LINKS
Ever felt like a lone voice in the wilderness? Don't panic, theres lots of people out there kicking against the system. If its too wet to save the world or if you have to stay in because of the conditions imposed by your ASBO, you can spend hours here surfing the net to find some of them (before you ask, no, the Wombles aint from Wimbledon).

NOTE: links are being added regularly, so come back soon

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA

BRISTLE: Fighting talk from Bristol and the South West www.bristle.org.uK

DIRECT ACTION: Magazine of the Solidarity Federation www.direct-action.org.uk/

INDYMEDIA: An interactive platform for reports from the struggles for a world based on freedom, cooperation, justice and solidarity, and against environmental degradation, neoliberal exploitation, racism and patriarchy. www.indymedia.org.uk

LABOUR START: For all your trade union news. www.labourstart,org

SCHNEWS: Purveyors of radical journalism on a shoestring since 1994, highly respected and desevedly so. www.schnews.org.uk

SQUALL: Top quality radical journalism www.squall.co.uk

UNDERCURRENTS: The news you don't see on TV www.undercurrents.org

URBAN 75: Protests, rave, fun, photography, drugs, Cardiff City. What more can you ask for? www.urban75.com

ZED NET: US based journal which regularly publishes essays from the likes of Noam Chomsky, Michael Albert, John Pilger, Robert Fisk and many more www.zmag.org

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ANARCHIST

A-INFOS: American info centre for anarchists, by anarchists http://www.ainfos.ca/

ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR: Website for annual bookfair held in London each November. http://www.anarchistbookfair.co.uk/

ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS: Support for activists who find themselves behind bars www.anarchistblackcross.org (US Site) or www.brightonabc.org.uk (Brighton ABC)

ANARCHIST F.A.Q.s: Answers to frequently asked questions www.infoshop.org/faq/index.html

ANARCHIST FEDERATION: Erm.. Federation of Anarchists! www.afed.org.uk

ANARCHIST INFORMATION NETWORK: Aims to enable anarchists from differing traditions (Individualist, Class Struggle, Green, Pacifist, Syndicalist) to work together and exchange information and ideas http://ain.20fr.com

ANARCHISM NET: Everything you ever wanted to know about anarchism but were afraid to ask www.anarchism.net

ANARCHO SYNDICALISM 101: Everything you ever wanted to know about anarcho-syndicalism but were afraid to ask www.anarchosyndicalism.net

ANARCHIST YELLOW PAGES: What it says on the lid. http://ayp.subvert.info

ANARCHIST NET: international info service www.powertech.no/anarchy/

ANARCHY: A journal of desire armed www.anarchymag.org

ANARCHY ARCHIVES: An online research center on the history and theory of Anarchism http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/index.html

ANARKISMO: international anarchist resource www.anarkismo.net

BLACK FLAG: Anarchist magazine that has been around for donkeys years http://flag.blackened.net/blackflag/

BLOCKADE THE G8: Webspace for the Blockade Group of the Dissent Network www.g8blockades.org.uk

CLASS WAR: if you need an introduction to this lot, you're on the wrong site www.classwaruk.org/

CRIME THINK: Anti-organising with no laws or rules www.crimethinc.com/

EDINBURGH ANARCHIST STUDIES: Accademic anarchist theory site based in the Scotish capital http://anarchist-studies.org.uk

FLAG BLACKENED: The Pierre J. Proudhon Memorial Computer, a portal into the anarchist world online http://flag.blackened.net/

GREEN ANARCHIST: For the destruction of civilisation www.greenanarchist.org/

GWENT ANARCHISTS: Discussion group for our friends to the East http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/gwentanarchists

INFO SHOP: On line anarchist resource, news, opinons etc http://www.infoshop.org/index3.php

INSTITUTE FOR ANARCHIST STUDIES: Supporting the development of anarchism www.anarchist-studies.org/index.html

KATE SHARPLEY LIBRARY: Anarchist library and publisher www.katesharpleylibrary.net/

KEBELE CENTRE: long standing co-operative social centre over the bridge in bristle www.kebelecoop.org/

LIBCOM : Libertarian community and organising resource http://libcom.org/

NORWICH ANARCHISTS: What it says on the tin! www.norwichanarchists.org

PEOPLES AUTONOMOUS DESTINATION: Cardiff social centre posse www.thepad.org.uk/

SOLIDARITY FEDERATION: British section of the International Workers Association (IWW), the anarcho-syndicalist association www.solfed.org.uk/

SPUNK LIBRARY: No, it aint what you might think, it's an online anarchist resource with loads of links.www.spunk.org

TOTAL LIBERTY: Occasional anarchist theory journal from Derby. Not much on line but tells you how to get hold of the journal http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/total_liberty1

WOMBLES: London based anarchist types, part of the 'white overall movement'. www.wombles.org.uk

ZABALATA: South African Anarchists www.zabalaza.net/

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ANIMAL RIGHTS

ANIMAL RIGHTS DIRECTORY: All the animal rights links you will ever need www.veggies.org.uk/acd/index.htm

ARC NEWS: Online animal rights magazine www.arcnews.co.uk

ARKANGEL: Magazine for animal liberation www.arkangelweb.org

BUAV: British Union For The Abolition of Vivisection www.buav.org/

Compassion in World Farming: Aims to achieve the ending of factory farming systems and all other practices, technologies and trades which impose suffering on farmed animals. www.ciwf.co.uk

HUNT SABOTEURS ASSOSCIATION: The law may have changed, but there's still work to be done! www.huntsabs.org.uk

LIBERATION NOW: Campaign to close down Newchurch Guinea Pig Farm www.liberation-now.org

S.H.A.C: Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, campaighn to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal testing laboratory www.shac.net

VIVISECTION INFO: Everything you ever wanted to know about vivisection but were afraid to ask. www.vivisectioninfo.org

W.A.R.N. (Western Animal Rights Network): umbrella organisation for local grassroots animal rights groups in the West of England and South Wales. www.warnetwork.org/

WORLD ANIMAL NET: Massive worldwide animal rights network www.worldanimal.net

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ANTI-CAPITALIST

BILDERBERG: Research into the secret organisation that rules the world. A must for all conspiracy theorists www.bilderberg.org

BUREAU OF PUBLIC SECRETS: just becasue you're paranoid, does not mean thay are not out to get you www.bopsecrets.org/

ELZN: Home of the legendary Zapatistas (unfortunately you will need to be able to understand Spanish to appreciate it) www.ezln.org

CHIPAS NEWS: UK support network for the Zapatistas www.chiapasnews.ukgateway.net

CORPORATE WATCH: Keeping an eye on what goes on in the name of profit www.corporatewatch.org.uk

McSPOTLIGHT: Anti McDonalds... and much more www.mcspotlight.org

NO BORDERS: Campaigning for freedom of movement http://noborder.org

RADICAL ACTIVIST NETWORK: Group of activists largely drawn from the movements against war, racism and corporate globalisation. www.radicalactivist.net

RADICAL ROUTES: A network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change. www.radicalroutes.org.uk

SWAG8: Discussion group for South Wales Against G8, a crowd we have very close links with. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SWAG8/

PARECON: Participatory Economics (Parecon) a type of economy proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalism. www.zmag.org/parecon/indexnew

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ANTI-FASCIST

ANTIFA: A collective of militant anti-fascists committed to opposing the rise of the far-right in Britain and abroad, in the Direct Action tradition of fighting fascism/racism stretching back to Cable Street, Red Lion Square, Lewisham, and Waterloo. www.antifa.org.uk

BORDERLAND: Cutting edge parapolitical research into the secret state, fascists, etc.www.borderland.co.uk

FARE: Football Against Racism in Europe www.farenet.org

KICK IT OUT: Against racism on the terraces www.kickitout.org/

S.H.A.R.P: Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice www.sharpskins.co.uk/

SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD: Kicking racism out of football www.srtrc.org

THREE WAY FIGHT: Struggle against state fascism http://threewayfight.blogspot.com/

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GREEN

CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY: Mid Wales centre developing systems for sustainable living, open to the public and well worth a visit. www.cat.org.uk

CRITICAL MASS: Bike riding to save the planet www.critical-mass.org/

EARTH FIRST!: Radical enviromentalism www.earthfirstjournal.org and http://earthfirst.org.uk

PEOPLE AND PLANET: UK student action on world poverty, human rights and the environment. (Cardiff branch form part of South Wales Against the G8) http://www.peopleandplanet.org

PLAN B: For a sustainable future http://planb.org

RECLAIM THE STREETS: Partying to save the planet www.reclaimthestreets.net

RISING TIDE: A network of small groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action and building a movement against climate change http://risingtide.org.uk

ROAD ALERT: Challenging the endless growth of new roads www.roadalert.org.uk

ROAD BLOCK: An alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against road-building. www.roadblock.org.uk

SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE: Campaign against shitty water www.sas.org.uk

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HUMAN RIGHTS

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Campaigning for prisoners rights throughout the world www.amnesty.org

FREE BEAGLES: legal resource for UK activists: www.freebeagles.org/

GUANTANAMO: US based page, part of the World News Network, taking a critical look at Guantanamo Bay www.guantanamo.com

GUANTANAMO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: Highlighting the abuses of human rights going on in Guantanamo Bay www.guantanamohrc.org

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INTERNATIONAL

ABOLISHING BORDERS FROM BELOW: No borders, no nations www.abb.hardcore.lt/

AUTONOMOUS AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT: Fighting for the REAL American way www.americanindianmovement.org/

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Working to protect human rights world wide www.amnesty.org/

Columbian Solidarity Campaign: On average, one trade unionist is assassinated every day in Columbia, the most dangerous country in the world. www.columbiasolidarity.org.uk

INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD: Global network of anarchist trade unions www.iww.org

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT: Solidarity with Palestine www.palsolidarity.org/

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION: International revolutionary trade unionism www.iwa-ait.org

Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP): KHRP is committed to the protection of the human rights of all persons within the Kurdish regions. www.khrp.org

NARCO NEWS: Reporting on the 'drug war' and democracy in Latin America http://www.narconews.com/

Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Aim to build an effective mass campaign, organising protests, political lobbying and raising public awareness. www.palestinecampaign.org

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MUSIC AND CULTURE

ACTIVE SLAUGHTER: Punx who are little bit wound up by cruelty to animals www.activeslaughter.co.uk

ADBUSTERS: Culture jamming: www.adbusters.org

BLIND DESTRUCTION RECORDS: Aberfan based punk rock label http://www.bdrecs.com/

CITIZEN FISH/SUBHUMANZ: Vetrans of the 80s anarcho ska punk scene www.citizenfish.com

CONFLICT: Harcore anarchists who also play punk rock, recently reformed. www.conflict-uk.com

COPCAR PILEUP: Punx with no respect for authority www.copcarpileup.com

COSMO (innit!): A sort of anarchist version of Billy Bragg, from Cardiff (via Scotland, Hungary and Brighton). Bless 'im! www.cosmoguitar.net

CRASS: Do they really need an introduction? After years off the scene they are now doing things again... Its crass Jim, but not as we know it! www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS

DRAGON COLLECTIVE: Mid Wales posse bringing the best of underground dance to the heart of the country www.dragoncollective.co.uk

ERODING EMPIRE: Guide to london anarcho punk scene www.eroding.org.uk/

FOUR LETTER WORD: Anarcho punk with pedigree, Cardiff based www.fourletterword.org.uk/

FUCK FOR FOREST: Norwegion porn site who put all thier profits into preserving our forests (looking for volunteer porn stars!). www.fuckforforest.com

HEADJAM: Punky dubby anarchy www.headjam.co.uk/

INNER TERRESTRIALS: Carlsberg don't do anarcho ska-punk-folk fusion from the barricades on the front line of the revolution, if they did it would probably sound like this. www.innerterrestrials.org.uk

JAPONICA: Hip hop from Newport www.japonicahiphop.co.uk/

KILNABOY: Pontypridd's finest rebel rousing jigmiesters, always up for a bit of direct action www.kilnaboy.co.uk

MORTAHATE RECORDS: Home to Conflict and a huge back catalogue of anarchist punk releases www.mortarhate.com

NO CHOICE: Cardiff based punk rock rebels www.nochoice.org

NOTHINGNESS: Situationsit type thang www.nothingness.org/

OKUPATIONAL HAZARD: London squat party anarchos
www.the-infidel.co.uk/

P.A.I.N: The Propaganda And Information Network, anarcho ska punx with a pedigree that cannot be matched. Old punks never die, they just start playing ska. Accept no substitues. www.music.mercia.org/ironman/pain

PROFANE EXISTENCE: Ultimate anarcho punk webzine www.profaneexistence.com/

RAMPART: London based Creative Centre and Social Space managed by a collective of artists and activists with a strong emphasis on consensus decision making. http://rampart.omxtra.net

REKNAW: Hardcore soundsystem squat party people from the big smoke www.reknaw.com/

RESTARTS: Old skool shouty anarcho punk s from London www.restarts.co.uk/

SMILING WITH SEMTEX: Awesome anarcho ska-punk from West Wales.www.geocities.com/smilingwithsemtex/home

SPANNER: Anarcho ska-punk from the Brislte side of the bridge www.spannerintheworks.net

TERMINAL CITY ROCKET: Angry punk rocket missile launched from Norwich www.terminalcityricochet.com

THIS SYSTEM KILLS.....but it will never kill these valley punks. www.thissystemkills.com/

VALLEYS RAMS: For luxury travel away to watch the Bluebirds fly. www.valleyrams.co.uk/

ZION TRAIN: Purveyors of the finest digital dub since 1990, with a definite lack of respect for the system www.wobblyweb.com/zt

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PEACE

CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE ARMS TRADE: There is NO peaceful use for weapons. The arms trade is a self fulfilling prophecy, perpetuating war, conflict and oppression throughout the world www.caat.org.uk

CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES: This is the UK, not the 51st State of America www.caab.org.uk

C.N.D. Peaceniks, original and best. www.cnduk.org

IRAQ BODY COUNT: Human security project to establish an independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq resulting directly from military action by the USA and its allies in 2003. www.iraqbodycount.net/

FOOD NOT BOMBS: Cooking for peace http://foodnotbombs.net/

LAND MINE ACTION: Landmines lie around for years after any conflict has finished, taking innocent lives for years to come www.landmineaction.org

MENWITH HILL: Against the largest electronic spy base in the world, it's American (obviuosly) but it is in Yorkshire! http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs

PEACE NEWS: International Anti-militarist magazine www.peacenews.info

TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES: Campaign to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful and fully accountable manner. www.tridentploughshares.org

VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS: Against the occupation of Iraq www.voicesuk.org

WAR PROFITEERS: Who is really benefiting from the Iraqi occupation?? www.warprofiteers.com

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SHOPPING!

AK PRESS: the ultimate anarchist book shop www.akuk.com

ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION: Anarcho punk distro, books, zines, music and much more www.activedistribution.org/

BOOK MARKS: Best socialist book shop in the UK www.bookmarks.uk.com

EARTHSCAN: Books and journals on sustainable develpoment, campaigns and much more. www.earthscan.co.uk

PLUTO PRESS: Independent progressive publishing www.plutobooks.com

VEGETARIAN SHOE COMPANY: Treats for your feet, if you don't eat meat! www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk

WEB RESOURCES

ACTIVIST NETWORK: Radical cyberspace network www.activistnetwork.org.uk

ANONYMYSER: Surf the web anonymously www.anonymizer.com

FIREFOX: Reclaiming the world wide web, a free alternative browser to Micros**t Explorer www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

HACKBLOCK: Radical hacktivism in the UK http://www.hackbloc.org/

RISE UP: Radical tech group, the lovely people who host this very site. www.riseup.net

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT

AFRICAN INITATIVES: UK Base organisation that works in Tanzania and Ghana in partnership with a number of small organisations which are strongly committed to strengthening their communities to claim their rights to sustain their livelihoods and to participate in democratic processes. www.african-initiatives.org.uk

BABY MILK ACTION: Against Nestle etc www.babymilkaction.org

JUBILEE PLUS : Drop Third World Debt www.jubilee2000uk.org

ZISIZE: South African based charity with roots in Merthyr Tydfil, helping the people of KwaZuluNatal to help themselves. www.zisize.org

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NB: CAN cannot accept responsibility for the content of any of the sites listed above, inclusion in the list does not necessarily mean we endorse them, but we aim to make sure there are no fascist bastards included. If you find that any of the links lead to dead ends, please let us know. cardiffanarchists@riseup.net

 

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