Busse Library provides these websites and titles for students and faculty seeking social criticism and social activism research. Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere.
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Gateways to Social Criticism -- Left-Wing and Progressive Social Criticism -- Center-Wing Social Criticism -- Right-Wing Social Criticism -- Busse Library Resources
- The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
- Google: Alternative Media: Progressive and Left
- Google: Society: Politics: Conservative
Left-Wing and Progressive Social Criticism
- The Daily Show: Comedy Central
- The Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall
- Free Radical: A Chronicle of the New Unrest. By L.A. Kauffman -- online magazine
- MichaelMoore.com -- independent filmmaker and activist
- Mother Jones Magazine
- MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action
- Ms. Magazine
- Peace Magazine
- People for the American Way
- Rainbow PUSH Coalition -- Rev. Jesse Jackson's organization
- Salon Magazine
- Social Criticism Review
- Subvertise: Political Art, Cartoons, and Graphics
- The Utne Reader
- The Village Voice
- ZNet
- Atlantic Monthly
- Christian Science Monitor
- Common Dreams NewsCenter: Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community
- Corporate Warch: The Watchdog on the Web -- monitors big business activities
- CrossCurrents Magazine
- Free Speech Internet Television
- Huffington Post: Arianna Huffington
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- The New Republic Online
- William Raspberry: Washington Post Online
- The American Cause -- Pat Buchanan writings and organization
- American Conservative Union
- American Spectator
- The Christian Coalition of America -- founded by Pat Robertson
- Concerned Women for America (CWA)
- Conservative News Service: CNSNews.com
- The Eagle Forum -- founded by Phyllis Schafly
- The Federalist: The Internet's Conservative Journal of Record
- Fox News: Fair and Balanced
- The Heritage Foundation
- The John Birch Society -- focus on the Constitution and traditional values
- National Review Online -- publication begun by William F. Buckley, Jr.
- The O'Reilly Factor
- Townhall.com: Conservative News and Information
- Altemeyer, Bob. Enemies of freedom: understanding right-wing authoritarianism / 1988. HM271 .A457 1988
- Barker, Stephen. Signs of change: premodern, modern / c1996. PN45 .S418 1996
- Blum, John Morton. The progressive Presidents: Roosevelt, Wilson, Roosevelt / c1980. E743 .B6135 1980
- Cater, Douglas. Television as a social force: new approaches / c1975. PN1992.8.C7 T4
- Ebner, Michael H. The Age of urban reform : new perspectives on the progressive / 1977. HT123 .A615
- Frankel, Noralee. Gender, class, race, and reform in the progressive era / c1991. HQ1419 .G46 1991
- Lerner, Gerda. The creation of feminist consciousness / 1993. HQ1121 .L47 1986 v.2
- Lipset, Seymour Martin. The politics of unreason; right wing extremism in America / [1970] E183 .L56
- Shulman, Robert. Social criticism & nineteenth-century American fictions / 1987. PS217.S58 S5 1987
- Thom, Gary. Bringing the Left back home: a critique / 1979. JA84.U5 T47
- Weiss, John. The Fascist tradition; radical right-wing extremism / [1967] JC481 .W43
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