Links

• A podcast about political and moral issues in computing.
• GNU paragliders, developed in the spirit of the GNU system.
• Why asking the general public to report anything that looks suspicious produces only false alarms.
• "Free audio books in the public domain".
• Israel is gradually eliminating human rights in order to crush nonviolent political opposition to its apartheid-style policies. Look here for more information.
• John Sundman has published some science fiction novels under CC by-nd-nc. I read one, Acts of the Apostles, and liked it.
• Reports on legal resistance to the record companies' lawsuits against music fans.
• About industry front groups, with a list of some known front groups.
• Courtney Love explains how the record companies are the real ``music pirates'' — and also why you should not refer to artistic works as ``content''. (However, she used the term ``intellectual property'' which is propaganda for those same record companies; see the explanation.
• xenu.net has copious information about the Church of Scientology. exscientologykids.com provides advice to children that want to leave the church, including statements by former members.
• Copwatch: Several sites with databases of citizen complaints against police.
• The Fully Informed Juror Association: what the judge won't tell you if you are on a jury.
• Verified Voting pushes to make sure voting machines in the US are not vulnerable to massive centralized computerized fraud.
• Global Justice's campaigns tackle the root causes of poverty--the policies of governments and business that keep people poor.
• Information on DNA profiling and the risk of false matches.
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
• MoveOn, with over a million US members, works to defend world peace, human rights, democracy and the environment from the man who stole the US presidency.
• Advice for consumers on how to resist being influenced by advertising.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State respect the right of all people to practice religion as they please without government interference.
• http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=stop_abuse: a webring for sites presenting tangible facts about human rights abuse, lack of enforcement, selective enforcement, abuse of power by executive or judicial branches, abuse of power by religious authorities, waste of natural resources, pollution, disinformation, discrimination, covering-up fraud or dangerous experiments, government corruption and sites proposing practical ways to improve the situation.
• www.mpp.org: the Marijuana Policy Project focuses on "removing criminal penalties for marijuana use, with a particular emphasis on making marijuana medically available to seriously ill people."
• FAIR - the media watch group uses painstaking and careful statistics to document the bias of the mainstream media.
• WhiteHouseForSale.org tracks Dubya's fund-raising.