Newsdesk: Journalist - Freedom Of Speech

Activism From Home - Grandmothers for Peace International advocating exercise of free speech from home.
Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Free Speech with a purpose. Adbusters sometimes can not get mainstream television to air their ads for any amount of money. Ads are contrary to commercials
Alert Service - Internet Action Alert Service (IFEX) provides daily updates of world wide consequences to journalists and others whose exercise of free speech led to their arrest, imprisonment or ....
Almanac of Policy Issues: Arts and Humanities - Background on federal policy affecting the arts and humanitites, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Am Civil Liberties Union ~ Free Speech - Links to issues such as book banning, electronic censorship. Excellent part of site defines "What is Free Speech?"
American based Society of Professional Journalists - Searchable archives of the Society of Professional Journalists. When members complain, potential ethical issues are often revealed.
American News Service (ANS) - ANS offers solution oriented news and information and helps journalists balance their coverage of crime, coups and corruption with in-depth articles on solution-oriented action
An Appeal to Hollywood - Petition site that calls upon the entertainment industry to develop a voluntary code of conduct to establish minimum standards and curtail excessive violence and sexual content.
AskMen.com : Freedom of Speech in Sports - Article on freedom of speech in professional sport. The John Rocker case.
Bill Lambrecht takes on a "giant." - Terminator Gene and other genetic engineering of crops is ignored in U.S. but a global investigative look around the world last year led Bill Lambrecht of St. Louis Dispatch, to dig up major connections of politicians, money, power and future bottom line focus in one article.
Brill's Content - On Line version of Steven Brill's hip, engaging, critical print magazine, Brill's Content.
The Case Against Pacifica Radio - Rafael Renteria in this CounterPunch article, Challenges Pacifica Radio managers and board with duplicity, misleading statements, and a plan to sabotage its progressive quality.
Center for Democracy and Technology - Free Speech Issues includes E Mail subscription for individuals to keep abreast of laws and rulings on Free Speech.
Charleton Heston Speech - Speech to the Harvard Law School Forum February 16, 1999 on the insidious way the idea of political correctness is invading our freedom of thought and speech.
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition - Broad internet and library coalition to support freedom of speech in their realms.
Civil Liberties - Home Page - J.D. Tucille lists Civil Liberty sites on about.com. This broad and inclusive exploration goes to the far reaches of free speech. Extensive links and resources.
Committee for Naming Facts - Ayn Rand Institute's Committee for Naming Facts, honors (and vindicates) Mr. Elia Kazan who showed great moral courage in testifying about the influence, in the American film and theatre industry, of those who wished to replace freedom with totalitarianism during the House UnAmerican hearings in 1952.
Cyber Tribune - First amendment content, updated frequently.
Cyberspace Law Institute - Where will "free speech" be tomorrow? Extensive examination of cyberlaw issues.
Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet
First Amendment Project - Created to preserve, protect and defend everyone's right to learn about, participate in and comment on their government and public affairs.
FlyingFish - Seeing through the mists of the modern media is this alternative news and comment site focusing on human rights and quality of life
Free Expression Network - Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
Free Speech in USA for Government Employees - Review of U.S. Supreme Court cases on termination of employment of professionals whose personal opinions offended their manager. Written by R. B. Standler, attorney in Massachusetts.
Free Speech Internet Television - Independent site which individuals or organizations can join to set up their own web TV or radio free speech ideas.
Free Speech Issues in organizations - Michael Martin argues that atheistic organizations should generally allow their members to criticize them. "Infidels.org" site.
The Freedom Forum Online - A nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation pursues its priorities through conferences, educational activities, publishing, broadcasting, online services, fellowships, partnerships, training, research and other programs.
Freedom Journal: Notes in Black History - Psyche Publishing is in an ongoing struggle for Black American's right to Freedom of Speech. Updated weekly.
Freedom of Expression - Freedom Magazine - Perhaps the most essential right is that of communication. Without the freedom to communicate, other rights deteriorate.
Freedom of Speech at Risk in Cyberspace {Freedom magazine} - Article dealing with the argument that software piracy is really a form of "free speech."
Green Ribbon Campaign - Campaign to promote responsibility in free speech.
I Want You Offline - Details the Institute for Justice's ongoing case to protect the Internet free speech rights of those who offer opinions, analysis, or even general information on commodities (like prices) in exchange for compensation.
Information Torts - Torts in which information causes harm. These torts raise troubling questions about the boundaries of freedom of speech. Discussion of important cases in USA by Dr. Standler, attorney in Massachusetts.
International Press Institute (IPI) - IPI is a global organisation of editors, media executives and leading journalists dedicated to the protection of press freedom
Liberal Arts Mafia - A newly-formed gang in favor of an old-fashioned principle: Humanism.
Libertarian Policy Issues - Free Speech is one of several major Libertarian issues. Graphic on this page presents major political categories that bear upon such issues.
Los Angeles Times on Alejandra Matus - Alejandra Matus launched "The Black Book of Chilean Justice," at a reception in Santiago. The next morning, police detectives showed up at the Planeta publishing house and at bookstores around the city. April, 1999
LOW Power to the People - Small groups, nonprofits and individuals might get low power FM radio stations. Free Speech Issue article in Mother Jones lays it out. by Geov Pharrish
MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE) - SAFE provides links on censorship search engine, arguments against campus political correctness as it affects free speech.
Mother Jones Side Show page - Page is updated monthly. May, 1999 is called, Winks and Giggles at the State Department's doublespeak.
Muggles for Harry Potter - Is it free speech to maintain the Harry Potter series? Thirteen states ban it. Give your opinion.
New Age of Falsification ? - Nature photographers face a crisis of ethics as digital imaging makes photo fakery easier than ever. Overview in Atlantic Monthly of May, 1998.
Off The Hook June 2000 - Twenty-six Hundred dot com pages on challenges to their free speech on hacking computers.
Open Studio: The Arts Online - Free Speech in the modern era requires visual images to communicate.
Police Investigative Report - Win at all costs - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Bill Moushey and Bob Martinson studied cover ups, paid perjury by zealous law enforcement culture that wins indictments and convictions at any cost.
The Raving Lunatic -Digital Free Press - This site is dedicated to making available information concerning the struggles of all peoples, so that we may help one another along.
RCFP First Amendment Handbook - Part of the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press site. Contains a fount of information on the application of the First Amendment to such issues as access to the courts, gag orders, access to places, freedom of information and libel. Well organized and well written.
Religious Right, an 18 year study - People for the American Way studies U.S. religious right from among other standpoints, concerns about free speech, separation of church and state, minorities.
Resolving The Pacifica Crisis - 50 year old Pacifica Radio, progressive source for U.S. liberals is apparently being gutted by actions of its paid leaders and board.
Save Pacifica Radio - Group to restore democratic voice to governance by the community, for the community of progressives of Pacifica Radio.
The Shoebox Forum - Local Maine example of enabling free speech access for workers who might not otherwise have such a voice. Part of "Blue Information Systems," Weld, Maine. Brilliant use of high tech as tool, not goal in biz & community development.
Suppression of dissent - The general field of "suppression of dissent" includes whistleblowing, free speech, systems of social control and related topics. The purpose of the site is to foster examination of these issues and action against suppression. It is founded on the assumption that openness and dialogue should be fostered to challenge unaccountable power.
Toward Freedom - Worldwide advocates of free speech because it permits the disenfranchised of the world to be heard, this monthly online and print magazine focuses on human rights issues.
Unlimited Freedom of Speech - An extensive compilation of links and resources pertaining to freedom of expression and related issues.
Unquiet Mind's Animal Rights Parody - Information that challenges one of the animal rights activist groups, "What PETA gets, and doesn't, about parody."
Where's the watchdog? - Instead of public news, the news media focus on the culture of celebrity, and sensational entertainment. The Freedom Forum asks: Can there be free speech when "news" is so distorted ?
Whistleblowers Australia - The goal of Whistleblowers Australia (WBA) is to help promote a society in which it is possible to speak out without reprisal about corruption, dangers to the public and other vital social issues, and to help those who speak out in this way to help themselves.
Wolfe's Lodge - The writings of Claire Wolfe, Patricia Neill and other lovers of liberty. It is also dedicated to all people who choose to be free, rather than wait for others to free them.
World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) - WPFC is 37 organizations on five continents, defending the freedom of the press and assisting independent news media organizations around the world.
Your investigative toolkit to speak truth to power - Simple site intended to invite people to use resources and ideas to speak up about humans and environment.
Big Broadcasters Stomp Out Grass-roots Radio Stations - In one of the biggest blows to free speech in U.S., Dan Gillmor explains how National Association of Broadcasters and others killed Low Power FM broadcasting. (December 21, 2000)