Java Colleen's Eclectic Links
Reference
Browsing
DIY Search: Arts, music, e-zines, and other web resources, with an anti-corporate listing policy!
Yahoo: My favorite for general browsing
Google: Great for tracking down something specific
Alta Vista
Excite
Lycos
Metacrawler
Open Directory
QuePasa.com: in English and Spanish
Discussion Lists
Topica: E-Mail Newsletters, Tips & Discussion
Yahoo! Groups: Discussion lists, newsletters, share files and photos
Meet Ups
Meet Up: Meet ups on a wide variety of topics; not just for politics
Translation
AltaVista World: Type in the website address and select the language you want it translated to
Many of the larger directories above have country specific directories and Spanish versions.
Children's Webguides
Computer Downloads
Computer Website Development
123Webmaster.com: Free webmaster resources & tools
Absolute Web Graphics
Absolutely Free Backgrounds
Afterzed: Free computer graphics and web design
Aon Celtic Art & Illumination: Cori Buziak: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BudgetFreeStuff.com: Free graphics, backgrounds, banner maker, button maker, web templates
Cat Stuff: Cat graphics
Celtic or Knot: Celtic and Fantasy Clip Art
CometZone: Cursors and mouse pointers
CoolText.com: On-line graphics generater - logos, buttons, bullets
Elated: Free web templates, buttons, photos, tips!
Graphics By Dezign
Out World Arts: Complete web design - also free graphics and templates
Refer-it.com: How to make money off your website though affiliate programs
Weather Underground: Weather Stickers for your website
Web Diner: Web page tutorials, help, downloadable clipart and more
Xara: Web Graphics
Free Website Search Engine Submission
Dream Submit: Free Auto Submission to over 50 Major Search Engines, tips, links to search engine related sites
Quick Register: Free auto submission, links for manual submission, search engine tips, meta tag generator, see who's linking to you
Computer Website Hosting
Geneaology
Ancestry.com: "The No. 1 Source of Family History Online" - offers a few records for free, the rest available for a paid subscription. Is currently working on posting census images online.
Geneological Research at the National Archives: holdings include census, immigration & naturalization, and military records
RootsWeb.com: "The World's Oldest and Largest FREE Geneology site. There's a lot here.
Government and Politics
History
Harlem 1900-1940
Harry BridgesCenter for Labor Studies - Research Projects: University of Washington - includes archive of the General Strike (1919) and building an archive of the WTO in Seattle (1999)
HistoryLink: Seattle history
Interpreting the Irish Famine: Includes news reports from Ireland & England, diaries, photographs & drawings
Irish in America: Long Journey Home - PBS
The Library of Congress Exhibitions: Current exhibits include the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Gettysburg Address, African American History, Bob Hope, Sigmund Freud, and the Wizard of Oz
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seattle Times
The Museum of the City of San Francisco: includes archives of the 1849 Gold Rush and the San Francisco Earthquakes of 1906 and 1989
National Archives Online Exhibit Hall
National Museum of Jewish History
New Deal Network: The Great Depression, the 1930s, and the Roosevelt Administration
PBS History
Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photographs from the National Archives
The Real Thirteen Days: The Hidden History of the Cuban Missle Crisis - National Security Archive
Scottish History: Highland Clearances, William Wallace & more
Seattle General Strike Project: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington
Valley of the Ancients
Watergate: Washington Post
World War II Exhibit: A People at War: National Archives
WTO History Project: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington
Magazines
Newspaper Columnists
Newspapers
Reference guides to newspapers and magazines around the world:
Newslink
Ecola Newsstand
NewPages.com: Alternatives in print & media
Links below are to English language versions unless specified.
Common Dreams: Breaking news for the Progressive Community
Truthout: News updates daily, editorials by William Rivers Pitt
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
The Washington Post
Boston Globe
L.A. Times
Seattle PI
Seattle Times
Seattle Union Record: Was the newspaper of the striking Seattle Times and PI reporters and staff. Strike lasted from Nov. 21, 2000 - Jan. 8, 2001.
Seattle Weekly
The Stranger: Seattle
Eat The State: Seattle
Tacoma News Tribune
The Oregonian: Portland, OR
The Portland Alliance: Portland, OR
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Binghamton Press: Binghamton, NY
Tioga County's Community Press: Apalachin, NY
Jamestown Post-Journal: Jamestown, NY
Americas.org: News, Analysis,links and action alerts
Irish Times
Belfast Telegraph
Guardian: London
The Independent: London
International Herald Tribune
Le Monde: France - in French
Le Monde Diplomatique: France - English Internet Edition
Jerusalem Post: Israel
The Jerusalem Times: Independent Palestinian Weekly
ArabicNews.com
MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute: Explore the Middle East trough its own media
Gulf News: United Arab Emirates
Al-Ahram Weekly: Cairo, Egypt
Middle East Times: Cairo, Egypt
The Daily Star: Lebanon
Islamic Republic News: Iran
Afghan News Network
DAWN: Pakistan
The Friday Times: Pakistan's First Independent Weekly Paper
The New International: Pakistan
Hindustan Times: New Delhi, India
Kashmir Times: Jammu, India
The Statesman: Calcutta, India
The Times of India: New Delhi
The Moscow Times
Vlad News: Vladivostak - eastern Russia, a sister city of Tacoma, WA
All Africa.com
People's Daily: China
The Japan Times
Viet Nam News
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia
The New Zealand Herald
Radio
Travel
Video News and Lectures On-line
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