Links

Contents of links do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Blacktown Greens Group or The Greens political party in NSW or at federal level.

Green Party Links - Australia

• The Australian Greens
• NSW Greens
• Greens in The Senate - Bob Brown (Tas) and Kerry Nettle (NSW)
• Greens in State Parliament - Ian Cohen MLC and Lee Rhianon MLC (see also Legislative Council site)

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Green Groups - NSW

• Blue Mountains Greens
• Canterbury Greens
• Illawarra Greens
• Port Jackson Greens (inner western Sydney)
• Randwick-Botany Greens
• Summerland Greens (Lismore)
• Southern Highlands Greens
• South Sydney Greens

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Green Party Links - International

• Green Party of California - the web site of the largest Green party in the United States.
• Green Party of the United States (US)

Local Links

• ADI Residents Action Group - working to save the former ADI site for the people
• Mates of Duncan - Duncan Park in Seven Hills has a local council sponsored bushcare group

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Interesting Links

US Presidential Race 2004

• Cobb-LaMarche 04 - the US Green Party ticket for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States
• Taegan Goddard's Political Wire - almost everything in the one place (US - 23rd August 2004)
• The Electoral Vote Predictor - state by state breakdown based on the latest polling (US - 23rd August 2004)
• Rasmussen Reports - Daily tracking of 2004 race for the White House (US - 19th August 2004)

Iraq

• Iraq Occupation Watch - An international coalition of peace and justice groups, together with Iraqi counterparts, has launched a Baghdad-based International Occupation Watch Center (US - 23rd July 2004)
• Electronic Iraq - news and other stuff from an independent Iraqi viewpoint (Iraq - 23rd July 2004)
Iraqi Civilian war Casualties - Covering the period of March 21 - July 31, 2003 compiled by Raed Jarrar (Iraq - 23rd July 2004)
• Iraq Today - a weekly newspaper printed in Iraq, created to give ordinary Iraqis, rather than vested political interests, an influential voice in the governance of their country. (Iraq - 30th August 2003)
• Where is Raed? - life and times in Iraq (Iraq - 30th August 2003)
• Baghdad Burning - a girl talks about war, politics and occupation (Iraq? - 30th August 2003)

Australian

• Defeat Howard - provides many reasons why the Howard government should be defeated (Aus - 19th August 2004)
• SIEVX - A Certain Maritime Incident - Former diplomat and top rank public servant turned author Tony Kevin provides detailed analysis on this blot on Australia's reputation (Aus - 19th August 2004)
• A whole heap of stuff on Australian politics can be found on the Mumbles Pages (Aus - 18th August 2004)
• COLIN SIMPSON LECTURE: Delivered by David Marr at the Redfern Town Hall in Sydney, Saturday 29th March 2003 Organised by the Australian Society of Authors (Aus - 17 August 2004)
• John Howard Lies - tell us something we don't know. This "controverisal" litany of the lies told by John Howard and other leading members of the Tories in Federal Parliament. (Aus - July 23rd 2004)
• Sydney Peace Groups Noticeboard - aims to raise local awareness about the issues surrounding Australia’s involvement in the war in Iraq and the ongoing ‘war on terror’. (Aus - 15th October 2003)
• Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition - a broad coalition of groups in New South Wales dedicated to campaigning for peace. It was launched in July 2003. (Aus - 15th October 2003)
• The Drawing Board - a review of public affairs published by the School of Economics and Political Science at The University of Sydney. (Aus - 18th September 2003)
• Crikey - independent political, business and social commentary (Aus)

Mainly US and UK Liberal thought (plus stuff you should know)

• Truth Out for news, commentary, and discussion of issues relevant to progressive politics in the US and world. (US - 19th August 2004)
• World Crisis Web - developed by Danny Dayus (a PhD in philosopy who has a background in Green politics in the UK) this site contains both the latest news on key global issues, written by people from all over the world, as well as the best of the many analysis articles online. Many of the articles are supplemented by images - often original compositions - that either aid comprehension of the text, or complement the subject matter with related ideas that add to its value. Everything is published in both consistent thematic and chronological format, and is designed to maximise both readability and participation. Readers can also add their comments to the news and analysis published here, and these comments are recorded instantaneously alongside each article. (Ireland - EU - 25th July 2004)
• Unfair and Imbalanced is a place for news, commentary, and discussion of issues relevant to progressive politics and lifestyle. You can participate by contributing an article or voting on whether an article should be used. (US - 23rd July 2004)
• Democracy Now! - unembedded and independent radio and video reporting streamed from NYC in both broadband and dialup formats (US - 21st July 2004)
In the 1776 spirit of Tom Paine a couple of US PhD's present "The Crisis Papers". (US - 30th April 2004)
• The Pew Research Centre for the People and the Press is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. (US - 1st October 2003)
• Daily News Links from Progressive Internet Resourses Directory (US - 29th September 2003)
• This Modern World - the home of Tom Tomorrow - check out Tom's links too (US - 30th August 2003)
• The Daily Howler - chronicles the blunders of the media in the USA (US - 26th August 2003)
• Media Lens - is a response to the unwillingness, or inability, of the mainstream media to tell the truth about the real causes and extent of many of the problems facing us, such as human rights abuses, poverty, pollution and climate change. (US - 18th August 2003)
• Information Clearing House - an independent media source featuring unreported (or under reported) news from around the globe in an effort to provide more depth and understanding to current issues. (US - 18th August 2003)
• New Labour - the unofficial site -This website aims to increase public awareness about how corrupt, arrogant, incompetent and hypocritical 'New Labour' really are. In all their years of power they have managed to upset virtually all walks of life in Britain in some way or another. (UK - 18th August 2003)
• Throne Out - ThroneOut is not a political party or a pressure group... it is just a website. The producers of ThroneOut are anarchists, socialists, capitalists and liberals. They are united by the desire to remove an undemocratic and unjust figurehead. (UK 18th August 2003)
• Blair Faced Lies - this website provides brief reports to counter Blair’s lies. (UK - 18th August 2003)
• The mission of YellowTimes.org is to offer readers unconventional viewpoints from which to observe current events, and to encourage new thinking about the causes and effects of those events (US - 6th August 2003)
• The Liberal Slant - The so-called Liberal Media are owned by large Conservative corporations that dictate control over biased news reporting in major newspapers and on major television networks. The media are tories just like their owners and sponsors. You're getting the "News" the way that they want you to see it. The Liberal Slant offers alternative news and political commentary on such subjects as gun control, bias in the media, George W. Bush, civil rights, the environment, media ownership, separation of church and state, religion, Afghanistan, Iraq, the war on terrorism, election coverage, Christian conservatives and many other political and non-political issues. You haven't formed an intelligent opinion if you've only looked at an issue from one angle. (US - 6th August 2003)
• The Air Car - an exciting new concept in vehicular transport (Spain - 19th June 2003)
• Znet - a community of people committed to social change (US)
• "30 Years of Lost Opportunities: August 1970-2000" - Alfred Deakin Lecture given by Dr. Peter Brain 2001 (Aus)
• Mother Jones - an independent US nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting. (US)
• The Nation - "unconventional wisdom since 1865" (US)
• George Monbiot - distinguished commentator (UK)
• Project for the New American Century - be afraid. Be very afraid. (US) - The Wikipedia pages on PNAC explain a lot about this thing whilst Terry Jones in THe Observer wonders why Tony Blair (for which read John Howard too) isn't looking at the internet. And you can find out more in Bernard Werner's PNAC Primer at The Crisis Papers.
• American Enterprise Institute - just in case the link above didn't scare you enough (US)
• "Only in America" - transcript of Norman Mailer's address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco in February 2003 (US)
• Prison Planet and Infowars - radical portals (US)
• Propaganda Matrix - exposing the New World Order (US)
• Salon - independent political, business and social commentary (US)
• Mike Moore - gadfly US documentary maker (US)
• George W? Errrr... that's George aWol Bush (US)
• Chickenhawks and The Hall of Shame - the rather patchy records of prominent US citizens (US)
• The Water Barons - read how just three companies are on their way to controlling the world's water supply (US)
• The Smirking Chimp - all about the Bushies (US)
• Too Stupid to be President (US)
• Mike Hersh - independent political commentary and analysis (US)
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) - RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.
• Democaracy Now! - a listener-sponsored public radio and TV show, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. (US)
• The European Peace Movement - a 1984 conversation with Petra K. Kelly and General Gert Bastian, Green Party representatives in the German Bundestag (US)
• The Progressive "The mission of The Progressive is to be a journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad. The magazine, its affiliates, and its staff steadfastly oppose militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all its guises." (US)
• Dubya Speak "We can help somebody who hurts by hugging a neighbor in need." Or something like that. (US)
• The Daily Enron - news and views on US corporate behaviour and its links with US politicians. (US)
• Junction City - progressive America starts here. (US)
• Company Halt - working to end the US world aggression (US - 16th May 2003)
• In These Times - well-researched content on complex policy issues of concern to progressive organizers-from international relations to environmental cutbacks to social justice and beyond (US - 16th May 2003)
• Working For Change - offers opinion, news, and action opportunities for people with progressive values. (US - 16th May 2003)
• Common Dreams - breaking news and views for the progressive community (US - 16th May 2003)
• Americans Against Bombing - "A Conservative/Libertarian coalition for Peace, opposed to .the bombing & hypocrisy which brings retaliation from enemies that we ourselves create, turning our free Republic into a military empire" (US - 16th May 2003
• Veterans for Commonsense - Veterans for Common Sense seeks to inject the element of Common Sense into debates over war and national security. In an age when the majority of public servants have never served in uniform, the perspective of war veterans must play a key role in the public debate over national security issues in order to preserve the liberty veterans have fought and died preserving. (US - 15th July 2003)