http://www.theprogressive.com: The Progressive magazine; http://www.tompaine.com: Tom Paine; http://www.utne.com: Utne Magazine's site is updated daily with none of the new agey lifestyle stuff that helps water down the print monthly; http://www.workingforchange.com: the political site of Working Assets; http://www.yellowtimes.org http://www.zmag.org: Z Magazine and ZNet, also with a widely read European edition. Chomsky's a close buddy, and ZNet tends to be more focused on activism and radical alternatives than most of the above outlets.

ANTI-WAR ACTIVISM:

http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar: Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar, a venerable source for exhaustive peace and social justice events of all kind in the metorpolitan Seattle area; http://www.objector.org: Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, the nation's clearinghouse of information for current or future enlistees or others contemplating applying for CO status; http://www.seattleactivism.org: Good calendar site, a pithier listing than Jean Buskin's that focuses on current anti-war activism, with links to events and sponsoring groups. http://www.aclu-wa.org: American Civil Liberties Union of Washington; unfortunately, anti-war activism has a home front, too, and this is by far the best single local source for information on and resistance to war-related erosions in our civil liberties.

We've found these sites particularly helpful. Several (as noted) have extensive links to other local sites throughout the region. Suggestions for sites to add to this list are most welcome; e-mail ets@scn.org.