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The Freedom Forum Online  - http://www.freedomforum.org/  A nonpartisan, international foundation advocating free press and speech rights for all people. Holds conferences, educational activities, publishing, broadcasting, online services, fellowships, partnerships, research and other programs.  Whistleblowers Australia  - http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/contacts/au_wba/  The goal of Whistleblowers Australia (WBA) is to help promote a society in which it is possible to speak out without reprisal about corruption, dangers to the public and other vital social issues, and to help those who speak out in this way to help themselves.  Free Expression Network  - http://www.freeexpression.org/  Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.  First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT)  - http://w3.trib.com/FACT/  Intended to be a resource for anyone wanting to learn about the First Amendment.  MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE)  - http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/safe/home.html  SAFE provides links on censorship search engine, arguments against campus political correctness as it affects free speech.  Atheism and Intraorganizational Free Speech (1996)  - http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/free_speech.html  Michael Martin argues that atheistic organizations should generally allow their members to criticize them.  New Age of Falsification ?  - http://www.TheAtlantic.com/issues/98may/photo.htm  Nature photographers face a crisis of ethics as digital imaging makes photo fakery easier than ever. Overview in Atlantic Monthly of May, 1998.  Charlton Heston and Political Correctness  - http://mizai.tripod.com/index.html  Speech to the Harvard Law School Forum February 16, 1999 on the idea that political correctness is invading our freedom of thought and speech.  Campaign Against Online Publishers Fails  - http://free.ij.org/  A lawsuit ends Commodity Futures Trading Commission's campaign against online publishers and software developers. Details case to protect rights of those who offer opinions, analysis, or general information on commodities (like prices) in exchange for compensation.  Overlawyered.com  - http://overlawyered.com/topics/media.html  Links and critical commentaries on free speech, media law, and the courts.  Freedom of Expression - Freedom Magazine  - http://30th.freedommag.org/page29.htm  Perhaps the most essential right is that of communication. Without the freedom to communicate, other rights deteriorate.  Save Pacifica Radio  - http://www.savepacifica.net/indexa.htm  Group to restore democratic voice to governance by the community, for the community of progressives of Pacifica Radio.  Unlimited Freedom of Speech  - http://www.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom  An extensive compilation of links and resources pertaining to freedom of expression, great thinkers, famous quotes and related issues.  Off The Hook June 2000  - http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2000/0600.html  Twenty-six Hundred dot com pages on challenges to their free speech on hacking computers.  AskMen.com : Freedom of Speech in Sports  - http://www.askmen.com/sports/fanatic/fanatic7.html  Article discusses pro baseball player John Rocker's inflammatory racist statements and his right to freedom of expression.  The Jefferson Muzzles Awards  - http://www.tjcenter.org/muzzles.html  Announced on April 13, the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the award's namesake, the Jefferson Muzzles go to individuals or organizations responsible for particularly egregious limitations to free expression.  Keep the Pledge of Allegiance  - http://www.keepthepledge.com/  Opposes recent court decision against recitation of Pledge of Allegiance in schools.  College Freedom  - http://collegefreedom.org/  Academic freedom website, including free speech, freedom of the college press, and current controversies in higher education.  There Is 'No Constitutional Protected Right' of Freedom of Speech  - http://www.udarrell.com/constitutional_freedom_speech_press.html  Argues that there is no constitutional right of freedom of speech or of press in America since a person could be defamed, sued or boycotted.  Green Ribbon Campaign  - http://www.zondervan.com/greenzon.htm  Publisher campaign asking webmasters who agree that the true right of free speech is accurately carried out when self-restraint is responsibly exercised to add their ribbon graphic to their site.  What America Is Not About  - http://unquietmind.com/loyalty.html  Editorial from April 1998 on a high school student's refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, with a comparison of the repercussions to the loyalty oaths of the McCarthy era.  Suppression of Dissent  - http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/  Fosters examination of issues including whistleblowing, free speech, systems of social control and action against suppression.  Free Speech Movement Archives  - http://www.fsm-a.org/  Documents, photos, and essays on the events of the 1964 movement in Berkeley. With updates and reunions.  American Civil Liberties Union - Free Speech  - http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeechMain.cfm  Links to issues such as censorship, campaign finance reform, commercial speech, and flag desecration.  Resolution217  - http://www.resolution217.org/  An association of photographers, journalists, teachers, designers and artists brought together by a shared concern for the current state of free speech and human rights.  U.S. Broadcasters Arrested  - http://sfbay.indymedia.org/news/2000/09/199.php  Reports that nine alternative media members were arrested during peaceful protests at the National Association of Broadcaster's convention in San Francisco.  Low Power to the People  - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1999/07/lowpower.html  Small groups, nonprofits and individuals might get low power FM radio stations.  International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)  - http://www.ifex.org/  Network of free expression groups that monitors violations worldwide. Issues alerts, publishes a weekly newsletter and hosts a searchable alerts online archive.  Rice University Spin Control  - http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2001-01-11/news/feature.html  A long Houston Press story about the administrative coup d'état that closed down 91.7 FM, KTRU Houston, a college radio station.