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WORLD OPINION FORUM - World Service
CURRENT PROJECT
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4-minute trailer on YouTube -
One-hour program on Google Video -
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THE VERY BIG PICTURE
Our
Place in the Universe - From
the Milky Way to a single proton - awesome, majestic
The Long
Now - The next ten-thousand
years - Time and responsibility - original,
profound
An
Even longer View - A mind-stretching
timeline of the universe - from Big Bang to Bush
Nearest Star - A neighborly glance at Alpha Centauri, our twin star only
4 light-years away
The
Arecibo telescope signal - Our first and only
digital message to the stars
The Atom
- Models and descriptions
PLANETARY PERSPECTIVES
Earth
at Night - Spectacular -
Who left the lights on?
Global alarm map - - Staying frightened all the time
Consider the Future - - Huge collection of user-generated information and essays
UN Earth Day at Equinox - -
Margaret Mead declaration
Innovation Watch - -
Staying ahead on everything
World
Watch Institute - Annual
checklist on the state of the planet
The
Planetary Interest
- Cambridge University study
- Perspectives toward a global polity
United
Nations - Flawed - but last, best, only hope yet
in place
UN Conferences and Events- Current listings
Today's UN Webcasts
NGOs and International Organizations - Global listings
Amnesty International - Protecting Human Rights worldwide
Change.org - New Global Social Network
Ashoka - Helping people everywhere to help themselves
Institute for Policy Studies - Long-time leading US progressive thinktank
Groundspring - Internet services for non-profits
Global Exchange - Linking People-to-People worldwide
World Government - Backgound and updates
World Federalism - History and role today
Meet the world's ten richest people - Youtube Video
NUCLEAR ISSUES
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons - Watch 6 minute Report - powerful, inspiring.
Nuclear disarmament documents
Doomsday Clock - Two minutes closer to midnight
Reaching Critical Will - Invaluable monitor of nuclear issues
Global Security Institute -International Nuclear Disarmament Center
Acronym Institute - Scholarly and balanced reports from Rebecca Johnson
Nuclear Disarmament - Invaluable links for citizen activists - where to go, what to do.
Nuclear News - World updates
Mayors for Peace 20/20 Vision - World mayors call for nuclear disarmament by the year 2020
IALANA - International Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
Canberra
Commission - International blueprint for getting
rid of nuclear weapons
Nuclear Policy Research Institute - Headed by Helen Caldicott
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - Headed by David Krieger
Atomic Mirror - Analysis and comment
Nuclear Disarmament Today - Wikipedia updates
Weapons of Mass Destruction - Blix report on steps to a nuclear, biological, chemical weapons-free world
Weeramantry Dissent - Seminal, magisterial World Court opinion on nuclear weapons
Kissinger, Nunn, Schultz, Perry call for nuclear abolition - Wall St Journal landmark editorial
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change links
Stern Review - UK Report on Global Warming
What You Can Do - Ben & Jerry's citizen's guide to lick global warming
Stop Global Warming
Grist - Environmental news and commentary
Natural Resources Defense Council - Rich with information and links
How Global Warming works - Simple BBC animation
TV and RADIO NEWS
BBC
News - Best broadcast service - - Slow on Iraq; but still compass and beacon among mass media
National Public Radio - America's non-commercial national service
Air America Radio -
New Progressive news and commentary service
C-Span
- America's most valuable TV network - live coverage
of congress and political affairs
Democracy
Now! - Fiercely independent US radio news service
Press TV- Mid-East Perspectives on World News - Satellite TV and web streaming
WORLD NEWS, MAGAZINE AND ONLINE SERVICES
InterPress News
- Voice of and for the people
Truth Out
- Citizen-based independent media world view
The Guardian
-England's most responsible and important newspaper
The
Independent - Literate and discerning UK news daily
The New York Times
- Forever damaged by Judith Miller, but still occasionally useful
Toronto
Star Canadian paper with a global perspective
Independent Media Center
-Global News Watchdog
Le Monde Diplomatique
-France's most influential journal
Times of India
- Asian perspectives World News
Information Clearing House
- What the mainstream misses - great media links
Japan Times
- World view news and editorials
Watching America
- Unique service translates world press on US
Counterpunch
- Tough independent perspectives
New America Foundation
- Valuable news, comment and video
http://www.newamerica.net/
The
Observer - Weekly publication of The Guardian
International
Herald Tribune - Establishment world
summary
The Nation - First and best US progressive weekly
Whole
Earth Review - The world's most important intelligent
magazine - see back issues
New
Scientist - Science; art of the 21st century - leading
edge reports
Common
Dreams - Utne reader says "a site to shake the
world" - updates and media links
Antiwar.
Invaluable libertarian commentary and reports watchdoging warmongers
Salon
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Sophisticated online mix of politics and culture
AlterNet
- Leading Alternative news service
One
World
UK-based independent truly global news service
Global Research - Canadian based independent news, analysis
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Want to Know - Coverups uncovered
Komisar Scoop
- Watchdog on World Corporations and Banks
Brave New Films - Network of best TV news reports >
Electronic Frontier Foundation -Protecting freedom in cyberspace
Mother Talkers - Rants and raves on modern motherhood
Move
On - US model and exemplar for the coming online grass
roots democracy
Daily Kos - US model for national - and world -blog
Scoop - Independent New Zealand news service - best coverage US vote fraud
Cyborg Democracy - Transhuman futures
Declaration of Freedom in Cyberspace - John Perry Barlow, EFF
Snuffy Smith's Blog - Great world affairs articles and commentary
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Wikipedia- World's biggest and best - and growing all the time
Encyclopedia of Life- E.O. Wilson center
LIBRARIES
British Library- 13-million items
BOOKS
Gutenberg
Project - World's greatest writings - huge, uniquely
valuable free service
Global Business Network Book List
MIT World
- Distributed Intelligence - rich, deep
Wikileaks
- "..as important a tool as the Freedom of Information act."
SEARCH
Google
- Best-ever all purpose search engine - a world wonder
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