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The sites listed under "Bloggers" consists of web sites by commentators other than established and professional columnists that are listed in their section. Arianna On Line publishes Arianna Huffington's commentaries on on-going political events. Brian Cloughley "is a commentator on political and military affairs, specialising in South Asia, and is South Asia defence, security, terrorism and strategy analyst for Jane's Sentinel, covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He updates Sentinel's sections on the sub-continent every month and publishes in Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst to which recent contributions were 'Pakistan's religion and madrassahs', in January 2005, and 'Tribes and Pipelines', about Balochistan, in March." Michael Moore's personal web site uses the Internet to get his provocative and challenging ideas out to the public. Informed Comment is Juan Cole's blog providing thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion. Juan Cole is Professor of History at the University of Michigan Ariel Dorfman was born in Argentina in 1942 but is now recognized as a Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist and human rights activist. Best of the Blogs has links to a large selection of blogs and a forum for expressing opinions. Bruno Giussani is a Swiss writer, a 2004 Knight Fellow at Stanford University and an Affiliated Fellow at the Stanford Institute for International Studies. His work has appeared on the New York Times' website, in the European editions of Time and of The Wall Street Journal, and other European and American venues. (Most articles are in Italian or French) Brad Zellar is part of the Twin Cities Babelogues Community Elaine Cassel publishes Civil Liberties Watch. It is also part of the Twin Cities Babelogues Community The Crisis Papers publishes news, opinion, and commentary from the progressive Internet. DailyKos has become one of the more popular blog sites dealing with "political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation." This site is also a good reference resource for information related to politics. Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. Rahul Mahajan is publisher of the weblog Empire Notes, with regularly updated commentary on U.S. foreign policy, the occupation of Iraq, and the state of the American Empire. This Can't Be Happening! by Dave Lindorff, author of the book This Can't Be Happening!: Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy Joshua Micah Marshall is publisher of the highly respected Talking Points Memo. Lew Rockwell lists himself as "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market." His site carries articles by highly respected authors including the courageous Karen Kwiatkowski (Lt. Col. USAF Ret) who has provided some very informative commentaries on activities and people in the Pentagon. Liberal Oasis - Unabashedly liberal with the motto of "Where the left is right and the right is wrong." Very good source for related sites. The Online Gadfly publishes news and opinion regarding environmental ethics and public policy. The Online News Association (ONA) is an organization of bloggers. Personal Democracy Forum is an excellent source of information for how blogs and technology are changing politics. The Portland (OR) Independent Media Center "is an IMC for the southern Cascadia region of Turtle Island (an area temporarily demarcated as "Oregon" and southern "Washington" on some maps). Indymedia activism can take many forms, but is rooted in the Indymedia Principles of Unity which profess that the open exchange of and open access to information is a prerequisite to the building of a more free and just society." RawStory is a strong example of investigative journalism exposing information you won't find in the mainstream media. Riverbend - Girl Blog from Iraq... let's talk war, politics and occupation. The New Standard by Dahr Jamail - Covering the other side of the occupation in Iraq and other progressive issues. See also Columnists |
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