The Cackling Grackle...news, opinion, rants and links.Austin is blessed with several excellent non-commercial radio stations. Two of them are KVRX and KOOP.
We also have an extremely active and award-winning Public Access TV operation in town, despite years of active hostility from the local cable company and city council. Visit Austin Community Television.
Eklektikos...one of the best radio shows in the known universe. Music, interviews and more with host John Aielli. Broadcast daily from Austin's public radio outlet (and my own media alma mater), KUT-FM.
Cenozoic Studios...the adventurous video production firm of my favorite Wizian-American, Joe Mata.
NASWA...the North American ShortWave Association.
The ACE (Association of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts)...monitoring pirate, low-power, and espionage broadcasts worldwide.
Glenn Hauser's World of Radio...by far, the best program about shortwave broadcasting. Complete schedules here.
WWCR...WorldWide Conspiracy Radio, on shortwave from Nashville. Brother Stair, Gene Scott, Bo Gritz, Tesla coils, and every kind of snake-oil peddler you could wish for. The closest to old-time Mexican "border radio" in existence (but no 1990s equivalent of Wolfman Jack, alas).
WRMI...Radio Miami International.
Radio for Peace International Shortwave broadcaster in Costa Rica.
TRS Consultants...A site for the shortwave radio enthusiast, with many international broadcasting links.
The Federal Communications Commission...from telephones to cable, they make da rules, boss.
INTELSAT...The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.
Wireless computing and other cutting-edge communication technologies...my pal Bennett Kobb knows and tells all.
CNN's Tailwind and Selective Media Retractions...A textbook case of political pressure influencing news reporting.
AJR Newslink...massive directory of online newspapers, both US and worldwide.
C-SPAN--Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network.
The Progressive Review, an independent voice outside of the left-right dichotomy.
The Laissez-Faire City Times...provocative political and economic essays, featuring J. Orlin Grabbe and others.
Jinn Magazine...alternative politics from Pacific News Service.
FAIR--Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
The Final Call...from Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam
AJR Newslink...massive directory of online newspapers, both US and worldwide.
Russia Today...the latest news from Moscow media, in English.
Central Europe Online...daily reports from the former Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact countries.
Inside China Today...News from the planet's most populous nation, updated daily.
AllAfrica.com...comprehensive coverage by country and by topic.
IWW Alerts...News updates from the Industrial Workers of the World.
An Phoblacht (Republican News),,,the weekly newspaper of the Irish Sinn Fein party.
Arabic Media Internet Network...news from Palestine.
Granma...a digest of news, direct from Cuba.
Korean Central News Agency...from Pyongyang. Great rants about the glory and wisdom of Leader Kim Jong Il.
Radio4All...support free and micro-broadcasting in your
community!
Hung Out to Dry...A follow-up to the San Jose Mercury-News story on the CIA-Crack connection, by "Dark Alliance" co-author Georg Hodel
The Partnership for a Candor-Free America... ABC/Disney and the liquor and tobacco industries conspire to demonize pot smokers.
The Selling of the Gulf War...how the public relations
industry helped turn Iraq from an ally into an enemy.
Feminists Against
Censorship...while Gloria Steinem makes common cause with Pat
Robertson, not everyone agrees with her (fortunately).
The
Electronic Revolution...by William S. Burroughs.
Propaganda
Analysis Home Page...a wealth of material for self-deprogramming.
High Times Magazine. Need
I say more?
This page last updated 29-December-2000
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