Author: Paul

Where To Find Alternative News on the ‘Net and Elsewhere A lot of folks have asked me lately about where they can turn to find news from outside the official sources, and where to find informed commentary and ideas that are excluded from the mainstream. Of course, I advise folks to find their local

Rights and Civil Liberties Up for Grabs? In the aftermath of the attacks on DC and NYC last week, it seems that politicians and gov’t officials are on the lookout for any one or thing that could have even possibly played a role in these attacks. Because the terrorists who carried out these attacks are…

Third Try:Wired News says “Amateur Newsies Top the Pros” and Lisa Rein and O’Reilly says that “P2P Keeps the World Connected.” There are alternatives out there, now that some folks have made it easier. My question is: what will be the Blogger for TV and Radio? With billions worldwide still not yet wired, we need…

Third Try:Wired News says “Amateur Newsies Top the Pros” and Lisa Rein and O’Reilly says that “P2P Keeps the World Connected.” There are alternatives out there, now that some folks have made it easier. My question is: what will be the

Wired News says “Amateur Newsies Top the Pros” and Lisa Rein and O’Reilly says that “P2P Keeps the World Connected.” There are alternatives out there, now that some folks have made it easier. My question is: what will be the

Wired News says “Amateur Newsies Top the Pros” and Lisa Rein and O’Reilly says that “P2P Keeps the World Connected.” There are alternatives out there, now that some folks have made it easier. My question is: what will be the

li>How the Geeks Kept It Going While the mainstream news sites were buckling under the traffic on Tuesday as news about the disasters began to spread, sites like Slashdot stepped up their resolve, put aside their usual “programming,” and did their best to disseminate news. In this post Slashdotter CmdrTaco explains how they kept the…

Two More Opinions on Pacifica Pacifica is the 50-year-old community radio foundation, which owns 5 stations in the US and provides alternative news programming to many more community stations across the country. If you’ve heard about Pacifica, then you’re probably already aware of the tremendous conflicts within and surrounding the network. To get a brief…

HRR-Decatur FCC Visit Audio Jon Anderson at the Pirate/Free Radio Page at About.com now has audio posted from the FCC visit to Human Rights Radio in Decatur, IL (not the one operated by Mbanna Kantako in Springfield, IL). Here are direct links: mp3 file [2.7 MB], streaming RealAudio.

Traffic to this site has more than quadrupled since yesterday morning, and I suspect that this is part of a larger trend of folks looking to the independent web for alternative information, thoughts and viewpoints on the attacks in NYC and DC yesterday. As has been widely noted, during the hours immediately following the plane…