Logic and Fallacies
'There's a lot of debate on the net. Unfortunately, much of it is of very low quality. The aim of this document is to explain the basics of logical reasoning, and hopefully improve the overall quality of debate.'
Propaganda Analysis
"As Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson point out, "every day we are bombarded with one persuasive communication after another. These appeals persuade not through the give-and-take of argument and debate, but through the manipulation of symbols and of our most basic human emotions. For better or worse, ours is an age of propaganda." (Pratkanis and Aronson, 1991)
With the growth of communication tools like the Internet, the flow of persuasive messages has been dramatically accelerated. For the first time ever, citizens around the world are participating in uncensored conversations about their collective future. This is a wonderful development, but there is a cost."
Capitalism
Capitalism And the Self Correcting Mechanism, the failure of Betamax, a short history of capitalism and its origins in European Enlightenment thought and practice, free market conservatism, and/or libertarianism, laissez-faire capitalism, Adam Smith and the wonders of the free market system, the Moral Defense of Capitalism, the Crisis of Global Capitalism, The Economics of the Robot Revolution.
Democratic Socialist Party
Marxism, socialism, class consciousness, capitalism, production, historical materialism, bourgeois democracy, etc.
Marxism
Communist manifesto, Socialism from Below, permanent revolution, state capitalism, international socialism, etc.
Voluntaryism
'Voluntaryists are advocates of non-political, non-violent strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice, as incompatible with libertarian principles. Governments must cloak their actions in an aura of moral legitimacy in order to sustain their power, and political methods invariably strengthen that legitimacy. Voluntaryists seek instead to delegitimize the State through education, and we advocate withdrawal of the cooperation and tacit consent on which State power ultimately depends.'
Anarchism
'Anarchy' = 'Without a leader'. Anarchism Frequently Asked Questions.
Bureau of Public Secrets and the Situationists International
Situationists, cultural subversion, revolt, detournement, class struggles, action, anti-statism, the society of the spectacle, social critiques, self-management, structurelessness, the social lie. "In 1957 a few experimental European groups stemming from the radical tradition of dadaism and surrealism, but seeking to avoid the cooption to which those movements succumbed, came together to form the Situationist International. The name came from their aim of liberating everyday life through the creation of open-ended, participatory “situations” (as opposed to fixed works of art) — an aim which naturally ran up against the whole range of material and mental obstacles produced by the present social order. Over the next decade the situationists developed an increasingly incisive critique of the global “spectacle-commodity system” and of its bureaucratic leftist pseudo-opposition, and their new methods of agitation helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. Since then — although the SI itself was dissolved in 1972 — situationist theories and tactics have continued to inspire radical currents in dozens of countries all over the world."
AdBusters.org
“We are a global network of artists, writers, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to launch the new social activist movement of the information age. Our goal is to galvanize resistance against those who would destroy the environment, pollute our minds and diminish our lives. To this end, Adbusters Media Foundation publishes Adbusters magazine, operates this website and offers its creative services through PowerShift, our advocacy advertising agency. This site was designed to help you turn the drab number cruncher you're staring at right now into the most versatile activist tool ever reckoned with. From cyberpetitions to Critical Mass tips, from disseminating corporate propaganda, to downshifting your lifestyle and treading lightly on the planet, we hope this site will inspire you to move -- upon your return to the real world -- from spectator to participant.
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Media Watch
“Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment. Each Monday at 9.15pm on ABC TV and repeated on the following Tuesday at 1.45pm, David Marr and the team turn a critical eye on the media in general and journalism in particular [...] Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment. Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989.”
Libertus.net - Australian Internet censorship laws
'On this site you will find a wide range of information concerning Australian Internet censorship laws (effective 1 January 2000) and attempts around the world to censor what we can say and see on the Internet. If you're not sure which side of the censorship debate you're on, or simply want to be better informed about the issues and/or ways of protecting children, these pages aim to help. Some sections will also be of interest to those of you who've decided it is time to do something before the Net becomes entirely a kindergarten!' Also covers Australia's censorship system relative to off-line material: films, videos, publications, computer games, television.
Internet Censorship & Civil Liberties in Australia
Independant Media Center
'The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity.'
Disinfo.com (Disinformation)
'The most popular alternative news and underground culture destination on the web ... Current affairs, politics, new science and the 'hidden information,' that seldom seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates'.
'We'd also like to remind you that the name of this site is Disinformation. We encourage you to research each topic for yourself: check out all the links, especially the ones that seem contrary to your views; question the motivation of the writer and publisher; and form your own opinion about the information that is being presented. We suggest that you treat all other news/information outlets in the same way - the media have strong biases which directly affect the way in which news and information is presented to you - and very often that leads to disinformation.'
Fortean Times.com
The journal of strange phenomena.
Textfiles.com
“What this site offers is a glimpse into the history of writers and artists bound by the 128 characters that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) allowed them. The focus is on mid-1980's textfiles and the world as it was then, but even these files are sometime retooled 1960s and 1970s works, and offshoots of this culture exist to this day.”
Contains 30,263 text files [as of 23 March 2001]; anarchy, BBS's, conspiracy, e-Texts, fun, occult, survival, computers, drugs, hack, phreak, politics, sex, UFO's, viruses, etc.
Index on Censorship
“Index on Censorship was founded in 1972 by Stephen Spender with the goal to protect the basic human right of free expression. For the past 25 years, Index has reported on censorship issues from all over the world and has added to the debates on those issues. In addition to the analysis, reportage and interviews, each Index contains a country by country list of free speech violations. These lists remain as extensive today as they were in the early days of Index.”
Amnesty International - defenders of human rights
'Imagine. One day you are going about your life, the next day you are gone without explanation. Friends, family, co-workers, have no idea where you are or what happened to you. Perhaps you were arrested, but when asked, local officials deny any knowledge of your whereabouts. It's as if you no longer exist...
Around the world, people are imprisoned for no legal reason. Many are charged with some form of "treason" against the government, however, some simply "disappear" and are held in secret with no charge or acknowledgment that they are being held.
These people are not violent anarchists or terrorists, but ordinary people: students, wives, artists, journalists, priests and teachers. They hold religious or political beliefs that are contrary to those of the local government. They never used or advocated the use of any form of violence, yet they are subjected to torture, rape and execution and denied access to medical or legal aid.
This happens because the local police and military believe they can act in the dark, unseen by the rest of the world.
...It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness...
Amnesty International is an independent human rights organisation that brings these stories out into the open for the world to see. Thousands of Amnesty members write letters on behalf of these prisoners. Each letter is like a spotlight shining on the police governors, military commanders and political officials. The letters give detailed descriptions of the last known whereabouts of the prisoners and their treatment.' Also check out www.amnesty-volunteer.org.
Get Your War On
Amusing War-on-(Some)-Terror clip-art comic.
Electronic Frontiers Australia
Electronic Frontiers Australia. Protecting and promoting online civil liberties in Australia. Censorship, privacy, cryptography, etc. "Our major goals are to advocate the amendment of laws and regulations in Australia and elsewhere (both current and proposed) which restrict free speech and unfettered access to information and to educate the community at large about the social, political, and civil liberties issues involved in the use of computer based communications systems."
Electronic Frontier Foundation
“EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet. The same forces that make technology such a positive force, such as the speed and ease of transmitting or evaluating information, can pose substantial challenges to basic human and legal rights. EFF is one of the leading organizations focused on representing the rights of individuals worldwide from those threats.”
Digital Freedom Network
“The Digital Freedom Network is an archive that publishes current writings of people who have been censored by their governments. You can read there what oppressive regimes are trying to censor right now.”