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Article compares the internet stock boom with a Ponzi scheme.

Directory of firearms rights organizations, research, news, legislation, court and legal issues, and other resources.

An aggregator of links to national and international news sources and columnists providing pro and anti-gun related stories and commentary.

Information by state and articles providing opinions and advise. Last updated in 2012.

Journal of a young girl suffering from eating disorders and self injury.

Sociologist Gayle Sulik argues that the atmosphere of pink ribbon campaigns about breast cancer is actually detrimental to women's well-being.

United Nations humanitarian report from Kenya explains how a series of seminars resulted in the resignation two hundred practitioners of female genital mutilation. Includes outline of the cultural aspects.

Dedicated to protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the normal method of infant feeding and the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Initiative. Information about their activities, membership, newsletters and press releases.

First-person account of recovered memories from Scott Barak Abraham.

Brain surgery to treat people with psychiatric illness was virtually abandoned half a century ago, but recent progress in neuroscience is igniting renewed interest in this field. [28:55 streaming audio broadcast]

World Health Organisation report says tobacco industry sabotaged WHO tobacco control efforts.

"Philip Morris et al. are recasting themselves as kinder, gentler companies concerned about their communities. Meanwhile, they're strong-arming the TV networks to block counter-ads which might persuade you otherwise."

Tobacco ads, advertising, and its effect on publications that carry it.

Article from The Nation discusses on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America discusses its tobacco connections such as Philip Morris funding and free ad space in media that take tobacco advertising.

Center for Public Integrity report on media political power covers the connections between the tobacco industry and media, such as $1.1 billion in cigarette advertising, and what it buys.

Details of a petition filed by the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation.

Provides information for parents who are looking into the safety and effectiveness of vaccinations.

Seven common misconceptions that anti-vaccine proponents use that can lead parents to question the wisdom of immunizing their children.

Information about human rights in Africa. In English and Spanish.

Organisation providing information on human rights issues, with particular interest in the situation of human rights in the Republic of Cyprus.

Information guide about Canadian human rights, classifications of rights and laws, links to individual rights and to the work of the commission.

Australia's largest asylum seeker advocacy, aid and health organization promoting and protecting the human rights of asylum seekers.

Information on a Tibetan monk, arrested in 1989 for peacefully demonstrating in support of Tibetan independence. Amnesty International Group 22 is working for Ngawang Pekar's release.

Environmentalist and social justice advocate was imprisoned for 20 years for alleged arson charges in Michigan in 1999 and 2000. Includes comments about the severity of the charges, quotes from Ms. Mason, and ways to help.

A court decision hands a major setback to the RIAA's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file traders.

Chris Lightfoot's correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.

Arguments for and against filesharing, with a focus on trading MP3s.

"Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ]

Editorial citing the lawsuit against "The Wind Done Gone" as an example of what's wrong with copyright term extension. By Lawrense Lessig. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]

Official U.S. Library of Congress information about HR 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PIPA). Includes summary, full text, sponsors and congressional actions.

A free speech group dedicated to right management issues. Includes blogs, news, and media.

Article by John Sullivan giving opinions on the General Public License (GPL) and new clauses involving rights management.

"It is called the Cactus Data Shield, and it is designed to add noisy garbage to all copied CDs. The trouble is, it could also damage the hi-fi and loudspeakers of people who play pirated CDs."

News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]

Community weblog discussing protected and corrupted audio CDs.

Information for classical music listeners to help them identify Copy-Controlled CDs, including the graphics that appear on the packaging.

"Consumers in ordinary record stores are unwittingly buying CDs that include technology designed to discourage the making of digital copies."

News brief and reader discussion. [Slashdot]

"The first CD title has already sold 100,000 copies, but it is causing concern among audio experts because they fear that the music may be audibly distorted."

Petition for white Americans to support African-American demands for reparations for slavery which formerly took place in the USA.

Information about the history of this micronation and international reactions.

The official Facebook page of Liberland with news and photo's.

A Liberland registered shareholder company, founded to stake claims to properties in Liberland, and to develop, protect abd permanently settle these properties - and to create a permanent settlement in Liberland.

An article (with discussion) about questions people would like to ask the boss of Havenco, the Sealand-based data haven.

International effort to collect signatures for the People's Anti-War Referendum. Online and downloadable copies of referendum, news, and volunteer sign-up form.

Street newspaper published on behalf of and sold by homeless people.

Discussing attitudes about and interests in interracial relationships.

Provides annotated links and original material about anti-semitism and the Holocaust.

Examines the rumor that the Black Death was an international conspiracy of Jewry to poison Christendom. From the Jewish History Sourcebook.

Long set of articles at this internet encyclopedia.