MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN
The following is a list of mainstream and alternative contacts that activists may wish to use to voice their concerns over the Isreal-Palestine conflict, the bombing and anctions on Iraq, the 'war on terrorism' and to attempt to ensure media accuracy.
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1111
Fax: (202) 456-2461
E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Dick Cheney
(The White House, as above)
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
(The White House, as above)
Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-6575
Fax: (202) 261-8577
E-mail: secretary@state.gov
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UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATION:
webmaster@unhcr.ch
areca@unhcr.ch
unsco@palnet.com
ecu@un.org
coi@un.org
webadmin.hchr@unog.ch
EUROPEAN UNION:
romano.prodi@cec.eu.int
civis@europarl.eu.int
epbrussels@europarl.eu.int
public.info@consilium.eu.int
belrep@belgoeurop.diplobel.fgov.be
karin.roxman@consilium.eu.int
christian.jouret@consilium.eu.int
Javier.Sancho-Velazquez@consilium.eu.int
CANADA:
Prime minister Jean Chretien pm@pm.gc.ca
Bill Graham graham.b@parl.gc.ca
ISRAEL:
Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister:
rohm@pmo.gov.il or webmaster@pmo.gov.il
Fax: +972 2 651 2631
Benjamin Ben Eliezer, Israeli Minister of Defense:
Email: sgansar@mod.gov.il
Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Fax: +972-2-5303367
Email: sar@mfa.gov.il
Here is the phone number of the IDF Commander for the Ramallah area (from the US):
011-972-2-9970461
Mobile: 011-972-54-240-303
Voice your protest to him personally.
MEDIA SOURCES:
ABC News - 212-456-4040
CBS News - 212-975-3691
NBC News - 212-664-4971
CNN - 404-827-1511
Fox News - 212-301-3300
MSNBC - 201-583-5222
PBS - 703-998-2150
NPR - 202-513 3232 / Morning Edition comment line - 202-842 5044
NEW YORK TIMES - 212-556-1234
USA Today - 703-276-3400
WS Journal - 212-416-2000
Washington Post - 202-334-6000
Time - 212-522-1212
U.S. News - 202-955-2000
AP 212-621-1600
MSNBC - 201-583-5000
CNBC - 201-585-2622
"Dan Rather" audsvcs@cbs.com
"NBC Nightly News" Nightly@nbc.com
"MSNBC" world@msnbc.com
"KOMO-TV4" Tips@KOMO4NEWS.com
"KIRO-TV7" newstips@kirotv.com
"Peter Jennings" PeterJennings@abcnews.com
"CTV NATIONAL NEWS" news@ctv.ca
"CNN" cnn.feedback@cnn.com
"CBC-TV" national@cbc.ca
"CBCNEWS" nwonline@toronto.cbc.ca
"CBC VANCOUVER" bc1@vancouver.cbc.ca
"CBC THIS MORNING" thismorning@cbc.ca
"BCTV NEWS" newstips@bctv.wic.ca
"ABC World News Tonight" netaudr@abc.com
"THE VILLAGE VOICE" editor@villagevoice.com
"THE VANCOUVER SUN" sunletters@pacpress.southam.ca
"THE TORONTO STAR" lettertoed@thestar.ca
"THE PRAGUE POST" news@praguepost.cz
"THE NATION" letters@thenation.com
"THE INDEPENDENT" newseditor@independent.co.uk
"THE GUARDIAN" reader@guardian.co.ukm
"THE DAILY STAR-BEIRUT" editorial@dailystar.com.lb
"SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" emailnews@smh.fairfax.com.au
"ST. PETERSBURG TIMES" sspears@sptimes.com
"NEW ZEALAND HERALD" letters@herald.co.nz
"NEW YORK TIMES" letters@nytimes.com
"NATIONAL POST" letters@nationalpost.com
"MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE" buster@startribune.com
"MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL" davis@jsonline.com
"MIAMI HERALD" HeraldEd@herald.com
"LOS ANGELES TIMES" feedback@latimes.com
"JORDAN TIMES" jotimes@jpf.com.jo
"JERUSALEM POST" editors@jpost.co.il
"GLOBAL NATIONAL" globalnational@canada.com
"EVENING POST - NZ" editor@evpost.co.nz
"DENVER POST" letters@denverpost.com
"CKVU-TV" tips.van@ckvu.ca
"CHICAGO TRIBUNE" DWycliff@tribune.com
"CBS Evening News" audsvcs@cbs.com
"CBC COUNTERSPIN" counterspin@toronto.cbc.ca
"BUENOS AIRES HERALD" info@buenosairesherald.com
"BOSTON GLOBE" letters@globe.com
"BANGKOK POST" editor@bangkokpost.net
"2020" 2020@abc.com
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SOURCES AND ACTIVIST GROUPS
Print / Internet
AlterNet.org
http://www.alternet.org
"AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative
journalism."
Alternewswire
http://www.alternewswire.com
An altnerative news wire.
Asheville Global Report
http://www.agrnews.org
A free weekly newspaper that covers "news underreported by mainstream media,
believing that a free exchange of information is necessary to organize for social
change."
B92
http://www.b92.net
A Yugoslavian Internet, TV, and Radio station with excellent coverage of breaking news
from around the world.
The Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org
"The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and
constitutional liberties in the digital age." Topics covered include free speech,
data privacy, government surveillance, cryptography, domain names, and international
issues.
Common Dreams NewsCenter
http://www.commondreams.org
"Breaking news and views for the progressive community." Great site.
CorpWatch
http://www.corpwatch.org
"CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education and activism. We
work to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots
globalization--a diverse movement for human rights, labor rights and environmental
justice."
Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.com
A bi-weekly newsletter that brings their readers "the stories that the corporate
press never prints." The section "Resources on the Events of 9/11" is very
useful.
Disinformation
http://www.disinfo.com
A search service and article archive "for individuals looking for information on
current affairs, politics, new science and the 'hidden information' that seldom seems to
slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates."
Fairness and Accuracy in Media
http://www.fair.org
FAIR, the national media watch group, works to "invigorate the First Amendment by
advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that
marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints." Excellent.
Fidelche
www.fidelche.com
An on line catalogue of humorous & hard edged activist t-shirts for the
unconventional, non conformist and controversial.
FreeNews
http://www.theexperiment.org
A "news filtration experiment" from theexperiment.org which invites users to
post news stories relating to current world events.
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org
"Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental,
political, and social justice around the world" that strives to "increase global
awareness among the US public while building international partnerships around the
world."
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk
One of the more balanced western daily newspapers. Has been doing some great reporting in
the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks.
In These Times
http://www.inthesetimes.com
"A news magazine committed to extending political and economic democracy in the
United States and around the world and to opposing the dominance of transnational
corporations and the tyranny of marketplace values over human values."
Independent Media Center
http://www.indymedia.org
"Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of
journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media
outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth."
John Pilger
www.johnpilger.com
Celebrated British journalist's site featuring a vast archive of his articles from
the past 25 years. One of THE best places to start informing yourself.
LexisNexus Free Resources for Background and Context on 9/11
http://www.lexisnexis.com/resources
A subscription database usually used by reporters and lawyers that's currently allowing
free searches relating to 9/11.
MediaChannel.org
http://www.mediachannel.org
"As the Media Watch the World, We Watch the Media."
MichaelMoore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com
The site of documentary filmmaker, author, and TV producer Michael Moore, complete with
extensive articles, forums, and links to alternative media, labor, political action, and
research sites. He's been doing some great writing post 9/11.
Middle East Wire
http://www.middleeastwire.com
The latest news breaking news about the Middle East & North Africa.
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com
The online version of the magazine that has waged war "upon the vices of violence,
exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day
is marred" for over 130 years. Always great stuff.
Nowar Collective
http://www.nowarcollective.com
Activist groups, background on Afghanistan, essays, etc.
OneWorld.net
http://www.oneworld.net
"OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to
promote human rights and sustainable development."
Out There News
http://www.megastories.com
An online news source that uses "interactivity to create communities who report the
news rather than just consume it." They accompish this by going "out there in
the global village with satphones, laptops and digital cameras giving a voice to real
people."
Political Circus
http://politicalcircus.com
The "premier online source for daily political news & information affecting the
Asian Pacific American community."
Privacy.org
http://www.privacy.org
"The site for daily news, information, and initiatives on privacy. This web page is a
joint project of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Privacy
International"
PrivacyRightsNow!
http://www.privacyrightsnow.org
A non-commerical site organized by Ralph Nader and Remar Sutton"to highlight the
efforts of the key non-profit organizations that care about the integrity of your private
life."
The Progressive
http://www.progressive.org
The online version of the magazine that has been opposing "militarism, the
concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry,
poverty, and prejudice in all its guises" since 1909.
Project Underground
http://www.moles.org
"Project Underground exists as a vehicle for the environmental, human rights and
indigenous rights movements to carry out focused campaigns against abusive extractive
resource activity."
Salon
http://www.salon.com
News and commentary from slightly left of center.
TomPaine.com
http://www.tompaine.com
"TomPaine.com seeks to enrich the national debate on controversial public issues by
featuring the ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream
media."
Znet from Z Magazine
http://www.zmag.org
One of the US's premier alternative political magazines. Excellent resource.
Audio/Video
The a-Infos Radio Project
http://www.radio4all.net
Numerous excellent audio streams from alternative news sources.
FAIR's Counterspin
http://www.fair.org/counterspin/
The radio production of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting that "provides a critical
examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might
have missed in their own coverage."
Flashpoints
http://www.flashpoints.net
A daily investigative news program produced at KPFA in Berkeley, CA.
Free Speech Radio News
http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/
A daily news program produced by Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship. "Over 40
freelance reporters in 14 states and four continents are boycotting the Pacifica Network
News for censoring legitimate news stories."
Free Speech TV
http://www.freespeech.org
An audio/video hub that "attempts to respond to the interests of that majority of the
people whose voices are excluded or distorted in the corporate media."
LUVeR Alternative News
http://www.luver.org
"LUVeR ALTERNATIVE NEWS covers ... through multi-media ... the social, cultural,
political, and personal [r]evolution that the corporate media actively supresses."
People's Video Network
http://www.peoplesvideo.org
"A group of media activists with more than 50 public access shows across the country
and hundreds of videos documenting the struggle." Full downloadable MP3 archives are
available.
Undercurrents
http://www.undercurrents.org
Alternative news videos from around the world.
WebActive alternative radio streams
http://www.webactive.com
Numerous audio streams, including Democracy Now!, Pacifica, and Hightower Radio.
Thanks to NEGATIVLAND for providing many of the links above
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