The Alternative Press Center

The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press. Founded in 1969, it remains one of the oldest self-sustaining alternative media institutions in the United States. For more than a quarter of a century, the Alternative Press Index has been recognized as a leading guide to the alternative press in the United States and around the world.

The APC Blog

Friday, 01 July 2011

Three links, July 1, 2011

From Yes! Magazine, The Progressive and War In Context.More

Monday, 13 June 2011

WikiLeaks Grand Jury Investigation

Obama adminstration seeks to intimidate whistle-blowers with prosecution. It is waging war against government transparency. Investigative journalsm threatened. Glenn Greenwald reports.More

Wednesday, 01 June 2011

Fl. Gov. Rick Scott Outdoes Wis. Gov. Scott Walker on Welfare Drug Testing

Florida is trying to make Wisconsin look good.

Environmental Activist Convicted

"Activist Tim DeChristopher Convicted of Two Felonies"
blog by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium

Tim DeChristopher, the activist who bid on BLM land to stop its sale to oil and gas interest, was convicted of two felonies. His punishment could include up to 10 years in jail. The Mulch <http://bit.ly/fyjdcj> this week covers DeChristopher's trial and includes two interviews with him by Media Consortium members. It also looks at the destruction that the energy industry is wreaking through hydrofracking and the exploitation of tar sands.More