Miscellaneous links on oppressive domination: the exercise of power diminishing the value of our lives.

The American Anti-Slavery Group (iAbolish) | new window

Slavery was wiped away almost entirely, back in the age when it was legal and commonplace, because people became convinced that an official definition of property that included other people (and of course enforcement of that legal definition) was something they could no longer accept. Now that it is illegal, it continues in some places due to its tacit acceptance by those in power, and others who know it goes on.

Big Brother | new window

Excellent site tracking the reality of Orwell's Big Brother in government today. Has a somewhat different use for the eye metaphor.

Center for Consumer Freedom | new window

This well-designed and entertaining site promotes consumer choice instead of mandatory, 'we know what's good for you' control. They provide news items, issue pages, relevant articles, and less serious content too. Stop by and find out why you should reject the politics of guilt-driven moralism and junk science.

Falun Dafa Information Center | new window

Falun Dafa or Falun Gong is a recent form of "cultivation practice" (other examples include Tai Chi) very popular in China and elsewhere in the world. Although peaceful and apolitical, it is considered a threat to the state by paranoid Chinese authorities, who smear it as a cult. This site is maintained by volunteers among practitioners of Falun Gong in order to publicize information on the crackdown against the practice.

Forefront | new window

Forefront tries to support and connect the work of human rights activists worldwide, especially young ones.

Free Burma Coalition | new window

This is a good place for looking into the political situation in Burma/Myanmar and actions against it. FBC supports Aung San Suu Kyi and the repressed National League for Democracy, but believes that encouraging isolation through sanctions and boycotts has not worked, and dissidents must adapt their strategies.

The Freedom Forum Online | new window

An enormous site maintained by a very well-supported nonprofit group. News and content provided to encourage an understanding of freedom and threats to freedom, from a US constitutional perspective.

Human Rights in China | new window

Major site for information on various kinds of oppression by the government in China. Supplies current information on the situation for Chinese people living under that post-communist fascist regime. Unfortunately, HRIC is also an example of the danger of the term "human rights"; rights are defined in this case to include a social agenda beyond the prevention of physical harm and behavioral controls.

Museum of Communism | new window

A worthy endeavor. This site attempts to parallel efforts to document and understand the history of Nazism, so that we may also never forget the totalitarian cruelties of communism in world history. Includes fascinating and important exhibits, unfortunately incomplete. Especially interesting is the theory that Soviet communism was significantly connected to Czarist ideology.

NoCastro.com | new window

This website has a large amount of damning information on Castro and life under his regime in Cuba. Includes a copy of actual food rationing paperwork for a family under communism, video clips of Castro caught in lies, past atrocities, and current news.

Oppression.org | new window

A whole world of oppression as captured and interpreted by two impassioned Muslim editors.

Outpost of Freedom | new window

This site with a determined American patriot stance collects articles and viewpoint concerning selected incidents of oppression. Features include the Waco and Golden Hill Paugeesukq Indian standoffs, the Serbia bombings, and various governmental scandals and unwarranted arrests.

AI: Saudi Arabia campaign | new window

Amnesty International's web site for its Saudi Arabia campaign: "end secrecy, end suffering." Included is a large amount of background on various kinds of oppression in that tightly-controlled and violently-ruled country.

Syrian Human Rights Committee | new window

In both Arabic and English, this site provides news and background information on the offenses of the Syrian government against freedom. Includes a list of political detainees in Syria.

WAPHA | new window

WAPHA (Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan) is a nonprofit group which raises awareness of conditions in Afghanistan (especially for women and children). The site includes background information, links to resources, and topical poems, art, and photographs.