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Independent media sources for news and online video documentaries from around the world:

Channel G - This website is fabulous! Please take a minute to visit. One nonprofit helping other nonprofits. Channel G designs, produces, and distributes inspiring television and digital video, showcasing the best projects of nonprofit organizations around the globe.

Democracy Now - A daily radio and TV news program on over 350 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US.

The Dossier - An incredible collection of films, lectures, and documentaries for online viewing.

Free Documentaries - The Truth is Free. The Internet's top resource for finding free documentaries.

Free Speech Network - "What Democracy Looks Like." Finally, after 50 years of television broadcasting, there now exists a national television channel that reflects the diversity of our society, provides perspectives that are under-represented or ignored by the mainstream media, and shines a national spotlight on engaged citizens working for progressive social change.

Global Reasearch - The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of writers, scholars and activists. Global Research publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes.

GNN (Guerrilla News Network) - (Fabulous site!) Guerrilla News Network is an independent news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming.

Independent Media Source - Media for a Better World. Watch free online films and documentaries.

Lime - LIME is a next-generation media brand that values community and participation at its core. LIME offers entertaining and revealing programming focused on the environment and sustainability, personal growth, alternative health, healthy foods, and business ethics.

NOGW.com - The goal of this site is to provide you with a summary of ideas and a short list of excellent links to help you stay informed and to stay focused.

Information Clearing House - An independent media source of unreported (or under reported) news from around the globe. Excellent video files.

OneWorldTV - OneWorldTV is an open platform for sharing videos on issues affecting people around the world. Established in 1991, OneWorldTV forms part of OneWorld.net – a network of over 1200 partner organisations harnessing the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development.

Pepperspray Productions - Pepperspray Productions is an independent video activist collective in Seattle. We bring you independent video from the front lines of the global battle against the corporate state. In addition to creating individual video pieces, we produce the activist video quarterly The Leader and the weekly public access TV show Indymedia Presents.

Snowshoe Documentary Films - Snowshoe Documentary Films: For Social and Economic Justice. Fabulous website offering news and powerful video documentaries.

SourceCode: Reboot the System - SourceCode is a weekly, half-hour news-magazine program covering progressive and alternative issues that rarely receive mainstream media attention. Our mission is to partner with activist groups, in the hopes that our audience, upon seeing the work that is being done to remedy a broad spectrum of social injustice, will get up off the couch and participate in progressive social change.

Truthout - We started TO in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election hoping that we could reach a few people, have some small impact on the dialog, and maybe, just maybe try to restore a little integrity. Today Truthout is visited more than 4 million times per month by readers seeking the straight story and wanting to be involved in building a better tomorrow. Truthout Multimedia

Wing TV - World Independent News Group: The Revolution is Being Televised. Powerful news, books and videos.

Resources for purchasing or renting progressive, independently produced films for creating positive change in the world:

AKPress - Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials; titles that are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants, titles with which you can make a positive change in the world.

Big Noise Tactical Media - Big Noise Films is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer collective of media-makers around the world, dedicated to circulating beautiful, passionate, revolutionary images.

Bullfrog Films - Bullfrog Films has become the leading US publisher of independently-produced, environmental videos, that point the way to living healthily, happily, and with greater concern for the other inhabitants of this planet, and for our descendants.

California Newsreel - Film and video for social change since 1968. Distributors of cutting edge social interest documentaries to universities, high schools and public libraries. California Newsreel is the oldest non-profit film and video production and distribution center in the country.

Docworkers - Distributor of independently-produced, progressive documentaries.

Empowerment Project - Using the power of media to make a difference. The Empowerment Project provides facilities, training and other support for independent producers, artists, activists and organizations working in video and other electronic media. Its purpose is to work towards democratizing access to the media, and to provide the resources necessary to put the power of media in the hands of individuals and organizations working to further important social and artistic purposes. EP coordinates and supports progressive organizing efforts, produces and distributes its own documentary films and videos, conducts media training workshops, and operates a media center with low-cost access to video and computer facilities in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Green Planet Films - We maintain a comprehensive library of environmental, nature, and conservation films, and make these powerful visual programs readily available in DVD format for Members to purchase, or select online, then view and return at cost. We support producers by providing a new outlet and new audiences for their work. We support the public by meeting the growing demand for informative and compelling environmental programs. And we support the health of the earth by increasing awareness of its resilience and its fragility.

IndieDocs - Offers a huge selection of documentary films.

Liberation Video - The Revolution is Being Televised! Liberation Video liberates your television from corporate mind control programming. We break through the mainstream media blockade to bring independent, progressive and activist political video to your TV. Liberation Video provides an easy and inexpensive distribution process for alternative media.

Media Education Foundation - Produces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of ideas and people, and informed citizen participation.

MediaRights - Media That Matters. MediaRights is a community organization dedicated to maximizing the impact of social-issue documentaries and shorts.

New Day Films - In a world turning more and more to prepackaged, commercially produced programs, New Day Films offers independently produced films and videos that educate and inspire.

Progressive Films - Progressive Films distributes films and videos, both narrative and documentary, which offer a progressive perspective, promote human rights and are created to advance social justice, multiracial equality and cross cultural understanding.

Turning Tide Productions - Award-winning video documentaries about contemporary social issues, grassroots activism, and multicultural perspectives.

Animal Rights:

PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals; operating under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. Peta Video Archive

PETA / Cruelty Free Living - Vegan companies, leather and fur alternatives, animal friendly companies, stylish non-leather clothing and accessories.

The Jane Goodall Institute - Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.

Environment:

Friends of the Earth - Friends of the Earth is U.S. voice of the world's largest network of environmental groups, and has been at the forefront of high-profile efforts to create a more healthy, just world for decades.

Greenpeace - Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

The Pachamama Alliance - The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. based not-for-profit organization that was born out of a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the leaders of remote indigenous groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador. This relationship was actually initiated by the indigenous elders and shamans themselves who, out of their deep concern for the growing threat to their ancient way of life, and their recognition that the roots of this threat lay far beyond their rainforest home, actively sought the partnership of committed individuals living in the modern world.

Health:

Fluoride Action Network - The Fluoride Action Network's primary goals are to educate the public on the toxicity of fluoride compounds and the health impacts of current fluoride exposures.

Social /Political Issues and Human Rights / Welfare:

Amnesty International - Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

ArgusFest.org - Artistic expression for human rights. Featuring the best films on human rights, globalization, social justice, environmental and media reform issues.

Feed The Children - Feed The Children is a Christian, international, non-profit relief organization that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster. During our 26-year history, Feed The Children has created and developed one of the world's largest private organizations dedicated to feeding hungry people. 9,133 meals a day, worldwide.

Food First - The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy - Food First - is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger.

Global Exchange - Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.

Mercy Corp - Mercy Corp exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. The agency's programs currently reach 7 million people in more than 35 countries. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided over $1 billion in assistance to people in 81 nations.

Roots and Shoots - Founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, the Roots and Shoots program inspires youth of all ages to make a difference by becoming involved in their communities. Each Roots and Shoots group plans and implements service-learning projects that promote care and concern for animals, the environment, and the human community.

United for Peace and Justice - United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. We welcome the participation of any and all national, regional and local groups who share our goals and wish to work with others.

Video Activist Network - The Video Activist Network is an informal association of activists and politically conscious artists using video to support social, economic and environmental justice campaigns. Online videos and excellent resources for video activists.

WITNESS - WITNESS partners with human rights defenders, training them to use video to document abuse and create change. WITNESS also offers two of their popular training videos online: "Tips & Techniques," which covers all the basic techniques for operating a video camera, and "Video for Change," which provides an overview for human rights advocates on how to effectively use video in advocacy.

The World Can't Wait - World Can't Wait is organizing people living in the United States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the Bush administration. We seek to create a political situation where the Bush administration's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking U.S. society is reversed.

Independent Filmakers:

Lila Films - Lila Films, Inc., founded by Deborah Fryer in 1994, is an independent production company that crafts engaging, entertaining and educational videos and documentary films. We delight in beautiful images and powerful storytelling. Our mission is to create inspiring media that motivates you to think, listen and open your heart. Our award-winning team researches, writes, produces, designs, directs, shoots, edits and delivers the multimedia you want to make your mark in the world.

MJF Design - Holistic Web Design and Multimedia Production (designer of this site).

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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
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