~ Early Web Links ~

Making Change at Walmart is a campaign organization focused on worker rights and corporate accountability at Walmart, one of the world's largest employers. The site serves as a hub for labor advocacy efforts, pushing for better wages, benefits, and working conditions for Walmart employees.

The official web presence for the Stores Division of Utility Workers Union Local 223, this site serves its 98 members with essential labor resources including collective bargaining agreements, seniority lists, overtime rules, and job descriptions. It covers everything from on-call callout lists to steward training, making it a practical hub for union members working in warehousing, material transportation, and power plant supply.

Josh Thompson's personal scratch pad digs into urban economics, zoning laws, land use policy, and walkable city design, drawing on works like Marie-Agnes and Alain Bertaud's 'Order Without Design' and Christopher Alexander's 'A Pattern Language'. The site blends thoughtful analysis of city planning failures with street-level illustrations of pedestrian path patterns, making dense policy topics surprisingly approachable.

Disability Link is a Georgia-based Center for Independent Living that curates a focused directory of resources for people with disabilities, including rights organizations, government ADA resources, and independent living history. Based in Decatur, GA, the site connects visitors to national and state-level organizations supporting disability rights, Social Security services, and community-based care.

The Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council (POLC) is a civic organization dedicated to improving outdoor lighting practices across the state, tackling issues like glare, light trespass, skyglow, and energy waste. Visitors can find resources related to zoning ordinances and advocacy efforts aimed at reducing light pollution for the benefit of both communities and stargazers.

Run by someone known as Arrow, this page offers a mutual aid directory redirecting potential donors away from the site owner and toward a small, personally vetted group of people in need. It reflects a community-care ethic, listing real individuals like Kate for Jaelyn Banks and PetraPixel with the owner's personal endorsement of each.

ArtLeaks is a platform dedicated to exposing labor exploitation, inequality, and misconduct within the contemporary art world, with this particular post presenting a collective protest letter against Pavilion UniCredit in Bucharest. An international coalition of artists, curators, and art historians collaborated to publicly document the institution's mistreatment of art workers, making it a rare resource for advocacy and accountability in the cultural sector.

The Split Infinity Webring, created by anitra2001, connects sites focused on social justice, economic justice, and environmental activism through poetry, art, essays, zines, and music. It serves as a hub for activist-minded creators and advocates, offering a navigable network of like-minded sites dedicated to causes like anti-racism, tolerance, and peace.

Sites for a Free Palestine is a webring connecting websites whose creators want to share resources, educational materials, and advocacy tools in support of Palestinian liberation. Visitors can browse member sites, access links to historical maps and interactive tools about the Nakba, find graphics to display on their own sites, and learn how to join the ring.

Autistici/Inventati (A/I) is a collective that provides free communication tools, including email, web hosting, blogs, and anonymity services, specifically to activists and grassroots social movements aligned with antifascist, anticapitalist, and antiracist principles. Prospective users must demonstrate alignment with the project's manifesto before being granted access, making it a politically principled digital infrastructure cooperative rather than a typical hosting provider.