Links
From Spore Collective
Below is a collection of websites which we find interesting and/or useful. You might also want to check out our list of recommended books ...
Poison
- CHE Toxicant & Disease Database
- TOXMAP -- maps showing locations of toxic waste dumps, superfund sites, etc in the U.S.
- Scorecard.org
- PVC: The Poison Plastic
- Chemical Body Burden site
- Database of Chemicals in Cosmetic Products
- Right To Know Network -- this site presents the vast amount of information contained in government toxicology/pollution/etc databases in an accessible format
- Environmental Working Group
- Pesticide Action Network (North America)
- TOXNET -- databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases
International affairs
General
Latin America
- Friends of the MST (Movimiento sem Terra)
- Comite de Unidad Campesina
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
News / Blogs
- SchNEWS
- Center for Investigative Reporting
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
- PR Watch
- Common Dreams
- Narco News
- Independent Media Center (Indymedia)
- Counterpunch
- Bombs & Shields
- A-Infos
- Anarchist News
- Mostly Water
- Democracy Now!
Global Capitalism / Geopolitics
Ecology / Bioremediation / Wilderness Defense
- WildLaw -- excellent guide to environmental law in the U.S.
Ethnobotany
- Plants For A Future -- database of thousands of common wild plants and their human uses, cultivation, and ecology.
- A Modern Herbal -- large compendium of traditional (mostly European) herbal medicine and plant lore
- Native American Ethnobotany Database
- Dr. Dukes Phytochemical & Ethnobotany Databases
- USDA Plants Database
Outdoor Living Skills / Survival Skills
Permaculture / Organic Gardening / Food Activism
- Permaculture Discussion Forum
- Organic Volunteers -- huge database of volunteer opportunities at organic farms, permaculture centers, and food activist groups
Community Organizing / Activism
- Ruckus Society -- great site on direct action organizing, strategy/tactics, etc ... especially check out the manuals section on their site
Surveillance
- Electronic Privacy Information Center(EPIC)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- ACLU Privacy Center
Libertarian Socialism / Anarchism
- Anarchist FAQ
- "Libertarian socialism" (Wikipedia)
- "Anarchism" (Wikipedia)
- Anarchy Archives
- flag.blackened.net
- LibCom
- Infoshop.org
- Anarkismo
- Nodo50 -- spanish language Anarchist resources
- Insurgent Desire!
Prisoner Support/Legal Resources
History
- National Security Archives -- database of U.S. government documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- The Textfiles Directory -- excellent source of primary documents if you want to research the early years of the internet. Useful for gaining insight into social psychology of mixture of hackers, anti-government subversives, racists, and computer technicians ... all of whom were posting ASCII text files to internet BBSs ...
Radical Media & Publishing
- AK Press
- Riseup.net -- web hosting, mailing lists, email accounts
- Resist.ca -- web hosting, mailing lists, email accounts
- Crimethinc
- Zine Library
- Feral House
