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Labour Research
Magazine for the labour movement in the UK.

New Sector
For community and co-operative enterprise.

New Statesman
Prides itself on a tradition of provocative and challenging political writing, as well as innovative and stimulating literary articles.

  Parliamentary Briefs
Publishes a broad range of articles on CSR and ethical investment.

Prospect
For current affairs and cultural debate.

Soundings
Covers a wide range of issues within contemporary politics and culture.

 

Ascribe
Public interest news site aimed at disemminating information from universities, research and non-profit organisations.

BBC Worldwide Monitoring
Publishes daily and weekly summaries of reports on world political and economic developments. Immediate coverage of international news and current affairs. Part of the BBC World Service.

Drudge Report
Inside irreverent look at the US.

Foreign Policy - In Focus
A "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. Committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda--one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements.

Land and Liberty
Putting people at the heart of economics. Cultural, economic, political analysis.

London Review of Books
Online version of radical literary magazine.

The Nation
News and opinion (US) committed to the creation of a just society and an informed public, as well as to the preservation of rights protected under the First Amendment.

  OECD Observer
Authoritative analysis of crucial world economic and social issues.

Spectre
A voice for the anti-EU, anti-WTO etc. left.

Statewatch News Online
Monitors the state and civil liberties in the UK and EU.

UN Wire
Independent news briefing about the UN. A daily news summary covering the United Nations, global affairs and key international issues.

Understanding Global Issues
A periodic briefing with topic map, illustrations, charts, facts and analysis.

Wired
Technology, culture, society - alternative views etc.

Yale Global Online
A publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.

 

Development

Developments
Development news from DfID.

Global Eye
Covers development issues.

New Internationalist
Reports on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material and spiritual needs of all are to be met.

  Orbit
Present global development issues throgh the eyes of the people and communities who have experienced them first hand. A thrice yearly publication from VSO.

Third World Economics
Reports on economic and development issues that are of special interest to the Third World.

Africa Online
News about Africa.

All Africa
AllAfrica Global Media is the leading provider of African news and information worldwide.

Alliance
Concerned with the funding of civil society throughout the world.

Central Europe Online
News about Central European affairs.

EuropaWorld
Reports on international development and humanitarian actions of European institutions, Governments and NGOs, including European based United Nations agencies.

  Go Between
Go Between is published by the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS). It is produced for NGOs and others interested in the institutions, policies and activities of the UN system. It is an online publication.

Ode
An independent, multi-issue, North-South magazine that is dedicated to raising the voices of those concerned to steer the world towards a more sustainable and peaceful direction.

UN News Centre
What's happening from and about the UN

e-Civicus
World Alliance for Citizen Participation, dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Alternative Views

The Big Issue
News and current affairs magazine written by professional journalists and sold on the streets by homeless vendors.

Mother Jones
Sceptical look at the news with a commitment to social justice.

Positive News / Living Lightly
About living lightly upon the earth and not taking ourselves too seriously, living our lives with elegant simplicity, acknowledging and liberating beauty, letting go of unnecessary baggage, revealing the spirit that infuses all things.

Red Pepper
News and debate on politics and culture - green and radical left.

  Resurgence
An international forum for ecological and spiritual thinking. On the cutting edge of current thinking, promoting creativity, ecology, spirituality and frugality. Editor: Satish Kumar, Schumacher College.

Third World Resurgence
Published by the Third World Network which has its international secretariat based in Penang. Gives a Third World perspective to issues confronting us: the environment, health and basic needs, international affairs, politics, economics, culture, etc.

Utne Reader
Reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture.

Yes! A journal of positive futures
From the Positive Futures Network.

 

SchNews
Part of the anti-capitalist movement.

Spiked Online
Libertarian, anti-radical radicals? Stands for liberty, enlightenment, experimentation and excellence.

  Undercurrents
Alternative news - radical action and protest.